If you are using technology to enhance and redesign engineering education, I highly recommend that you consider submitting a paper for the 7th annual ASEE Global Colloquium on Engineering Education. One of the three tracks is on “Successful Practices in Engineering Education”. The deadline for Abstracts is 16 May 2008.
I include a reprint of the email announcement from ASEE below…
We invite you to attend the 7th Annual Global Colloquium on Engineering Education present by Autodesk in Cape Town, South Africa on October 19-23, 2008. This year's theme is "Excellence and Growth in Engineering Education in Resource Constrained Environments - Learning from each other and working together to produce quality engineers for every part of the world in the 21st Century". This event will take place at the Arabella Sheraton Grand Hotel and Cape Town Convention Center. For more information please visit http://www.asee.org/conferences/international/2008.
In conjunction with Cape Town University, ASEE is inviting you to submit an abstract for the following tracks:
Research Track
Inferring and Designing Engineering Education Practice from Research and Societal Context: To what extent should engineering educators collaborate globally to re-engineer their programs?
Practice Track
Successful Practices in Engineering Education
Quality Assurance Track
Securing a Vibrant Global Economy - Building Capacity through Sustainable Accreditation Policy and Practice in Developed and Developing Nations
All abstracts are to be submitted online through the SmoothPaper system.
If you would like to submit an abstract, please visit SmoothPaper
(http://www.asee.org/smoothpaper) and select the 2008 Global Colloquium.
Please be sure to view the 2008 ASEE Global Colloquium on Engineering Education Author's Kit, which lists all of the deadlines as well as helpful information to guide you through the submission.
If you have any questions regarding submitting an abstract or SmoothPaper, please contact me direct or via email.
Sincerely,
Wayne Davis
Program & SmoothPaper Coordinator
American Society for Engineering Education
1818 N Street, NW
Suite 600
Washington, DC 20036
202-331-3530 (direct)
w.davis@asee.org
www.asee.org
If you end up presenting at the conference, let us know!
Jim Vanides, B.S.M.E, M.Ed.
Program Manager - Worldwide Higher Education Philanthropy
Hewlett-Packard
For information about the HP Technology for Teaching philanthropy initiative in higher education, visit www.hp.com/go/hpteach-hied
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