Call for Papers Computer-Support for Learning Communities: A Special Issue of the Journal Behavior & Information Technology (http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals/titles/0144929X.asp) Important Dates: Submission Deadline: May, 30th, 2005 Review Feedback: July, 15th, 2005 Final Submission: September, 1st, 2005 Topics: Processes of collaborative learning are highly dynamic, socially complex, and emergent. With regard to community-oriented educational settings, the traditional role of teachers, tutors, and trainers change basically, new didactical approaches and pedagogical competences are necessary. The technological support of community learning needs an integrated socio-technical perspective, taking socio-cultural processes as well as technical infrastructures into account. The special issue of BIT aims at overcoming the traditional perspective on individual and group learning, focussing on community-based practice, shared histories of learning, community-building (and collective identity-building), and commonly-gained experiences. Taking an interdisciplinary approach, the issue will focus on the intersections and relationships between educational research and computer science as applied within CSCL scenarios. Topics of the special issue will include socio-cultural and related theories of community learning, case studies and empirical research results, and design requirements for the technological support of learning communities. This special issue follows two workshops on community-based learning at ICLS 2004 – 6th International Conference on Learning Sciences, June 22-26, 2004, Santa Monica, California, USA, and at CSCL 2005 – International Conference on Computer Supported Collaborative Learning, May 30 – June 4,2005, Taipei, Taiwan. Furthermore, a related publication, a special issue of ACM SigGROUP Bulletin, appeared in the end of 2004. This issue will continue this international scientific discourse on community-based learning and technical support. Relevant contribution topics include, but are not limited to: - Contributions to theories of community-based learning and reflection on existing theories - Didactical concepts and pedagogical approaches for community learning - New challenges and roles of teachers, tutors, and trainers in community learning - Communities of practice in educational settings - Ethnography and case studies of diverse communities - Evaluation methods of community-oriented educational settings in school and university - Support for community building and the negotiation of shared meaning - Technical support and infrastructures for learning communities - Support for mobile learning, e-learning, and blended learning for communities Guest Editors: - Markus Rohde (University of Siegen and International Institute for Socio-Informatics (IISI), Bonn, Germany) - Gerry Stahl (Drexel University, Philadelphia, USA) - Volker Wulf (University of Siegen and Fraunhofer FIT, Germany) Review Committee - Sasha Barab, Univ of Indiana,USA - Amy Bruckman, Georgia Tech., USA - Robbin Chapman, MIT Media Lab, USA - Jörg Haake, FernUni Hagen, Germany - Marleen Huysman, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, The Netherlands - Yasmin Kafai, UCLA, USA - Ralf Klamma, RWTH Aachen, Germany - Markus Klann, Fraunhofer FIT, Germany - Michael Koch, Univ. Bremen, Germany - Tim Koshmann, Southern Illinois Univ., USA - Heinz Mandl, University of Munich, Germany - Bernhard Nett, Fraunhofer FIT and IISI, Germany - David W. Shaffer, University of Wisconsin, USA - Marcus Specht, Fraunhofer FIT, Germany - Dan Suthers, University of Hawai’i, USA Contact for Information and Submission Markus Rohde, Institute for Socio-Informatics (IISI), Dorotheenstr. 76, 53111 Bonn, Germany, Fon: +49 228 601043, Telefax: +49 228 601053, [log in to unmask]