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Lessons learned from publishing in high impact e-learning journals

Learn about selecting suitable journals, journal quality metrics, and valuable lessons for publishing in high-impact e-learning journals.

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Lessons learned from publishing in high impact e-learning journals

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  1. Lessons learned from publishing in high impact e-learning journals Marija Cubric October 19th 2015

  2. Why journals? • TEF will require the evidence of scholarly approach to L&T • Journal papers better than conference papers in terms of quality of outputs – increasingly, conferences don’t ‘count’* • Increasingly journals citations do not include conference papers • Before submitting a paper to a conference, • Think if it is suitable for a journal … • Provide the conference with an early draft of the paper? *Cathy Urquhart’s presentation on “Getting published in IS journals”

  3. Which journals? • E-learning, TEL, CSL, CAL, etc. • E.g. Computers & Education • Subject-specific education e.g. Accounting, Engineering … • E.g. International Journal of Management Education • Higher educations practice, and policies • E.g. Journal of Higher Education • Subject-specific topics (assessment, collaboration, class-interactions etc.) • International Journal of E-assessment *Cathy Urquhart’s presentation on “Getting published in IS journals”

  4. Quality of journals • Based on the “impact factor” or similar metrics • Based on the subject-specific criteria • E.g. Association of Business Schools (ABS) ranking 4*,4,3, 2, and 1. Metrics • Impact Factor is the average number of times articles from a journal published in the past two years have been cited. • 5-year impact factor • SJR uses the same algorithm as the Google page ranking and provides quantitative and qualitative measure of • SNIP = Source-normalised impact per paper, citations are weighted based on the total number of citations in the subject are Journal Citation Reports (JCR) by Thomson Reuters • Provides annual ranking in science and social sciences per subject categories e. EDUCATION & EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH, COMPUTER SCIENCE/Multidisciplinary • Access via Web of Science link

  5. E-learning is a multidisciplinary subject Computer Science/IT Education E-learning .

  6. Ranking of E-learning journals (JCR)

  7. My experience with e-learning journals • Published in : • Computers & Education • International Journal of Management Education • International Journal of E-assessment • Reviewer for : • Journal of Applied Research in Higher education, • Journal of Computer-Assisted learning (JCAL) • Association of Learning Technologies Journal (ALT-J) • Computers & Education

  8. Example • Journal: Computers & Education • Cubric, M., & Jefferies, A. (2015). The benefits and challenges of large-scale deployment of electronic voting systems: University student views from across different subject groups. Computers & Education, 87, 98-111. • History: • First submission: 25-3-2014 • Re-submission: 6-10-2014 • Acceptance: 7-4-2015 • Online Publication: 20-4-2015 • Printed Publication: October 2015

  9. Lessons learned 1/2 • Invest time in selecting a suitable journal • Journal themes, aims and objectives • Methodology • Familiarise with the type of papers they publish • Impact factor >0 ! • Start from the top • Impact factor (JCR list) or Subject-related lists • The better the quality of the journal, the better the feedback * • Methodology • Attitudes, view and opinions => provide measures for internal reliability and consistency (Chronbach alpha and CFA) • Likert-scale data are not interval data => use non-parametric tests, medians and interquartile ranges • Mixed methods are popular in all journals • Qualitative data analyses => provide detailed description of the coding process *Cathy Urquhart’s presentation on “Getting published in IS journals”

  10. Lessons learned 2/2 • Structure • Findings and discussions according to the research questions • Conclusions • Implication for practice • Implication for research • Don’t reference yourself • Reviews – usually double blind • Follow up if you don’t hear from the journal • Prepare a detailed response showinghow you have addressed all the key points the reviewers have made • Be guided by the Associate Editor as to which points are more important to address* • Be prepared to engage in a long process ! *Cathy Urquhart’s presentation on “Getting published in IS journals”

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