CALL FOR PAPERS AND REVIEWERS
The International Journal of Distance Education Technologies
A Publication of Idea Group Publishing/Information Science Publishing, USA
(JDET is covered in Compendex of Elsevier Engineering Information)
Co-Editors-in-Chief
Shi-Kuo Chang, University of Pittsburgh, USA
Timothy K. Shih, Tamkang University, Taiwan
The International Journal of Distance Education Technologies (JDET) publishes original research
articles of distance education four issues per year. JDET is the primary forum for researchers and
practitioners to disseminate practical solutions to the automation of open and distance learning. The
journal is for academic researchers and engineers who work on distance learning programs and
software systems, as well as educators and general participants of distance education.
The journal covers practical solutions, especially automatic technologies of distance learning.
Educational methodologies and theory are less emphasized. The purpose of JDET is to combine
communication mechanisms, intelligent methods, and educational technologies in the use of distance
education. Discussions of computational methods, algorithms, implemented prototype systems, and
applications of open and distance learning are the focuses. Practical experiences and surveys of using
distance learning systems are also welcome. Distance education technologies published in JDET will
be divided into the following three categories:
Communication Technologies include new network infrastructures, real-time protocols,
broadband and wireless communication tools, Quality-of-Services issues, multimedia streaming
technology, distributed systems, mobile systems, multimedia synchronization controls, and other
technologies of distance education.
Intelligent Technologies include intelligent tutoring, individualized distance learning, neural
network or statistical approaches to behavior analysis, automatic FAQ reply methods, copyright
protection and authentication mechanisms, soft computing, visual computing, and other
technologies of distance education.
Educational Technologies include practical and new learning models, automatic assessment
methods, effective and efficient authoring systems, and other issues of distance education.
Paper Submission and Evaluation
All submissions and evaluations are processed electronically. However, accepted manuscripts
and copyright forms will be sent the publisher for publication. The publisher will publish the journal in
both print and electronic formats. For paper submission, please visit the following Web site:
http://www.mine.tku.edu.tw/JDET. For questions regarding the submission and review status, please
send e-mail or write to:
Timothy K. Shih, Professor, Department of Computer Science and Information Engineering, Tamkang University, 151 Ying-Chuan Road, Tamsui, Taipei Hsien, Taiwan 25137, R.O.C. E-mail: tshih@cs.tku.edu.tw Fax: + 886 2 26209749 Tel: + 886 2 26215656 x2743, x2616
Special Issue Proposal
JDET publishes special issues on the recent trends in distance education technologies. A short
proposal containing the title of proposed special issue, tentative list of invited authors, suggested date of
publication and a call-for-papers should be sent to Professor Chang (chang@cs.pitt.edu) for review.
Call for Reviewers
JDET is looking for people to serve on the Board of Reviewers who will be acknowledged in
the journal annually. Each reviewer receives at most three papers per year to review. If you are
interested in serving as a reviewer, please choose one of the above three areas and send your
curriculum vitae, or the URL of your Web site, via e-mail to Professor Shih (tshih@cs.tku.edu.tw).
JDET Editorial Board
Co-Editors-in-Chief
Shi-Kuo Chang, University of Pittsburgh, USA
Timothy K. Shih, Tamkang University, Taiwan
Associated Editors
Nikitas Assimakopoulos, University of Piraeus, Greece
Ellen Yu Borkowski, University of Maryland, USA
Debasish Chakraborty, Tohoku University, Japan
Flora Chia-I Chang, Tamkang University, Taiwan
Masahito Hirakawa, Hiroshima University, Japan
Insung Jung, Ewha Women's University, Korea
Siva Kumari, University of Houston, USA
Stefano Levialdi, University of Roma, Italy
Jianhua Ma, Hosei University, Japan
Paolo Maresca, University of Naples, Italy
Max Muehlhaeuser, Darmstadt University of Technology, Germany
David L. Passmore, Pennsylvania State University, USA
Syed M. Rahman, Minnesota State University, USA
Nicoletta Sala, University of Italian Switzerland, Switzerland
Makoto Takizawa, Tokyo Denki University, Japan
Bernard Tan, National University of Singapore, Singapore
Son T. Vuong, University of British Columbia, Canada
Kazuo Yana, Hosei University, Japan
Managing Editor
Jan Travers, Idea Group Publishing/Information Science Publishing, USA
Web Manager
Jason C. Hung, Kuang Wu Institute of Technology, Taiwan
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