Call for Proposals

Proposals should focus on one or more of these conference themes:

  1. Addressing Agency in Teaching and Learning
    Agency, in general terms, is defined as taking responsibility, conducting self-reflection, and making changes based on that reflection. This is identified in our NSF learning behavior studies as a major point of concern and place for intervention.
  2. Methodologies and Measures for Learning and Self-Growth
    Faculty and students have a set of learned experiences that often inhibit their growth. Before progress can be made in addressing these risk factors, it is necessary to unlearn a bad habit before it can be replaced with a more wholesome habit. Methodologies are step by step processes to foster learner success.
  3. Bridging Gaps between Teaching Styles and Learning Preferences
    Strategies for making stronger connections between teachers and learners can have a dramatic impact on the effectiveness of formal and informal instruction.
  4. Transformation of Mindsets in Learning and Self-Growth
    Our goal for this theme is to feature work on transforming the present mindset (accomplishing what is needed now, without considering the long-term value in the future) into a future mindset (thinking about where individuals ideally want to be in the future and acting towards accomplishing that future).
  5. Strategies for Learning Success during COVID
    This theme seeks to share experiences, observations, and outcomes in teaching/learning during the last 2 ½ years.

Proposals should:

  1. Align with and support the conference themes/goals
  2. Have an impact on the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning or educational practices
  3. Share innovation, scholarship, work in progress, or institutional change that attracts participant interest and stimulates lively discussion
  4. Offer added value to the participants
  5. Specify...
    1. Author details (name, title, institutional affiliation, brief bio)
    2. Type of presentation [Practitioner Workshop, Research Workshop:, Panel Discussion, Poster (Hall of Innovation), or Research Paper]
    3. Mode of delivery (synchronous or asynchronous)
    4. Title of presentation
    5. 1-3 sentence explanation of how the proposal topic aligns with the conference themes
    6. SPECIFIC INFORMATION ABOUT YOUR PRESENTATION TYPE (from the tabs below)

All session materials will be made available online for participants. If you have prerequisite readings or pre-activities for your workshop, please indicate this in your facilitation plan and include the links or PDFs of readings or activity resources with the package of materials you submit. If you wish to bring physical handouts that you will distribute during your workshop, you are welcome to do so.


Practitioner Workshop

These 90-minute workshops provide an environment for participants to experience innovative, new, or current teaching, learning, and facilitation strategies related to conference themes. Workshop proposals for this year’s conference at VSU may want to consider the STAR 2.0 (Successful Transition to the Academic Realm) NSF initiative or other local efforts.

Practitioner Workshops should

  • Integrate the practices of PE in delivering the workshop
  • Produce significant learning and growth outcomes for participants
  • Accommodate online and in-person participation if possible
  • Provide or produce ready-to-use resources for participants
  • Be open to participants from any discipline

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Proposal Guidelines

All practitioner workshop proposals must be submitted through the submission form and should include the following:

  • Abstract/Description (100-150 words)
  • Learning Outcomes
  • Pre-workshop preparation for participants
  • Readings and resources
  • Facilitation plan
  • Presenter resources needed

Research Workshop

These workshops are 90-minute explorations of ongoing scholarship with an eye to advancing pertinent research (additional projects, collaboration, and publications). Workshop proposals for this year’s conference at VSU may want to consider the STAR 2.0 (Successful Transition to the Academic Realm) NSF initiative or other local efforts.

Research Workshops should

  • Advance the research that is currently being done on a research project
  • Model research practices within the workshop
  • Create opportunity for continuing research collaboration
  • Test and validate the current research accomplished through assessment and feedback
  • Produce new results that support submissions suitable for the International Journal of Process Education

Example            Template   


Proposal Guidelines

All research workshop proposals must be submitted through the submission form and should include the following:

  • Abstract/Description (100-150 words)
  • Intended research Outcomes
  • Pre-workshop preparation for participants
  • Readings and resources
  • Facilitation plan
  • Presenter resources needed

Panel Discussion Sessions

These 90-minute sessions will provide for a group to come together and design a symposium to address a specific aspect of one of the Conference Goals. These sessions will take place on each day of the Conference and should assist in bringing closure to the conference experience. All Panel Discussion Session proposals must be submitted through the conference submission portal and include items listed in the Proposal Submission Guide.

Panel Discussion Sessions should

  • Bring together multiple expert perspectives
  • Integrate contributions from participants to enrich discussion
  • Seek synthesized understanding for participants
  • Seed opportunities for future collaborative or individual involvement or exploration of the topic
  • Advance PE Academy and/or Higher Education community positioning around the topic

Template            Example   


Proposal Guidelines

All proposals must be submitted through the submission form and should include the following:

  • Abstract/Description (100-150 words)
  • Any pre-session preparation for participants
  • Readings and resources
  • Facilitation plan
  • Presenter resources needed

Poster Session (Hall of Innovation)

Posters center on a specific teaching innovation or design that can be shared via brief video and a slideshow.

Posters should

  • Be offered in slideshow format with a short video (e.g. narrated PowerPoint)
  • Introduce the presenter and their involvement in the topic
  • Invite conference participants into dialogue about the topic
  • Share scholarship or other results based on one experience
  • Distill the content into a package that can be scanned by conference goers in about a minute

Template       Sample       


Proposal Guidelines

All proposals must be submitted through the submission form and should include the following:

  • Poster Abstract/Description (100-150 words)
  • Poster content as ppt slides
  • Video summary (either a ppt narration or separate video)

Research Paper

These discussion-based sessions will include a selection of three papers focused on a particular theme. Authors can submit a proposal for a single paper and the conference planning committee will look for similar papers to curate the session. Submitted papers may be draft manuscripts nearing readiness for journal publication, or extended abstracts for which the author seeks additional guidance to advance the paper. Authors will present a 10-minute overview of their paper and then participate in a facilitated 60-minute discussion with session participants. (Conference participants should have the opportunity to read each research paper ahead of time.) All Research Paper proposals must be submitted through the conference submission portal in pdf format and include items listed in the Proposal Submission Guide (introduction, methods, results, discussion, references)

Sample Research Papers may be found in the current or previous editions of the International Journal of Process Education.

Research paper proposals should

  • Be grounded in the literature
  • Use research questions and/or hypotheses that are valuable for participants
  • Advance knowledge that currently exists on the topic
  • Create opportunity for feedback to advance the quality of the research for future publication
  • Initiate meaningful dialogue

Template       Samples may be found in the current or previous editions of the International Journal of Process Education.


Proposal Guidelines

All proposals must be submitted through the submission form and should include the following:

  • Paper Draft
  • List of critical thinking questions to foster discussion