[ecrea] CALL FOR E-BOOK CHAPTERS - “Digital Literacy, Technology and Social Inclusion”

CALL FOR E-BOOK CHAPTERS

“Digital Literacy, Technology and Social Inclusion: making sense of 
one-to-one computer programmes around the world”


e-book coordinator: Sara Pereira

Communication and Society Research Centre

University of Minho – Portugal

http://www.lasics.uminho.pt/navmag/

Email: (projectomagalhaes /at/ ics.uminho.pt)




Dear colleague,


We cordially invite you to submit a chapter proposal to be included in a 
forthcoming e-book, titled (provisionally) “Digital Literacy, Technology 
and Social Inclusion: making sense of one-to-one computer programmes 
around the world”, to be published in 2013. The call for chapters for 
this book is opened until January 20th.

In recent years, Governments all over the world have established policy 
agendas that seek to encourage and support the use of digital 
technologies in schools, promoting programmes known as ‘one-to-one’ 
(1:1) – one computer per child. Taking into account these policy 
programmes, this book is committed to:

-   giving an overview of ‘one-to-one’ laptop programmes in different 
regions and countries in the world;

-   discussing the educational policies programmes and agendas, of the 
country in question, associated with one computer per child initiatives;

-   debating how the programmes ‘one to one’ were designed/conceived and 
implemented;

-   critically evaluating the goals of those programmes and their 
execution, considering the advantages, limitations and potential of 
these initiatives for students, teachers, schools and society in general;

-   shedding light on how the computer, and its resources, were 
integrated within teaching and learning practices and how children and 
young people use it, at school and at home;

-   understanding how these programmes promoted the digital and media 
literacy of children and young people and how they contributed to their 
digital and social inclusion.
We would like contributions for this book to take into account the 
diversity of social and cultural contexts of their uses and consider 
media and information literacy as the main framework of analysis and 
discussion.

This e-book is being prepared within the research project ‘Navigating 
with Magellan: Study on the impact of digital media in schoolchildren’ 
that is being carried out at the University of Minho, Communication and 
Society Research Centre, Portugal. The project is funded by the 
Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology 
[PTDC/CCI-COM/101381/2008] and co-funded by the European Regional 
Development Fund [COMPETE: FCOMP-01-0124-FEDER-009056]. Project’s 
coordinator: Sara Pereira, University of Minho. More information about 
the project here: http://www.lasics.uminho.pt/navmag/?lang=en).

Please, follow the instructions for authors indicated below and also 
available at: http://www.lasics.uminho.pt/navmag/.

For any queries about this book, please do not hesitate to contact us 
((projectomagalhaes /at/ ics.uminho.pt)).



IMPORTANT DATES - DEADLINES:

- Abstract submission deadline: January 20th 2013

- Notification of acceptance/refusal: February 28th 2013

- Full manuscript submission deadline: May 25th

- Notification of suggestions: July 25th 2013

- Final version: September 20th 2013

- Expected release date: November 2013



GUIDELINES FOR AUTHORS

1. Abstract Submission:

The authors interested in submitting a chapter proposal are requested to 
send electronically a 1000/1200 word abstract in English, as Word 
document, to (projectomagalhaes /at/ ics.uminho.pt).

Abstracts will be reviewed and notifications of proposal 
acceptance/refusal will be sent until February 28th. Authors of accepted 
abstracts will be invited to submit the full manuscript.

The following information should be provided:

-   Name of the author/s

-   Institution

-   Country

-   Email address

-   Paper title

-   Theoretical framework, case in study, purpose of the research, main 
results and major conclusions (should be in 11-point Arial, line space 
1,5 justified-alignment).

-   Keywords: select 5 to 6 words.

Abstracts must be submitted before January 20th 2013.



2. Manuscript Preparation and Submission:

2.1. Content and Structure:

-   Language: the paper should be written in English (articles 
translated by automatic systems are not accepted);

-   Paper title: should be concise and informative;

-   Identification: Name of the author/s, Institution, Country, Email 
Address;

-   Abstract: Should not exceed 300 words (final manuscripts) and should 
state briefly the purpose of the research, the principal results and 
major conclusions (should be in 11-point Arial, line space 1,5 
justified-alignment);

-   Keywords: select 4 to 5 words, separated by semi colon;

-   Full manuscript submission (not to exceed 10.000 words). All text in 
manuscripts should be in 11-point Arial, double-spaced, 
justified-alignment only. Divide your article into clearly defined and 
numbered sections. Subsections should be numbered 1, 2. (then 1.1, 
1.1.1, 1.1.2), 1.2, etc. The abstract is not included in section numbering;

-   It is the responsibility of the authors to obtain copyright for the 
use of images, tables, charts and graphs;

-   Sponsoring information: please indicate if the research is sponsored 
or supported by an organization.

Chapters must be submitted before May 25th to 
(projectomagalhaes /at/ ics.uminho.pt)

The e-book (with ISBN) will be published online in a platform of the 
Institute of Social Sciences, Minho University: 
http://www.lasics.uminho.pt/.

2.2. Citation Style

Please use the APA Style, 6th Edition (http://www.apastyle.org/).

Please convert to plain text all references from bibliography management 
software (e.g. EndNote).

2.3. Review and Publication Process

Paper is sent to 2 reviewers for review. The reviewers' recommendations 
determine whether a paper will be accepted / accepted subject to change 
/ subject to resubmission with significant changes / rejected.

For papers which require changes, the same reviewers will be used to 
ensure that the quality of the revised paper is acceptable.



--
Sara Pereira
Associate Professor
Departament of Communication Sciences
Institute of Social Sciences
University of Minho
Campus de Gualtar - 4710-057 - Braga
Office: 00351 253 605291
Secretariat: 00351 253 604214 / Fax: 00351 253 604697
E-mail: (sarapereira /at/ ics.uminho.pt)
http://comedu.blogspot.com/
http://www.lasics.uminho.pt/edumedia/
http://www.lasics.uminho.pt/navmag/





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