Welcome

MERLOT is a free and open resource designed primarily for faculty and students of higher education. The MERLOT Journal of Online Learning and Teaching (JOLT) is a peer-reviewed, online publication addressing the scholarly use of multimedia resources in education. JOLT is published quarterly in March, June, September, and December. The objectives of JOLT are to:

• Enable faculty to use technology effectively in teaching and learning by learning from a community of researchers and scholars;
  
• Enable academic programs to design and deploy academic technology to optimize teaching and learning;
  
• Build a community around the research and scholarly use of multimedia educational resources.

JOLT welcomes papers on all aspects of the use of online multimedia educational resources for learning and teaching. Topics may include, but are not limited to: learning theory and the use of multimedia to improve student learning; instructional design theory and application; online learning and teaching initiatives; use of technology in online education; innovative online learning and teaching practices.

For specific information on submitting a manuscript, please see Guidelines for Authors.

If you are interested in serving as a Peer Reviewer for JOLT, please e-mail us to let us know of your interest.