CALL FOR CHAPTER PROPOSALS

Proposal Submission Deadline: April 15, 2010

Higher Education Institutions and Learning Management Systems: Adoption and Standardization

A book edited by Dr. Rosalina Babo and Dr. Ana Azevedo

ISCAP-IPP, Portugal

 

 

To be published by IGI Global: http://www.igi-global.com/requests/details.asp?ID=840

 

 

Introduction

e-Learning plays a significant role in education, and its importance increases day by day. Learning environments can take a myriad of distinct forms. Learning Management Systems emerge as an important platform to support effective learning environments. Furthermore with the rising of Web 2.0, learning environments are also overflowing Learning Management Systems and Institutions’ boundaries.

Learning Management Systems (LMS) are used all over Higher Education Institutions (HEI) and the need to know and understand its adoption and usage arises. However, there is a lack of information about how LMSs are being used, which are the most adopted, whether there is a country adoption standard and which countries use more LMSs.

On one hand, there are different institutional cultures and characteristics and, on the other hand, there are several distinct LMS tools, it is expected to find out distinct experiences. The richness of each of the experiences can help the worldwide community to better understand how well LMS are being used.

 

Objective of the Book

The primary objective of this book is to provide insights concerning Learning Management Systems on Higher Education Institutions.  The book aims to increase understanding of LMS adoption and usage providing relevant academic work, empirical research findings and an overview of LMS usage on Higher Education Institutions all over the world.

 

Target Audience

The target audience of this book will be composed of Education government members, Higher Education Managers, researchers, academicians, practitioners and graduate students in every field of study are the target audience of this book. LMS are not limited to a specific academic area being a trend and a new learning approach in any scientific field.

 

Recommended topics include, but are not limited to, the following:

LMS on Higher Education Institutions

Evaluation of LMS

Evaluation of LMS adoption

Evaluation of LMS’s tutor usage

Evaluation of LMS’s students’ usage

LMS Impact Studies

Emerging and best practices in LMS adoption and usage

Partnerships in e-Learning

Evaluation of e-Learning

Managing quality in e-Learning

Open Source LMS

Collaborative Learning

Enables and constrainers of LMS usage

Relations between Web 2.0 and LMS

LMS tools and the Web 2.0

What are the most used LMS

LMS adoption factors

Usage rates of LMS (Scientific areas, gender, Age, …)

Comparison of different LMS platforms (Moodle, Blackboard,…)

Best practices in LMS policies and procedures

Strategies for faculty LMS orientation and ongoing education

Internal review practices of LMS usage

The student view vs. the professor view of LMS

LMSs case studies

 

Submission Procedure

Researchers and practitioners are invited to submit on or before April 15, 2010, a 2-3 page chapter proposal clearly explaining the mission and concerns of his or her proposed chapter. Authors of accepted proposals will be notified by June 15, 2010 about the status of their proposals and sent chapter guidelines. Full chapters are expected to be submitted by September 1, 2010. All submitted chapters will be reviewed on a double-blind review basis. Contributors may also be requested to serve as reviewers for this project.

 

Publisher

 This book is scheduled to be published by IGI Global (formerly Idea Group Inc.), publisher of the “Information Science Reference” (formerly Idea Group Reference), “Medical Information Science Reference,” and “IGI Publishing” imprints. For additional information regarding the publisher, please visit www.igi-global.com. This publication is anticipated to be released in 2011.

 

Important Dates:

April 15, 2010:                                Proposal Submission Deadline

June 15, 2010:                Notification of Acceptance

September 1, 2010:     Full Chapter Submission

October 31, 2010:        Review Result Returned

January 15, 2011:          Final Chapter Submission

February 15, 2011:        Final deadline

 

 

 

Inquiries and submissions can be forwarded electronically (Word document) or by mail to:

Dr. Rosalina Babo and Dr. Ana Azevedo

ISCAP - IPP

R. Dr. Jaime Lopes de Amorim

4465-004 S. Mamede de Infesta

Portugal

Tel.: +351 22 905 00 00   •  Fax: +351 22 902 58 99

E-mail: baboANDazevedo@gmail.com