Post date: August 1, 2018 5:37:40 AM

you are cordially invited to consider a contribution to the forthcoming Special Issue of the Journal of Virtual Worlds Research on the theme of Pedagogy - taking stock and looking forward :-)

Motivation and Scope

2019 marks the tenth anniversary of a landmark issue of the Journal of Virtual Worlds Research, which was themed on ‘Pedagogy.’ Volume 2 Number 1 of the journal was the fruition of a vision of the late Leslie Jarmon. Dr Jarmon was a pioneer academic in the use of virtual worlds and immersive environments for learning, and the issue at the time (2009) – was the cutting edge of academic thought on what the affordances of virtual worlds are, and how they could be leveraged for learning.

Much has changed since the heady days of the late 2000s, yet many aspects have proved enduring.

This issue aims to document both the present and emerging state-of-the-art, covering the adoption, design, enaction, scaling and translation of immersive and/or mixed-reality environments for learning, and in other contexts of education.

Topics that would be of relevance to this issue include, but are not limited to:

- The use of virtual worlds and / or immersive environments for learning

- Mixed-modality / mixed-reality learning environments

- Augmented reality in contexts of education

- Virtual reality in contexts of training and / or instruction

- Emerging research / late-breaking research on such environments with respect to learning

- Think-pieces on the future of virtual worlds / mixed-reality environments for learning

Submission instructions

This is a two-phased submission process: abstracts and then the full paper.

Interested authors are requested to submit a 500-word abstract by Aug. 20, 2018 via email to info@jvwresearch.org address. After review by the issue editors, authors of the accepted abstracts will be invited to submit original scholarly papers of 3000-5000 words (including footnotes, references, and appendices).

i would be happy to discuss proposals for contributions, please contact me at kenneth.lim AT nie DOT edu DOT sg for questions prior to submission.

The full submissions should be made directly via the JVWR publishing system by October 20, 2018. For detailed instructions see www.jvwreserach.org > About JVWR > For Authors. All submissions will be peer reviewed using the JVWR double-open policy, which means that authors do not need to anonymize their papers, and reviewers' identity is known to authors. See more details at JVWR site --> About JVWR --> For Authors --> Our double-open policy.

Deadlines & timeline

Authors submit abstracts: August 20, 2018

Editors’ decision on abstracts: August 25, 2018

Authors submit full papers: October 20, 2018

Editors return final decision after review: November 15, 2018

Authors submit final revision: November 25, 2018

Publication: December 25, 2018