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<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><span lang=EN-US
style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>CALL FOR CHAPTER PROPOSALS<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span lang=EN-US
style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>Proposal Submission Deadline:
05/30/2008<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span lang=EN-US
style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>Full Chapters Due: 10/31/2008<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span lang=EN-US
style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><i><span
lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>Literary Education and
Digital Learning:<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><i><span
lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>Methods and
Technologies for Humanities Studies<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span lang=EN-US
style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>A book edited by Willie van Peer,
University of Munich, Germany<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span
style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>Sonia Zyngier, Federal University
of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span
style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>Vander Viana, Catholic University
of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><b><span lang=EN-US
style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>Introduction<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><span lang=EN-US
style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>We live at a time of enormous
realignments in the use of media. Each day more information can be retrieved
from the Internet. The world is not one of knowing how to access and manage information
rather than storing and processing it. In the area of literature, ever more
information on literary production is being disseminated and retrieved in
electronic form. This has considerable consequences for the form and use of
such information. It also has consequences for learning and research
environments at educational institutions. Today’s popularization of
modern technologies has allowed scholars in the Humanities, including
literature specialists, to access an array of novel opportunities in the
digital medium, which have brought about an equal number of challenges and
questions. In spite of the vast amount of information now at hand, very little
has been provided for the advance of literary education.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><span lang=EN-US
style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><b><span lang=EN-US
style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>Objective of the book<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><span lang=EN-US
style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>This volume aims at providing a
deep probe into the most relevant issues in literary education and digital
learning. The chapters will be organized into two categories: research and
education. The first group will collect studies investigating the impact of
technologies in literary research. Its main aim is to understand how computers
and other new technologies may help scholars investigate literary works in
novel ways, thus bringing new perspectives to the area. The second group will
look into the potential of applying distance learning
methods/concepts/environments to the field of literature. In other words, it
will collect contributions on how these resources may be used by scholars and
students either inside or outside regular classrooms, provided that these
classroom applications are not accounts of experience but based on
research. In sum, the volume will offer a survey of how digital literary
education has developed, where it stands now, how research in this area has
progressed, and what the prospects are for the future.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><span lang=EN-US
style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><b><span lang=EN-US
style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>Target audience<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><span lang=EN-US
style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>This volume will be of interest
to those interested in digital learning/teaching and/or literature, especially
in the university context. This book will also interest literature
professionals who would like to see how digital learning works in practice. In
addition, the book will be highly valuable to those researchers in the field
interested in keeping abreast with current developments in the confluence of
their fields of expertise and technological settings.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><span lang=EN-US
style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><b><span lang=EN-US
style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>Recommended topics</span></b><span
lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><span lang=EN-US
style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>The topics to be covered in Parts
I (Research) and II (Education) should encompass literature and one of the
following aspects (the list below is not comprehensive, other topics may be
welcomed, and especially those in which authors are considered specialists):<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><span lang=EN-US
style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>*Applications in Distance
Learning<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><span lang=EN-US
style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>*Authoring Tools<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><span lang=EN-US
style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>*Collaborative Learning<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><span lang=EN-US
style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>*Corpus-based Research<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><span lang=EN-US
style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>*Empirical Research on Digital
Learning/Teaching<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><span lang=EN-US
style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>*Future Challenges<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><span lang=EN-US
style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>*Learning Technologies<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><span lang=EN-US
style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>*Methods in Distance Education
Teaching<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><span lang=EN-US
style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>*Online Education Tools and
Technologies<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><span lang=EN-US
style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>*Online Learning<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><span lang=EN-US
style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>*Shortcomings of Distance
Learning Applications and Technologies<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><span lang=EN-US
style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>*Web-Based Course Authoring Tools<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><span lang=EN-US
style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><b><span lang=EN-US
style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>Submission procedure<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>Researchers
and practitioners are invited to submit on or before <b>May 30, 2008</b>, a 2-4
page chapter proposal clearly explaining the mission and concerns of his or her
proposed chapter. Authors of accepted proposals will be notified by <b>July 31,
2008</b> about the status of their proposals and sent chapter guidelines. Full
chapters are expected to be submitted by <b>October 31, 2008</b>. All submitted
chapters will be reviewed on a double-blind review basis. This book is
scheduled to be published by IGI Global (formerly Idea Group Inc.), publisher
of the “Information Science Reference” (formerly Idea Group
Reference) and “Medical Information Science Reference” imprints.
For additional information regarding the publisher, please visit <a
href="http://www.igi-pub.com"><span style='color:blue'>www.igi-global.com</span></a>.
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><span lang=EN-US
style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><i><span lang=EN-US
style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>Inquiries and submissions can be
forwarded <b>electronically</b> (Word document) to:<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span lang=EN-US
style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span
style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>Vander Viana<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span lang=EN-US
style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><a
href="mailto:vander.viana@terra.com.br"><span lang=PT-BR style='color:blue'>vander.viana@terra.com.br</span></a></span><span
style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span lang=EN-US
style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>and<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span lang=EN-US
style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>Sonia Zyngier<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span lang=EN-US
style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><a
href="mailto:sonia.zyngier@gmail.com"><span style='color:blue'>sonia.zyngier@gmail.com</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span lang=EN-US
style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span lang=EN-US
style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span lang=EN-US
style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span lang=EN-US
style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><a
href="http://www.igi-pub.com/requests/details.asp?ID=398"><span
style='color:blue'>http://www.igi-pub.com/requests/details.asp?ID=398</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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href="http://www.letras.ufrj.br/redes/call.htm"><span style='color:blue'>http://www.letras.ufrj.br/redes/call.htm</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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