Special Issue on "Models, contexts and classrooms for the 21st century"

to be published at the Interaction Design and Architecture(s) Journal
(IxD&A) (ISSN 1826-9745)
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Guest Editors:
Alke Martens, University of Education Schwaebisch Gmuend, Germany
Sabine Graf, Athabasca University, Canada

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This special issue of the IxD&A journal intends to expand the results of
the workshop DULP@ICALT2011
(http://www.mifav.uniroma2.it/inevent/events/dulp11/index.php)

DULP@ICALT2011 was intended to explore the path that, starting from the
transformations that are marking the present, will lead us to the future
of the Technology Enhanced Education (TEE). In such settings we find: -
persons are considered in all her/his complexity and placed at the center
of educational contexts and scenarios increasingly ubiquitous, complex,
organic;
- the perimeter of the physical space, in which the educational
experiences develop, becomes increasingly undefined, liquid and host more
and more nomadic and informal practices that cross glocalities
characterized by a high density of social interactions;
- technologies, increasingly embedded into the everyday spaces and
artifacts, make the places not only more sensitive but also responsive
and, potentially, co-evolutionary (TEP - Technology Enhanced Places)
giving rise to new mixed landscapes in which one can experiment, seamless,
the integration of physicality and virtuality.

This special issue of the IxD&A journal looks for contributions that,
starting from the current state of the art, are able to:
a) imagine a realistic future of TEE that should be applicable in real
contexts;
b) induce a fruitful encounter between disciplines, to the benefit of the
centrality of the educational experiences and of the expectations of the
individuals

Contributions can describe (but are not limited to):
* realistic futuristic models for educational systems / settings /
concepts / classrooms,
* empirical evaluations and educational experiences with existing systems
/ settings / concepts / classrooms
* the role of context in new systems / settings / concepts / classrooms
and related models / experiences

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Deadline for submission: October 20, 2011.
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SUBMISSION PROCEDURE

The manuscripts should be submitted either in .doc or in .rtf format.

All papers will be blindly peer-reviewed by two reviewers.
The call for paper is open to everybody, although a section of the special
issue will be reserved to extended versions of few selected papers
presented at the
DULP@ICALT2011 workshop
(http://www.mifav.uniroma2.it/inevent/events/dulp11/index.php)

The submitted papers should be no longer than 16 pages (including authors'
information, abstract, all tables, figures, references, etc.) and should
be written according to the IxD&A authors' guidelines
-> http://www.scuolaiad.it/IxDEA/ -> AUTHORS -> Authors' guidelines

Link to the paper submission page:
http://www.mifav.uniroma2.it/idea2010/login.php

More information on the submission procedure and on the characteristics of
the paper format can be found on the website of IxD&A Journal the where
information on the copyright policy and responsibility of authors are
published.

For scientific advices and for any query please contact the guest-editors:
alke.martens@googlemail.com and sabineg@athabascau.ca marking the subject
as: "IxD&A, special issue on: Models, contexts and classrooms for the 21st
century"

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Important dates:
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- Deadline for paper submission: 20 October, 2011
- Notification to the authors: 30 November, 2011
- Deadline for submission of the final camera ready version of accepted
papers: 20 December
- Publication of the special issue: January 2012


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