________________________________ From: Aniko620@aol.com [mailto:Aniko620@aol.com] Sent: Sunday, April 08, 2007 8:06 AM To: katy@katypearce.org; mussmanap@state.gov Subject: CALL FOR PAPERS CALL FOR PAPERS Special Issue of The Turkish Online Journal of Distance Education (TOJDE) (ISSN: 1302-6488; Vol. 8, No. 3) "Web 2.0 and Social Software in Distance Education" Guest Editors: Mark J. W. LEE, Charles Sturt University, AUSTRALIA Hakan G. SENEL, Anadolu University, TURKEY 'Web 2.0' (O'Reilly, 2005 <http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/oreilly/tim/news/2005/09/30/what-is-web-20. html> ), epitomised by such nascent technologies as blogs, wikis, RSS, podcasting, as well as tag-based folksonomies, social networking, collaborative editing and peer-to-peer (P2P) media sharing applications, is purported to be redefining the way we conceive and make use of the Internet, and is enjoying considerable attention and popularity in both mainstream society and in education spheres. Its advent and continued growth may have specific implications for the field of online and web-based distance education. Submissions are invited for an internationally peer-reviewed Special Issue of the Turkish Online Journal of Distance Education (TOJDE) on the use of Web 2.0 and social software in distance education. Questions/themes that are of interest in this Special Issue include but are not limited to the following: * Does Web 2.0 represent a major conceptual or paradigm shift in how we conceive and make use of the Internet as a means of delivering teaching, learning and assessment? Are they the just the same old technologies in shiny new wrapping, or do they actually have anything new to offer us in the way of improving and/or enhancing the way we teach, learn and assess at a distance? How to avoid coasting on fashion and falling prey to a 'technology-driven pedagogy' (Salaberry, 2001)? * Is the emergence of Web 2.0 changing the culture of, and/or redefining the competencies that are needed by, distance education teachers and learners? * Does Web 2.0 have the potential - more so than its predecessors - to address the traditional issues/challenges faced by the field of distance education, and if so, how can this potential be best harnessed? How can the technology be used to capitalise on the unique strengths and opportunities of distance education? * What are existing examples of 'best practice' and 'good principles' in this area, if any, and how can we learn from them? * What are the major issues facing institutions in terms of strategy, policy and infrastructure for Web 2.0-enhanced distance education? What are the implications for teachers and learners? Scholarly articles in the form of reports of empirical/evidence-based research are sought for publication in this Special Issue pending favourable review. Meta-analyses, as well as case studies or reports of works-in-progress supported by a sound theoretical foundation and incorporating an extensive literature review, will also be considered. All articles will be evaluated for originality, significance, clarity and soundness. Successful contributions will not focus merely on the technology or the technical aspects of Web 2.0-based distance education applications, but rather will engage deeply with pertinent questions and issues from a pedagogical, social, cultural, philosophical and/or moral/ethical perspective. Approximately 7 to 11 articles will be selected for this 4th Special Issue of TOJDE. Paper Specifications and Submission Guidelines For details, consult the TOJDE guidelines: http://tojde.anadolu.edu.tr/callfp.html. Please note that since TOJDE is an online publication, there is no specified word limit for submissions; however, authors are reminded that clarity and succinctness of expression will be highly valued. Key Dates Article submission deadline: May 1, 2007 Notification of acceptance: June 1, 2007 Submission of final articles for publication: June 1, 2007 Publication of Special Issue: July 1, 2007 Guest Editors Mark J. W. LEE is an Adjunct Lecturer with the School of Education, Charles Sturt University, and an Honorary Research Fellow with the School of Information Technology and Mathematical Sciences, University of Ballarat. He was previously a Lecturer in Information Technology in the School of Information Studies, Charles Sturt University. Prior to that he was Head of the Faculty of Computing and Information Technology, Martin College, the vocational education division of Australia's largest private education provider, and national IT coordinator for the La Trobe University and Oxford Brookes University programs offered by the Australian Campus Network in Sydney, Brisbane and Perth. Mark's research focuses on educational technology and e-learning, in particular pedagogical uses of 'Web 2.0', as well as in mobile learning and digital game-based learning. He formerly served on the executive of the Open & Distance Learning Association of Australia. Mark J. W. LEE Charles Sturt University, Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, AUSTRALIA Email: malee@csu.edu.au Tel: +61 2 6933 2441, Fax: +61 2 6933 2888 Hakan Güray ŞENEL was born in Eskisehir, Turkey, in 1968. He received the B.S. degree in electrical engineering from Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Turkey, in 1990, and the M.S.E.E. and Ph.D. degrees from Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, in 1993 and 1997, respectively. From 1991 to 1997, he was a Teaching Assistant with Vanderbilt University, studying image processing. Since August 1997, he has been on the faculty of the Electrical Engineering Department of Anadolu University, Eskisehir. From 2001 to 2005, he held a position of assistant manager at the Computer Research and Development Center (BAUM) of Anadolu University. He was promoted to manager of BAUM in 2006. His current interests are software engineering, high performance computing and image processing. Hakan G. 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