Challenges of Integrating Technologies for Learning: Introduction to the IJELLO Special Series of Chais Conference 2010 Best Papers

The adaptation of innovative technologies for learning and teaching faces learners, developers and instructors with a wide range of challenges that should be considered for a successful implementation. This Interdisciplinary Journal of E-Learning and Learning Objects (IJELLO) second issue of special series is based on selected best papers presented in the Fifth Chais Conference on Instructional Technologies Research 2010: Learning in the Technological Era, which was held at The Open University of Israel, Raanana, Israel, on February 10, 2010, and was organized by the Chais Research Center for the Integration of Technology in Education. This preface presents the mission and activities of the Chais research center, describes the objectives and themes of the Chais Conference 2010, explains its synergies with IJELLO and the Informing Science Institute, and introduces the papers included in this special issue.