The Ivan Illich Learning Web

Dear Colleagues,

This is to let our members know about some important changes established by AERA that will impact the ways all Divisions and SIGs select sessions for AERA 2010.

First, this year, sessions will be chosen by a Review Panel from amongst our SIG members.

If you are interested in volunteering to review, please go to this link to apply:

https://www.aera.net/AALogin.aspx?ReturnURL=/WS/UpdateAA.aspx

The applicants will be reviewed and panel finalized by SIG Executives by July 31. At this time, formal invitations to be a member of the Review Panel will be sent.

Please also note the following changes:

- The final date for proposals for AERA 2010 will be July15 and NOT August 1 2009
- Each proposal must have 3 reviewers who are NOT graduate students (though grad students can be an additional reviewer for each and any proposal
- Reviewing will occur in August into early September
- The number of paper sessions will be reduced from 1400 to 1000 to reduce overlap. There will be more emphasis on roundtables and poster sessions.

We strongly encourage you to volunteer for the review panel.

Thanks for you participation…

Richard Kahn

Chair, Ivan Illich SIG