The Morning Watch – Special Issue: Technology-Mediated Learning (TML)

For a post-AERA item…  This is a limited call, as the journal has a specific geographic focus (i.e., Newfoundland and Labrador). So any submissions should be specifically focused on that geographic jurisdiction.

Call for contributions from academics, practitioners, policy-makers, administrators and graduate students for a special FALL issue on TECHNOLOGY-MEDIATED LEARNING (TML) Guest Editors Elizabeth Murphy Memorial University of Newfoundland and Michael Barbour: Wayne State University Detroit, Michigan Examples of questions/themes: TML & the sustainability of remote & rural communities. TML: innnovation or status quo on steroids? TML: the demise of local communities or birth of global communities? TML: where is the return on investment? TML: the role of teachers/ professors. TML: how to promote learning excellence online. TML: learner empowerment or canned lectures? TML: the need for faculty and student support.   Empirical, narrative, biographical, critical or theoretical perspectives are welcome. Submission formats might include, papers, reports or position papers. Maximum 3000 words. Minimum 500. Papers, reports and position papers should follow APA format. Email your submission by August 15,2013 to 2013morningwatch at gmail dot com See the submission guidelines & FAQ.

Call for Papers – Special Issue of Journal of Technology and Teacher Education (JTATE) on K-12 Online and Blended Learning

From Tuesday’s inbox…  Note that this will be the second special issue of JTATE focused on some aspect of K-12 online learning.

Call for Papers

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Journal of Technology and Teacher Education (JTATE) Special Issue
Current Trends and Issues in K-12 Online and Blended Teaching and LearningGuest Editors & Affiliations
Kathryn Kennedy, International Association for K-12 Online Learning
Joe Freidhoff, Michigan Virtual University
Kevin Oliver, North Carolina State University

Deadline for Submissions

June 30, 2013

Introduction

Today’s changing education landscape is making way for K-12 online and blended teaching and learning in partnership with K-12 virtual schools and other educational agencies, which has the potential to transform the education system. For this special issue, the co-editors are looking for articles that share ideas on teacher education programs rethinking curriculum when it comes to preparing future and current teachers for these new learning environments. An important emphasis for this special issue is on learning about and defining new strategies for online and blended teaching and learning through K-12 virtual schools and other educational agencies so that teacher education programs can prepare future and current teachers to facilitate, support, motivate, engage, and challenge their students.

Recommended topics include but are not limited to the following

• Instructional strategies (co-teaching, team-teaching, and cross-curricular)
• Educational technologies
• Collaborative environments
• Student-centered, personalized instruction
• Student-student communication
• Collaboration
• Student-created content
• Open educational resources
• Case-based learning
• Gaming
• Cloud-based technologies
• Personalized interactive platforms
• Data systems
• Policy
• Certification
• Change management
• Alternative reality

Tentative Timeline

3/25/13 – 6/30/13 – Call for Papers
6/30/13 - Deadline for paper submission
7/1/13 – 7/31/13 – Papers under double blind review
8/1/13 – 8/31/13 - Guest editors review the feedback given by reviewers and ready notification emails for authors
9/1/13 – Authors will be notified and sent feedback as well as a timeline for final submission
9/30/13 – Final drafts of papers due
10/1/13 – 10/31/13 – Guest editors ready papers prior to submitting them for copyediting and proofing
11/1/13 – 11/30/13 – Accepted authors review proofs
12/1/13 – Final preparations for publication

Submission Guidelines

The submission guidelines can be found at the following link: http://www.aace.org/publish/?fuseaction=Authors.BeginSubmission

Papers will be reviewed on a double-blind review basis. Contributors may also be requested to serve as reviewers for this project.

If you’re interested in submitting a paper for consideration, please contact the guest editors directly to propose your idea to ensure the appropriateness of your work for this particular venue. Proposals and papers (Word document) should be sent electronically to:

Kathryn Kennedy, kkennedy@inacol.org
Joe Freidhoff, jfreidhoff@mivu.org
Kevin Oliver, kevin_oliver@ncsu.edu

CALL FOR PAPERS – International Journal of Online Pedagogy and Course Design (IGI-Global Journal)

From Monday’s inbox…  Something for those looking to publish research in our field…

Dear Professor,

In order to make more people aware of your research achievements, we sincerely invite you to submit a new research paper to the International Journal of Online Pedagogy and Course Design (IJOPCD).

The mission of the International Journal of Online Pedagogy and Course Design (IJOPCD) is to provide a platform for the latest research, analysis, and development of online education, effective online teaching methods, and course design. IJOPCD covers the pedagogical design aspects of science education and computing education, as well as courses supported by educational technologies. Targeting academic researchers and educators who work in the field, this journal focuses on the importance of developments in online course design and teaching methods to improve teachers’ teaching and students’ learning. Researchers are encouraged to submit cross-disciplinary, high-quality syntheses that are interesting, beneficial, and apprehensible to all those interested in or teaching science and related disciplines.

Topics to be discussed in this journal include (but are not limited to) the following:

● Web-based teaching methods

● Pedagogy and teaching with technology

● Online course design

● Evaluation of online learning effects

● Evaluation of learning technology systems

● E-learning

● Blended learning

● Computer-mediated communication

● Multimedia and interactive learning systems

● Learning management systems

● Emerging technologies

● Virtual reality environments

● Computing education

● Science education

● Online learners’ behavior

● Adoption of e-learning

● Best practices

On behalf of the Editors-in-Chief Prof. Pei-Di Shen and Dr. Chia-Wen Tsai, we invite you to submit papers to IJOPCD. For more details about IJOPCD, please visit www.igi-global.com/IJOPCD

Kind Regards,

Chia-Wen Tsai, PhD
Editor-in-Chief
International Journal of Online Pedagogy and Course Design
E-mail: jawen12b@gmail.com
IJOPCD@gmail.com
http://www.igi-global.com/IJOPCD

[EDEN-News] Deadline approaching! – EDEN 2013 Oslo Conference

From Friday’s inbox…

EDEN Annual Conference June 12-15 2013, Oslo Call for Papers Deadline: 5 February 2013 Call for Contributions Underpinning the conference theme, “The Joy of Learning”, the EDEN 2013 Annual Conference will include paper presentations, interactive workshops often blended with webinars, on-the-spot poster sessions with visualised practices and project presentations in form of short demonstrations. Contributions should relate to the conference themes. The Call is open until 5 February. Submissions will be double peer reviewed and accepted contributions published in the electronic Conference Proceedings with ISBN and their summary in the printed Book of Abstracts. For details on submission categories, on how to submit your proposal and format guidelines, please visit the conference website and the Call for Contributions menu. Keynote Speakers Prof. Sugata Mitra is Professor of Educational Technology at the School of Education, Communication and Language Sciences at Newcastle University, UK. He is best known for his “Hole in the Wall” experiment. Anne Kirah is Senior Design and Innovation Anthropologist of Steria, Norway. She served previously as a design anthropologist for MSN, intended to influence software and service designs to improve humans’ interaction with technology. Dr. Bernard Luskin, President-Elect for the American Psychological Association (APA) Media Psychology Division is widely known for his major study ‘Media Psychology and New Technology’. Ana Carla Pereira, Head of Unit for Skills and Qualifications, Commission Directorate-General Education and Culture will talk about the developments with the European Union new generation education programmes. Our Norwegian hosts invited a high level representative of the Norwegian Nobel Committee to speak. The Nordic Voice Distance education has been an important part of adult education in the Nordic countries for the last hundred years. Today, in Scandinavia, online education with advanced digital learning resources are widely accessible. A best practice presentation from all the Nordic countries will take place. Online and Social The Conference will be supported and accompanied intensively by social networking, sharing, online and virtual presence and involvement possibilities. You are invited to share on Twitter, Facebook, Slideshare and Youtube. The conference hashtag is #EDENOslo. A curated Conference news service is collecting related information via it’s Scoop.it account. The EDEN Oslo Facebook group is already active. About the Conference E-learning, open and distance education have been important fields of intellectual excitement and innovative development. Challenges posed by the new technologies are permanent, and students constantly keep teachers under pressure to develop. Individual and collective motivation, enhancement of the learning experience and overall improvement of learning quality are gaining ever-increasing traction. How can we do our best to make learning a thrilling experience for learners, including providing a sense of joy in the virtual classroom? The EDEN 2013 Conference will discover and present the latest best practice in this field, share progressive concepts, inventive solutions, and promote joint-thinking and collaboration. Conference Venue, Oslo Oslo has a special combination of city life and easy access to the great outdoors, the Oslo fjord and the forests. You may enjoy the view on the roof of the new Opera House, the new Ski Jump Holmenkollen, or you may pay a visit to the Munch Museum and the Nobel Peace Center. The conference will take place at the University of Oslo, campus Blindern, Georg Sverdrup Building. This building was inaugurated in 1999, and houses the humanities and social sciences library. Opera House Georg Sverdrups hus, Blindern. Photo: Francesco Saggio, UiO. Source You may follow conference updates via Facebook and Twitter.

EDEN – European Distance and e-Learning Network Secretariat Tel: +36 1 463 4628, 463 2537 Fax: +36 1 463 1858 E-mail: secretariat@eden-online.org http://www.eden-online.org

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[EDEN-News] EDEN 2013 Oslo – Deadline Approaching!

And another item from Monday’s inbox…

EDEN Annual Conference June 12-15 2013, Oslo Call for Papers Deadline: 5 February 2013 Keynote Speakers Prof. Sugata Mitra is Professor of Educational Technology at the School of Education, Communication and Language Sciences at Newcastle University, UK. He is best known for his “Hole in the Wall” experiment. Anne Kirah is Senior Design and Innovation Anthropologist of Steria, Norway. She served previously as a design anthropologist for MSN, intended to influence software and service designs to improve humans’ interaction with technology. Dr. Bernard Luskin, President-Elect for the American Psychological Association (APA) Media Psychology Division is widely known for his major study ‘Media Psychology and New Technology’. Ana Carla Pereira, Head of Unit for Skills and Qualifications, Commission Directorate-General Education and Culture will talk about the developments with the European Union new generation education programmes. Our Norwegian hosts invited a high level representative of the Norwegian Nobel Committee to speak. The Nordic Voice Distance education has been an important part of adult education in the Nordic countries for the last hundred years. Today, in Scandinavia, online education with advanced digital learning resources are widely accessible. A best practice presentation from all the Nordic countries will take place. Call for Contributions Underpinning the conference theme, “The Joy of Learning”, the EDEN 2013 Annual Conference will include paper presentations, interactive workshops often blended with webinars, on-the-spot poster sessions with visualised practices and project presentations in form of short demonstrations. Contributions should relate to the conference themes. The Call is open until 5 February. Submissions will be double peer reviewed and accepted contributions published in the electronic Conference Proceedings with ISBN and their summary in the printed Book of Abstracts. For details on submission categories, on how to submit your proposal and format guidelines, please visit the conference website and the Call for Contributions menu. Online and Social The Conference will be supported and accompanied intensively by social networking, sharing, online and virtual presence and involvement possibilities. You are invited to share on Twitter, Facebook, Slideshare and Youtube. The conference hashtag is #EDENOslo. A curated Conference news service is collecting related information via it’s Scoop.it account. The EDEN Oslo Facebook group is already active. About the Conference E-learning, open and distance education have been important fields of intellectual excitement and innovative development. Challenges posed by the new technologies are permanent, and students constantly keep teachers under pressure to develop. Individual and collective motivation, enhancement of the learning experience and overall improvement of learning quality are gaining ever-increasing traction. How can we do our best to make learning a thrilling experience for learners, including providing a sense of joy in the virtual classroom? The EDEN 2013 Conference will discover and present the latest best practice in this field, share progressive concepts, inventive solutions, and promote joint-thinking and collaboration. Conference Venue, Oslo Oslo has a special combination of city life and easy access to the great outdoors, the Oslo fjord and the forests. You may enjoy the view on the roof of the new Opera House, the new Ski Jump Holmenkollen, or you may pay a visit to the Munch Museum and the Nobel Peace Center. The conference will take place at the University of Oslo, campus Blindern, Georg Sverdrup Building. This building was inaugurated in 1999, and houses the humanities and social sciences library. Opera House Georg Sverdrups hus, Blindern. Photo: Francesco Saggio, UiO. Source You may follow conference updates via Facebook and Twitter.

EDEN – European Distance and e-Learning Network Secretariat Tel: +36 1 463 4628, 463 2537 Fax: +36 1 463 1858 E-mail: secretariat@eden-online.org http://www.eden-online.org

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