Journal of Online Learning & Teaching

The second entry into the list of open access journals dedicated to elearning is the Journal of Online Learning & Teaching (JOLT). It is a peer reviewed and open access online publication.

The MERLOT Journal of Online Learning and Teaching (JOLT) aims to promote scholarship in the use of the Internet and web-based multimedia resources in higher education. The first issue appeared online in July 2005 and included a number of invited papers from various disciplines. The journal is now published quarterly in March, June, September, and December. Its objectives are to:

• Enable faculty to develop effective, evidence-based practices in online learning and teaching by learning from a community of researchers and scholars;
• Enable academic programs to design and deploy academic technology to optimize online learning and teaching;
• Build a community around the research and scholarly use of web-based multimedia resources for learning and teaching in higher education.

The publisher of JOLT is MERLOT, an initiative of the California State University Office of the Chancellor that provides a free and open online community of resources designed primarily for faculty, staff, and students from universities and colleges around the world to share their learning materials and pedagogy.

Journal of Interactive Online Learning

A new section on the blog was started today to highlight open access articles about elearning. The first entry is the Journal of Interactive Learning (JIOL), which is peer reviewed and open access.
 

The Journal of Interactive Online Learning is published by a joint effort of The University of Alabama, the University of Texas at Tyler, and Miami University, as well as faculty from other institutions.

 

This journal of theory, research, and practice in interactive online learning serving all disciplines aims to:

• Provide a forum for the dissemination of research on interactive online education
• Disseminate ideas that enhance the practical aspects of interactive online education
• Further knowledge and understanding of emerging innovations in online education
• Foster debate about the use and application of online education

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Applying the Seven Principles for Good Practice to the Online Classroom

This  is a helpful article from Faculty Focus about how good educational practices in the face-to-face classroom can be applied to the online learning environment.

Read also the original seven principles published by Chickering and Gamson (1987).