/rusc/ca/index.php/rusc/gateway/plugin/AnnouncementFeedGatewayPlugin/atomRUSC. Universities and Knowledge Society Journal: Announcements2016-02-01T09:19:15+01:00Open Journal SystemsRUSC. Universities and Knowledge Society Journal. Revista de Universidad y Sociedad del conocimiento/rusc/ca/index.php/rusc/announcement/view/105International Journal of Educational Technology in Higher Education2016-02-01T09:19:15+01:00RUSC. Universities and Knowledge Society Journal2016-02-01T09:19:15+01:00/rusc/ca/index.php/rusc/announcement/view/51Alliance RUSC-UNE2012-11-26T15:52:41+01:00RUSC. Universities and Knowledge Society Journal<p>We want to announce an important step forward that will undoubtedly improve the journal's quality, visibility and positioning. <strong>RUSC's Editorial Board has approved the incorporation of </strong><strong><a href="http://www.une.edu.au" target="_blank">Australia's University of New England</a></strong> <strong>as a co-editor and co-publisher of the journal alongside the </strong><strong><a href="http://www.uoc.edu" target="_blank">Universitat Oberta de Catalunya</a></strong> (<a href="http://www.uoc.edu" target="_blank">Open University of Catalonia (UOC)</a>. The UNE is a benchmark university for Australia, New Zealand and Oceania and, under the Faculty of the Professions, coordinates the <a href="http://www.dehub.edu.au" target="_blank">Distance Education Hub</a> (<a href="http://www.dehub.edu.au" target="_blank">DEHub</a>), an important research and analysis centre for e-learning and open and distance education, which has a collaboration agreement with the UOC's <a href="http://elearncenter.uoc.edu" target="_blank">eLearn Center</a>.</p><p>This alliance makes <strong>RUSC a truly global journal in the field of research into e-learning</strong>. It will now benefit from the vision and drive of two benchmark universities in the academic sector: the UOC and the UNE. For our authors, this alliance will greatly improve the visibility of their articles, as both universities together cover wide geographical areas of influence in the journal's two languages: English and Spanish. This agreement also means that an academic researcher from the UNE and a number of researchers from Australia, New Zealand and Oceania will join the Editorial Board. It also allows for co-editing and co-publication of the journal. <strong>From January onwards, Dr Rosalind James, Director of the UNE's DEHub, and I will co-direct RUSC</strong>. Dr James's experience and knowledge of the world of e-learning will help RUSC take on new challenges and objectives. It is an honour for me and for all of the RUSC team to be able to count on her support in this new phase.</p><p>The next issue of RUSC in January 2013 will be the first co-edited and co-published by the UOC and the UNE. The editorial will provide more details on the alliance, its scope and the potential for the future.</p>2012-11-26T15:52:41+01:00/rusc/ca/index.php/rusc/announcement/view/21Call for book reviews open2010-04-28T16:42:30+02:00RUSC. Universities and Knowledge Society Journal<p> RUSC. UNIVERSITIES AND KNOWLEDGE SOCIETY JOURNAL</p><p><a href="/">http://rusc.uoc.edu</a></p><p> CALL FOR BOOK REVIEWS OPEN </p><p>The <a href="/ojs/index.php/rusc/">RUSC, Universities and Knowledge Society Journal</a> aims to strengthen the review section and turn it into a regular section in the journal. We believe that this section can become a useful means of sharing knowledge among everyone interested in the journal's field of study, both to discover new books and to share the books that we already know with the rest of the community.</p><p> <strong>Subject areas</strong></p><p>We are interested in receiving reviews of books that fall within the journal's field of study:</p><ul><li>University models in the knowledge society</li><li>Educational models and use of technology in higher education</li><li>Open access systems in the use of learning materials</li><li>Technology models and free and open-source software</li><li>Transformations to the learning processes in higher education based on the use of ICTs</li><li>The organisational and administrative perspective in the use of ICTs in higher education institutions</li><li>University leadership and governance in the knowledge society</li><li>Models for university presence on the web</li></ul><p><strong>Author guidelines and submission process</strong></p><p>Reviews must comply with the following guidelines:</p><ul><li>- They should be between 500 and 1,000 words.</li><li>- They should be written in Catalan, English or Spanish.</li><li>- They should include an abstract of no more than 200 words.</li><li>- They should include between 4 and 6 keywords that identify the subject area of the book.</li><li>- They should include the complete details of the book.</li><li>- They should include the author's details:</li><li>o Name and surnames</li><li>o Post or academic affiliation</li><li>o Complete physical work address</li><li>o Email address</li><li>o Include a brief CV (100-200 words).</li></ul><p>Further information can be found in the journal's author's guidelines section: <a href="http://www.uoc.edu/ojs/index.php/rusc/about/submissions">http://www.uoc.edu/ojs/index.php/rusc/about/submissions</a>.</p><p> You need to register as an author on the journal's website in order to submit work (<a href="http://www.uoc.edu/ojs/index.php/rusc/user/register">http://www.uoc.edu/ojs/index.php/rusc/user/register</a>). Once registered, enter the username and password you receive during the registration process to begin the submission process. In Step 1, select the Reviews section, and accept the prior conditions for submission and copyright. In Step 2, enter the metadata (title, abstract, keywords). In Step 3, attach the original. You can leave Step 4 empty if there are no additional files, but you need to go on to Step 5 to complete the process.</p><p> </p><p> </p>2010-04-28T16:42:30+02:00