Call for Papers: The Journal of Virtual Worlds and Education (Deadline extended to April 15, 2013)

The Journal of Virtual Worlds and Education is dedicated to the exploration of virtual, adaptive, and immersive environments in general, with a particular emphasis on their effective use in education. Readers of the journal will find original empirical or theoretical contributions—articles on methodology, visual demonstrations, reviews and interviews—all of which provide evaluation of the research and theories pertaining to education in immersive environments. All manuscripts pass through a multilevel blind peer-review process. The journal is to be published semi-annually online.

JVWE seeks original papers on the intersection of virtual worlds and education. Submissions are invited on all topics from principles to practice, from abstraction to application. Taking advantage of the online nature of the journal, articles may incorporate digital media including, but not limited to machinima, video, podcast samples, and the like that enhance or support the article.

Particular topics of interest include best practices in virtual education; online gaming; identity, gender and relationship behaviors in virtual learning environments; building educational spaces; societal impact; impact on faculty as well as impact on students; methodologies; student performance and evaluation; and other such topics as may be timely and relevant to virtual worlds and formal education, procedural training, and informal learning.

Fields of interest include, but are not limited to, anthropology, arts, biology, cultural studies, cognitive science, communications, computer science, educational technology, English and rhetoric, history, linguistics, medical science, neuroscience, psychology, and sociology.

Guidelines:

Style: Submissions to the Journal of Virtual Worlds and Education must use MLA Style with in-text citations and Works Cited.

Format: Papers are to be submitted by email as a Word (.doc) document or Rich Text Format (.rtf). All submissions will be acknowledged upon receipt.

We use blind peer review. Papers may not have any identifying marks. Contact information must be included in the body of the email to which the paper is attached. Include an abstract of 250 words or less. In the cover letter, please confirm that the piece is not under consideration at another venue.

Articles: typically 5,000-15,000 words, these papers are research and/or theory oriented and must be original work that has not been published elsewhere.

Essays: typically 1,000-3,000 words and may include reviews, interviews, survey articles, discussions and opinion pieces.

Deadlines:

Please submit your full article and accompanying media by April 15, 2013 at 11:59 p.m. Pacific Standard Time, along with an abstract of 250 words or less.

Submissions are to be sent as an email attachment to jvwe@jvwe.org Please contact us with any questions at this address.

The Virtual Worlds Best Practices in Education has posted a call for papers:

http://conf.vwbpe.org/index.php/VWBPE/vwbpe12/schedConf/cfp

Papers are due by Friday, December 2.
The conference will take place March 15 – March 18, 2012.

Birmingham City University’s COMSLIVE project was featured on the UK’s Sky News recently. The video shows a training sim, built in Open Wonderland, which helps nursing students train for patient interaction in a virtual environment.

Read the article and take a look at the video here:

Birmingham City University Virtual Hospital

And learn more about the project on Open Wonderland’s Wonderblog.

The Journal of Virtual Worlds and Education is now published. Volume 1, Issue 1 is available as a free download at the JVWE website, or click the image below to download the pdf:

Journal of Virtual Worlds and Education

This groundbreaking journal is the first to be devoted exclusively to the use of virtual worlds as education platforms, and is rich with research in this emerging field. The inaugural issue contains more than 200 pages of research on the pedagogical uses of virtual realities, featuring works by educators and scholars from around the world.

As we work on the second issue, we are excited and intrigued by the growth of virtual worlds and look forward to research into the educational use of Second Life, Open Sim, Blue Mars, Open Wonderland, Cobalt, Active Worlds, and others. Please check our submission guidelines for more information.

Collaboration: The Roadmap Forward takes place May 12-14 at the National Defense University in Washington, DC (or attend virtually.) Registration is now open:

http://www.ndu.edu/irmc/fcvw/fcvw10/index.html

The three day Immersive Education 2010 Summit takes place April 23-25 at Boston College. More information is available here:

http://mediagrid.org/summit/

We have received several excellent articles for the first issue of Journal of Virtual Worlds and Education, due out this spring. The papers have been sent for peer review and are due back in mid-February.

The US Army has posted a call for submissions regarding the use of virtual worlds for training and analysis.

Submission deadline: November 15, 2009

Information: http://www.fvwc.army.mil/

An ideal opportunity to put virtual worlds to use for military training. Any virtual world may be used. The army provides a sandbox in Second Life for users to develop their submittals: http://slurl.com/secondlife/VADER/118/102/29

Date: September 25, 2009

Contact: Macquarie University in Sydeney, Australia: Learning and Teaching Center http://www.mq.edu.au/ltc/

Event blurb: The MQUncon 09 is a FREE event for educators to connect and share ideas and solutions around using educational technology in learning and teaching. It is being hosted by Macquarie University and the Islands of jokaydia in Second Life.

More information: http://mquncon09.pbworks.com/

Call for Papers: The Journal of Virtual Worlds and Education

The Journal of Virtual Worlds and Education is dedicated to the exploration of virtual, adaptive, and immersive environments in general, with a particular emphasis on their effective use in education. Readers of the journal will find original empirical or theoretical contributions—articles on methodology, visual demonstrations, reviews and interviews—all of which provide evaluation of the research and theories pertaining to education in immersive environments. All manuscripts pass through a multilevel blind peer-review process. The journal is to be published semi-annually online.

JVWE seeks original papers on the intersection of virtual worlds and education. Submissions are invited on all topics from principles to practice, from abstraction to application. Taking advantage of the online nature of the journal, articles may incorporate digital media including, but not limited to machinima, video, podcast samples, and the like that enhance or support the article.

Particular topics of interest include best practices in virtual education; online gaming; identity, gender and relationship behaviors in virtual learning environments; building educational spaces; societal impact; impact on faculty as well as impact on students; methodologies; student performance and evaluation; and other such topics as may be timely and relevant to virtual worlds and formal education, procedural training, and informal learning.

Fields of interest include, but are not limited to, anthropology, arts, biology, cultural studies, cognitive science, communications, computer science, educational technology, English and rhetoric, history, linguistics, medical science, neuroscience, psychology, and sociology.

Guidelines:

Style: Chicago style; works cited; end notes
Format: Papers are to be submitted by email as a Word (.doc) document or Rich Text Format (.rtf). All submissions will be acknowledged upon receipt.

We use blind peer review. Papers may not have any identifying marks. Contact information must be included in the body of the email to which the paper is attached. Include an abstract of 250 words or less. In the cover letter, please confirm that the piece is not under consideration at another venue.

Articles: typically 5,000-15,000 words, these papers are research and/or theory oriented and must be original work that has not been published elsewhere.

Essays: typically 1,000-3,000 words and may include reviews, interviews, survey articles, discussions and opinion pieces.

Deadlines:

Proposed papers: please submit an abstract (250 words or less) of your proposed paper by September 30, 2009 at 11:59pm. This step is encouraged, but not required. It has the advantage, though, of providing the author with a statement of interest well ahead of time.

Complete papers: please submit your full article and accompanying media by November 30, 2009 at 11:59 p.m. along with an abstract of 250 words or less.

Submissions are to be sent as an email attachment to jvwe@jvwe.org Please contact us with any questions at this address.