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The International Journal of Distance Education Technologies

A Publication of Idea Group Publishing/Information Science Publishing, USA

Inaugural issue will be published in January-March, 2003

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.

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