[AISWorld] CFP: Conference on Frontiers of Distance Learning in Business Education (New York, June 2012)

[Mark S. Silver]

Frontiers of Distance Learning in Business Education
Conference held June 8-9, 2012
Fordham University - Westchester Campus, Harrison, NY
(Submission Deadline: January 31, 2012)

Conference Overview:

Distance education and online learning are interchangeable terms used 
to describe the delivery of educational content whereby the student 
and the instructor are separated by geography, time, or both.  It is 
estimated that over one-third of all business schools offer fully 
online business programs and the number of online credit hours 
completed by students is expected to grow steadily over the next 
decade.  Considerable attention is therefore now being given by 
business educators to fine-tuning pedagogical approaches in distance 
learning in the various sub-disciplines of business.  Research on 
best practices to improve students' learning experiences is growing 
in both volume and depth.

The objective of this conference, hosted at Fordham University's 
Westchester (Harrison, NY) campus, is to consolidate state-of-the-art 
knowledge on distance learning methods, best practices, and research 
findings as they relate to business education.  The conference will 
provide business educators and administrators with insights on how 
best to deliver distance learning programs to their 
students.  Research on pedagogical approaches used by distance 
educators will be the focus of the conference.  While the following 
is a list of potential topics of interest, other related areas of 
research in distance learning would also be relevant to the conference:

    - The impact of distance learning methods on learning outcomes in 
business courses
     - Emerging trends in distance education among business schools
     - Contrasting use of distance learning methods among 
undergraduate and MBA students
     - Faculty perceptions of distance learning methods
     - Costs of distance education in business programs
     - Evolution of distance learning methods
     - Implementation of quality control procedures for distance 
business education
     - Segmentation of online students in business schools
     - Use of emerging distance education technologies in business programs
     - Methods for encouraging interaction in online business courses
     - Faculty development needs for mobilizing online business programs
     - Team-based online teaching of business courses
     - Assessment of online business course outcomes
     - Utilization of computer simulations in business courses
     - Methods for protecting intellectual property in online business courses
     - Impact of online course characteristics on student perceptions 
of learning
     - Prescreening students for online business courses
     - Methods for enhancing group interaction among business 
students in online courses
     - Employer perceptions of online business programs
     - Online pedagogical approaches across business disciplines

Submission Process:

Conference papers and abstracts should be submitted by January 31, 
2012 to Hooman Estelami 
<mailto:%28estelami at fordham.edu>(estelami at fordham.edu).  Submissions 
should be in Microsoft Word format and will be subjected to a 
double-blind peer review process.  A selected group of conference 
submissions may be invited for publication in a forthcoming book 
titled "Frontiers of Distance Learning in Business Education".

For additional information, please consult 
<http://www.bnet.fordham.edu/estelami/distancelearningconference.html>http://www.bnet.fordham.edu/estelami/distancelearningconference.html 
or contact estelami at fordham.edu
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