IJWLTT 2011 - SPECIAL ISSUE on Strategically Influencing On-line Education: Power, Politics, and Social Dynamics

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SPECIAL ISSUE on Strategically Influencing On-line Education: Power,
Politics, and Social Dynamics

Submission Due Date: September 15, 2011 (Expression of Interest
requested by July 31, 2011)

Special Issue Editors:

Mahesh S. Raisinghani, TWU School of Management, Executive MBA Program, USA

Celia Romm Livermore, School of Business Administration, Wayne State
University, USA

Introduction

The power and politics (or social dynamics) of the on-line classroom,
the politics of getting a large organization, like a university, to
adopt educational technologies to promote specific political agendas
in classrooms (e.g., the utilization of the Web during the Obama
campaign to promote support for the presidential candidate Obama among
school children), the use of on-line technologies for ideological
indoctrination or "influencing" in the educational systems of
extremist groups of all religions and issues of power and politics
that are related to the on-line education of special needs minorities
such as people who are physically/intellectually challenged, people of
color, women, migrants, and so forth. The changing dimensions of
‘technology’ and ‘learning’ have significant impact globally. The
recent success of China and India in moving into the production of
high value-added, high-technology products has caused political
leaders and their advisors to re-evaluate the global economic
challenge. The OECD recently acknowledged that emerging economies
including China and India were moving up the value chain to compete
with Western organizations for high-tech products and R&D investment.
There has been major growth in all OECD countries for expansion into
higher education. Canada was the first country to achieve the target
of over 50 percent of people aged 25 and 34 to enter the job market
with a tertiary level qualification, followed by Korea, which has
engineered a massive growth in tertiary provision since 1991. While
much of the international business and policy literature has focused
on education, globalization, the use of innovation and creative
enterprise; it has ignored the shift towards global standardization or
alignment within companies, where technology is the key enabler and
facilitator.

Objective

Technology, learning, education and supporting globalization through
innovation and creativity leading to a globalized knowledge economy
are the main emphasis of this Special Issue of the International
Journal of Web-Based Learning and Teaching Technologies (IJWLTT). More
specifically, the issue focuses on the impact of globalization on
education and business, the changing dimensions of the WBLT
technologies and uses, sharing educational experiences and situations
including (but not limited to) distance learning, collaborative work,
constructivist approaches in on-line, traditional and hybrid
class-rooms, designing blended learning and programs, importance of
dialogue in distance education programs, CSCL, network learning, etc.
while focusing on the world economies with respect to these worldwide
changing perspectives and the creation of a globalized knowledge
economy.

Recommended Topics:
Topics to be discussed in this special issue include (but are not
limited to) the following:

・ Power And Politics In Online/E-Education

・ Politics Of Implementation Of E-Learning Initiatives From The
Administration’s Perspective

・ Politics Of Adoption & Implementation Of E-Learning
Initiatives From The Individual/Department’s Perspective

・ Politics Of Implementation Of E-Learning Initiatives From The
Student’s Perspective

・ Impact Of Globalization On Education And Business

・ Globalization And Technology: Changing Paradigm

・ Macro Issues In Globalization, E-Education And E-Learning

・ Creation Of Globalized Knowledge Economies

・ Cross Cultural Analyses Of Globalization, Education And
International Business Perspectives

・ International Perspectives On Technology And Education

・ Macro Issues In Global Businesses, E-Education And Communities

・ Technology Enablement Of Global Businesses, Higher Education
And International Business

・ Best Practices In International Learning, Education And Technology

・ Building Multi-Disciplinary Teams For Web-Based Learning And Teaching

・ Building Web-Based Learning Communities

・ Constructivist Approaches To Web-Based Learning And Teaching

・ Decision Making In Implementing Web-Based Learning And Teaching

・ Knowledge Building Using Web-Based Learning And Teaching Technologies

・ Management Side Of Web-Based Learning And Teaching

・ Network Learning Using WLTT

・ Project Management For Implementing WLTT

・ Related Issues That Impact The Overall Utilization And
Management Of Web-Based Technologies In Education

・ Web-Based CSCL

・ Web-Based Technologies Enabled Pedagogical Scenarios

・ Web-Based Technologies Enabled Pedagogical Systems And Programs

・ WLTT Implementation: Models, Methods, And Frameworks

・ Innovative Education Models Worldwide

・ Schools Impacting Globalization And International Business Education

・ Education Impacting Local And Global Communities

・ Globalization, Education And Learning: Case Studies

Submission

Researchers and practitioners are invited to submit papers for this
special theme issue on Strategically Influencing On-line Education:
Power, Politics, and Social Dynamics on or before September 15, 2011.
All submissions must be original and may not be under review by
another publication. Interested authors should consult the journal’s
guidelines for manuscript submissions at
http://www.igi-global.com/Files/AuthorEditor/guide....

All submitted papers will be reviewed on a double-blind, peer review
basis. Papers must follow APA style for reference citations. Final
decision regarding acceptance/revision/rejection will be based on the
reviews received from the reviewers. All submissions must be forwarded
electronically to either one of this IJWLTT special issue editors.

All submissions and inquiries should be directed to the attention of:

Mahesh S. Raisinghani: mraisinghani-AT-twu.edu

Celia Romm Livermore ak1667-AT-wayne.edu

Mahesh (Michael) S. Raisinghani, Ph.D, MBA, MS, PMP, CEC, CISM
Associate Professor, Executive MBA Program, TWU School of Management
Co-Editor in Chief, International Journal of Web based Learning and
Teaching Technologies
Member of the Board, Global Information Tehnology Management Association
Advisory Board Member for Ability Connection Texas, Bloomberg
BusinessWeek, Coscend Communications, CRMG, and World Affairs Council
Email: mraisinghani-AT-twu.edu
Phone: (940) 898-2930
Fax: (940) 898-2120

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