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Subject: [Elena] Call for articles: Theme - "Learning objects in an e-learning context" Date: Friday 27 February 2004 12:09 From: Sigrún Gunnarsdóttir sigrung@simi.is To: universal@educanext.org, elena@alice.wu-wien.ac.at

Dear Colleagues I thought maybe you might want to contribute to this Newsletter,see below. Best regards Sigrun

Date: Wed, 25 Feb 2004 20:54:23 +1300 From: Kinshuk kinshuk@IEEE.ORG Subject: Call for articles: Theme - "Learning objects in an e-learning context"

Call For Papers - Learning Technology Newsletter (ISSN 1438-0625) publication of IEEE Computer Society Technical Committee on Learning Technology (TCLT) http://lttf.ieee.org/learn_tech/

* Deadline for submission: March 20, 2004.

Learning Technology Newsletter invites short articles, case studies, and project reports for special issue on "Learning objects in an e-learning context". The special issue will be published in Volume 6, Issue 2 (April, 2004).

** The newsletter is of non-refereed nature though the articles will be selected and edited by the Guest Editor. **

* Special Issue Theme:

"Learning objects in an e-learning context"

With vigorous development of the Internet, e-learning systems have become more and more popular. Since 1997, ADL's SCORM (Sharable Content Object Reference Model) specifications have been explored in the context of XML-based metadata with physical files. We invite submissions that are related to the following topics:

- SCORM-compliant Learning object in e-learning context - SCORM-compliant Learning repository - Web services for distributed learning repositories - SCORM-compliant Learning repository with Digital Right Management (DRM) - Case study on Simple Sequencing Specification - Learning objects implemented across nations, disciplines, or universities - SCORM authoring tools for packaging and its evaluation' criteria - SCORM authoring tools for simple sequencing and its evaluation' criteria - Ontological support for authoring SCORM-compliant learning material - Data mining for Simple Sequencing of course - Adaptive learning vs. Course Sequencing - What are criteria to evaluate a learning repository? - Can OCW (Open CourseWare) at MIT be transformed into SCORM-compliant specification for LO reuse?

* Guest Editor: Prof. David Jin-Tan Yang, National Kaohsiung Normal University, Taiwan

* Submission procedure:

1. The articles in the newsletter are limited to 1000 words. Overlength articles will not be published. 2. The manuscripts should be either in Word or RTF format. Any figures used in the contributions would be required separately in a graphic format (gif or jpeg). The figures should also be embedded in the text at appropriate places. 3. Please send the manuscripts by email as attachment to the guest editor at yangdav@nknucc.nknu.edu.tw, copied to kinshuk@ieee.org (Subject: Learning Technology April 2004 Submission). 4. In the email, please state clearly that the manuscript is original material that has not been published, and is not being considered for publication elsewhere.

Regards.

Kinshuk ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Associate Professor Kinshuk kinshuk@ieee.org Director, Advanced Learning Technologies Research Centre http://is-alt.massey.ac.nz/ Chair, IEEE Technical Committee on Learning Technology http://lttf.ieee.org/

Information Systems Dept., Massey Univ., Private Bag 11-222, Palmerston North, New Zealand Tel: +64 6 3505799 ext. 2090 Fax: +64 6 3505725 http://infosys.massey.ac.nz/~kinshuk

With regards

Sigrun Gunnarsdottir

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