The International Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning (www.irrodl.org) is putting out this Call for Papers in collaboration with five other scholarly journals. IRRODL is launching this call for research and “good practices” papers (to be published in 2008) concerning distance education and the right to education (in particular reference to Article 26 of the Universal Declaration of the Human Rights of December 10th, 1948):
"What is the role of distance education in the implementation of the right to education? How is distance education involved when education is seen as a right? What is its position in educational policy, as a factor of quality and an instrument for liberty? Do the technologies of distance education act as enablers or barriers to achieving the universal right to education?" ( http://www.hrweb.org/legal/udhr.html )
Authors can approach this theme from multiple points of view, pedagogical, sociological, economic, political, technical, legal, practical, etc.
IRRODL is putting out this Call for Papers in collaboration with five other scholarly journals with international influence and readership in Africa, Asia, Europe, Middle East, Oceania, North America, and South America:
Asian Journal of Distance Education: http://www.asianjde.org/
Distances et savoirs: www.cned.fr/ds, http://ds.revuesonline.com
EURODL: http://www.eurodl.org/
Journal of Asynchronous Learning Network: http://www.sloan-c.org/publications/jaln/
IRRODL: http://www.irrodl.org/
Open Praxis: http://www.openpraxis.com/
Final texts selected by each participating journal (subject to the outcome of the blind peer review process) will be published in their original language on a common website, with open access; they may also be published on the usual websites of the journals and in the printed versions of those journals, either in their original language or translated.
Authors will benefit from a wide international dissemination, and their works will make up a common international reference regarding distance education and the universal question of the right to education.
WHAT IS THE ROLE OF DISTANCE EDUCATION IN THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE RIGHT TO EDUCATION?
Schedule:
**** IMPORTANT *** If you wish to publish in the Asian Journal of Distance Education, Distances et savoirs, EURODL, the Journal of Asynchronous Learning Network, Open Praxis, please refer to their respective URLs above for information on how to submit to those journals for this collaborative issue. Please ensure your query is marked: WHAT IS THE ROLE OF DISTANCE EDUCATION IN THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE RIGHT TO EDUCATION?
*** To submit to IRRODL *** Abstracts are to be submitted using the OJS submission system at ww.irrodl.org or by email to managing editor, Paula Smith, paulah@athabascau.ca IRRODL's style guide and author information is available at: http://www.irrodl.org/index.php/irrodl/information/authorsArticles must conform to the scholarly requirements and standards maintained by IRRODL: research questions, theory, methodology, results, contextualisation and implications, references and, if applicable, appendices.
Scientific Committee:
Terry Anderson (IRRODL)
John Bourne (JALN)
Reidar Roll (Open Praxis)
Ramesh C Sharma (Asian, JDE)
Alan Tait (EURODL)
Martine Vidal, Monique Grandbastien, et Pierre Moeglin (Distances et savoirs).
Editorial & Review Committee: Each paper will be reviewed by IRRODL editorial and review team members and new scholars recruited for their expertise in this domain. We are very pleased to have Barbara Spronk Ph.D. as the guest editor for IRRODL's special edition. In addition to her contribution as a faculty member at Athabasca University, Barbara served as the Executive Director of the International Extension College in the UK where she was involved with distance education and extension programming around the globe.
For more information, email IRRODL's Managing Editor, Paula Smith at: paulah@athabascau.ca