Contributions are invited for a special issue on “Mobile Technology for Education” of the
IEEE Transactions on Education. This special issue is motivated by the emergence and
development of mobile technology for teaching, learning, and education. Mobile technology
has brought tremendous potential and opportunities for educators to enable and deliver
learning in ways that could not have been accomplished before. With its unique features
and functions such as mobility, reachability, localization, and personalization, mobile
technology shows considerable promise in supporting and delivering education as compared
to the traditional means. Mobile technology that can be or has been used to support
education include, but are not limited to, WAP, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, and SMS. Any time,
anywhere, situated learning is now possible, and one can even conduct education-related
activities while on the move. Terms such as mobile education and mobile learning have
been coined to highlight the new phenomenon.
The special issue will focus on mobile technology as it is currently covered within the
disciplines of electrical engineering, computer engineering, electrical engineering technology,
computer engineering technology, and allied disciplines (such as Computer Science and
Information Technology). Authors wishing to contribute to this special issue should refer
to the Transactions’ web site at
http://www.ewh.ieee.org/soc/es/ToE-manuscript.html for
information relative to the scope of Transactions and manuscript preparation.
Note that
submitted manuscripts must contain a balance of technical content and pedagogical content
to be considered for this special issue, and should address the following five components:
- curriculum content in an appropriate discipline (electrical engineering, computer engineering, computer science, information technology, electrical technology, or a related discipline) or on K-12 education or industrial education,
- a description of the course or course sequence in which the content is presented,
- a description of the pedagogical issue(s) being addressed,
- information that will assist educators in the discipline in improving instruction in the discipline, and
- assessment data that provides information relative to the strengths and weaknesses of the curriculum content in satisfying the pedagogical issues being addressed. [Note that assessment data is considered a key part of the manuscript and must be included.]
Manuscripts are to be submitted electronically to the Transactions’ web site at
http://te-ieee.manuscriptcentral.com
by 31 December 2004.
The timeline for this special issue is as follows.
- Manuscript Submission Deadline: 31 December 2004
- Notification of Review Evaluation: 31 March 2005
- Author Revision Due by: 31 May 2005
- Notification of Acceptance: 30 September 2005
- Accepted Manuscripts Due for Editorial Review: 31 October 2005
- Manuscript Packet Information Sent to Author: 31 November 2005
- Manuscript Packet Due from Author to Editor: 31 January 2006
- Tentative Publication Date: May 2006
document date: August 5, 2004
