General Issue Call for Submissions: Deadline October 15, 2016
Call for Submissions: Sections of the Journal

The Journal of Interactive Technology and Pedagogy
General Issue

Issue Editors:
Matthew K. Gold, The Graduate Center, CUNY
Sava Saheli Singh, New York University

The Journal of Interactive Technology and Pedagogy seeks scholarly work that explores the intersection of technology with teaching, learning, and research. We are interested in contributions that take advantage of the affordances of digital platforms in creative ways. We invite both textual and multimedia submissions employing interdisciplinary and creative approaches in the humanities, sciences, and social sciences. Besides scholarly papers, the submissions can consist of audio or visual presentations and interviews, dialogues, or conversations; creative/artistic works; manifestos; or other scholarly materials.

All work appearing in the Issues section of JITP is reviewed by the issue editors and independently by two scholars in the field, who provide formative feedback to the author(s) during the review process. We practice signed, as opposed to blind, peer review. We intend that the journal itself—both in our process and in our digital product—serve as an opportunity to reveal, reflect on, and revise academic publication and classroom practices. Additionally, all submissions will be considered for our “Behind the Seams” feature, in which we publish dynamic representations of the revision and editorial processes, including reflections from the authorial and editorial participants.

Research-based submissions should include discussions of approach, method, and analysis. When possible, research data should be made publicly available and accessible via the Web and/or other digital mechanisms, a process that JITP can and will support as necessary. Successes and interesting failures are equally welcome (although see the Teaching Fails section below for an alternative outlet). Submissions that focus on pedagogy should balance theoretical frameworks with practical considerations of how new technologies play out in both formal and informal educational settings. Discipline-specific submissions should be written for non-specialists.

As a courtesy to our reviewers, we will not consider simultaneous submissions, but we will do our best to reply to you within three months of the submission deadline. The expected length for finished manuscripts is under 5,000 words. All work should be original and previously unpublished. Essays or presentations posted on a personal blog may be accepted, provided they are substantially revised; please contact us with any questions at [email protected]

For further information on style and formatting, accessibility requirements, and multimedia submissions, consult JITP’s accessibility guidelines and style guide.

Important Dates

Submission deadline for full manuscripts is October 15, 2016. Please view our submission guidelines for information about submitting to the Journal.

 

Sections of the Journal

JITP runs on two overlapping timescales, to accommodate both traditional and evolving models of peer review:

Issues

Issues operate on a measured pace, with block releases timed to allow for extensive peer review and revision before publication. Submissions to this section receive formative feedback from two members of our review board or editorial collective, and Issue Editors work with authors to bring accepted pieces to their fullest potential. The best submissions to this section will demonstrate sustained engagement with the relevant scholarship of teaching, learning, and technology, as well as a critical awareness of their own strengths and limitations. We currently plan to release two issues per year, with some themed issues and others drawn from the general submissions pool. For information on submitting to issues, please see our submission guidelines.

Short Form Sections

Released continuously throughout the year, JITP’s Short Form sections (described below) operate on a publish-first-then-peer-review model, with corresponding editors curating submissions on a rolling basis. Please note that our Short Form sections are published independently of our Issues.

• The Teaching Fails section seeks moments of insight from ideas that fell flat—assignments that didn’t work out, readings that none of your students understood. Tell us your story as a way of thinking through what went wrong. Help others learn to fail better. Questions about this section should be sent to [email protected] with “Teaching Fail query” in the subject line.
• Tool Tips calls for reviews of an IT tool or a set of comparable tools that you have used in a class. The best submissions will address how smoothly the tool worked and detail its strengths and drawbacks; links to online examples of the tool being utilized would be ideal. The suggested length for reviews is 500–1,000 words. Questions about this section should be sent to [email protected] with “Tool Tips query” in the subject line.
• We also welcome Assignments or syllabi highlighting interactive technology or pedagogy, along with a short narrative reflection (roughly 400–1,000 words) on how well the assignment or course plan worked in practice. Links to a class website or online responses to the assignment would be ideal. Questions about this section should be sent to [email protected] with “Assignment query” in the subject line.
• Blueprints The Journal of Interactive Technology and Pedagogy’s  newest section, BluePrints, features (innovative) recipes or (innovative) applications of a standard recipe for digital teaching and research  that can be shared among instructors and researchers. JITP invites digital scholars to submit short recipes and or reflections about using recipes. Note: Recipes do not need to be original, but your submission reflects original application of the recipe. Read more.
• Finally, we invite Reviews of new and important texts in the field, as well as reports from noteworthy conferences and workshops relevant to the subjects of technology and pedagogy. If you have an idea for a review, or would like to hear about upcoming reviewing opportunities, please write to [email protected] with “Review query” in the subject line.

Please view our submission guidelines for information about submitting to the Journal.

Note: Open source, or at the very least, no-cost licensed projects are given preference. Furthermore, a disclosure revealing direct or associated involvement in a project is required.