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The Journals in the field of Instructional Technology

(Many thanks to Dr. J. Bentley at Utah State University for an initial list)

1. AMERICAN JOURNAL OF DISTANCE EDUCATION (AJDE) Topic: Methods and techniques of teaching at a distance, about learning, and about management and administration, but also encourages authors to write about policies, theories, and the values that drive distance education http://www.ajde.com/index.htm 2. British Journal of Educational Technology (BJET) Topic: Education and training, concentrating on the theory, applications and development of learning technology, communications, new information and communications technologies http://www.blackwellpublishers.co.uk/asp/comments.asp Full, refereed articles Length: 2000-4000 words 3. Behavior Research Methods, Instruments, and Computers Topic: Computer Science and Human-Computer Interaction; Cognitive and Social Psychology; Ergonomics; Cognitive Neuroscience; and Applied psychology http://www.psychonomic.org/BRMIC/ 4. Computers & Education Topic: All aspects of cognition, education and training, from primary to tertiary and in the growing open and distance learning environment http://www.elsevier.nl/inca/publications/store/3/4/7/index.htt 5. Contemporary Issues in Technology and Teacher Education (CITE) Topic: any area of technology and teacher education http://www.citejournal.org/ Refereed, free online journal Months to Review: no more than eight weeks No length limit 6. Converge Magazine Topic: Education and Technology How technology enhances/improves education http://www.convergemag.com/ Circulation - roughly 60,000 Months to Review: 4-5 months Length - 1200 words 7. Current Issues in Education Topic: Research, theory, and/or practice about education Peer-reviewed scholarly electronic journal published by the College of Education at Arizona State University http://cie.ed.asu.edu/index.html Blind review process with reviewers

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8. Education, Communication & Information (ECI) Topic: Hypertext and hypermedia in teaching and learning contexts http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals/routledge/1463631X.html Length: 5,000 and 7,000 words 9. Education Review: Journal of book reviews Topic: Reviews of recent books in education, covering the entire range of education scholarship and practice http://coe.asu.edu/edrev/ Length: 2,500 and 5,000 words Editorial review board (not a refereed journal) Publish reviews exclusively (do not publish articles or scholarly papers) 10. Educational Insights Topic: Issues of pedagogy, curriculum, educational research A refereed journal dedicated to providing graduate students a forum for publishing their research in education Months to review: turn around is one month Length: 3000 words http://www.csci.educ.ubc.ca/publication/insights/ 11. Educational Technology: The Magazine for Managers of Change in Education Topic: Education management/administration; educational technology systems; teacher education; library science/information resources; higher education; internet/World Wide Web; computer-based instruction; instructional design and development; simulations; educational media http://www.bookstoread.com/etp/ The magazine for managers of change in education Circulation: Approximately 2500, in more than one hundred countries Length: No minimum and maximum length restrictions Review process: Notified of acceptance or rejection within two weeks, and Publication will follow, as a rule, within six months (We are not technically a refereed publication) 12. Educational Technology Research and Development (ETR&D) AECT Publication Topic: A comprehensive source of current research information in instructional technology. Recent articles include, "Learner Preferences and Achievement Under Differing Amounts of Learner Practice," and "Emergent Patterns of Teaching/Learning in Electronic Classrooms." Development Section publishes articles concerned with the design and development of learning systems and educational technology applications. Recent articles include, "Do Superior Teachers Employ Systematic Instructional Planning Procedures?," and "The Cognitive Approach to Training Development: A Practitioner's Assessment." Each issue also includes book reviews, international reviews, and research abstracts. http://www.aect.org/Intranet/Publications/index.asp Length: Between 10 and 30 pages 12. Educational Technology Review

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Topic: Issues and applications of educational technology to enhance learning and teaching http://www.aace.org/pubs/etr/index.cfm Circulation: 30,000+ 13. Educause Topic: A practitioner's journal for college and university managers and users of information resources--information, technology, and services http://www.educause.edu/pub/ce/cause-effect.html Circulation: about 8,000 Peer reviewed articles Months to review: about two to three months Length: 3500-6000 words Acceptance rate: 20-25% 14. eLearn Magazine Topic: Any and all aspects of e-learning Online education and training http://www.elearnmag.org/ Three main subject areas: Tutorials/E-learning Basics (2500 to 5000 words), Columns (400 to 1000 words), and Reviews (200 to 800 words) Review process: 1-2 months 15. Electronic Journal for the Integration of Technology in Education Topic: Technology integration, book and software reviews, and commentary on topics of interest to educators (PK-16) http://ejite.isu.edu/ Length: at least 1,500 words Review process: reviewed anonymously by the peer-review board of graduate students and faculty 16. From Now On Topic: Educational technology http://www.fno.org/ Length: 1,000-2,500 words 17. Information Society Topic: Information technologies and changes in society and culture Refereed journal published 5 times a year Acceptance rate: 42% Review process: at least 4 months Length: 4,000-7,500 words http://www.slis.indiana.edu/TIS/ 18. Informing Science Topic: Fields from information systems, library science, journalism in all its forms to education all contribute to this science http://inform.nu/guidelines.htm Peer refereed journal

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Acceptance rate: around 11-12% Length: 3,500 words Review process: 2-3 months 19. Instructional Science: An International Journal of Learning and Cognition Topic: the nature, theory and practice of the instructional process and of the learning http://www.kluweronline.com/issn/0020-4277 20. Interactive Learning Environments Topic: Educational technology; examines technology, the Internet and multimedia in education and training; individual learning, group activities social and organizational issues; courseware production http://www.szp.swets.nl/szp/frameset.htm?url=%2Fszp%2Fjournals%2Fil.htm About 100 institutional subscribers to the journal Length: 5,000 to 8,000 words 21. International Journal of E-Learning (IJEL) Topic: information on the current theory, research, development, and practice of telecommunications in education and training. (Artificial intelligence and telecommunications, Collaboration, Cooperative/collaborative learning, Connectivity and implementation strategies, Designing distance, learning systems, Distance education and telelearning, Evaluation, Instructional telecommunications models, Integrated development environments, Multimedia and telecommunications, Online and networked education, Pedagogical foundations, Policy, ethics, standards, and legal issues, Social and cultural issues, Teaching/learning strategies, Teleconferencing (audio, audiographics, computer, video), User/student modeling in distance education http://www.aace.org/pubs/ijet/default.htm Refereed online journal 22. International Journal on E-Learning Topic: Research, development, and practice of e-learning http://www.aace.org/pubs/ijel/default.htm Months to review: no more than two months (reviewed by at least two members of the Editorial Review Board) 21. International Journal of Instructional Media (IJIM) Topic: The source of cutting edge research and commentary on all forms of instructional media used in instruction and training today(Computer technology, Computer mediated communications including the Internet, Distance education including the Internet, ITV, video and audio conferencing, Instructional media and technology, Telecommunications, Interactive video, videodisc, and software applications, Instructional media management, Instructional development and systems, Media research and evaluation, Media research and communications) http://www.adprima.com/ijim.htm Refereed online journal Length: Approximately 15 pages 23. International Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning (IRRODL)

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Topic: Research, best praxes and theory in Open and Distance Learning http://www.irrodl.org/ Circulation: over 3,000 (in 73 countries) Peer reviewed refereed journal Months to review: about 1.5 to two months Length: between 10 and 25 pages long Acceptance rate: about 20 percent 24. Journal for Research on Technology in Education (JRTE) Topic: Educational computing http://www.iste.org/jrte/ Peer-reviewed, quarterly research journal Length: 2,500 to 8,000 words Circulation: about 2500 Months to review: about a year Acceptance rate: 35%. 24. Journal of Asynchronous Learning Networks (JALN) Topic: Our mission is to provide practitioners in online education with knowledge about the very best research in online learning. Original work in asynchronous learning networks (ALN), including experimental results. http://www.sloan-c.org/publications/jaln/index.asp Peer-reviewed 25. Journal of Computer Assisted Learning (JCAL) Topic: Collaborative learning, knowledge engineering, open, distance and networked learning, developmental psychology and evaluation Quarterly, peer-reviewed, international journal http://www.blackwellpublishing.com/journal.asp?ref=0266-4909 Length: 3500 - 4500 words Referee journal: certainly, with a high international citation index Months to Review: one month Acceptance Rate: around 40% 25. Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication (JCMC) Topic: Peer-reviewed essays, reviews, reports, and research articles http://www.ascusc.org/jcmc/ Length: 7,500-10,000 words 26. Journal of Computing in Higher Education (JCHE) Topic: Instructional technology and educational environments Peer-reviewed essays, reviews, reports, and research articles Length: 5,000 words maximum http://www.jchesite.org/ Acceptance Rate: 20% Months to review: 1 month 27. Journal of Educational Computing Research (JECR)

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Topic: Education management/administration; educational technology systems; original research papers; critical analyses; reports on research in progress; design and development studies; grant award listings http://www.baywood.com/search/PreviewJournal.asp?qsRecord=14 Interdisciplinary, rigorously refereed Journal 28. Journal of Educational Multimedia & Hypermedia (JEMH) AACE publication Topic: A forum to present and discuss research, development and applications of multimedia and hypermedia in education (tools that allow integration of images, sound, text, and data) http://www.aace.org/pubs/jemh/default.htm Length: not to exceed 30 pages 29. Journal of Educational Technology Systems Topic: Techniques and approaches (i.e., software) for using technology in all types of educational systems http://baywood.com/search/PreviewJournal.asp?qsRecord=15 30. Journal of Information Technology Education (JITE) Topic: Information Technology Peer refereed Journal http://jite.org/ Acceptance Rate: 40% Months to review: 2-3 months Length: No regulations 31. Journal of Information Technology for Teacher Education Topic: Teacher education; preservice and inservice training http://www.triangle.co.uk/jit/ Fully-refereed international journal Length: 3000 and 5000 words Months to review: 3-6 months by at least two referees 32. Journal of Instruction Delivery Systems (JIDS) Topic: Articles and commentary on uses of interactive multimedia to enhance productivity through appropriate applications of technology in education, training and job performance http://www.salt.org/publications/frame.htm Length: 2,000-3,000 words 32. Journal of the Learning Sciences (JLS) Topic: Research on education and learning. Emphasis is placed on important ideas that can change our understanding of learning as well as the practice of education. (artificial intelligence, cognitive science, cognitive and educational psychology, cognitive anthropology, education, and educational technology) http://www.cc.gatech.edu/lst/jls/ Length:

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33. Journal of Technology and Teacher Education Topic: Educational technology systems; teacher education http://www.aace.org/pubs/jtate/default.htm Months to review: no more than two months (reviewed by at least two members of the Editorial Review Board, which takes usually) 35. Journal of Technology, Learning and Assessment (JTLA) Topic: Applications of technology to assessment and the assessment of instructional uses of technology http://www.bc.edu/research/intasc/jtla.html Web-based, free of charge Peer-reviewed Months to review: between one and three months Any length and any form of media Acceptance rate: about 50-60% 36. Journal of Technology Studies Topic: Educational management/administration; educational technology systems http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/ejournals/JTS/ 37. Learning and Leading with Technology Topic: Curriculum studies; library science/information resources; reading; rural education and small schools; science, math, and environment; secondary/adolescent studies; social studies/social science; teacher education; urban education/multiculturalism/nontraditional; equity in technology; telecommunications; computer science; multimedia http://www.iste.org/L&L/ Editor-reviewed journal Circulation: approximately 14,000 Months to review: typically two months Length: 2,500 words Acceptance rate: about 40% 38. Learning, Media & Technology (formerly Journal of Educational Media) Topic: 'Education about Media' and 'Education through Media' (Television and film history, theory, and production; media production) http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals/titles/17439884.asp Length: between 4000 and 6000 words 38. Multimedia Schools Topic: Educational technology systems; library science/information resources; practical (how-to guides), not theory http://www.infotoday.com/MMSchools/default.htm 39. Online Journal of Distance Learning Administration Topic: Specific focus or implications for the management of distance education programs http://www.westga.edu/~distance/jmain11.html

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Length: Normally between 2000 and 6000 Review process: reviewed by two or three persons with expertise in the area. Authors will be notified of acceptance within one month 40. Open Learning: the journal of Open and Distance Learning Topic: distance, flexible, technology-based and open education and training http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals/carfax/02680513.html Length: between 3000 and 6000 words 40. Technology, Instruction Cognition & Learning (TICL) Topic: TICL seeks articles that address such basic questions as what it means to know something, how best to determine what an individual knows, how humans learn, and how knowledge is influenced through interaction with the outside world. Theory, research and technological innovations leading to automation are especially encouraged. (artificial intelligence, cognitive and development psychology, software engineering, cognitive science, structural and task analysis, knowledge engineering, distributed cognition, instructional systems and design, intelligent tutors, structural learning, problem solving and system dynamics) http://www.oldcitypublishing.com/TICL/TICL.html Length: 41. Teaching and Learning Topic: Thoughtful observation as an educational method, of description as a technique for understanding, and of lived experience as a source of knowledge construction. Refereed journal http://www.und.nodak.edu/dept/ehd/journal/submissions.html Blind reviewed by at least two persons Months to review: 2-4 months Acceptance rate: 40% 42. TECHNOS Topic: Use of technology in education, with a focus on reform http://www.technos.net/ Length: 2500-2800 words 43. Tech Trends Topic: Curriculum studies; educational management/administration; educational technology systems; higher education; library science/information resources; teacher education; tests, measurement, and evaluation http://www.aect.org/Intranet/Publications/TechTrends/subguides.html Length: approximately 1000-4000 words 44. Technology and Learning Topic: Review, news, and announcements of educational activities and opportunities in programming, software development, and hardware configurations http://www.techlearning.com/content/about/tl_current.html Circulation: Over 80,000 elementary, junior high and senior high school teachers, technology coordinators and administrators

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Length: 1200 to 2500 words 45. T.H.E. Journal Topic: Curriculum studies; education management/administration; educational technology systems http://www.thejournal.com/ Circulation: 172,000+ Review process: a month Acceptance rate: 50-70% 46. The Technology Source Topic: Integrating information technology tools into teaching and into managing educational organizations http://ts.mivu.org/ Length: 1,000 to 1,800 words Peer-reviewed bimonthly periodical published by the Michigan Virtual University Months to review: One month

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