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Call for Chapters: Opening Up Education for Inclusivity Across
Digital Economies and Societies
Editors
Patricia Ordóñez de Pablos, Miltiadis D. Lytras, Jacky Xi Zhang
and Kwok Tai Chui
Patricia Ordóñez de Pablos, The University of Oviedo, Spain
Miltiadis D. Lytras, The American College of Greece, Greece
Jacky Xi Zhang, Tianjin University, China
Kwok Tai Chui, Hong Kong
Call for Chapters
Proposals Submission Deadline: April 30, 2018
Full Chapters Due: May 30, 2018
Introduction
On January 17, 2018 the European Commission adopted a Digital
Education Action Plan, including 11 initiatives to support
technology-use and digital competence development in education.
The evolution of information technologies, mobile devices, and
social media as well as the needs of students, workers, and
academics has experienced rapid changes in the past several years.
This complex and dynamic reality requires new forms of delivery of
learning content to students, the building of special learning
environments, and new teaching methodologies for academics. Old
teaching practices (from the building of teaching materials to the
evaluation processes and tutorial services) need to be adapted to
provide customized and context adapted learning opportunities.
There are drivers, barriers, and success factors within distance
and mobile learning devices and systems that need to be explored
and tested; such as widespread availability and/or the lack of
policy support.
The European Commission has funded a number of successful R&D
projects focused on mobile learning. Additionally, several EU
countries (e.g., Denmark, The Netherlands and UK) have supported
the used of mobile learning in schools and universities.
This proposed book aims to foster international exchange of
academic insights and approaches and broaden the visibility in the
development of technology for education, establish an
international platform for interactions on information technology
and application in education, accelerate innovation in education
technology, and analyze the latest achievements and progress in
new and emerging information technology for education, with
special focus on higher education institutions.
The book will explore initiatives, policies and cases to support
technology-use and digital competence development in education
systems around the world. It will discuss experiences and
challenges at all levels, from academic staff and administrators,
to researchers and designers; from institutions to open, distance
and lifelong learning. It also addresses the topic from the micro
of specific applications or instances of use in classrooms to
macro concerns of national policies and also regional policies,
like in the European Union.
The book will universities, education institutions and countries
meet challenges and opportunities of the digital era.
The subject area is a combination of highly relevant topics:
education institutions (with special focus on universities),
information systems and technologies for education and inclusive
societies.
Objective
The proposed book aims to be the leading source of information for
all those interested in education management and emerging
technologies since it promotes scientific discussion on policies,
methodologies and approaches, as well as to cover the emerging
research topics in digital education which will redefine the goals
of education in the coming years.
Furthermore, this book will show the capacity of educational
models and policies, information technology and management for the
mutual understanding, prosperity, creation of inclusive societies
and wellbeing of all the citizens in the world.
Target Audience
§ Politicians
§ Professors in academia,
§ Policy Makers
§ Government officers
§ Students
§ Corporate heads of firms
§ Senior general managers
§ Managing directors
§ Board directors
§ Academics and researchers in the field both in universities and
business schools
§ Information technology directors and managers
§ Quality managers and directors
§ Human resource directors
§ Libraries and information centres serving the needs of the above
Recommended Topics
Topics of interest:
• Case studies covering Europe, Asia, Africa, Middle East, Latin
America and USA
• Challenges and opportunities for university education
• Data analysis and foresights in education
• Differing cultural perceptions of management in education
• Digital competences and skills
• Digital and entrepreneurial competences for female students
• Digital libraries of educational content
• Distance learning
• European Union and platforms for digital higher education
• Gamification
• Globalization and education
• Higher education systems
• Knowledge portals
• Learning analytics
• Learning spaces
• Long-life learning
• Mobile learning
• Open educational resources
• Technology platforms in education
• Validation of digitally acquired skills in education systems
• Virtual Learning
• Virtual reality and education
• Virtual universities
Submission Procedure
Researchers and practitioners are invited to submit a 2-3-page
chapter proposal clearly explaining the mission and concerns of
his or her proposed chapter (Deadline June 15, 2018). Full
chapters are expected to be submitted by June 30, 2018. All
submitted chapters will be reviewed on a double-blind review
basis. Contributors may also be requested to serve as reviewers
for this project.
Proposal Submission Deadline: June 15, 2018
Full Chapter Submission: June 30, 2018
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," "Business Science Reference," and "Engineering Science
Reference" imprints. For additional information regarding the
publisher, please visit
www.igi-global.com. This publication is
anticipated to be released in 2019.
Important Dates
Proposal Submission Deadline: June 15, 2018
Full Chapter Submission: June 30, 2018
Inquiries
Please direct your inquiries to
Patricia Ordóñez de Pablos, The University of Oviedo, Spain
patriop@uniovi.es<mailto:patriop@uniovi.es>
Submissions
Proposal submission (2-3 pages)
https://www.igi-global.com/publish/call-for-papers/submit/3215
Call for Chapters
https://www.igi-global.com/publish/call-for-papers/call-details/3215
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