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Call for Submissions

The Canadian Engineering Education Association (CEEA-ACÉG) invites you to actively participate in the CEEA-ACÉG 2025 conference by submitting your proposals for presentations. This event will be an opportunity to share innovative ideas, research, and teaching practices that are shaping the future of engineering education.

• Author Guidelines for the structured abstract
• Panel template
• Workshop template
• Collaboratorium template

Paper Management Portal (Oxford Abstracts)

For Abstract SoTL: link to https://app.oxfordabstracts.com/stages/41849/submitter

For Abstract EER: https://app.oxfordabstracts.com/stages/41853/submitter

For Workshop, Panel, Collaboratorium Submission : https://app.oxfordabstracts.com/stages/41852/submitter

Central Theme and Sub-Themes

In line with the central theme of the conference “ Engineer of Tomorrow: Innovation, Sustainability, and Ethics in a Constantly Evolving World”, we invite contributions that explore one or more of the following sub-themes. These submissions should address the critical challenges and innovative strategies that are reshaping the landscape of engineering education:

1. Key competencies in engineering

Develop digital literacy skills and interpersonal skills such as communication, collaboration and individual leadership. This leadership is demonstrated through the ability to make informed decisions, manage projects autonomously, and innovate in an ever-evolving environment. Apply engineering design and systems thinking to solve complex problems, while using fundamental knowledge and technical and human skills which are essential for tomorrow’s engineers. Encourage lifelong learning, ensuring continuous adaptation to technological advancements and new professional practices.

2. Sustainable and responsible engineering

Prepare future engineers to be competent and aware of major societal challenge such as: artificial intelligence, big data, energy transition, climate change, cybersecurity, etc.

3. Experiential learning and pedagogical innovation

Adopt experiential learning methods and authentic assessment practices to promote engagement. Incorporate innovative and diverse pedagogical approaches to deepen learning and enhance the educational experience. Include practical and extracurricular activities to develop key competencies.

4. Collective Intelligence and Collaborative Innovation

Promote an inclusive work and learning environment by incorporating principles of equity, diversity and inclusion. Encourage collaborative leadership in strategic contexts to drive and implement major changes within an institution while fostering innovation and the engagement of its community.

Paper Track Options Requiring a Structured Abstract Submission

Sessions offer the following presentation formats:

• Podium Talks (10 minutes presentation + 10 minutes Q&A): These sessions allow authors to provide a concise overview of their work using presentation slides, followed by audience questions. Authors whose Podium Talks are accepted will need to submit a full-length paper.
• Lightning Talks (5 minutes presentation + 5 minutes Q&A): This fast-paced format focuses on presenting key ideas and results, ideal for works-in-progress or early-stage research. Authors may choose to submit a full paper for publication in the CEEA-ACÉG proceedings if desired.
• Poster Presentation: Ideal for extended, interactive discussions between presenters and attendees. Posters should visually convey ideas and results. Authors can also opt to submit a full paper for publication in the proceedings

Structured Abstract Requirement for Podium Talks, Lightning Talks & Posters

Authors are invited to submit a concise, structured abstract (maximum 500 words) in either English or French via Oxford Abstracts by November 18, 2024. To ensure SCOPUS indexing, an English version of the abstract is required. All submissions and reviews will follow a double-blind (anonymous) process. Please ensure that no author or affiliation information is included in the structured abstract.

Authors should refer to the Author Guidelines for CEEA-ACÉG Structured Abstract for detailed instructions on preparing and formatting their submissions, as well as guidance on the peer review process. Following the peer review, authors will receive detailed feedback tailored to their chosen presentation mode.

Submitted papers need to be aligned with one of the following streams:

• Engineering Education Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (“SoTL”): includes accounts and reflections of the practitioner’s own innovations, experiences, and evidence-based interventions in their engineering education context. The goal is to share the practitioner’s experiences.
• Engineering Education Research (“Research”): includes reports of scholarly investigations, critiques, meta-analyses, literature reviews, and empirical development of methods, tools, and frameworks. The goal is to generate transferable or generalizable knowledge which can be applied to other contexts.

Keywords

Submissions must be labelled with three to five keywords. Keywords can be multi-word phrases. Authors are encouraged to select keywords from the Engineering Education Research Taxonomy (Regents of the University of Michigan, 2013, https://taxonomy.engin.umich.edu/taxonomy/) when appropriate, but may choose their own keywords as needed. The selected keywords should include terms beyond those used in the title or abstract.

Ethics Approval

Research involving human participants (e.g., survey responses, interviews, student grades, responses to learning assessments etc.) must receive institutional ethics approval, unless it is exempt from this requirement or if the perspectives or experiences reported are solely those of the author(s). It is the responsibility of each author to assess whether their work necessitates ethics approval. If you are uncertain, please refer to the Tri-Council Policy Statement or consult your institution’s guidelines.

Please note that if your study is required for ethics approval by your institution’s ethics review board, by the time you submit the full paper your research should have been granted ethics approval.

Discussion Track Options Requiring a Questionnaire Submission

These sessions typically run for about 90 minutes and include the following presentation modes:

• Panel Discussion – These sessions facilitate active conversation between presenters and audiences from diverse backgrounds. During proposal submission, authors will need to identify and propose at least three other panelists and a moderator. The submission should focus on the plan for moderating audience interaction. Each panelist will have opening and closing remarks, between which longer discussions occur within the panel and with the audience. Authors are encouraged to select discussion topics that are closely related to the conference theme and streams. We also encourage submissions from the CEEA-ACÉG Special Interest Groups.
• Collaboratorium (Unconference) – These sessions typically consist of roundtable facilitated group discussions on a topic presented by organizers. Typically, there are 3-5 roundtable discussions happening in parallel in the same room with interconnected topics. Notes are taken, and after a select amount of time, participants are directed to move to another roundtable. These sessions help participants brainstorm about the topics and enable the free flow of thoughts from participants with diverse backgrounds. Authors are encouraged to select discussion topics that are closely relevant to the conference theme and streams. We also encourage submissions from the CEEA-ACÉG Special Interest Groups.
• Workshops – The CEEA-ACÉG 2025 Organizing Committee invites proposals for workshops addressing relevant practices, issues, or technologies related to teaching/learning practices and engineering education research. Workshops will be delivered on Sunday June 22, 2025. Workshop spaces are limited, and we cannot guarantee acceptance of all submissions. Hence, while proposing a workshop, presenters are encouraged to consider alignment with the conference theme, streams, or CEEA-ACÉG Special Interest Group topics. Workshops must be centered on active participation.

Submission Requirements for Panels, Workshops, and Collaboratoriums

To propose a session, please submit the Panel/Collaboratorium/Workshop Questionnaire via Oxford Abstracts by Monday January 6, 2025.

• Panels: The questionnaire will ask moderators/organizers to describe the panel format, biographies and credentials of the panelists (not anonymized), a description of the topic to be addressed and the topic’s relevance to the conference themes, and samples of the questions the panelists will address. Panel proposals will be evaluated based on overall quality, fit to the conference, anticipated interest, and the amount and quality of planned participant engagement. Specific feedback will be communicated to the authors. All discussion stream submissions are evaluated as per the overall discussion stream rubric based on overall requirements for this stream. Please see the full Panel Evaluation Rubric for expectations specific to panel sessions and the panel template at the top of this page.
• Collaboratoriums: The questionnaire will ask moderators/organizers to describe the collaboratorium format and schedule, a description of the topics/questions to be addressed, how long each topic discussion will take, the topic’s relevance to the conference themes, and how participants will engage in the collaboratorium. Collaboratorium submissions will be evaluated based on overall quality, fit to the conference, anticipated interest, and the amount and quality of planned participant engagement. Specific feedback will be communicated to the authors. Please see the full Collaboratorium evaluation rubric for expectations specific to these sessions and the collaboratorium template at the top of this page.
• Workshops – The questionnaire will ask workshop facilitators to provide information about the facilitators; a description to be part of the official conference materials; specific plans and activities for participant engagement; and other relevant details. Workshop proposals will be evaluated based on overall quality, fit to the conference, anticipated interest, and the amount and quality of planned participant engagement. Please see the full Workshop Evaluation Rubric for expectations specific to these sessions and the workshop template at the top of this page.

Important Dates

• Abstract Submission Deadline for podium talks, lightning talks, and posters: November 25, 2024 (extended from November 18)
• Notification of Abstract Acceptance: December 6, 2024
• Panel, Collaboratorium, and Workshop Proposal Submission Deadline: January 6, 2025
• Notification of Acceptance for Panels, Collaboratoriums, and Workshops: January 27, 2025
• Deadline for Full Anonymized Paper Submission for Peer Review: February 24, 2025
• Feedback from Reviewers: March 24, 2025
• Final Papers with Revisions and Author Details Due: April 14, 2025

All deadlines are at 11:59 PM (PST). Papers identified as requiring major revisions will undergo a second review and revision phase between April 14, 2025, and May 6, 2025.

For any inquiries regarding submissions, session formats, or suggestions, please reach out to the Organizing Committee at [email protected]. Additional information about speakers, registration, and the schedule will be published soon. For the most up-to-date information related to abstract submissions, registration, deadlines, speaker details, and schedules, please visit our website (https://ceea.ca/conference/conference-2025/).