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Evaluation of Learning Technology

Date: Thu, 16 Nov 2000 15:20:24 +1300
From: Kinshuk <kinshuk@mailandnews.com>

Call for papers: Special issue of 'Educational Technology & Society'
(ISSN 1436-4522) peer-reviewed journal on the theme:

"Integrating Technology into Learning and Working"

http://ifets.ieee.org/periodical/

Technology is now widely used in a variety of educational and performance support situations. New technologies are being introduced before we learn how to make effective use of existing technologies. Rather than jump from one technology fad to another or leap to conclusions that new technologies require new planning and design processes or radically different learning paradigms, it appears reasonable to consolidate what we know works best in which various learning and work environments and to identify known gaps in our knowledge and areas where new technologies simply do not fit well into existing frameworks. Some things appear clear. First, the distinction between learning environments and performance and decision support for work environments is less and less clear. Moreover, some new technologies (e.g., Personal Digital Assistants) do require new frameworks for planning and implementation. Finally, new technologies provide for new planning and design possibilities (e.g., collaborative design and development).

This special issue will focus on Integrating Technology into Learning and Working. Issues relevant to this topic include, but are not limited to the following: (1) the impact of new technologies on the design, development and delivery of educational and training materials; (2) the apparently disappearing distinction between learning and working; (3) new frameworks for planning and implementing learning and work support materials for new technology settings; and (4) interactions that may exist between personality and cultural factors and collaboration in learning and work settings.

We invite submissions covering these aspects that fall into the following categories:

• Full length articles describing research results, presented through discussion and comparative analysis methods (about 5000 words);
• Short feature articles presenting case studies, and work in progress (about 2500 words); and
• Critiques, reviews, individual experience (about 1500 words).

Initial proposals (500-1000 words) should be concise and contain the main theses of the proposed paper. They should be forwarded to the guest editor as a plain text in a body of an email message by. Proposals will be considered on first come-first service basis thus allowing for more flexible planning of your further work.

Please forward the following details with each submission:

• Author(s) full name(s) including title(s)
• job title(s)
• Organization(s)
• full contact details of all authors including email address, postal address, telephone and fax numbers

On the basis of initial proposals, the guest editor will invite the submissions which should be sent to him as attached files (preferably in Word, HTML or ASCII) to Spector@syr.edu. Once accepted, the final submissions should follow the author guidelines, available at journal's website.

** Special issue guest editor
Prof. J. Michael Spector
IDD&E, 330 Huntington Hall
Syracuse University
Syracuse, NY 13244
USA
Tel: +1 315 443 3703
Fax: +1 315 443 9218
Email: Spector@syr.edu

** Important dates
15 January 2001: Deadline for initial proposals
15 March 2001: Reaction/notification on initial proposals
15 July 2001: Deadline for full papers
15 September 2001: Reaction/notification on papers (with possible rejections)
15 December 2001: Final versions of papers
January 2002: Publication

To get familiarity with the style of the journal, please see a previous issue at:
http://ifets.ieee.org/periodical/

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Dr. Kinshuk kinshuk@massey.ac.nz kinshuk@mailandnews.com
Information Systems Dept., Massey Univ., Private Bag 11-222,
Palmerston North, New Zealand
Tel: +64 6 3505799 ext. 2090 Fax: +64 6 3505725
http://fims-www.massey.ac.nz/~kinshuk

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