[AISWorld] CFP: IJWLTT Special Issue on Strategically Influencing On-line Education: Power, Politics, and Social Dynamics

[Raisinghani, Michael]

SPECIAL ISSUE on Strategically Influencing On-line Education: Power, Politics, and Social Dynamics



International Journal of Web-Based Learning and Teaching Technologies (IJWLTT)

An Official Publication of the Information Resources Management Association<http://www.irma-international.org/membership/2009_irma_form.pdf>

www.igi-global.com/ijwltt<http://www.igi-global.com/ijwltt>

Submission Due Date: September 15, 2011 (Expression of Interest requested by July 31, 2011)



Special Issue Editors:

Mahesh S. Raisinghani, TWU School of Management, Executive MBA Program, USA

Celia Romm Livermore, School of Business Administration, Wayne State University, USA



Introduction

The power and politics (or social dynamics) of the on-line classroom, the politics of getting a large organization, like a university, to adopt educational technologies to promote specific political agendas in classrooms (e.g., the utilization of the Web during the Obama campaign to promote support for the presidential candidate Obama among school children), the use of on-line technologies for ideological indoctrination or "influencing" in the educational systems of extremist groups of all religions and issues of power and politics that are related to the on-line education of special needs minorities such as people who are physically/intellectually challenged, people of color, women, migrants, and so forth. The changing dimensions of ‘technology’ and ‘learning’ have significant impact globally. The recent success of China and India in moving into the production of high value-added, high-technology products has caused political leaders and their advisors to re-evaluate the global economic challenge. The OECD recently acknowledged that emerging economies including China and India were moving up the value chain to compete with Western organizations for high-tech products and R&D investment. There has been major growth in all OECD countries for expansion into higher education. Canada was the first country to achieve the target of over 50 percent of people aged 25 and 34 to enter the job market with a tertiary level qualification, followed by Korea, which has engineered a massive growth in tertiary provision since 1991. While much of the international business and policy literature has focused on education, globalization, the use of innovation and creative enterprise; it has ignored the shift towards global standardization or alignment within companies, where technology is the key enabler and facilitator.



Objective

Technology, learning, education and supporting globalization through innovation and creativity leading to a globalized knowledge economy are the main emphasis of this Special Issue of the International Journal of Web-Based Learning and Teaching Technologies (IJWLTT). More specifically, the issue focuses on the impact of globalization on education and business, the changing dimensions of the WBLT technologies and uses, sharing educational experiences and situations including (but not limited to) distance learning, collaborative work, constructivist approaches in on-line, traditional and hybrid class-rooms, designing blended learning and programs, importance of dialogue in distance education programs, CSCL, network learning, etc. while focusing on the world economies with respect to these worldwide changing perspectives and the creation of a globalized knowledge economy.

Recommended Topics:
Topics to be discussed in this special issue include (but are not limited to) the following:

·        Power And Politics In Online/E-Education

·        Politics Of Implementation Of E-Learning Initiatives From The Administration’s Perspective

·        Politics Of Adoption & Implementation Of E-Learning Initiatives >From The Individual/Department’s Perspective

·        Politics Of Implementation Of E-Learning Initiatives From The Student’s Perspective

·        Impact Of Globalization On Education And Business

·        Globalization And Technology: Changing Paradigm

·        Macro Issues In Globalization, E-Education And E-Learning

·        Creation Of Globalized Knowledge Economies

·        Cross Cultural Analyses Of Globalization, Education And International Business Perspectives

·        International Perspectives On Technology And Education

·        Macro Issues In Global Businesses, E-Education And Communities

·        Technology Enablement Of Global Businesses, Higher Education And International Business

·        Best Practices In International Learning, Education And Technology

·        Building Multi-Disciplinary Teams For Web-Based Learning And Teaching

·        Building Web-Based Learning Communities

·        Constructivist Approaches To Web-Based Learning And Teaching

·        Decision Making In Implementing Web-Based Learning And Teaching

·        Knowledge Building Using Web-Based Learning And Teaching Technologies

·        Management Side Of Web-Based Learning And Teaching

·        Network Learning Using WLTT

·        Project Management For Implementing WLTT

·        Related Issues That Impact The Overall Utilization And Management Of Web-Based Technologies In Education

·        Web-Based CSCL

·        Web-Based Technologies Enabled Pedagogical Scenarios

·        Web-Based Technologies Enabled Pedagogical Systems And Programs

·        WLTT Implementation: Models, Methods, And Frameworks

·        Innovative Education Models Worldwide

·        Schools Impacting Globalization And International Business Education

·        Education Impacting Local And Global Communities

·        Globalization, Education And Learning: Case Studies



Submission

Researchers and practitioners are invited to submit papers for this special theme issue on Strategically Influencing On-line Education: Power, Politics, and Social Dynamics on or before September 15, 2011. All submissions must be original and may not be under review by another publication. Interested authors should consult the journal’s guidelines for manuscript submissions at http://www.igi-global.com/Files/AuthorEditor/guidelinessubmission.pdf.  All submitted papers will be reviewed on a double-blind, peer review basis. Papers must follow APA style for reference citations. Final decision regarding acceptance/revision/rejection will be based on the reviews received from the reviewers. All submissions must be forwarded electronically to either one of this IJWLTT special issue editors.



All submissions and inquiries should be directed to the attention of:

Mahesh S. Raisinghani: mraisinghani at twu.edu<mailto:mraisinghani at twu.edu>

Celia Romm Livermore ak1667 at wayne.edu<mailto:ak1667 at wayne.edu>