Call for Papers : Special
issue on
INTERNATIONAL PERSPECTIVES ON INQUIRY AND TECHNOLOGY
Papers are solicited for a special issue of Research
and Practices in Technology Enhanced Learning (RPTEL) on International Perspectives
on Inquiry and Technology. Research and development in the field of computer-supported
collaborative inquiry learning is a multifaceted domain in which diverse approaches
have evolved, with an interesting array of research foci, methods and materials.
Many researchers in this area develop tools such as technology-enhanced learning
environments for supporting students or delivering curriculum. These tools can be
difficult to compare (i.e., between projects) and even more challenging to
combine (e.g., within a single collaborative research project). Such barriers between
technologies are paralleled by an interesting spectrum of theoretical perspectives
about inquiry, which entail distinct forms of learning and instruction. Variations
are also related to the international
complexion of the research community, where scholars are working within distinct
cultures of schooling. This special issue invites submissions of papers that capture
this rich variety of theoretical perspectives about inquiry and the research materials
and technology environments they entail. Specifically, the topics of interest for
this RPTEL special issue include:
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Foundational issues: Inquiry learning principles within or across cultures,
and their implications for learning technology
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Systems and technology design: System design principles and technologies
that have successfully been applied for building inquiry learning environments
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Empirical studies: Experiences from classroom or lab studies with educational
technology in inquiry learning contexts
We especially invite papers that combine these perspectives (e.g., a theoretically
motivated design that has been evaluated; or a theoretical review that is grounded in prior cited empirical work by the author and others) or serves to overcome the
difficulties of comparing or connecting different solutions. Authors of accepted
papers will be asked to discuss relations to each others' work in the revision phase.
Submissions
Journal paper submissions should be in both MS Word and PDF formats.
They should be forwarded via email to the guest editors (see below for addresses).
The length of a paper is typically in the order of 15-30 journal pages. Authors
are required to use the APA publication style, although figures and tables may be
embedded in the document rather than placed at the end. Manuscripts for review should
use 12-point Times or Times New Roman font and double line spacing. Please include author information on a cover sheet only; this information will be removed when
the manuscript is sent out for review. Information for the preparation of final
accepted manuscripts and an MS Word template file can be found in the zip file at
http://www.apsce.net/Download/210-rptel_doc.zip.
Timeline
1 December 2009: Full paper submissions due
15 February 2010: Authors notified of results
1 April 2010: Revised accepted papers due
Guest editors
Jim Slotta, Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, University
of Toronto, Canada, jslotta@oise.utoronto.ca
Niels Pinkwart, Computer Science Institute, Clausthal University of Technology, niels.pinkwart@tu-clausthal.de
Sascha Schanze, Institute for Science Education, Leibniz Universitat Hannover, Germany, schanze@chemiedidaktik.uni-hannover.de
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