EDUCATION 2012 - ICST Transactions on e-Education and e-Learning

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Category EDUCATION 2012

Deadline: November 02, 2012 | Date: November 02, 2012-November 03, 2012

Venue/Country: Online, Online

Updated: 2011-09-20 07:12:50 (GMT+9)

Call For Papers - CFP

Call for Papers

http://icst.org/e-education-and-e-learning/

Scope

Education is one domain that has accompanied civilization through the

centuries, adapting its tools to fulfill the expectations of the

students and the needs of the teachers. Such tools can be as obvious

and traditional as pencils and a notebook, or as complex and

innovative as websites and multi-user virtual environments. Typical in-

person learning environments, such as classrooms and meeting rooms,

are at times not the best solution to enable and maximize a student’s

ability to learn. Although they do fulfill their purpose of giving

students the possibility of reaching course material and instructors,

they also create a barrier that cannot be easily overcome.

Web-based instruction and multi-user virtual environments break the

time-limited barrier innate to typical lectures and explore, through

innovative technologies, a concept as old as humankind: socialization

and the feeling of belonging to a community. Many universities, public

institutions and private businesses are projecting themselves on the

Internet and in virtual worlds to reach the customer at any time,

giving them the idea of virtual presence that cannot be delivered

through a simple website.

Topics to be discussed in this journal focus on (but not limited to)

the following concepts:

? Teaching / Educational Models and Frameworks

? Accessibility and usability of web-based instruction in the

classroom

? Best Practices

? Developing courses and content to be used in on-line educational

environments

? Student engagement

? Experiments

? Impacts of on-line on traditional teaching and learning strategies

Editors in Chief

Giovanni Vincenti, Towson University, Towson, MD, USA

James Braman, Towson University, Towson, MD, USA

Unique Advantages of Publishing with ICST

ICST offers authors the revolutionary e-SCRIPTS system ? a Web 2.0-

based peer-review and manuscript management application that

guarantees objective and fast reviewing, through an innovative

reviewer bidding process that automatically matches the most qualified

reviewer to the paper based on internationally recognized indicators

such as H-index. Also based on that, acceptance decisions are expected

to be now made in weeks instead of many months. In addition, ICST

provides extremely short publication times by posting the paper on-

line immediately after acceptance and extreme visibility/impact to the

scientific community via synergies with the other ICST tools such as

EU Digital Library and a broad abstract dissemination channel without

compromises on the protection of authors’ intellectual property. All

these innovative aspects are coupled with traditional elements of

technical excellence, such as indexing by ISI, EI, DBLP, INSPEC,

Google Scholar, and all other major indexing organizations, as well as

ISSN registration.

In short: fast and high-quality review; rapid publication; innovative

publishing tools; and decision-making really open to the community.

Special Issues Proposals

ICST Transactions on e-Education and e-Learning is aiming at devoting

space for special issues on specific topics proposed by Guest Editors.

We welcome special issues proposals: for instructions on their

submission, please contact the giovanni.vincentiicst.org or

eeelicst.org.

What to submit

Original unpublished contributions are solicited that can improve the

knowledge and practice in the field. Tutorial and survey articles of

permanent reference value are also welcome.

Submissions must be original and should not have been published, or

submitted for publication, elsewhere. Authors are encouraged to submit

extended versions of papers previously presented at a conference or

workshop with clear indication of how the paper has been extended for

the journal submission.

This journal is being submitted to ISI, EI, DBLP, INSPEC, Google

Scholar, and all other major indexing organizations. ISSN # 2032-9253

How to submit

To submit a paper to the journal, please register at http://escripts.icst.org/.

Manuscript preparation instructions may be found at: http://icst.org/icst-transactions/

For any further info, please feel free to contact:

giovanni.vincentiicst.org or eeelicst.org

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