Call for Papers
Fall 2008 Issue
The MERLOT Journal of Online Learning and Teaching (JOLT)
is a peer-reviewed, online publication addressing the scholarly
use of multimedia resources in education. The first issue
of this new journal appeared online in July 2005 and
included a number of invited papers from various disciplines.
The Journal is now seeking manuscripts for its coming issues.
The deadline for
submissions for the Spring 2008 was November 30, 2007. The
Summer 2008 issue will be a Special Issue devoted to Next
Generation Learning/Course Management Systems. The Call for
Papers for that special issue ended in September 2007. Thus,
the next regular issue for which submissions are invited is
the Fall 2008 issue.
To be considered for the
Fall 2008 issue, manuscripts must be submitted by
May 31, 2008. The JOLT Editorial Board seeks to publish
all works in a timely manner. While deadlines are set for each
issue, space considerations and editorial decisions may delay
the publication of a manuscript.
The objectives of MERLOT 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.
TYPES OF MANUSCRIPTS
Research Papers: Full-length papers
concerned with the scholarly use of multimedia educational
resources in learning and teaching. These papers would
discuss the research literature on the scholarly use
of multimedia resources in teaching and learning placing
the resource used in context. The paper will show
application(s) of the learning resource(s) in actual
online teaching situations, and include some measure
(both quantitative and qualitative research is encouraged)
of the learning impact of the resource(s) on students.
Theoretical/Conceptual Papers: These
papers present non-empirical work related to the scholarly
use of multimedia resources in teaching and learning
in order to determine major issues of importance for
future research, to understand these issues in relation
to theory and application, to find the frontier of
research on a problem, to relate a problem to existing
theory, or to put a conceptualized problem in the
context of previous research.
Position Papers: Position papers
can describe a problem or an issue with a suggested
solution or direction. These papers should support
the position with both a logical argument and a review
of the theory and/or the research literature.
Case Studies: Case studies highlight
a particular instructional challenge and setting
in which multimedia resources were used to address
that challenge. They present what theory and/or the
research literature reports on the problem or issue,
what was done to try to solve or explore it, the results
of the project and implications and suggestions for
others interested in addressing similar challenges
or in future research.
Instructional Design Notes: Brief
papers that describe a new online learning object
and may include a MERLOT peer review or suggestions
for use in the classroom. |
Interested authors should review the MERLOT
JOLT Guidelines for Authors prior to submitting a manuscript.
Questions regarding JOLT should be sent to: jolteditor@merlot.org.
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