tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6921173856187068889.post3205069345916386217..comments2023-06-20T06:36:29.843-07:00Comments on Educational Technology Professor: We Need Academic Journals and We Also Need Academic Publishing to ChangeGirlProfhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07112992541578838517noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6921173856187068889.post-12777674445970211982010-05-28T12:22:52.605-07:002010-05-28T12:22:52.605-07:00I think there are two issues here:
1) is the tradi...I think there are two issues here:<br />1) is the traditional academic peer review process still valuable?<br />2) is the traditional academic publishing model still appropriate?<br /><br />To the first question, the answer is clearly yes. Particularly in these times of rapid growth in the use of social media, we need to continue to establish the credibility of research. The peer review process does a pretty good job of this.<br /><br />To the second question, I think the answer is no. Our publication model is driven by print technology. We no longer need to wait until we have an "issue" before publishing. By moving to continuous publication we can get research disseminated more quickly. At the Journal of Distance Education we have moved to a continuous publication model.<br /><br />A bigger question that we need to consider is the nature of the research that we are publishing. I pointed out at the recent CNIE panel that most of what we publish seems to have very little practical relevance. Are we researching the wrong things or just not publishing the right research? I think there is a real danger that the scholarly journals in educational technology and distance education will become irrelevant if we don't address this issue.Mark Bullenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13566965958559257348noreply@blogger.com