[Air-L] 2nd CALL FOR CHAPTERS - Education, media and participatory culture

[daniel aranda]

*Book: Education, media and participatory culture
Open University of Catalonia Press
Chapter proposal submission  (extended to January 30)*
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The increasing presence of media and digital technologies plays a key role
in many aspects of our daily life. Computers, video games, Internet,
digital cameras or mobile phones are essential tools among young and no so
young to communicate, share, consume or create knowledge. All these
activities significantly affect the development of our social, cultural and
educational competences, i.e. the way we communicate, eat, work, study or
solve problems. This particular context challenges us to think more
creatively about the relationships and interactions between communication
and learning, and to explore how educational models are being impacted by
the processes of social change that come with digitalization, the emergence
of social media and the so called web 2.0.

This call for chapters aims to strengthen the network of researchers,
teachers, professionals and doctorate students interested in the
relationships and interactions between communication and learning. We
encourage the submission of original contributions in English or Spanish,
to the two-volume book on Education, media and participatory culture that
will be published by Open University of Catalonia under UOCpress
collection. Recommended topics include, but are not limited to, the
following:

1. Relations and interactions between communication and learning
2. New social uses of audiovisual technologies
3. Relations and interactions between education and entertainment
4. Participatory culture and learning in the digital age
5. Social networks and virtual communities
6. Videogames and virtual worlds
7. Projects’ dissemination

*Important dates:*

Chapter proposal submission (800 words): December 20, 2012 (*extended to
January 30*)
Full chapter submission (4500 - 6000 words): April 30, 2013
Expected date of publication: October 2013

*Inquiries can be forwarded to:*

Dr. Daniel Aranda
Department of Communication and Information Sciences
http://spider-uoc.blogspot.com.es/
Open University of Catalonia
E-mail: darandaj at uoc.edu