[RUME] Call for Chapters

[Sven Trenholm]

To Whom It May Concern,

I am a former State University of New York faculty member now conducting PhD
research in the field of math e-learning at Loughborough University in the
UK.  I am writing to kindly request if the following CFC can be posted in
your undergraduate mathematics listserv.  If you have any questions or
concerns, please do not hesitate to ask...

Sincerely,

Sven (Trenholm)

Mathematics Education Center

Loughborough University

mathelearning at gmail.com

s.trenholm at lboro.ac.uk

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*CALL FOR CHAPTER PROPOSALS*

*Proposal Submission Deadline: March 1, 2010*

*Teaching Mathematics Online:*

*Emergent Technologies and Methodologies***

A book edited by Angel A. Juan, Open University of Catalonia, Spain

Maria A. Huertas, Open University of Catalonia, Spain

Sven Trenholm, Loughborough University, UK and

Cristina Steegman, Open University of Catalonia, Spain



Part of the *Advances in Distance Education Technologies Series*:

http://www.igi-global.com/bookseries/details.asp?id=13



To be published by IGI Global: [insert link to IGI website here]

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*Introduction*

Educational technologies are changing the way in which higher education is
delivered. These technologies include e-learning environments or learning
management systems for individual and collaborative learning, Internet
resources for teaching and learning, academic materials in electronic
format, specific subject-related software, groupware and social network
software, etc. With the ubiquitous nature of technological innovation, over
the last decades not only have we seen the growth of new purely-online
universities, but we are also witnessing the transformation of how
instruction is being delivered in most traditional face-to-face universities
-affecting the nature of the courses as well as degree programs they offer.
These technological innovations have driven the growth of distance learning
opportunities, as students who are time-bound due to job or travel
difficulties or place-bound due to geographic location or physical
disabilities can now access courses and degree programs at their
convenience. E-learning models are currently practiced widely all over the
world. Regarding the areas of Mathematics and Statistics, educational
reforms are widespread both in purely-online and face-to-face education.
Many instructors have been encouraged to try new teaching strategies based
on online support, inter-disciplinary collaborative learning, and
integration of mathematical and statistical software in their courses.
University departments worldwide have been leveraging technological
capabilities in creating new engaging curricula that promotes conceptual
understanding instead of procedural knowledge. Nevertheless, seeing
implementation in mathematics has not been easy -numerous challenges must be
confronted. Some of these challenges are due to the intrinsic demographic
characteristics of the so-called "Internet-generation" students while others
are due to the intrinsic disciplinary nature of Mathematics and Statistics.

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*Recommended topics include, but are not limited to, the following:*

·      Mathematical e-learning

·      Computer Supported Mathematical Learning

·      Groupware systems in Mathematical teaching

·      Collaborative learning in Mathematical education

·      Distributed e-learning environments for Mathematics

·      Web-based Mathematcial instruction/learning

·      Evaluation of technology systems for Math e-learning

·      Free and open source software for Math learning

·      Simulation-supported learning and instruction in Mathematics

·      E-learning management systems and Mathematical education

·      Emerging technologies in Mathematical education

·      Technology-driven Math e-learning models and strategies

·      Multimedia and interactive Math e-learning systems

·      Technological standardization in Mathematical learning

·      Practices in Mathematical learning and teaching

·      Surveys of Math e-learning adoption and results in education

·      Future of Math e-learning

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*Overall objectives of the book*

·      To identify and publish worldwide best practices regarding Math
e-learning in higher education.

·      To share theoretical or applied pedagogical models and systems used
in Math e-learning including the use of computer supported collaborative
learning common to most e-learning practices.

·      To forecast emerging technologies and tendencies regarding
mathematical software, learning management systems mathematics education
online.

·      To provide the academic community with a base text that could serve
as a reference in research in mathematics education.

·      To present up-to-date research work on how mathematics education is
changing in a global and web-based world.

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*Submission procedure*

Researchers and practitioners are invited to submit *on or before* *March
1st, 2010*, a 2-5 page manuscript proposal (MS Word) clearly explaining the
mission and concerns of the proposed chapter. Authors of accepted proposals
will be notified by *May 1st, 2010* about the status of their proposals and
sent chapter organizational guidelines. Full chapters are expected to be
submitted by *July 1st, 2010*. All submitted chapters will be reviewed
on a double-blind
review* *basis.



*Publisher*

This book is scheduled to be published by IGI Global (formerly Idea Group
Inc.), publisher of the “Information Science Reference” (formerly Idea Group
Reference), “Medical Information Science Reference,” “Business Science
Reference,” and “Engineering Science Reference” imprints. For additional
information regarding the publisher, please visit www.igi-global.com. This
publication is anticipated to be released in 2011.

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*Important dates*

*March 1st, 2010: *2-5 Page Proposal Deadline:**

*May 1st, 2010: *Proposal acceptance:

*July 1st, 2010: *Full Chapters Deadline:**

*September 15th, 2010: *Review Results

*October 15th, 2010: *Revised Chapters Deadline**

*October 31st, 2010: *Notification of final acceptation/rejection

*November 15th, 2010: *Submission of Final Chapters

Inquiries and submissions can be forwarded by e-mail to any of the book
editors (indicate subject: *Teaching Mathematics Online: Emergent
Technologies and Methodologies*)

*Angel A. Juan, M. Antonia Huertas, Cristina Steegmann*

{ajuanp, mhuertass, csteegmann}(@)uoc.edu

Open University of Catalonia (UOC)

Computer Science, Multimedia and Telecommunication

Rambla del Poblenou, 156

08018, Barcelona, Spain

Tel: +34 933 263 627

Fax: +34 933 568 822

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*Sven Trenholm*

mathelearning(@)gmail.com

Loughborough University

School of Mathematics

Leicestershire, LE11 3TU

United Kingdom

Tel: +44 (0) 1509 22 2861
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