-------- Original Message -------- Subject: [AISWorld] CfP - ICST Transactions on e-Education and e-Learning Date: Mon, 19 Mar 2012 12:08:34 -0400 From: Giovanni Vincenti giovanni.vincenti@icst.org To: aisworld@lists.aisnet.org
CfP - ICST Transactions on e-Education and e-Learning
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.
Publishing models ICST Transactions utilize the Open Access publication model, letting any reader access the material in each issue. The innovation that ICST is embracing consists in the copyrighting of the articles. Publishing through the Transactions will not limit you to reuse your work. By retaining the full rights to the articles, authors will be able to re-use the material without the need of requesting permission to the publishing organization, like in most cases.
IMPORTANT: We will NOT charge publishing fees for this next issue.
In short: • Fast and high-quality review; • Rapid publication; • Innovative publishing tools; • Open Access publication; • Retention of the copyright for re-use of the material without the need to gain permission; • 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.vincenti@icst.org or eeel@icst.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
When to submit Authors can submit their work on e-Scripts at any time.
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.vincenti@icst.org or eeel@icst.org
For more information on ICST and its Publications Program, please email: publications@icst.org
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