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CALL FOR CHAPTER PROPOSALS

Proposal Submission Deadline: August 31, 2008
Distance Learning Technology, Current Instruction, and the Future of
Education: Applications of Today, Practices of Tomorrow
A book edited by Dr. Holim Song (Texas Southern University, USA)

Introduction
Institutions of higher education have increasingly embraced distance
education, and the number of students enrolled in distance education is
rapidly rising in colleges and universities throughout the United States.
Thirty-four percent of these institutions offer students the opportunity
to complete their degree program solely through distance education. In
response to these changes in enrollment demands, many states,
institutions, and organizations have been working on strategic plans to
implement distance education. At the same time, misconceptions and myths
related to the difficulty of distance education swell as higher education
explores dozens of distance learning technologies with new ones seeming to
emerge each week. Opinions are mixed about the benefits of distance
teaching and learning in higher education. As the demand for distance
learning technology increases to incorporate into teaching, distance
learning environments are facing challenges. Given its popularity and
increased usage, it is imperative that administrators and instructors
monitor the current state and future directions relating to distance
education in order to meet the needs and challenges of tomorrow.

Objective of the Book
This book will aim to provide the current state and future directions of
distance education from different research fields, and reports and
discussions from students, faculty members, researchers, and practitioners
in the field of distance learning technology. The chapters collected for
this book will have influence on the future developments in
technology-enhanced distance learning both in education and in industry.
In addition, this book will offer a critical discussion about distance
education, with a focus on the theoretical and practical challenges of
distance education in education and current trends, practices, issues, and
future directions on the specific distance education areas.

Target Audience
The projected audience for this book includes faculty, K-12 educators,
researchers, designers, practitioners and administrators, those developing
distance education and training in higher education from the international
communities. This book would serve as a resource to instructors,
administrators, and students in higher education such as asynchronous
learning, authoring tools, building distance learning architectures,
collaborative learning, courseware development, developing an
organizational distance learning strategy, developing and integrating
distance learning solutions, pedagogical issues, societal issues, and
quality management and assessment in distance education.

Recommended/Tentative Chapters for text (include, but are not limited, to
the following)
Accessibility
Asynchronous Learning
Mobile Learning
Podcasting
Authoring Tools
Emerging Technologies in Distance Learning
Building Distance Learning Architectures
Collaborative Distance Learning
Distance Community Building
Courseware Development
Customer Training
Developing an Organizational Distance Learning Strategy
Developing, Integrating, and Delivering Distance Learning Solutions
Digital Libraries for Distance Learning
Electronic Publishing Tools for Distance Learning
Evaluation/Performance Measurement & Assessment
Good Practice Concepts & Examples
Industry-University Partnering
Infrastructure of Distance Learning Environments
Innovative Curriculum in Distance Learning
Instructional Design for Distance Learning
Intelligent Distance Learning Technology
Interactive Distance Learning Systems
Knowledge Management in Distance Learning
Learning & Content Management Systems
Management of Distance Learning Resources
Marketing/Promoting Learning Activities
Multimedia-based Distance Learning Systems
Organizational Distance Learning Strategies
Pedagogical & Issues
Policy and Law
Quality Management and Assessment in Distance Learning
Research Perspectives for Distance Learning
Simulations
Societal Issues, Including Legal, Standards, & International Issues
Virtual Universities, Classrooms, and Laboratories

Submission Procedure
Individual interested in submitting a chapter on the above-suggested
topics or other related topics in their area of interest should submit on
or before August 31, 2008, a 1-2 page chapter proposal clearly explaining
the mission and concerns of his or her proposed chapter. Authors of
accepted proposals will be notified by September 20, 2008 about the status
of their proposals and sent chapter guidelines. Full chapter are expected
to be submitted by December 31, 2008. All submitted chapters will be
reviewed on a double-blind review basis. This book is scheduled to be
published by IGI Global (formerly Idea Group Inc.), www.igi-global.com,
publisher of the "Information Science Reference" (formerly Idea Group
Reference) and "Medical Information Science Reference" imprints in 2009.

Inquiries and submissions can be forwarded electronically (Word document)
via email at hsong@tsu.edu or by mail to:

Dr. Holim Song
Texas Southern University
College of Education
3100 Cleburne Street
Houston, TX 77004
713.313.1832