Introduction to the IJELLO Special Series of Chais Conference 2013 Best Papers

This fifth issue of Interdisciplinary Journal of E-Learning and Learning Objects (IJELLO) special series includes a selection of best papers presented at the 8th Chais Conference for Innovation in Learning Technologies: Learning in the Technological Era. The Chais conference 2013 was held at The Open University of Israel, Raanana, Israel, on February 19-20, 2013, and was organized by its Research Center for Innovation in Learning Technologies. This preface presents the mission and activities of the Research Center for Innovation in Learning Technologies at the Open University of Israel. It describes the objectives and themes of the Chais Conference 2013, explains its synergies with IJELLO and the Informing Science Institute, and introduces the papers included in this special selection.