PROPOSALS

The deadline for submitting a proposal has passed.  Thank you to all who submitted!

For information purposes, please see below to learn about the process for submitting proposals.  Consider submitting a proposal for NCLCA's 2009 conference in Denver!  (More details about that in December 2008)

 

The most important part of the proposal form is the Abstract, a 500-word description of your presentation.  You will also be asked to provide a 50-word summary of your presentation that will appear in the conference program should your proposal be accepted. 

Click HERE for a sample of an Abstract and Summary.

 

Questions to Generate Ideas for Proposals:

The Rhythm and Blues of Research Design and/or Publication

  • Is there a phenomenon that you have always wanted to explore in your center?  (Why do students use the center?  Why do they not use the center?  How do tutors and clients negotiate power in the tutoring session?) 

  • How do you keep data on your center and what do you do with it?

  • What are the pros/cons you have experienced with quantitative and/or qualitative research?

  • What trends have you noticed in learning assistance research?

  • What topics are missing in learning assistance research?

  • Do you have a learning assistance theory that will change the way learning assistance professionals will work in the future?

The Rhythm and Blues of Tutor Training and Evaluation

  • How do you train your tutors?

  • Do you find your training effective?

  • What would you like to change about your training?

  • How do you evaluate your tutors?

The Rhythm and Blues of Technology in Learning Centers

  •  How do you use technology in your center?   (think online tutoring, blogs, podcasting, laptops, data collection...)

  • What software programs have you found to be useful?

  • Technology theory: how does the use of technology change the interaction between tutor and client?

  •  How do we evaluate the effectiveness of technology?

The Rhythm and Blues of Supplemental Instruction Programs

  •  How do you use SI on your campus (SI hybrids?  How and why have you adapted the SI model)?

  • For which subject(s) has SI worked well ?  How are those determinations made?

  • What are effective marketing techniques for SI?

The Rhythm and Blues of Special Student Populations?

  • Students with disabilities, first-year students, students on academic probation, non-traditional students, international students, student athletes

The Rhythm and Blues of Learning Center Programming and Management

  • Evaluation, marketing, budget issues, staffing, relationships with faculty and other campus entities, program development.  What has worked and not worked?