*CALL FOR CHAPTER PROPOSALS*
*Proposal Submission Deadline: February 28, 2009*
*/E-Infrastructures and Technologies for Lifelong Learning: Next
Generation Environments/*
1. */Introduction/*
The emerging knowledge society places new requirements on the education
sector to support the needs of individuals and organisations. In the
area of lifelong learning in particular, which is one of the most
important motors driving education in the 21st century, e-learning has
become a collaborative and community-based process. This calls for tools
to support the autonomous and dynamic creation of lifelong learning
communities and new distributed e-learning services.
To this end, the integration of innovative models, methods and
technologies for the creation, storage, use, and exchange of knowledge
resources and user-generated content, learning activities and units of
learning, competence development programs and networks for lifelong
learning is being investigated world wide. Advanced technologies that
employ decentralised solutions where both resources and computation can
be distributed have been developed in the form of online communities
created by online collaborative tools; blogs, wikis, webcasts, webinars
and social networking applications. These applications facilitate the
development of a technical, organisational infrastructure for lifelong
learning in formal or informal learning contexts. This e-infrastructure
is composed mostly of open-source, standards-based, sustainable and
innovative technologies and provides easy access to facilities that
enable the lifelong development of competencies and expertise in the
various occupations and fields of knowledge.
The focus of advanced technologies is moving from building large
monolithic systems towards defining and constructing small components
which can be integrated. This method permits the development of modular
and flexible distributed systems, in which components can be added,
removed or replaced more easily than in traditional models of e-learning
systems, allowing new applications or systems to be composed from
collections of available services. Furthermore, these technologies can
be seamlessly integrated with pedagogic theories in order to be adopted
into the everyday practices of educational organisations and independent
learners, delivering lifelong learning and engaging learners in an
empowering way.
*/Objective of the Book/*
The books aims to provide a comprehensive review of state-of-the-art
technologies for e-learning and lifelong learning. It will cover
theoretical approaches, models, architectures, systems and applications.
It will address many issues in the field, providing readers with insight
on the various stages of the technological life cycle, as well as
applications in real world settings. It will act as a one-stop reference
by providing a holistic view of the various issues in the area of
advanced technologies for lifelong learning ranging from organisational
issues to lifelong learning delivery issues. In the evolving educational
landscape it is important to support informed decision-making and
planning by successfully matching technologies, curriculum targets,
lifelong learner needs, and organisational requirements for technology
integration.
*/Target Audience/*
The target audience of this book will be composed of professionals and
researchers working in the field of e-learning and lifelong learning
systems, e.g. educational technologists and software developers,
managerial staff involved in assessing the benefits of the various
technologies for e-learning and lifelong learning, researchers working
on the areas of technology-enhanced learning, web-based learning
environments and personalised learning, instructors and e-learning
systems developers interested in learning how to embrace new lifelong
learning technologies effectively. Moreover, the book will provide a
source of reference and a guide for students taking courses or working
on projects related to large scale information systems, distributed
systems and content delivery systems for e-learning and lifelong learning.
*/Recommended Topics /*
The book will aim to cover all aspects of lifelong learning systems,
including creating, managing and modelling content and information,
organisational strategy and management, technologies, curriculum
development, instructional design, learning delivery, open problems,
research issues. It will present original work and will be useful to a
wide range of audience from different backgrounds working as a one-stop
reference for those interested in technologies for e-learning and
lifelong learning. Recommended topics include, but are not limited to,
the following:
- Creating, managing and modelling content and information for
e-learning and lifelong learning
- Organisational strategy and management issues in developing
and supporting lifelong learning
- Technological issues
- Curriculum development issues in lifelong learning
- Instructional design issues and impact in lifelong learning
- e-learning and lifelong learning delivery issues
- e-learning and lifelong learning research methods and approaches
- Models of distributed systems for lifelong learning
- Security, trust and privacy considerations in lifelong learning
e-infrastructures
- Decentralised user modelling for lifelong learning
- Collaborative web technologies for lifelong learning
- Free and open source software in lifelong learning infrastructures
- Web 2.0 technologies and lifelong learning
- User modelling and personalisation for lifelong learning
- Networked organisations for lifelong learning
- Semantic web technologies for lifelong learning
- Service-oriented architectures for e-learning and lifelong learning
- Interoperability and standards for e-learning and lifelong learning
- Communities of practice and communities of learning.
- Approaches to integration and personalisation of educational
systems for lifelong learning
*/Submission Procedure/*
Researchers and practitioners are invited to submit /on or before
*February 28, 2009*/, a 2-3 page chapter proposal clearly explaining the
mission and concerns of his or her proposed chapter. Authors of accepted
proposals will be notified by */March 31, 2009 /*about the status of
their proposals and sent chapter guidelines. Full chapters are expected
to be submitted by */June 20, 2009/*. All submitted chapters will be
reviewed on a double-blind review basis. This book is scheduled to be
published by IGI Global ( www.igi-global.com <http://www.igi-pub.com>).
/Inquiries and submissions can be forwarded *electronically* (Word
document) or by *mail* to:/
Dr. George D. Magoulas
London Knowledge Laboratory
UNIVERSITY OF LONDON
E-mail: [log in to unmask]
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Dr George D. Magoulas
Reader in Computer Science
Programme Director- MSc AIS, MSc IIS, MSc WIM
School of Computer Science and Information Systems
Birkbeck College, University of London
Malet Street, London WC1E 7HX, UK
Office: B34E (Senate House, North Block)
Phone: +44 20 7631 6717
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