[Fsfe-uk] Fwd: [school-discuss] IEEE Transactions on Education: Special Issue on Open Source Software for Education

[Richard Smedley]

Ridiculously short notice for this sort of thing, but perhaps someone
has something ready prepared? :-/


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Subject: [school-discuss] IEEE Transactions on Education: Special Issue on 
Open Source Software for Education
Date: Wednesday 29 November 2006 21:13
From: "Miltiadis Lytras" <address@hidden>
To: address@hidden
Cc: address@hidden

IEEE Education Society
IEEE Transactions on Education

LAST CALL FOR PAPERS, http://www.ewh.ieee.org/soc/es/CFP6.html
Special Issue: Open-Source Software
Submission Deadline: 15 December 2006

    The Transactions seeks original manuscripts for a Special Issue on
 “Open-Source Software for Engineering Education: Pedagogical Strategies
 Beyond Tools” scheduled to appear in the November 2007 issue.

    Free- and Open-Source Software (FOSS) has received growing attention in
 recent years from various perspectives. The thriving numbers behind
 open-source software (OSS) adoption and contribution have captured the
 attention of engineering education researchers that, in the past years, have
 been trying to decipher the phenomenon of OSS, its relation to
 already-conducted research, and its implications for new research
 opportunities that effect classroom instruction.

    The current OSS landscape presents a very interesting picture. Although
 the idea behind OSS date back to the 1960’s and the Unix era in the 1980’s,
 the official term of OSS was coined in 1998. Since then, the OSS movement
 has evolved at a very fast pace. Prime examples of successful OSS projects
 include operating systems (Linux, FreeBSD, OpenBSD, NetBSD), Web browsers
 (Firefox, Konqueror), graphical environments (KDE, Gnome), productivity
 applications (OpenOffice), programming languages and infrastructure (Apache,
 MySQL), and development tools (GNU toolchain, Eclipse). These
 widely-accepted OSS endeavors demonstrate that a wide range of OSS
 applications are available and present a viable and robust alternative to
 proprietary software solutions.

    A great number of applications of free and open software for education
 are evident. Worldwide initiatives, such as Sakai, and a great number of the
 so-called Open-Learning Management Systems challenge Engineering Education.

    The objective of the special issue is to communicate and disseminate
 recent engineering education research and success stories that demonstrate
 the power of open-source software to improve traditional engineering
 education and e-learning approaches. The purpose of the special issue is to
 demonstrate state-of-the art approaches of Open-Source Software systems that
 have had successful application in the classroom and to show how new,
 advanced, pedagogical models and teaching strategies can expand the learning
 frontiers in engineering education.

    Consequently, manuscripts are sought that touch on these aspects and
 extend technical and domain knowledge in the classroom. This special issue
 is intended to initiate a dialog between the pedagogical, human, and
 technical views of the field that effect the engineering education
 environment. Novel pedagogical approaches and sound technological FOSS
 solutions will be expected.

    Topics of interest include, but are not limited to, the following
 classroom experiences.

        * Use of Free- and Open-Source Software for Learning Management
 Systems * Use of FOSS for Learning Objects and Learning Design Approaches *
 Pedagogical Strategies for the Deployment of FOSS Tools
        * Case Studies Utilized
        * Open-Learning Management Systems
        * Communities of Learners in Engineering Courses through Seployment
 of FOSS Tools * Collaborative/Constructive Content Authoring for Engineering
 Courses

    Authors wishing to contribute to this special issue MUST refer to the
 Transactions' Web site at www.ewh.ieee.org/soc/es/ToE-manuscript.html for
 information relative to the issues that must be addressed in manuscript
 preparation. Note that submitted manuscripts MUST contain a balance of
 technical content and pedagogical content to be considered and MUST include
 meaningful, statistically-sound, student assessment/evaluation data that
 provides information relative to the strengths and weaknesses of the
 curriculum content in satisfying the pedagogical issues being addressed.
 Note that the absence of meaningful, statistically-sound supporting data
 will be grounds for publication rejection.

    Manuscripts must be submitted electronically to the Transactions’
 Manuscript Central web site at te-ieee.manuscriptcentral.com no later than
 15 December 2006, with “Special Issue” being selected as “Manuscript Type”
 in the corresponding menu.

    For further information contact the Special Issue Editors for this issue:

                Miltiadis Lytras
                University of Patras
                Patras, Greece
                address@hidden

                Walt Scacchi
                University of California, Irvine
                Irvine, California
                address@hidden

    Special Issue Schedule:

        * Manuscript Submission Deadline: 15 December 2006
        * Notification of Review Evaluation: 16 March 2007
        * Author Revision Due: 16 April 2007
        * Notification of Acceptance if Major Revision Required: 1 June 2007
        * Accepted Manuscripts Due for Editorial Review: 30 June 2007
        * Manuscript Packet Information Sent to Author: 16 July 2007
        * Manuscript Packet Due from Author to Editor: 17 August 2007
        * Tentative Publication Date: November 2007

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Richard Smedley,                                    address@hidden
Sustainable IT Consultant
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