Subject: [IFETS-DISCUSSION:4079] Call for Manuscripts: Web-based Teaching and Learning
From: Peter Doolittle (pdoo@vt.edu)
Date: Thu 31 Oct 2002 - 02:23:14 MET
From: "Peter Doolittle" <pdoo@vt.edu> Subject: [IFETS-DISCUSSION:4079] Call for Manuscripts: Web-based Teaching and Learning Date: Thu, 31 Oct 2002 14:23:14 +1300
Call for Manuscripts: Journal on Excellence in College Teaching
Special Issue: Web-Based Teaching and Learning
Deadline: January 7, 2003
Manuscripts are solicited for publication in the Journal on
Excellence in College Teaching on the theme of Web-Based Teaching and
Learning. The Journal is a peer-reviewed journal published by and for
faculty at universities and two- and four-year colleges to increase
student learning through effective teaching, interest in and
enthusiasm for the profession of teaching, and communication among
faculty about their classroom experiences. The Journal provides a
scholarly, written forum for discussion by faculty about all areas
affecting teaching and learning, and gives faculty the opportunity to
share proven, innovative pedagogies and thoughtful, inspirational
insights about teaching.
Background
Web-based teaching and learning environments in higher education are
expanding rapidly. The design, development, and implementation of
these environments and the modified roles that faculty members play
within them challenge anyone who steps into this new virtual arena.
These new demands leave gaps in our shared understandings about
teaching and learning and raise more questions than answers.
This issue of the Journal (http://ject.lib.muohio.edu/) will be
devoted to sharing the scholarship of online teaching and learning.
By the "scholarship of teaching and learning," we are speaking of the
individual or shared intellectual journeys that take one from
conception to reflection, from question to solution, and even back
again to reframing one's questions. Of special interest are
manuscripts by those educators who have several years of experience
teaching in the online environment and who have crafted changes in
the ways they interact with students, envision their own roles,
engage students in working with dynamic content, guide students into
critical thinking, assess students' learning, and use student
feedback to reshape the learning environment. Additionally, we invite
those with substantial experience in Web-based environments to chart
the series of questions that have propelled their scholarship.
Manuscripts should be anchored in the literature about effective
teaching and learning, in data that you have collected in your
attempts to understand and improve student learning, and in empirical
knowledge from prior research addressing Web-based teaching and
learning.
Much is to be learned from sharing stories and journeys of discovery
with colleagues; we learn even more when we share our frameworks for
analysis, our criteria for success, and our reflective processes.
When we engage in critical reflection and analysis, reexamine our
assumptions, and confront the "theories in use" that we employ, we
also can document a valuable strategy for acquiring new competencies.
When we hear authentic voices disclose the complexities of learning
to teach in today's digital world, we shall come away inspired.
This issue will seek to promote new understandings of and insights
into teaching on the Web and will provide a stepping stone toward
emergent theory and practice.
Manuscript Preparation Guidelines
Content
Accepted for publication are papers on college and university
teaching that demonstrate -scholarly excellence in at least one of
the following categories:
Research: Reports important results from own experience or research;
describes problem clearly; provides baseline data; explains what
researcher has done and why; and provides results.
Integration: Integrates research of others in meaningful way;
compares or contrasts theories; critiques results; and/or provides
context for future exploration.
Innovation: Proposes innovation of theory, approach, or process of
teaching; provides original and creative ideas based on results of
research by self or others; and outlines proposed strategy for
testing effectiveness of ideas.
Inspiration: Provides inspiration for teaching excellence; combines
personal values, insight, and experience to communicate enthusiasm
and dedication to outstanding teaching.
Papers appearing in the Journal may be interdisciplinary or specific
to one or a group of disciplines, and may address a general or
specific audience.
Review Process
Manuscripts are reviewed first by the editorial staff. Those that are
appropriate for the Journal are sent to at least two experts in
teaching scholarship, particularly in the writer's discipline or
subject area. All reviews are "blind," that is, without identifying
the author(s) to the reviewers. Reviewers are encouraged to write
comments for the author(s). Editorial feedback and/or reviews are
provided to authors for all manuscripts.
Articles may be rejected or accepted outright, or accepted with a
request for revision. In some cases, articles requiring major
revision (such as including an additional year's results) are not
officially accepted or rejected, but will be reconsidered when
revised.
Submission Requirements
Submit to the Managing Editor three copies of the Cover Sheet (see
http://ject.lib.muohio.edu/), three copies of your complete
manuscript, and three "blind" copies of the manuscript that omit your
name and any reference to your institution. Indicate two or three key
words for the manuscript that will be used for indexing. Mail your
submission to:
Gregg Wentzell
Managing Editor
Journal on Excellence in College Teaching
Office for the Advancement of Scholarship and Teaching
Miami University
Oxford, OH 45056
If you have any questions, please contact the Managing Editor at
(513) 529-7224 or at wentzegw@muohio.edu. Thank you for your interest
in and support for the Journal on Excellence in College Teaching.
-- Peter E. Doolittle Program Leader, Educational Psychology Program Department of Teaching & Learning (0313) Virginia Tech Blacksburg, VA 24061email: pdoo@vt.edu http://edpsychserver.ed.vt.edu/
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