Thought this might be of interest.

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Subject: 	[DIGLIB] 2nd CFP: Studying the Users of Digital Education 
Technologies
Date: 	Fri, 23 Feb 2007 14:21:44 -0700
From: 	Mick Khoo <[log in to unmask]>
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SECOND CALL FOR PAPERS [with apologies for cross-posting]

THE NEW REVIEW OF HYPERMEDIA AND MULTIMEDIA, SPECIAL ISSUE

"STUDYING THE USERS OF DIGITAL EDUCATION TECHNOLOGIES: THEORIES, METHODS 
AND ANALYTICAL APPROACHES"

Guest editor: Michael Khoo, National Science Digital Library, University 
Corporation for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, Colorado, United States
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Submission deadline: 16 May 2007
Acceptance notification: 2 July 2007
Final manuscripts due: 20 August 2007

Digital technologies are increasingly integral components of educational 
settings and Digital Libraries, serving for instance as repositories, as 
scaffolds to enhance face-to-face pedagogy, and as distance-learning 
tools. How might we understand the impact of these technologies on 
knowledge and learning, and what lessons might be learnt from their use, 
that could be applied to future technologies? Addressing these research 
questions requires recognition of the highly complex character of 
digital education technologies: they vary in size from handheld PDAs to 
large distributed digital library projects; they are used in a range of 
formal and informal educational settings ranging from schools and 
universities to hospitals, clinics, museums and art galleries; and they 
serve learners of all ages. How may researchers approach this 
heterogeneity and work towards useful research outcomes?

This special issue of NRHM addresses issues associated with the 
qualitative understanding of the use of digital educational technologies 
in real-life contexts (with a focus on digital libraries, broadly 
conceived), by emphasizing the importance of contextual sociotechnical 
studies of technology use and design. The issue will consider 
educational technologies as complex mixtures of people, practices and 
technologies, embedded in a range of institutional, technological and 
social contexts. The editor therefore invites contributions that address 
the qualitative and sociotechnical study of digital educational 
technologies and users ‘in the wild.’ Relevant topics include, but are 
not limited to:

Theoretical approaches
- Ethnographic, anthropological, sociological, sociotechnical, activity 
theory, practice-based, and other approaches to the analysis of digital 
educational technologies

Methodological approaches
- Ethnography
- HCI, user testing, scenarios, interviews, focus groups, etc.
- Discourse analysis
- Webmetrics and use models
- Etc.

Applications to particular domains
- Science education
- Medical
- Digital Libraries
- User groups and use-in-context
- Etc.

Applied approaches
- Case studies
- Qualitative research and project evaluation strategies
- Communicating qualitative research results to digital library 
developers and sponsors
- Etc.

The New Review of Hypermedia and Multimedia (NRHM) is published by 
Taylor & Francis and appears in both print and digital formats. For more 
details, see the journal website:
http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals/titles/13614568.asp

Submissions should be sent by email to the guest editor, preferably in 
pdf format. Questions and enquiries concerning this call should be 
directed to the guest editor. Open topic papers meeting NRHM's scope in 
general are also welcome (send to Editor, [log in to unmask] 
<mailto:[log in to unmask]>).





Michael Khoo, Evaluator, Core Integration Team
The National Science Digital Library (NSDL)
P.O. Box 3000, Boulder, CO 80307-3000, USA
Tel: +1 303.497.2604  Fax: +1 303.497.8336

NSDL evaluation pages: http://eval.comm.nsdl.org/
Personal home page: http://www.mjkhoo.info/