Innovate (www.innovateonline.info) is published bimonthly as a public service by the Fischler School of Education and Human Services at Nova Southeastern University and is sponsored, in part, by Microsoft. Innovate-Live webcasts, produced as a public service by our partner, ULiveandLearn, allow you to synchronously interact with authors on the topics of their articles. You may register for the October 2008 webcasts at http://www.uliveandlearn.com/PortalInnovate/. Webcasts will be archived and available in the webcast section of the article and in the Innovate-Live portal archive shortly after the webcast. All times are Eastern (New York) time. You may use the world clock at http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/ to coordinate with your time zone. Schedule November 6, 2008 10:00 AM Eastern e-Learning and Action Research as Transformative Practice Author: Margaret Farren See http://innovateonline.info/index.php?view=article&id=543&action=article 2:00 PM Eastern Recasting Distance Learning with Network-Enabled Open Education: An Interview with Vijay Kumar Author: Vijay Kumar See http://innovateonline.info/index.php?view=article&id=657&action=article November 14, 2008 Transforming e-Learning into ee-Learning: The Centrality of Sociocultural Participation Authors: Sandra B. Schneider and Michael A. Evans See http://innovateonline.info/index.php?view=article&id=511&action=article Please forward this announcement to appropriate mailing lists and to colleagues who want to use IT tools to advance their work. On another note, we are extending the deadlines for submissions to the Online Simulations, Role Playing, and Virtual Worlds and The Future of the Textbooks special issues (see http://innovateonline.info/?view=special_issues). Please send me a note if you intend to submit a manuscript for either of these issues. Finally, if you are considering submitting a manuscript describing how you use Microsoft technology to enhance the educational experience for publication consideration in the "From our Sponsors" section, please make sure that it conforms to the publication guidelines described at the "Contribute" link on the navigation bar. Thanks! Jim ---- James L Morrison Editor-in-Chief, Innovate http://www.innovateonline.info Fischler School of Education and Human Services Nova Southeastern University http://www.schoolofed.nova.edu/home.htm