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Call for manuscripts: Special Issue on Learning While Mobile
 
The Journal of the Research Center for Educational Technology provides a multimedia forum for the advancement of scholarly work on the effects of technology on teaching and learning. It seeks to provide unique avenues for the dissemination of knowledge within the allied fields of new media and educational technology consistent with new and emerging technology research, theory, application and best practices.
The spring 2008 multimedia edition seeks to explore innovative uses of mobile technologies and
what it means to learn while mobile. Examples of topics include (but are not limited to),
learning with mobile devices such as smartphones, handhelds, and other multimedia devices;
mobile web; crossing boundaries between formal and informal learning; place-based learning;
and mobile networks for learning.
To have your article considered (even if it is presently in progress) please submit an abstract
(250-500 words), BY DECEMBER 7, 2007 to the editors:
                         Mark van't Hooft                     Allison Bland
                      mvanthoo@kent.edu                     abland4@kent.edu
Please put “submission for RCETJ issue on Learning While Mobile” in the subject line your
email message.

Notifications of acceptance/rejection will be sent out by December 14, 2007.

Final submissions for the online journal articles are expected to include multimedia evidence and
sources that might include: images; illustrations; video; sound; animation; simulation; and links
to online data and references. For more information please visit http://www.rcetj.org or contact
the editors.

Important dates:
December 7, 2007:          Deadline to submit abstracts (250-500 words)
December 14, 2007:        Notification of acceptance/rejection
February 22, 2008:         Author deadline for submitting completed manuscript and multimedia files
March 7, 2008:                Editor deadline for reviewing papers and returning comments to authors
April 4, 2008:                   Author deadline for making revisions and submitting final papers and
                                        accompanying materials
April 25, 2008:                Expected publication date.

The journal publishes the original, refereed work of researchers and practitioners twice a year in
multimedia electronic format. It is distributed free of charge over the World Wide Web to
promote dialogue, research, and grounded practice.

posted by Rune Baggetun on 11/18/07 19:54:15