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<strong>Educational</strong> Technology & Society<br />

An International Journal<br />

Aims <strong>and</strong> Scope<br />

<strong>Educational</strong> Technology & Society is a quarterly journal published in January, April, July <strong>and</strong> October. <strong>Educational</strong> Technology &<br />

Society seeks academic articles on <strong>the</strong> issues affecting <strong>the</strong> developers of educational systems <strong>and</strong> educators who implement <strong>and</strong> manage such<br />

systems. The articles should discuss <strong>the</strong> perspectives of both communities <strong>and</strong> <strong>the</strong>ir relation to each o<strong>the</strong>r:<br />

• Educators aim to use technology to enhance individual <strong>learning</strong> as well as to achieve widespread education <strong>and</strong> expect <strong>the</strong> technology to<br />

blend with <strong>the</strong>ir individual approach to instruction. However, most educators are not fully aware of <strong>the</strong> benefits that may be obtained by<br />

proactively harnessing <strong>the</strong> available technologies <strong>and</strong> how <strong>the</strong>y might be able to influence fur<strong>the</strong>r developments through systematic<br />

feedback <strong>and</strong> suggestions.<br />

• <strong>Educational</strong> system developers <strong>and</strong> artificial intelligence (AI) researchers are sometimes unaware of <strong>the</strong> needs <strong>and</strong> requirements of typical<br />

teachers, with a possible exception of those in <strong>the</strong> computer science domain. In transferring <strong>the</strong> notion of a 'user' from <strong>the</strong> humancomputer<br />

interaction studies <strong>and</strong> assigning it to <strong>the</strong> 'student', <strong>the</strong> educator's role as <strong>the</strong> 'implementer/ manager/ user' of <strong>the</strong> technology has<br />

been <strong>for</strong>gotten.<br />

The aim of <strong>the</strong> journal is to help <strong>the</strong>m better underst<strong>and</strong> each o<strong>the</strong>r's role in <strong>the</strong> overall process of education <strong>and</strong> how <strong>the</strong>y may support<br />

each o<strong>the</strong>r. The articles should be original, unpublished, <strong>and</strong> not in consideration <strong>for</strong> publication elsewhere at <strong>the</strong> time of submission to<br />

<strong>Educational</strong> Technology & Society <strong>and</strong> three months <strong>the</strong>reafter.<br />

The scope of <strong>the</strong> journal is broad. Following list of topics is considered to be within <strong>the</strong> scope of <strong>the</strong> journal:<br />

Architectures <strong>for</strong> <strong>Educational</strong> Technology Systems, Computer-Mediated Communication, Cooperative/ Collaborative Learning <strong>and</strong><br />

Environments, Cultural Issues in <strong>Educational</strong> System development, Didactic/ Pedagogical Issues <strong>and</strong> Teaching/Learning Strategies, Distance<br />

Education/Learning, Distance Learning Systems, Distributed Learning Environments, <strong>Educational</strong> Multimedia, Evaluation, Human-<br />

Computer Interface (HCI) Issues, Hypermedia Systems/ Applications, Intelligent Learning/ Tutoring Environments, Interactive Learning<br />

Environments, Learning by Doing, Methodologies <strong>for</strong> Development of <strong>Educational</strong> Technology Systems, Multimedia Systems/ Applications,<br />

Network-Based Learning Environments, Online Education, Simulations <strong>for</strong> Learning, <strong>Web</strong> Based Instruction/ Training<br />

Editors<br />

Kinshuk, Massey University, New Zeal<strong>and</strong>; Demetrios G Sampson, University of Piraeus & ITI-CERTH, Greece; Ashok Patel, CAL<br />

Research & Software Engineering Centre, UK; Reinhard Oppermann, Fraunhofer Institut Angew<strong>and</strong>te In<strong>for</strong>mationstechnik, Germany.<br />

Associate editors<br />

Alex<strong>and</strong>ra I. Cristea, Technical University Eindhoven, The Ne<strong>the</strong>rl<strong>and</strong>s; John Eklund, Access Australia Co-operative Multimedia<br />

Centre, Australia; Vladimir A Fomichov, K. E. Tsiolkovsky Russian State Tech Univ, Russia; Olga S Fomichova, Studio "Culture,<br />

Ecology, <strong>and</strong> Foreign Languages", Russia; Piet Kommers, University of Twente, The Ne<strong>the</strong>rl<strong>and</strong>s; Chul-Hwan Lee, Inchon National<br />

University of Education, Korea; Brent Muirhead, University of Phoenix Online, USA; Erkki Sutinen, University of Joensuu, Finl<strong>and</strong>;<br />

Vladimir Uskov, Bradley University, USA.<br />

Advisory board<br />

Ignacio Aedo, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, Spain; Rosa Maria Bottino, Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Italy; Tak-Wai<br />

Chan, National Central University, Taiwan; Nian-Shing Chen, National Sun Yat-sen University, Taiwan; Roger Hartley, Leeds<br />

University, UK; J R Isaac, National Institute of In<strong>for</strong>mation Technology, India; Akihiro Kashihara, The University of Electro-<br />

Communications, Japan; Ruddy Lelouche, Universite Laval, Canada; David Merrill, Brigham Young University - Hawaii, USA;<br />

Marcelo Milrad, Växjö University, Sweden; Riichiro Mizoguchi, Osaka University, Japan; Toshio Okamoto, The University of<br />

Electro-Communications, Japan; Brian K. Smith, Pennsylvania State University, USA; J. Michael Spector, Syracuse University, USA.<br />

Assistant Editors<br />

Sheng-Wen Hsieh, National Sun Yat-sen University, Taiwan; Taiyu Lin, Massey University, New Zeal<strong>and</strong>; Kathleen Luchini,<br />

University of Michigan, USA; Nikos Manouselis, University of Piraeus <strong>and</strong> ITI-CERTH, Greece; Dorota Mularczyk, Independent<br />

Researcher & <strong>Web</strong> Designer; Carmen Padrón Nápoles, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, Spain; Ali Fawaz Shareef, Massey<br />

University, New Zeal<strong>and</strong>; Jarkko Suhonen, University of Joensuu, Finl<strong>and</strong>.<br />

Executive peer-reviewers<br />

http://www.ifets.info/<br />

Subscription Prices <strong>and</strong> Ordering In<strong>for</strong>mation<br />

Institutions: NZ$ 120 (~ US$ 75) per year (four issues) including postage <strong>and</strong> h<strong>and</strong>ling.<br />

Individuals (no school or libraries): NZ$ 100 (~ US$ 50) per year (four issues) including postage <strong>and</strong> h<strong>and</strong>ling.<br />

Single issues (individuals only): NZ$ 35 (~ US$ 18) including postage <strong>and</strong> h<strong>and</strong>ling.<br />

Subscription orders should be sent to The International Forum of <strong>Educational</strong> Technology & Society (IFETS), c/o Prof. Kinshuk,<br />

In<strong>for</strong>mation Systems Department, Massey University, Private Bag 11-222, Palmerston North, New Zeal<strong>and</strong>. Tel: +64 6 350 5799 ext 2090.<br />

Fax: +64 6 350 5725. E-mail: kinshuk@ieee.org.<br />

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journal, those involved in education <strong>and</strong> educational technology. Contact <strong>the</strong> editors at kinshuk@ieee.org.<br />

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<strong>Educational</strong> Technology & Society acknowledges <strong>the</strong> generous financial sponsorship provided by Centre <strong>for</strong> Research <strong>and</strong> Technology -<br />

Hellas, In<strong>for</strong>matics <strong>and</strong> Telematics Institute (CERTH/ITI), Greece towards <strong>the</strong> establishment of <strong>the</strong> print version of <strong>the</strong> journal.<br />

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