Re: [xmca] Fwd: [COGDEVSOC] Fwd: Call for Special Issue Proposals

I second Paul's suggestion - my specific take on online education & virtual
classrooms being massive-multiplayer online games (MMOGs)...

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> From: Paul Dillon <phd_crit_think@yahoo.com>
> Reply-To: "eXtended Mind, Culture, Activity" <xmca@weber.ucsd.edu>
> Date: Thu, 27 Sep 2007 22:29:58 -0700 (PDT)
> To: <mcole@weber.ucsd.edu>, "eXtended Mind, Culture, Activity"
> <xmca@weber.ucsd.edu>
> Subject: Re: [xmca] Fwd: [COGDEVSOC] Fwd: Call for Special Issue Proposals
> 
> Online education, virtual classrooms, and the transformation of roles in
> educational activity systems.
> 
> Mike Cole <lchcmike@gmail.com> wrote:  Any one have a proposal to make?
> mike
> 
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: Laura L. Namy
> Date: Sep 27, 2007 8:16 PM
> Subject: [COGDEVSOC] Fwd: Call for Special Issue Proposals
> To: COGDEVSOC@listserv.umd.edu
> 
> ------------------------------------------------------
> 
> Call for Special Issue Proposals
> 
> The journal Cognitive Science will begin publishing 8 issues a year in
> 2008. In addition to issues filled with regular submissions, the
> journal also publishes special issues (or sections of issues) devoted
> to important topics in the field. The journal now accepts and
> evaluates proposals for potential special issues once a year. The
> deadline for submissions of special issue proposals for issues to be
> published in 2009 is December 3, 2007. To propose a special issue,
> please include the following information:
> 
> * A 2-page description of the content of the special issue, with
> special emphasis on why the issue is particularly timely, and the
> potential impact of this issue on the field.
> * A list of authors (names and affiliations) who have agreed to be
> part of the special issue. Journal issues are about 160 journal pages
> long, so a special issue can accommodate 6-8 papers (depending on
> length).
> * A proposed timeline for submission and review of papers. Please
> bear in mind that proposals submitted in 2007 are being evaluated for
> publication in the 2009 volume of the journal.
> * A discussion of any other special issues or books that have come
> out recently on this topic.
> 
> Submit proposals as an MS Word or pdf document to
> cogscij@indiana.edu. Proposals for special
> issues are evaluated by the editorial board of the journal. The board
> has traditionally set a rather high bar for acceptance of special
> issues. We seek issues that will be of relevance to the broad
> readership of the journal. We will evaluate all of the proposals in a
> timely fashion and hope to inform proposers of the status of their
> proposal by January 31, 2008.
> 
> Proposers should be aware that acceptance of a special issue proposal
> is not a guarantee that the individual papers proposed and submitted
> for this issue will be accepted. All papers go through the standard
> review process handled by a member of the editorial board, and papers
> that fail to meet the standards of the journal will not be published.
> 
> 
> ----- End forwarded message -----
> 
> 
> Laura L. Namy, Associate Professor Psychology Department
> Emory University
> Atlanta, GA 30322
> email: Lnamy@emory.edu
> Ph: 404-727-6878
> Fax: 404-727-0372
> Web: www.emory.edu/PSYCH/Faculty/namy.html
> 
> 
> To the Cog Sci editorial board:
> 
> Here is a copy of the Call for Proposals for Special Issues for this year.
> Please distribute it to anyone you think might be interested.
> 
> Best,
> 
> -Art
> ------------------------------------------------------
> *Call for Special Issue Proposals*The journal *Cognitive Science* will begin
> publishing 8 issues a year in 2008. In addition to issues filled with
> regular submissions, the journal also publishes *special* *issues* (or
> sections of issues) devoted to important topics in the field. The journal
> now accepts and evaluates proposals for potential special issues once a
> year. The deadline for submissions of special issue proposals for issues to
> be published in 2009 is December 3, 2007. To propose a special issue,
> please include the following information:
> 
> 
> 1. A 2-page description of the content of the special issue, with
> special emphasis on why the issue is particularly timely, and the potential
> impact of this issue on the field.
> 2. A list of authors (names and affiliations) who have agreed to be
> part of the special issue. Journal issues are about 160 journal pages long,
> so a special issue can accommodate 6-8 papers (depending on length).
> 3. A proposed timeline for submission and review of papers. Please
> bear in mind that proposals submitted in 2007 are being evaluated for
> publication in the 2009 volume of the journal.
> 4. A discussion of any other special issues or books that have come
> out recently on this topic.
> 
> 
> Submit proposals as an MS Word or pdf document to cogscij@indiana.edu.
> Proposals for special issues are evaluated by the editorial board of the
> journal. The board has traditionally set a rather high bar for acceptance
> of special issues. We seek issues that will be of relevance to the broad
> readership of the journal. We will evaluate all of the proposals in a
> timely fashion and hope to inform proposers of the status of their proposal
> by January 31, 2008.
> 
> Proposers should be aware that acceptance of a special issue proposal is not
> a guarantee that the individual papers proposed and submitted for this issue
> will be accepted. All papers go through the standard review process handled
> by a member of the editorial board, and papers that fail to meet the
> standards of the journal will not be published.
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