Learning, Design, and Technology: An International Compendium of Theory, Research, Practice and Policy 

A new online Major Reference Work (MRW) co-sponsored by AECT and Springer entitled Learning, Design, and Technology: An International Compendium of Theory, Research, Practice and Policy has been launched covering topics concerning research and practice related to the design, development, implementation, and evaluation of learning environments, instructional systems, and performance technologies. This is an ongoing effort with an evolving collection of contributions that are peer reviewed. Because the MRW is online, substantive contributions longer than a typical journal article are encouraged (e.g., 7.000 to 17.000 words), and contributions can include interactive elements and can be modified by authors as new findings become available. 

The Literature Reviews and Systematic Reviews of Research Volume is one of 16 Volumes. We specifically seek to update and explore standard literature reviews conducted in educational research as well as systematic reviews of research per the special issue on that topic published in Educational Technology & Society and/or in other major research journals. Expanded works previously published that incorporate additional findings, works that synthesize findings across several studies are especially sought. All contributions will receive much wider dissemination than is possible in a typical journal publication. 

We are on the lookout for systematic examinations of prior scholarly work that: (1) Define and clarify the problem/research question (2) Summarize previous investigations to inform the reader of the state of research; (3) Identify relations, contradictions, gaps and inconsistencies in the literature; (4) Suggest the next step or steps in solving the problem/answering the research question. All contributions to the Literature Reviews and Systematic Reviews of Research Volume will undergo the same peer-review process as all other submissions to the other fifteen volumes. 

You can access the guidelines for authors: http://refworks.springer.com/mrw/index.php?id=7054 

If you are willing to contribute to this state-of-the-art project, please send your proposal in Word format (no longer than 250 words) by December the 18th, 2016, summarizing: the problem/research question you will address; what is already known about it; questions that have not been answered; and a case for why further study of research questions is important to the field. 

Please send your proposal as well as any questions you might have, to Dr. Gloria Natividad & Dr. Hale Ilgaz, Section Co-Editors.

Dr. Gloria NatividadGloria.Natividad@itsaltillo.edu.mx Dr. Hale Ilgaz hilgaz@ankara.edu.tr

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