Calls for papers

 

International Journal of Services and Standards

 

Special Issue on: "Online Education"

Guest Editors:
Fu Lee Wang and Reggie Kwan, Caritas Institute of Higher Education, Hong Kong
Kam Cheong Li and Simon K. S. Cheung, Open University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong

Online education comes in many forms and is now ubiquitous because of the maturity of technology. The pedagogy side however needs a bit of catching up. Nonetheless, online education is not only more cost-effective than offline education, but can also remove time and geographical limitations.

This trend in education is more like a tidal wave in higher education and thus instructors need to be aware when they design and implement online programmes, courses and materials, and institutions’ policies on online learning need to up to date and proactive.

This special issue aims to summarise the development of online education and its emerging theories and practice.

Subject Coverage
Suitable topics include, but are not limited to, the following:

• Online learning management
• Online learning models
• Online learning research
• Role of online learning in education
• Standardisation in online learning
• Strategies for online learning
• Technical, cultural, social, political and pedagogical issues

Notes for Prospective Authors

Submitted papers should not have been previously published nor be currently under consideration for publication elsewhere. (N.B. Conference papers may only be submitted if the paper has been completely re-written and if appropriate written permissions have been obtained from any copyright holders of the original paper).

All papers are refereed through a peer review process.

All papers must be submitted online. To submit a paper, please read our Submitting articles page.

Important Dates

Manuscripts due by: 1 October, 2014

Notification to authors: 1 November, 2014

Final versions due by: 1 December, 2014