This is an invitation to you to contribute a chapter to a book called Mobile
Technologies and Handheld Devices for Ubiquitous Learning: Research and
Pedagogy, to bepublished by IGI Global, Hershey, PA. The book will be edited
by Dr Wan Ng, senior lecturer at La Trobe University, Melbourne, Australia
<http://www.latrobe.edu.au/educationalstudies/staff/ng.htm).> ). The aims of
the book are to provide relevant theoretical frameworks and the latest
empirical research findings in the area of mobile learning and to showcase
sound pedagogy with mobile technologies for professionals and researchers
who wish to improve their understanding of the potential of mobile learning,
and to provide ideas to assist teachers who may wish to take up these
technologies in their teaching. The call for chapter outline is attached.
Please send a 2-3 page proposal to Wan Ng at w.ng@latrobe.edu.au by 6 April,
2009. A list of possible topics, time schedule and advisory committee are
shown below.
Recommended topics include, but are not limited to, the following:
Mobile technologies for improved learning
Visions for mobile technologies in education
Theoretical approaches to learning with mobile technologies
Conceptual models for learning through games and/or other ‘entertaining’
means that young people are able to relate to
Literature reviews of the theoretical and pedagogical means of using one or
more types of mobile technology in education
Literature review of pedagogically sound practices using one or more types
of mobile technology
Personalised learning and ubiquitous learning
Social dimensions of mobile learning
Learning with mobile technologies in higher education
Learning with mobile technologies in K-12 education
Multiliteracies and mobile technology
Ditigal literacy and mobile technology
Learning with games in mobile devices
Learning with mobile phones
Learning with iPods
Learning with tablet PCs
Learning with PDAs
Adopting and integrating handheld technology in schools
Adaptive learning with mobile devices
Assessment using handhelds
Mobile technology pedagogy in science and mathematics education
Mobile technology pedagogy in language and humanities education
Mobile technologies as research tools
Issues with mobile technologies in education
Submission Procedure
Researchers and practitioners are invited to submit on or before April 6,
2009, a 2-3 page chapter proposal clearly explaining the mission and
concerns of the proposed chapter. Authors of accepted proposals will be
notified by April 20, 2009 about the status of their proposals and sent
chapter guidelines. Full chapters of between 7 – 10,000 words are expected
to be submitted by July 20, 2009. All submitted chapters will be reviewed
on a double-blind review basis. Contributors may also be requested to serve
as reviewers for this project.
Publisher
This book is scheduled to be published by IGI Global (formerly Idea Group
Inc.), publisher of the “Information Science Reference” (formerly Idea Group
Reference), “Medical Information Science Reference,” and “IGI Publishing”
imprints. For additional information regarding the publisher, please visit
Important Dates:
April 6, 2009: Proposal Submission Deadline
April 20, 2009: Notification of Proposal Acceptance
July 20, 2009: Full Chapter Submission (7 – 10,000 words)
August 31, 2009: Review Result Returned
October 5, 2009: Reviewed Chapter Submission
October 19, 2009: Final Acceptance Notification
November 2, 2009: Final Chapter Submission, including indexing and
submission of copyright agreement
Editorial Advisory Board Members:
Professor Hiroaki Ogata, Tokushima University, Japan
Dr Giasemi Vavoula, University of Leicester, UK
Dr David Parsons, Massey University, New Zealand
Dr Howard Nicholas, La Trobe University, Australia
Inquiries and submissions can be forwarded electronically (Word document) or
by mail to:
Dr. Wan Ng
Faculty of Education
La Trobe University, Bundoora, Victoria 3086, Australia
Tel.: +61-3-94792782 * Fax: +61-3-94793070 *
E-mail: w.ng@latrobe.edu.au