As usual it seems, no K-12 online learning articles. But lots of good items for older populations that may hold some lessons.
The December issue of the Journal of Online Learning and Teaching is now available online, and contains 14 papers of interest to the online learning and teaching community. Below is a list of the papers appearing in this last issue of 2011.
With this issue JOLT completes its seventh year of publication. During those seven years the journal received 976 manuscripts from authors around the world and published 336 of them, for an overall acceptance rate of 34%. For 2011 the acceptance rate was 25%, about the same as 2010. In addition to the many authors, over 200 reviewers have given tirelessly of their efforts through the years to make JOLT a well respected peer-reviewed journal, and we continue to attract over 120,000 readers to the JOLT website each year.
As we close this seventh volume, we also close our tenure as editors of JOLT. We have both been actively involved in JOLT from the very beginning, and have proudly watched it unfold. Our decision to step down was a painful one for us and one that was long in coming. Ultimately it was based on our continued disappointment in the support, or lack thereof, provided by MERLOT to the journal. We realize these are tough economic times everywhere, but we also feel that little effort was made over the years to provide JOLT with the resources it needs to grow and become the premier journal in online learning. The total financial support MERLOT provides JOLT is less than 1/5 the academic-year salary of a college professor.
But even more importantly, the JOLT editors have never been welcomed into the fold of the MERLOT leadership. The journal has always been relegated to a secondary role in the organization with decisions affecting the future of the journal being made with little or no input from the JOLT editors or its Editorial Board.
In departing, we hope that JOLT will continue to flourish, and we thank the many people who have contributed to its success over the past seven years. We also encourage you to call upon the MERLOT Executive Director, Gerry Hanley (ghanley@calstate.edu) to share more of MERLOT’s financial resources with JOLT and to include the JOLT editor(s) in all discussions affecting the journal before decisions are made.
Best regards,
Ed Perry and Michelle Pilati
JOLT Co-EditorsJOLT December 2011 Contents
Student Exam Participation and Performances in a Web-Enhanced Traditional and Hybrid Allied Health Biology Course
Abass S. Abdullahi
Exploring the Virtual Classroom: What Students Need to Know (and Teachers Should Consider)
Garry Falloon
Development, Implementation, and Evaluation of a Grading Rubric for Online Discussions
Ann M. Solan and Nikolaos Linardopoulos
A Comparison of Student Learning Outcomes in Traditional and Online Personal Finance Courses
Eddie J. Ary and Christopher W. Brune
A Brief Look at Online Tutorial Experiences of Older Students in Remedial College Mathematics
Greg A. Baugher
Using Technology to Reduce the Effects of Missed Classes for Student-Athlete
Lauren DeSantis, Coleen Pantalone, and Frederick Wiseman
Selecting Delivery Systems and Media to Facilitate Blended Learning: A Systematic Process based on Skill Level, Content Stability, Cost and Instructional Strategy
Atsusi Hirumi, George Bradford, and Leanne Rutherford
Differences in Student Characteristics in Face-to-Face and Online Cohorts in a Teacher Preparation Program in Education of the Deaf and Hard of Hearing
Deirdre M. Curle and Janet R. Jamieson
What the Best Online Teachers Should Do
T. M. Brinthaupt, L. S. Fisher, J. G. Gardner, D. M. Raffo, and J. B. Woodard
Digital Natives: Ten Years After
Apostolos Koutropoulos
Social Media Use in Higher Education: Key Areas to Consider for Educators
Julia E. Rodriguez
E-Advising Excellence: The New Frontier in Faculty Advising
Leora Waldner, Dayna McDaniel, and Murray Widener
Theorizing in Distance Education: The Critical Quest for Conceptual Foundations
Rene Birochi and Marlei Pozzebon
Crowdsourcing Higher Education: A Design Proposal for Distributed Learning
Michael Anderson
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