Research in Learning Technology

ALT-J (Research in Learning Technology) is a peer-reviewed journal which aims to promote good practice in the use of learning technologies in education and industry and to facilitate collaboration between practitioners, researchers, and policy makers. The current editors are Frances Bell, University of Salford, UK and Rhona Sharpe, Oxford Brookes University, UK. They are supported by an international Editorial Board[1]

Publication

ALT-J is published three times per year for the Association for Learning Technology by Routledge Journals, Taylor and Francis Ltd.

History

The Journal of the Association for Learning Technology was first published, under the name “ALT-J”, by the University of Wales Press in July 1993. Past editors have been Gabriel Jacobs, David Squires, Grainne Conole, Martin Oliver and Jane Seale. Past Associate and Guest Editors have been Philip Barker, Adrian Bowman, Graham Chesters, James Hoekema, Maggi Savin-Baden, Rick Trainor, Robert Ward, and Denise Whitelock. Most recently Agnes Kukulska-Hulme and Mike Sharples are Guest Editors for a special issue on mobile and contextual learning [2].

External links

• ALT-J (Research in Learning Technology)
• Definition of the terms Learning Technology and Learning Technologist
• The ALT-J page on the publisher's website provides information of the types of papers accepted and how to submit them for review.