International Journal of Distance Education Technologies (IJDET)

Submit a Paper to the International Journal of Distance Education Technologies (IJDET)

Editor-in-Chief: Maiga Chang (Athabasca University, Canada)
Published Continuous Volume. Est. 2003.

The International Journal of Distance Education Technologies (IJDET) is a forum for researchers and practitioners to disseminate practical solutions that support learners, teachers, and administrators in open and distance learning environments. 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. Headed by a well-published IGI Global Editor in Chief, IJDET prominently publishes research from contributors on six continents, bringing a uniquely global perspective to this broad topic. IJDET is featured in numerous prestigious indices including Web of Science® – Emerging Sources Citation Index®, Scopus®, Compendex®, PsycInfo®, and INSPEC®, among others. All manuscripts submitted to the journal are double-blind peer reviewed, providing the most current and rigorously tested research in this subject.

ISSN: 1539-3100|EISSN: 1539-3119|DOI: 10.4018/IJDET
Submit a Manuscript to IJDET
The Editor-in-Chief of the International Journal of Distance Education Technologies (IJDET) would like to invite you to consider submitting a manuscript for inclusion in this scholarly journal. The following describes the mission, the coverage and the guidelines for submission to IJDET.

Mission

The International Journal of Distance Education Technologies (IJDET) publishes original research articles of distance education four issues per year. IJDET is a primary forum for researchers and practitioners to disseminate practical solutions to the automation of open and distance learning. This journal is targeted to academic researchers and engineers who work with distance learning programs and software systems, as well as general participants of distance education. All manuscripts submitted to the journal are peer-reviewed according to the procedure consisting of initial review, peer review, and recommendation.

Coverage

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

Technology enhanced learning

  • Authentication mechanisms 
  • Broadband and wireless communication tools
  • Design, model and framework of e-learning systems
  • Designing meaning in new media: podcasts, digital video, digital imaging, etc.
  • Evaluation technologies
  • Learning management systems
  • Learning resource deployment, organization and management
  • Multimedia streaming technology
  • New network infrastructures
  • Open source tools
  • Quality-of-services issues
  • Real-time protocols

Ubiquitous learning

  • Designing devices, interfaces, and content for educational purposes
  • Multimodal content
  • Situated learning
  • Smartphone App for education

Intelligent and adaptive learning

  • Application soft computing methodologies
  • Automatic FAQ reply methods
  • Data mining for e-learning system
  • Intelligent tutoring
  • Multi-agent educational systems
  • Personalized learning
  • Recommendation system for e-learning

Pedagogical issues

  • Collaborative learning, distributed cognition and collective intelligence
  • Formative and summative assessment
  • From hierarchical to lateral knowledge flows, teaching-learning relationships
  • Metacognition in new learning processes and new technological environments
  • New learning supported by new technologies: challenges and successes
  • Peer to peer learning: learners as teachers
  • Supporting learner diversity
  • Technology in the service of the humanities and social sciences

Social learning

  • Collaboration writing tools: wikis, blogs, websites, etc.
  • Computer supported collaboration tools
  • Social networking technologies

Distance learning for culture and arts

  • Culture and art practice communities
  • Improving culture and art by distance learning methodologies
  • Instructional design
  • Tutoring in distance learning arts
  • Web 2.0 tools for culture and art improvement
  • Worldwide L0 management

Virtual worlds and serious games for distance education

  • Collaborative and social learning in virtual worlds
  • Interaction and behavior patterns
  • Mixed virtual world and classroom learning
  • New learning and teaching activities
  • Serious games
  • Technological approaches, their limitations, and how to overcome them
  • Usability and human-computer-interaction in virtual worlds
  • Virtual learning space design and architecture
  • Virtual worlds and mobile learning



Submission

Prospective authors should note that only original and previously unpublished article manuscripts will be considered. All initial submissions must be between 5,000 and 7,000 words. Interested authors must consult the Journal Guidelines for Manuscript Submission at https://www.igi-global.com/publish/contributor-resources/journal-guidelines-for-submission/?titleid=1078 PRIOR to submission. Any further questions may be answered at https://www.igi-global.com/publish/contributor-resources/before-you-write/. All article manuscript submissions will be forwarded to at least three members of the editorial review board of the journal for a double-blind peer review. The final decision regarding acceptance/revision/rejection will be based on the reviews received from the reviewers.

All inquiries should be directed to the attention of:

All inquiries regarding IJDET should be directed to the attention of:

Maiga Chang
Editor-in-Chief
E-mail: maiga.chang@gmail.com

All manuscript submissions to IJDET should be sent through the online submission system:

http://www.igi-global.com/authorseditors/titlesubmission/newproject.aspx

Submit a Manuscript to IJDET