The Accounting Educator

The Newsletter of the Teaching and Curriculum Section
American Accounting Association

Vol. X No. 3 - Spring 2001

CPE Sessions

The T&C Section will sponsor the following CPE Sessions at the Annual Meeting in Atlanta, Georgia:

Saturday, August 11, 2001

Title: Curriculum Best Practices: Designing a More Desirable Future
Time: 1:00 PM - 4:00 PM

Discuss the curriculum strategies Brigham Young, Penn State and the University of Washington used to increase enrollments, enhance retention of majors and open multiple career path options for graduates. Identify strategies and planning processes relevant to your program. Presenters: Don Wygal, Rider University; Kevin Stocks, Brigham Young University; Gary Sundem, University of Washington; Charles Smith, Penn State University; and Michael Moore, Ernst & Young Foundation. Sponsor: Teaching & Curriculum Section. Special Pricing: T & C Section Members $35, New T & C Section Members $45, Non T & C Section Members $65.
Email suggestions to Don Wygal.

Sunday, August 12, 2001

Title: Introduction to XML
Time: 8:30 AM - 12:00 PM

Focus on understanding the basics of XML (eXtensible Markup Language). XML is the basic technology for describing data in both humanly understandable and computerized form. This workshop will focus on understanding XML by examples and hands on exercises. Bring Windows laptops.
Presenters: Clinton White Jr., University of Delaware; Glen Gray, California State University-Northridge; and Roger Debreceny, Nanyang Tech University.
Sponsor: Teaching & Curriculum Section.

Title: Designing and Facilitating Online Courses
Time: 8:30 AM -12:00 PM

Learn how to design and facilitate courses using web tools such as chat, bulletin board, email, listserves, web publishing, streaming audio/video, and audio/video conferencing. The presenter received the 2000 AAA Innovation in Accounting Education Award for the project Collaborative Discovery Learning Online.
Presenter: A. Faye Borthick, Georgia State University.
Sponsor: Teaching & Curriculum Section.

Title: Introduction to XBRL
Time: 1:30 PM - 5:00 PM

Understand how the eXtensible Business Reporting Language (XBRL) could dramatically change the financial information value chain. Discuss the strategic objectives of XBRL, the nature of XBRL taxonomies, and representation of accounting information within an XBRL instance document. Bring Windows laptops.
Presenters: Clinton White Jr., University of Delaware; Glen Gray, Cal State University-Northridge; and Roger Debreceny, Nanyang Tech University.
Sponsor: Teaching & Curriculum Section.

Title: Teaching Strategies & Classroom Techniques
Time: 1:00 PM - 4:30 PM

Participate in hands-on demonstrations of techniques like writing in the class, problem-based learning cases, drama simulations, and service learning. Learn how to use these techniques in your graduate and undergraduate programs. Participants are asked to share the techniques they use.
Presenters: Debra Kerby, Truman State University; Sherry Mills, New Mexico State University; D.V. Rama, Texas A & M International University; and Richard Brownlee, University of Virginia.
Sponsor: Teaching & Curriculum Section.
Special Pricing: T & C Section Members $35, New T & C Section Members $45, Non T & C Section Members $65.
Email suggestions to D.V. Rama.

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