WITH APOLOGIES FOR CROSS POSTING (AND IF THIS DOES NOT APPLY TO YOU)

COMMISSIONING LONGER REVIEWS IN THE FIELD OF LEARNING, MEDIA AND TECHNOLOGY

PLEASE GET BACK TO ME AND NOT ICTRN (so as not to disturb other list members!)

We are in the process of commissioning some long-form book reviews which compare 2 or 3 recent texts in the field in specific themes.  If you – or any of your doctoral students -  are interested in writing one of these for Learning Media and Technology in the next few months, please contact me with a preferred address for delivery.  The books do not need to be returned and will remain the property of the reviewer.    We would expect comparative reviews of 2 texts to be in the region of 1500 words and 3 texts to be around 2500 – 3000.   We would expect a review within three months of receipt of the books.  Here are some thematically linked texts for your consideration:

MEDIA, TECHNOLOGY, YOUTH and CITIZENSHIP

Mihailidis, P. (2014) Media Literacy and the Emerging Citizen, New York: Peter Lang

Hope Culver, S & Kerr, P (Eds) (2014) Global Citizenship in a Digital World, Goteborg: Nordicom 

James, C (2014) Disconnected: Youth, new media and the ethics gap, Cambridge, MA: MIT Press 

PEDAGOGY/LEARNING IN ONLINE/DIGITAL/CONTEXTS 

Beetham, H & Sharpe R Eds (2013) Rethinking pedagogy for a digital age: Designing learning for the 21st century new 2nd edition, London: Routledge

Journell, W (2013) Online Learning, Lanham, Maryland: Rowan and Littlefield 

Reynolds, C  & Patton, J (2014) Leveraging the e-portfolio for integrative learning, Sterling, Virginia: Stylus

MOOCS / QUALITY ASSURANCE /ONLINE LEARNING

Haber, J (2014) MOOCS, Cambridge, MA: MIT Press 

Shattuck, K Ed (2014) Assuring quality in online learning, Sterling, Virginia: Stylus

Goodfellow, R & Lamy, M-N (2011) Learning cultures in online education, London: Continuum

AUGMENTED EDUCATION / COMPUTER GAMES

Sheehy, K et al (2014) Augmened Education: Bringing real and virtual learning together, New York: Palgrave 

Mayer, R (2014) Computer games for learning: An evidence-based approach, Cambridge, MA: MIT Press 

WELL-BEING / INTERNET SAFETY / POLICY

Jordan, A & Romer, D Eds (2014) Media and the well-being of children and adolescents, Oxford: OUP

O, Neill, B et al (2013) Towards a better internet for children? Policy pillars, players and paradoxes, Goteborg: Nordicom

I’ve also got a couple of one offs to offer as traditional single reviews, namely:

Kafai, Y & Burke, Q (2014) Connected code: Why children need to learn programming, Cambridge, MA: MIT Press 

Maiorani, A & Christie, C (2014) Multimodal epistemologies: Towards an integrated framework, London: Routledge

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