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Give Your Online Teaching a JOLT. Michelle Pilati, PhD Professor of Psychology Rio Hondo College Edward H. Perry, PhD Professor of Mechanical Engineering University of Memphis. What IS JOLT?. J ournal of O nline L earning and T eaching Peer-reviewed online journal - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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Give Your Online Teaching Give Your Online Teaching a JOLTa JOLT
Michelle Pilati, PhDProfessor of PsychologyRio Hondo College
Edward H. Perry, PhDProfessor of Mechanical EngineeringUniversity of Memphis
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What IS JOLT?
• Journal of Online Learning and Teaching• Peer-reviewed online journal • Published quarterly• Papers of interest to the online teaching
community
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A Brief History of JOLT
Conceived in January 2003First Issue Online in July 2005Twelve issues published to date104 papers published to dateAuthors from 6 countries and 4 continents
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JOLT Submissions and Acceptances
Submissions
Acceptances
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Current Issue of JOLT
Note: Each paper published in both HTML and PDF formats
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JOLT’s Mission
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 education;
innovative learning and teaching practices.
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Type of Papers JOLT Seeks
Research Papers: Papers concerned with the scholarly use of multimedia educational resources in online learning and teaching. They include some measure of the learning impact on students.
Theoretical/Conceptual Papers: Papers that present non-empirical work related to the major issues of importance for future research or put a conceptualized problem in the context of previous research
Position Papers: 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.
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.
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Guidelines for Authors
• Electronic submission• Manuscripts in English• Microsoft Word• 6000 words maximum• APA Style Elements
http://jolt.merlot.org/guidelines.html
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Submission Deadlines
• February 28th for June Issue• May 31st for September Issue• August 31st for December Issue• November 30th for March Issue
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Peer Review Process
• A minimum of two peer reviewers assigned to each manuscript
• Blind Reviews
• Reviewers use a set of published criteria developed by JOLT Editorial Board
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Review Recommendations
• Accept without revision• Accept with minor revision; does not require
reconsideration by peer reviewers• Major revision needed; must revise and
resubmit for reconsideration by peer reviewers• Not suitable for publication in JOLT
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Review Summary
• Sent to author of each paper• Summarizes the blind reviews• Includes a rating on each review criterion
and comments from each reviewer• Editors also provide a summary of
“required revisions” for publication
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Manuscript Revision Process
Review Summary typically sent to authors within two months of submission deadline
Once conditional acceptance is received, one month is allotted for final revisions
The process moves very quickly due to the use of online submission and reviews
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Suggestions for Potential Authors
Review articles from previous issues for style, approach, appropriate topics etc.
Follow JOLT GuidelinesUse APA Style for citations, etc.Look over Review CriteriaAvoid “first person” (e.g. “I”, “We”, “our”…)Provide a Conclusion sectionSubmit manuscript before deadline passes!
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JOLT Special Issue – June ‘08
Special Issue on Next Generation Course/Learning Management Systems
Nine papers in three themed sectionsMost popular paper viewed 479 times in first 30
daysOn average, each paper in issue viewed over 150
times in first 30 daysWiki provided for reader comments
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JOLT Statistics – Past Year
34,800 visits to siteJune 08 => 5000+ visits78,200 pages viewed159 countries & 60 languages represented by visitorsJune ‘08 visits up 150% over June ’07140 manuscripts received70 Papers accepted for publication
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Give Your Life a Big JOLT
Become a JOLT AuthorBecome a JOLT Peer ReviewerBecome a JOLT TranslatorTell Colleagues & Students about JOLTProvide Links to JOLT on websites you manage
(http://jolt.merlot.org)
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Where Do We Go From Here?
• More Special Issue Themes within a regular issue (conferences, open calls,…)
• Abstracts also in Spanish and French?
• Accept papers in Spanish and French?
• Bimonthly publication schedule?
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Questions?
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