(apologies for cross-posting) http://opencontent.org/blog/archives/663 Call for Papers - Openness and the Future of Higher Education This Call for Papers is for a theme issue of the International Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning <www.irrodl.org> entitled: Openness and the Future of Higher Education. The projected publication date is October 2009. The Guest Editors are Dr. David Wiley and John Hilton. The aim of this Special Issue is to further our understanding of the manner in which the open source, open access, and open education movements are now and will impact higher education organizations, learners, and other stakeholders in the future. Our intent is to stimulate critical debate, encourage collection and analyses of relevant data, and add to the theoretical foundations used in policy and planning discussions related to openness within institutions of higher education. Special consideration will be given to articles that present analyses and interpretations of empirical data, but rigorous theoretical submissions will also be considered. All submissions will be peer reviewed. Those submissions accepted for publication will be published under Creative Commons license in www.irrodl.org. DEADLINES: * Submission Proposals: January 15, 2009 * Notification of Acceptance: February 15 * Papers Due: May 1 * Peer Reviews Returned: June 30 * Finalized Papers Due: August 1 * Publication Date: October 15 SUBMISSION PROPOSALS Individual or multiple authors must first submit an abstract-length proposal of approximately 500-750 words to IRRODL's Managing Editor at irrodl@athabascau.ca. Those who have had their abstracts accepted will be formally invited by the Guest Editors to submit a full-length paper of approximately 5000 words. For IRRODL's submission guidelines, visit: http://www.irrodl.org/index.php/irrodl/about/submissions All full-length papers submitted to IRRODL will be subject to multiple blind peer review. All blind peer reviews will be shared with the authors. While influenced by the outcome of the blind peer reviews, the Guest Editors reserve the right to make final publication decisions. TOPICS MAY INCLUDE: * Critical perspectives on open education * Effect of openness on access to educational opportunity * Evaluation of open educational resources and services * Issues of affordability and openness * Issues of quality and localization of open educational resources * Openness and accreditation * Openness and future course management systems / personal learning environments * Open models for awarding credit or degrees * Open / peer tutoring and advising models * Open source, open access, or open education policy in higher education * Open teaching / massively open online courses ("MOOC") * Open textbooks * Social implications of open education * Structures and patterns of reuse of open educational resources * Sustainable models of creating and sharing open educational resources * Unique impact of openness on institutions in developing countries -- Gavin Baker http://www.gavinbaker.com/ gavin@gavinbaker.com As we enjoy great advantages from the inventions of others, we should be glad of an opportunity to serve others by any invention of ours; and this we should do freely and generously. Benjamin Franklin