In order to produce a Conference Proceedings with as uniform an
appearance as possible and consistent with those of previous AaeE
Conferences, we request that the format conforms with the following. | Document Preparation
Guidelines |
The following guidelines will help you prepare your paper in the
format required for publishing your paper for the 13th Annual Conference
of the Australasian Association for Engineering Education. Your
efforts to comply with these instructions will be appreciated and
will help us avoid unnecessary delays in final editing of all the
papers for printing as a proceedings. All full papers will be bound in a single volume to be available
at the conference. All abstracts will be available on this site once acceptance of
the full paper has been confirmed. - Completed manuscript in electronic format due for refereeing
not later than 5 April 2002 - (there is no
requirement for a hard copy)
- You will be notified of acceptance of the paper and any referees'
comments by 17 May 2002
- Last date for receipt of final copy of paper in electronic format
is 28 June 2002 - (you may provide a hard copy if you
consider that the formatting may be lost or subscript/superscript
is lost.)
- Copyright form due by 30 July 2002
- Nomination of presenter due by 30 July 2002
Top - Return to authors any required corrections/modifications on
accepted papers 17 May 2002
- Absolute deadline for receiving final (corrected) papers 28
June 2002
Your paper will be reproduced from your corrected electronic version. Ensure that you SPELL CHECK your document. Check for conformity
of format. The editors reserve the right to possibly correct spelling, spacing
and punctuation to conform to the standards of the conference. Top Acceptable: IBM compatible formatted in Word for Windows
- Word 6 or later For Macintosh users, you will need to provide IBM compatible files Sending files: The files may be sent on a Windows formatted 3.5 double sided high
density disk (label the disk for clear identification) Or transmit by email (preferred) as an attachment. Please use the
email address aaee@con-sol.com Labelling your file/s: Your file should be labelled: Surname-initial-1.file extension such as: Boles-W-1.doc for my first, unreviewed paper (Word
format) The final copy of the paper will be: Boles-R-2.doc for the
final copy ready for the proceedings Same author(s) for more that one paper, please add a letter after
the numbers in the files name.
Example: Boles-W-1a.doc, Boles-W-1b.doc etc. The final papers
will be Boles-R-2a.doc, Boles-R-2b.doc etc. Top
| Paper length | Your paper should be a maximum of
6 pages set out in the format below. Include tables and figures
where they belong in the paper.
All references to be placed at the end of the paper. | | Language | The language for the conference
is English | | Page size | A4 (21cm x 29.7cm) | | Margins | Top margin first page 3.0cm, other
pages:
left 1.5 cm right 1.5 cm
top 2.0 cm bottom 2.0 cm | | Font | Times New Roman | | Title heading | 16 point - Bold - First letter of
each word uppercase. | | 1st Order heading | 12 point - Bold - All letters uppercase | | 2nd Order headings | 12 point - Bold - First letter of
each word capitalised | | Text | 12 point | | Headers and Footers | Only use header on First page | | Line Spacing | single line | | Columns of text | Two columns of width 8.5cm with
1.0cm spacing between columns | | Justification | all headings to start at left-hand
margin | | Paragraphs | all start at left-hand margin
one clear line between paragraphs | | Underlining | DO NOT use underlining | | Styles | DO NOT use styles for headings or
paragraphs | | Page numbers | turn page numbers off
DO NOT use page numbers |
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| Title: | Font 16 point, Bold, centred
title should clearly identify the context of your paper
keep title succinct, no more than two lines (one line preferred) | | Author/s | leave two clear lines below title
mixed case, Font 12 point, centered | | Affiliation | place immediately under author/s - do not leave clear line
use one line only, italicise
abbreviate and capitalise only as required.
clearly identify authors with organisations.
Leave two blank lines between the author/affiliation and abstract | | Abstract | the abstract should be less than 250 words
clearly summarise the paper, giving aims, methods and outcomes
DO NOT use headings in the abstract
The word ABSTRACT: should be in ALL UPPER CASE and should
appear on the first line of the abstract. The abstract should
span over the whole area between the left and right margins,
one column.
Leave two blank lines between the abstract and text | | Keywords | The following suggested keywords will assist the evaluation
committee to assess which stream to allocate your paper should
it be accepted: curriculum change
quality assurance
reflective practice
social responsibility
ethics
systems engineering
mathematics / intake attributes
evaluation
assessment
learning outcomes
student diversity
women in engineering
international students
leadership
innovation
professional formation
industry partnerships
student-centred learning / teaching and learning strategies
cooperative learning / teamwork
generic skills / graduate attributes
project and problem-based learning
philosophy of engineering education
flexible delivery / learning technologies
sustainability and the environment
design education
leave two blank lines after keywords and text. | | 1st Order headings | leave one clear space above and below heading
start against the left-hand margin
ALL uppercase, heading bold typeface, 12 point
for example CONDUCTING THE
STUDY | | 2nd Order headings | allow one clear line above and below the heading
make first letter of every word upper case, all others lower
case
bold typeface, 12 point
for example Identification of Sample Sites
Place all tables and figures where they belong in the
document. | | Tables | identify each table with a numeral and caption
start number and caption one line above the table and centred
allow one clear line space between caption and table
allow one clear line space between table and text below | | Figures | identify each figure with a numeral and caption
start number and caption on line below the figure and centred
allow one clear space between caption and figure
allow one clear line space between figure and text below | | Photographs | special requirements for photograph
contact the conference secretariat to ensure conflict free
electronic transfer | | Equations | Align equations with left-hand margin
Present equations in text format only - do not use specialised
styles
Assign a numeral to each equation, in parenthesis (brackets)
on right margin | | References | Please list and number all references at the end of the paper,
as shown in the sample paper. Refer to the reference in the
text [1] with a corresponding reference number in brackets.
Arrange as follows: (Books) - Paxis, L.C., An Introduction to Global Mechatronics.
London, Paris, N.Y., Peterlaser, 23-24 (1987).
(Journals) - Riding, R. J., and Douglas, G., "The effect of cognitive
style and mode of presentation on learning", British
Journal of Educational Psychology, 63, 297-307 (1993).
- Bork, A., "Computers and educational systems",
Australian Educational Computing, Journal of the Australian
Council for Computers in Education, 6(2), 34-37 (1991).
(Conferences) - Heldt, T., So you want to be an engineer?, Proc 1st
Asia-Pacific Forum on Engineering and Technology Education,
Melbourne, 282-286 (1997).
| | Abbreviations | The standard styles for abbreviations will be maintained
SI units do not use stops or commas
Mr Dr Mrs Pty Ltd or words which end in their last letter
do not have a full stop when abbreviated
use italics for et al., pers.comm. An example
of a paper from AaeE 1999 can be viewed from this hyperlink
You can download this paper and use it as a template to produce
yours. TITLE SHOULD BE IN UPPER CASE BOLD AND CENTRED AT 16 POINT(two lines clear space) Author in Centre, Bold, 12 point
Affiliation also centred, 12 point, Italicised (two lines clear space) ABSTRACT: Place your abstract of no more than 250
words in here. The abstract, when read alone should provide
a motivation for the reader to read on, knowing the general
tenor of the paper. Text of abstract should span over the
whole text area (not over two columns). (two lines clear space) INTRODUCTION
(one line clear space) This is where the paragraph starts............. |
Top | Workshop
Layout & Example |
The AaeE2002 Conference Committee invites workshop proposals. Proposals
should respond to the following headings and be no more than an
A4 page in length. - Objective
- Abstract
- Target Audience
- Method
- Conclusion
- References
- Keywords
- Workshop presenter(s)
- Short bio of presenter(s)
Workshop proposals that are accepted for presentation at AaeE 2002
will be available in a booklet at the conference in order to allow
participants to select those that they wish to attend. Workshop
timeslots will be around 1 hour and will generally run in parallel
with paper presentations. Proposals must be received by: 5 April 2002
Notification of acceptance will be by: 17 May 2002 Proposals should be submitted via the email address listed above
for papers and should use the same layout in terms of fonts and
spacing.
This
is an example of a workshop proposal. Top Should you require additional assistance contact: Conference Secretariat: Phone 61 2 62853000
Fax 61 2 62853001
Email: aaee@con-sol.com Top |
