Call for Presentations

All ANGEL customers are invited and encouraged to submit proposals to present at AUC ‘08. ANGEL users sharing “ah ha” and “wow” moments are one reason the ANGEL User Conference has become a must attend event.

The ANGEL User Conference Planning Team historically receives more presentation proposals than the conference schedule can accommodate. Presentation proposals that demonstrate successful ANGEL uses and implementations with supporting data (if applicable) will be given priority in the presentation selection process.

The Call for Presentations is now closed. Thank you for submitting a record number of presentation proposals.

Proposal Guidelines

All proposals will be submitted online.
Proposals may be submitted by individuals or by a group of presenters.
All conference session rooms will be equipped with an LCD projector, podium, microphone and a hard-wired Internet connection that presenters may access during their presentations.
Deadline for submitting proposals is 11:59 p.m., Saturday, March 1, 2008.
All who submit proposals will be notified of proposal status no later than March 31, 2008.

Accepted Presenter Requirements

All presenters are required to submit a copy of their accepted presentation PowerPoint and a written narrative that describes the conference presentation no later than May 5, 2008.
Presenters must register and pay the registration fee for the conference.

Track Descriptions and Suggested Topics

Teaching and Learning: This track is designed for faculty members and instructional designers to present and demonstrate how they use the ANGEL LMS and ePortfolio and how the products impact their instructional methods, student interactions, learning outcomes management and related topics.

Suggested Topics:

Course delivery
Increasing learner performance
Effective instructional use of ANGEL
Interacting with students for non-course related projects, clubs or services
How to add images, streaming video, etc.
Common actions
Working with standards and objectives
Assessments
Using agent technology
Adult learning models
Change management: Preparing your user community for system upgrades

K12 Teaching and Learning: This track is designed for K12 faculty members to present and demonstrate how they use the ANGEL LMS and ePortfolio for K12-oriented opportunities and how the products impact their instructional methods, student interactions, learning outcomes management and related topics.

Suggested Topics:

Enriching the traditional classroom
Integrating state standards
Enhancing parent-school communication
Facilitating professional development
Delivering classes virtually, e.g., credit recovery and/or AP
Countering cyber-bullying
ANGEL use in K-4
The Millennial student
Sharing content across schools
Change management: Preparing your user community for system upgrades

Technology, Programming and Administration: This track is designed for ANGEL administrators, instructional designers and IT personnel to present and demonstrate how they support, extend and use ANGEL products.

Suggested Topics:

Using agents
Using ANGEL Learning Object Repositories
Instructional design
Course design and architecture
Backups (automating course back-ups)
Keeping file size small, improving download time
Extending ANGEL
Integrating ANGEL in the enterprise
Security
Getting ready for an upgrade
Lessons learned during an ANGEL implementation
Updating documentation
Term rollover policies and content management best practices
Change management: Migration planning, the system upgrade process, best practices

Support: This track is designed for those who provide support, training and technology for end-users to present and demonstrate how they support ANGEL in the educational environment.

Suggested Topics:

End user PC trouble shooting
Getting started with ANGEL
Monitoring ANGEL
New student orientation
Help desk support
Training ANGEL users
Change management: Preparing your user community for system upgrades

Executive and Program Leadership: This track is designed for those responsible for institution management and decision making to present how their organizations are using ANGEL to address overall institutional needs and requirements.

Suggested Topics:

Program reviews: Studies about program goals, development, achievements
Institutional assessment: Best practices and role of technology/ANGEL
Accreditation support: Best practices and the role of technology/ANGEL
Responding to the NCLB challenge with ANGEL
FERPA: What it is and review of how your institution achieved compliance
508: What it is and how your institution achieved compliance
Change management: Best practices for approaching program upgrades