“Grid-Based Technologies Applied to Education”
Grid-based technologies
enable the sharing, exchange,
discovery, and aggregation of resources (processors, storage,
scientific
devices, information, knowledge, etc.) across geographically
distributed sites.
Although these technologies were primarily intended to support
scientific
research, they are increasingly deployed in other domains, such as
business,
industry, government or education. Grid technology has great potential
in
education, offering a framework that opens new ways of teaching and
learning that
have not been possible before.
IEEE Transactions on
Education seeks original and
unpublished manuscripts for a special issue reporting solid and
innovative
experiences in the application of Grid technologies to the education
environment. This special issue is intended to gather high-quality
papers that
will provide a major reference source in this emerging and challenging
field.
Suggested topics include (but are not limited to) the following.
·
Grid
middleware to support education
·
Use
of ad hoc Grids in teaching and learning
·
Distance
education using Grids
·
Collaborative
educational environments based on Grid technologies
·
Grid
portals utilized in an educational environment
·
Grid-based
remote laboratories
·
Nation-wide
and international educational programs supported by Grid technologies
· Grid-based resource sharing (CPU, data, applications, instruments, etc.) for educational purposes
The above topics must
describe the application of the
topic to the curriculum content in a course or courses in Electrical
Engineering,
Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Information Technology,
Computational
Science and Engineering, or a related discipline. The
course environment can be at any
educational level including training programs for skill development. If Web resources are addressed in the
manuscript, the author(s) must ensure that the Web resources remain
available
to readers for a minimum of ten years since the half-life of journal
papers
exceeds seven years.
Prospective authors should
consult the Transactions’
web site at http://www.ewh.ieee.org/soc/es/ToE-manuscript.html
for information about the scope of Transactions and manuscript
preparation.
Technical content and pedagogical issues must be balanced in the paper
to reach
a broad audience. Thus, manuscripts should address issues, such as
lessons
learned from the application of Grid technologies, impact on teaching
and
learning, individual and organizational implications, feasibility and
effectiveness
of the Grid-based approach. Each
manuscript must contain meaningful, statistically-sound assessment data
supporting the conclusions presented in the manuscript.
Manuscripts must be submitted
electronically to the
Transactions’ Manuscript Central web site at http://te-ieee.manuscriptcentral.com
no later than
Special
Issue
Schedule
Manuscript
Submission Deadline:
Notification
of
Review Evaluation:
Author
Revision
Due by:
Notification
of
Acceptance:
Accepted
Manuscripts Due for Editorial Review:
31
July 2006
Manuscript
Packet
Information Sent to Author:
Manuscript
Packet
Due from Author to Editor:
Tentative
Publication Date:
February
2007