[AISWorld] Contents of Vol. 12, No. 3 of International Journal of Distance Education Technologies (IJDET, an EI journal)

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------- Annoucement of the publication of Vol. 12, No. 3 of IJDET (an EI
journal)-----------
http://www.igi-global.com/journal/international-journal-distance-education-technologies/1078

We are glad to announce the publication of Vol. 12, No. 3 of International
Journal of
Distance Education Technologies (IJDET, an EI journal). In this issue, SIX
papers are included:

Implementation of Web-Based Distance Education in Nursing Education in
Turkey: A Sample Lesson in Patient Education (pages 1-13)
Emine Senyuva, Gulsun Tasocak
The research was carried out in 2005-2006 as a descriptive and
methodological study. It aimed to obtain students' feedback and to
serve as a source for future relevant studies. The setting of the study was
Istanbul University Florence Nightingale Nursing College
and at Istanbul University Bakirkoy Health College. The sample of the study
included 167 students who voluntarily consented to
participate in the study. The sample was taken from the population of all
students continuing their education at the two study
universities. Data were collected utilizing the “Information Form 1” and
the “Information Form 2” The students' general mean and
standard deviation values on Information Form 2 were (117.02±8.04), and
when the arithmetic mean and standard deviation values
relating to the sections were examined, the results were as follows: Views
about the Design of the patient education course
(65.19±3.33), Views about the patient education course (24.71±2.57), Views
about web-based distance learning after education
(27.19±3.86). These were considered to be satisfactory findings indicating
that the students had positive views about the web-based
patient education course in general. The opinion of the students about the
“Patient Education” lesson was generally positive.
There was a significant difference with respect to the scores on the
questionnaire between the students with, and students without,
the ability of learning by themselves, the scores being higher in the
former (p<0.05).
http://www.igi-global.com/article/implementation-of-web-based-distance-education-in-nursing-education-in-turkey/117178

Problematic but Possible: Online Teaching and Learning in Post-registration
Programmes (pages 14-21)
Maria Cassar, Josef Trapani
This artifact identifies the main challenges experienced by the authors,
both nurse educators, in the delivery of a module on
evidence based practice exclusively through the use of an e-learning
platform. The module has been running for the past four years
as part of an entirely online post registration programme for qualified
health professionals seeking a baccalaureate qualification,
and makes use of asynchronous online discussions coupled with traditional
written assignments as assessment methods. The authors'
efforts to address the identified challenges are discussed, in view of
flagging the measures which may need to be put in place by
educators embarking on similar teaching initiatives.
http://www.igi-global.com/article/problematic-but-possible/117179

The A-Framework: The Role of Access, Attributes, and Affordance in the
Adoption of Distance Education Technology for Lifestyle
Change (pages 22-40)
Patrick J. Tierney, Susan Moisey
This exploratory mixed methods case study examined the use of distance
education technology for lifestyle change within the context
of obesity treatment and weight management. In the quantitative phase of
the study, 19 adults involved in an obesity-related
lifestyle change program or change process completed a questionnaire that
determined their attitude toward technology adoption,
access to various types of information and communication technology and
level of connectivity, and the extent to which they used
technologies in their daily lives. The qualitative phase consisted of
semi-structured interviews with individuals who were currently
or had been obese and involved in a weight management program. The
participants were provided access to a website which contained a
set of online tools and resources believed to assist with weight loss and
lifestyle change. Semi-structured interviews were
conducted to obtain each participant's perceptions of, and reactions to,
the various tools and resources. The A-Framework was
developed as a direct result of this study.
http://www.igi-global.com/article/the-a-framework/117180

The Influence of Self-Efficacies on Readers' Intention to Use E-Reading
Devices: An Empirical Study (pages 41-61)
Bor-Yuan Tsai, Jung-Nan Yen
E-books and e-Reading Devices (E-RDs) markets have been enlarged due to the
rapid progress of digital technologies. What are the
possible factors to increase readers' willingness to use electronic
devices? To improve the predictive value of the original TAM
model, this study incorporates three additional constructs to form
e-Reading Device Acceptance Mode: reading self-efficacy, computer
self-efficacy and perceived enjoyment. This model consists of six
constructs and 11 research hypotheses. The research questionnaires
were distributed in Taiwan, and the research results showed that reading
self-efficacy shows positive influences on readers'
intention to use the E-RDs. On the contrary, computer self-efficacy does
not show positive influences on perceived usefulness or
perceived enjoyment. Moreover, the perceived ease of use of E-RDs does not
show significant impacts on readers' intention to use the
devices. Explanations of the causes and reasons are given in this paper,
and the finding of this research may provide useful
references and materials for e-book publishers, e-reading device
developers, and researchers for further studies.
http://www.igi-global.com/article/the-influence-of-self-efficacies-on-readers-intention-to-use-e-reading-devices/117181

E-book Usability in Educational Technology Classes: Teachers and Teacher
Candidates' Perception toward E-book for Teaching and
Learning (pages 62-74)
Sunghee Shin
This study was designed to enrich the learning experiences of in-service
and pre-service teachers in two educational technology
classes by adopting e-books as the course material. Graduate students were
more positive about their e-book reading experience than
undergraduate students, but, surprisingly, more undergraduates (63.6%)
became interested in checking out e-book readers from the
school library than graduate students (51.9%). Over three-quarters of
undergraduates (78.6%) responded positively about the use of
e-book readers by the end of the study. Despite their appreciation of
e-book features, more than half of both undergraduate and
graduate students preferred print books but were willing to use e-books and
e-book readers for their readings. Shortcomings of
e-books were eye-strain and the limitation of e-book collections.
http://www.igi-global.com/article/e-book-usability-in-educational-technology-classes/117182

Utilizing Twitter and #Hashtags Toward Enhancing Student Learning in an
Online Course Environment (pages 75-83)
T. Scott Bledsoe, Dave Harmeyer, Shuang Frances Wu
The authors offer an answer to the research question, To what extent and in
what ways is Twitter helpful to student learning when
group hashtags are created and used in collaborative educational
environments? Sixty-two students in a spring 2012 graduate online
Research Methodology course worked individually and in groups to create
discussions on topics of interest through Twitter posts and
student-created hashtags. Student participants answered nine qualitative
and quantitative questions concerning the Twitter/hashtag
exercise and used collaborative blog pages to reflect on their experiences.
A grounded theory approach was applied to classify data
generated from the nine questions and blog postings. An analysis of the
study's data resulted in the discovery of the following four
themes: access to information, communication, class engagement, and general
feedback. Based on these themes, nine recommendations
are offered for maximizing the use of Twitter in an online environment for
increased student engagement and learning.
http://www.igi-global.com/article/utilizing-twitter-and-hashtags-toward-enhancing-student-learning-in-an-online-course-environment/117183

------- General Call for Papers for IJDET (an EI journal)-----------
The electronic version of this cfp can be seen at
http://maiga.athabascau.ca/editors/IJDET-Call_for_Papers-General.pdf

International Journal of Distance Education Technologies (IJDET)
(
http://www.igi-global.com/journal/international-journal-distance-education-technologies/1078
)

The International Journal of Distance Education Technologies (IJDET) is
a forum for researchers and practitioners to disseminate practical solutions
to the automation of open and distance learning. Targeted to academic
researchers and engineers who work with distance learning programs and
software systems, as well as general users of distance education
technologies
and methods, IJDET discusses computational methods, algorithms,
implemented prototype systems, and applications of open and distance
learning.
All manuscripts submitted to the journal are peer-reviewed according to
the procedure consisting of initial review, peer review, and recommendation

Editor in Chief:
Dr. Maiga Chang (maiga.chang at gmail.com)

Indices:
Compendex (Elsevier EI), DBLP, EBSCOhost, ERIC, Google Scholar,
INSPEC, PsycINFOR, SCOPUS, and many others

Suggested topics:
IJDET is an EI journal and the scope of the journal includes, but is not
limited to:
- Assessment
- Distance Learning for Culture and Arts
- Intelligent and Adaptive Learning
- Intelligent Agents and Multi-Agent Systems
- Mobile Learning
- Nurse Medical Healthcare
- Pedagogical Issues
- Social Learning
- Serious Games for Distance Education
- Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) Education
- Technology Enhanced Learning
- Ubiquitous Learning
- Virtual Worlds for Distance Education

Applying for being a reviewer of IJDET:
Please send your CV to editor in chief, Dr. Maiga Chang (
maiga.chang at gmail.com)
Please note that as a reviewer of IJDET, you are expected to review four
manuscripts
a year in a timely manner (i.e., usually within four weeks and you will be
removed
from the reviewer pool if you couldn't finish assigned reviews in a timely
manner or
you can not review four manuscripts a year for IJDET). You can quit for
being a reviewer
at any time you want. You would be invited to become international review
editorial
board members if you could maintain high quality reviews for at least two
years.

Manuscript guidelines:
At this moment we have not moved to the publisher's online
submission system yet (we plan to move to the publisher's system later),
please go to http://www.ijdet.com to submit your manuscript.

Please note that you need to follow the manuscript template and
author guidelines to prepare your manuscript before submit it.
The links of the manuscript template in DOC format and the author
guidelines and the instructional video can be found on the main page
of the website (http://www.ijdet.com). Please remember to check
"Author" role while registering your account.

All submissions have to follow IJDET manuscript guidelines at
http://www.igi-global.com/publish/resources/journal-organization-and-formatting.pdf
http://www.igi-global.com/journals/guidelines-for-submission.aspx
should be submitted online at http://www.ijdet.com/ after registering an
account.

Special Issue proposals:
We also encourage potential research in any fields related to the journal
to form a high quality guest editorial team to submit special issue proposal
online, for any emerging, important, and hot topics. Please submit your
special issue proposal online as a manuscript and choose
"[Special Issue Proposal]" as its Section

The special issue proposal sample can be downloaded at
http://vip.is-very-good.org/editing/IJDET-Special_Issue_Proposal_Sample.doc

For queries, please contact Dr. Maiga Chang (maiga.chang at gmail.com)
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Sincerely,

Maiga Chang
maiga.chang at gmail.com
http://maiga.athabascau.ca
10, 26 '14

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Editor-in-Chief, International Journal of Distance Education Technologies
(EI)
http://www.ijdet.com

Associate Editor, IEEE Technology and Engineering Education
Associate Editor, International Journal of Online Pedagogy and Course Design

Learning Culture and Language through ICTs: Methods for Enhanced Instruction
http://www.igi-global.com/reference/details.asp?ID=33419

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Sinaia, Romania, September 23-25, 2015
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Track Program Chair of Track "Digital Game and Intelligent Toy Enhanced
Learning"
in 15th IEEE International Conference on Advanced Learning Technologies 2015
http://www.ask4research.info/icalt/2015/

Co-chair of GCCCE 2015 sub-conference on Joyful Learning and Society

PC Executive Chair of ICCE 2014 sub-conference on Digital Game and Digital
Toy
Enhanced Learning and Society (GTEL&S)
http://icce2014.jaist.ac.jp/icce2014/?page_id=323

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Guest Editor, Mathematical Problems in Engineering (SCI)
Special Issue on Information Management and Applications of Intelligent
Transportation System
http://www.hindawi.com/journals/mpe/si/241739/cfp/

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Special Issue on Emergence of Web Data Analysis in Pervasive Multimedia
Environment
http://maiga.athabascau.ca/editors/MTAP_SI.pdf

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open access)
Special Issue on Practical Applications of Mobile and Internet Educational
Games (Vol. 8, No. 2)
http://www.apsce.net/rptel_papers.php?id=1020

Guest Editor, International Review of Research in Open and Distance
Learning (SSCI)
Special Issue on Technology Enhanced Information Retrieval and Processing
for Online Learning (Vol. 13, No. 5)
http://www.irrodl.org/index.php/irrodl/issue/view/54

Guest Editor, International Journal of Distance Education Technologies (EI)
Special Issue on Emotional Intelligence for Online Learning (Vol. 11, No. 2)
http://www.igi-global.com/journal/international-journal-distance-education-technologies/1078#contents

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