education 2012 - ICST Transactions on e-Education and e-Learning

ICST Transactions on e-Education and e-Learning
Call for Papers

http://icst.org/e-education-and-e-learning/

Scope
Education is one domain that has accompanied civilization through the
centuries, adapting its tools to fulfill the expectations of the
students and the needs of the teachers. Such tools can be as obvious
and traditional as pencils and a notebook, or as complex and
innovative as websites and multi-user virtual environments. Typical in-
person learning environments, such as classrooms and meeting rooms,
are at times not the best solution to enable and maximize a student’s
ability to learn. Although they do fulfill their purpose of giving
students the possibility of reaching course material and instructors,
they also create a barrier that cannot be easily overcome.

Web-based instruction and multi-user virtual environments break the
time-limited barrier innate to typical lectures and explore, through
innovative technologies, a concept as old as humankind: socialization
and the feeling of belonging to a community. Many universities, public
institutions and private businesses are projecting themselves on the
Internet and in virtual worlds to reach the customer at any time,
giving them the idea of virtual presence that cannot be delivered
through a simple website.

Topics to be discussed in this journal focus on (but not limited to)
the following concepts:
? Teaching / Educational Models and Frameworks
? Accessibility and usability of web-based instruction in the
classroom
? Best Practices
? Developing courses and content to be used in on-line educational
environments
? Student engagement
? Experiments
? Impacts of on-line on traditional teaching and learning strategies

Editors in Chief
Giovanni Vincenti, Towson University, Towson, MD, USA
James Braman, Towson University, Towson, MD, USA

Unique Advantages of Publishing with ICST
ICST offers authors the revolutionary e-SCRIPTS system ? a Web 2.0-
based peer-review and manuscript management application that
guarantees objective and fast reviewing, through an innovative
reviewer bidding process that automatically matches the most qualified
reviewer to the paper based on internationally recognized indicators
such as H-index. Also based on that, acceptance decisions are expected
to be now made in weeks instead of many months. In addition, ICST
provides extremely short publication times by posting the paper on-
line immediately after acceptance and extreme visibility/impact to the
scientific community via synergies with the other ICST tools such as
EU Digital Library and a broad abstract dissemination channel without
compromises on the protection of authors’ intellectual property. All
these innovative aspects are coupled with traditional elements of
technical excellence, such as indexing by ISI, EI, DBLP, INSPEC,
Google Scholar, and all other major indexing organizations, as well as
ISSN registration.

In short: fast and high-quality review; rapid publication; innovative
publishing tools; and decision-making really open to the community.

Special Issues Proposals
ICST Transactions on e-Education and e-Learning is aiming at devoting
space for special issues on specific topics proposed by Guest Editors.
We welcome special issues proposals: for instructions on their
submission, please contact the giovanni.vincenti-AT-icst.org or
eeel-AT-icst.org.

What to submit
Original unpublished contributions are solicited that can improve the
knowledge and practice in the field. Tutorial and survey articles of
permanent reference value are also welcome.

Submissions must be original and should not have been published, or
submitted for publication, elsewhere. Authors are encouraged to submit
extended versions of papers previously presented at a conference or
workshop with clear indication of how the paper has been extended for
the journal submission.

This journal is being submitted to ISI, EI, DBLP, INSPEC, Google
Scholar, and all other major indexing organizations. ISSN # 2032-9253

How to submit
To submit a paper to the journal, please register at http://escripts.icst.org/.
Manuscript preparation instructions may be found at: http://icst.org/icst-transactions/

For any further info, please feel free to contact:
giovanni.vincenti-AT-icst.org or eeel-AT-icst.org

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