Call for papers for themed issue of CWIS on e-learning in China

"Let the day begin ..." - The Call

Dr. Qiyun Wang, Prof. Zhiting Zhu, Dr. Li Chen, and Dr. Hanbing Yan have offered to edit a themed issue of Campus-wide Information Systems on E-Learning in China. The issue will be managed on behalf of the journal by the associate editor Dr Simon Shurville (s.shurville@bcs.org). The call for papers is now available from the journal web site.

This themed issue will reflect upon progress in Chinese e-learning and will address topics including, but not limited to, the following:

• Case studies of Chinese teachers’ professional development in e-learning
• Discussion of issues, challenges and future trends of e-learning in China
• Evaluations of the effectiveness of e-learning courses in China
• Experiences of web-based course development and evaluation in China
• In-depth analysis of e-learning technology standards in the Chinese context
• Issue- or results-focused case studies of e-learning for Chinese primary, secondary schools and tertiary education
• Research articles illustrating and critiquing educational technologies and new uses of technology in Chinese education
• Perceptions and views on e-learning from various Chinese stakeholders
  

Academics with experience of e-learning in the Chinese context are invited to contribute case studies, conceptual papers, research papers, technical papers and viewpoint papers on the above topics for peer review.

The envisaged timeline is as follows:

• Authors should submit abstracts in English (about 300 words) and Chinese (about 150 words) to the editors by 15 Dec 2007
• Notification of acceptance will be sent by 31 Dec 2007
• Authors must submit the first drafts of their full papers in English by 31 March 2008. To speed up the process, authors with English as a second language are advised to have these proof-read by an English speaker prior to submission. These full papers must include structured abstracts as specified in the guidelines for authors. The full paper including its abstract should be 4000 words or less
• Authors will receive final reviewers’ comments by 31 May 2008
• The final manuscript must be submitted to the editors by 31 July 2008

Authors need to send a copy of their manuscripts in the form of an MS Word file attached to an email to the following:

Dr. Qiyun Wang
Learning Sciences and Technologies Academic Group
National Institute of Education
Nanyang Technological University
1 Nanyang Walk
Singapore 637616
Tel: 65-67903267
Fax: 65-68968038
E-mail: qiyun.wang@nie.edu.sg

And cc to:

Prof. Zhiting Zhu
Distance Education College
East China Normal University
3663 North Zhongshan Road,
Shanghai, China
Email: mailto:ztzhu@dec.ecnu.edu.cn