Workshop and Panel Proposal Guidelines

Conference Workshops provide participants with an opportunity to extend their knowledge and strengthen their skills in the area addressed by the workshops. Conference Workshops should provide a collaborative, active learning environment for the attendees. Attendees should leave with skills, knowledge, or materials that they can use in their teaching practice, scholarship teaching and learning, or education research. 

Expected Content for Conference Workshop Proposals

The sections required for the Conference Workshop proposal abstracts are listed below. 

• Title: Include your proposed workshop title
• Contact Information: Name, affiliation, and email for each anticipated facilitator in the workshop 
• Goal(s) of the Pre-conference Workshop: List of goals and how these goals align with the goals of DEMOcon (approximately 100-200 words) 
• Topics/Subjects: Description of the workshop content situated in the context of relevant literature (approximately 200-300 words) 
• Qualification: Brief biographies describing the expertise of the facilitators (approximately 100-200 words) 
• Agenda: An explanation of the interaction expected during the session and a session agenda that includes details and approximate time allotted for each activity. Workshops can have time allotments of either 90 minutes, 120 minutes, 150 minutes, or 180 minutes
• Anticipated Audience: A description of the anticipated audience 
• Takeaway: A description of the skills, knowledge, and/or materials attendees will acquire through the workshop (approximately 100-200 words) 
• Special Requirements: List of any special requirements for electricity, audio-visual equipment, or materials. 
• Anticipated Publication: Confirm if you will require publications associated with your workshop. If you require a publication you will need to submit a full paper after the workshop proposal is accepted.

Panel sessions are intended to engage the digital learning and MOOCS community in multiple perspectives on a given issue on the frontiers of education. These sessions take place during the standard technical session and are approximately 90 minutes long. The number of panel sessions is limited. The sessions should be of value to DEMOcon Conference attendees, enhance the experience and knowledge of the participants, and help advance the frontiers of digital education and MOOCS. 

Expected Content for Panel Session Proposals

Panel session proposals must include the elements listed below. An approximate word count for each section of a proposal abstract is provided and can be scaled if needed.

• Title: Include your proposed panel title
• Topics/Subjects of the Panel Session: A description of topics/subjects/content of the session and its significance in the context of the relevant literature. (approximately 200-400 words). 
• Goals and Outcomes: The goal(s) and anticipated outcomes of the panel session and the rationale for why these goals and outcomes are better served by a panel session (approximately 100-200 words). 
• Anticipated Audience: A description of the anticipated audience (community), and why they would be interested in the session (approximately 100-200 words). 
• Panelists’ and Moderator’s Names and Bios: The names and institutions for each proposed panel member (typically 3-5) and panel organizer/moderator (Note: members of the panel are the people who provide different perspectives on the issue being addressed by the panel. They are critical to the quality of the panel session; some detail on panelists’ expertise is needed in evaluating proposal quality). (approximately 100-200 words). 
• Sample Questions for the Panelist: (PROPOSAL ONLY) A list of 5 to 10 questions. 
• Special Requirements: (PROPOSAL ONLY) List of any special requirements for electricity, audio-visual equipment, or materials. 
• Anticipated Publication: Confirm if you will require publication associated with your panel. If you require a publication you will need to submit a full paper after the panel proposal is accepted.