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General Journals for Scholarship of Teaching and Learning Publication: Home

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Where can Scholarship of Teaching and Learning be published?

Here is a list of Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL) publication outlets, compiled by Jennifer Friberg, Cross Endowed Chair in SoTL at Illinois State University, and reproduced here with permission. Go here to see a list of SoTL conferences.

Academic Exchange Quarterly

The Academic Exchange Quarterly welcomes submissions that contribute to effective instruction and learning regardless of level or subjects. We welcome papers derived from doctoral study, presented at conference/symposium/workshop, or original research conducted under a grant or fellowship.

Active Learning in Higher Education

Active Learning in Higher Education is an international, refereed publication for all those who teach and support learning in higher education and those who undertake or use research into effective learning, teaching and assessment in universities and colleges. The journal has an objective of improving the status of teaching and learning support as professional activity and embraces academic practice across all curriculum areas in higher education.

Assessment Update

Assessment Update is dedicated to covering the latest developments in the rapidly evolving area of higher education assessment. It offers all academic leaders up-to-date information and practical advice on conducting assessments in a range of areas, including student learning and outcomes, faculty instruction, academic programs and curricula, student services and overall institutional functioning.

College Teaching

College Teaching provides an interdisciplinary academic forum on issues in teaching and learning at the undergraduate or graduate level. The journal publishes three kinds of articles. Regular, full-length articles of up to 5,000 words reporting scholarship on teaching methods, educational technologies, classroom management, assessment and evaluation, and other instructional practices that have significance beyond a single discipline. Full-length articles also describe innovative courses and curricula, faculty development programs, and contemporary developments. Quick Fix articles, up to 500 words, present techniques for addressing common classroom problems. Commentaries, up to 1,200 words, provide thoughtful reflections on teaching.

Higher Education Research and Development

Higher Education Research & Development informs and challenges researchers, teachers, administrators, policy-makers and others concerned with the past, present and future of higher education. The journal publishes scholarly articles that make a significant and original contribution to the theory, practice or research of higher education. We welcome theoretical, philosophical and historical articles and essays that address higher education in any of its dimensions. Equally, we welcome empirical higher education studies, which employ qualitative, quantitative, and mixed methodologies including big data. All articles must propose fresh critical insights into the area being addressed and be appropriately framed for an international audience.

Innovative Higher Education

Innovative Higher Education publishes diverse forms of scholarship and research methods by maintaining flexibility in the selection of topics deemed appropriate for the journal. It strikes a balance between practice and theory by presenting articles in a readable and scholarly manner to both faculty and administrators in the academic community.

Interdisciplinary Journal of Problem-Based Learning

The Interdisciplinary Journal of Problem-Based Learning publishes relevant, interesting, and challenging articles of research, analysis, or promising practice related to all aspects of implementing problem-based learning in K-12 or post-secondary classrooms.

International Journal of the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning

International Journal for the Scholarship of Teaching & Learning is an international forum for information and research about the scholarship of teaching and learning (SoTL) and its implications for higher/tertiary education. This journal publishes manuscripts that fall into two main categories: research articles and essays.

International Journal for the Scholarship of Technology Enhanced Learning

IJSoTEL explores the intersection of SoTL and TEL, and how SoTEL might embody this new form of scholarship within Higher Education. This peer-reviewed quarterly journal publishes penetrating research, commentary, theory, and other scholarly projects that investigate the Scholarship of Technology Enhanced Learning.

International Journal of Teaching and Learning in Higher Education

The International Journal of Teaching and Learning in Higher Education provides a forum for higher education faculty, staff, administrators, researchers, and students who are interested in improving post-secondary instruction. The IJTLHE provides broad coverage of higher education pedagogy and the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL) across diverse content areas, educational institutions, and levels of instructional expertise.

Journal of Effective Teaching

The Journal of Effective Teaching is an electronic journal devoted to the exchange of ideas and information about undergraduate and graduate teaching. We invite contributors to share their insights in pedagogy, innovations in teaching and learning, and classroom experiences in the form of a scholarly communication which will be reviewed by experts in teaching scholarship. Articles which draw upon specific-discipline based research or teaching practices should elaborate on how the teaching practice, research or findings relates across the disciplines

Journal of Excellence in College Teaching

The Journal on Excellence in College Teaching is a peer-reviewed journal published at Miami University by and for faculty at universities and two- and four-year colleges to increase student learning through effective teaching, interest in and enthusiasm for the profession of teaching, and communication among faculty about their classroom experiences. The Journal provides a scholarly, written forum for discussion by faculty about all areas affecting teaching and learning, and gives faculty the opportunity to share proven, innovative pedagogies and thoughtful, inspirational insights about teaching.

Journal of Faculty Development

The Journal of Faculty Development is an independent, peer-reviewed journal published by New Forums Press. Issued three times yearly, it is a medium for the exchange of information regarding faculty development in post-secondary educational institutions. The Journal of Faculty Development invites a wide variety of manuscripts, ranging from research studies (using qualitative or quantitative methodologies) to those focused on theory and philosophy that are related to issues in faculty development, professional development, higher education pedagogy, curriculum, leadership, program design and implementation, and evaluation and assessment.

Discipline Specific SoTL Journals

Go to these links for a list of discipline-specific SoTL journals:

Accounting to Computer Science  

Economics to Information Systems

Languages to Political Science 

Psychological Science to Theater

Journal of the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning

The Journal of the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (JoSoTL) is a forum for the dissemination of the scholarship of teaching and learning in higher education for the community of teacher-scholars. Submissions should be theory-based and supported by evidence. JoSoTL's objective is to publish articles that promote effective practices in teaching and learning and add to the knowledge base. Themes of the journal reflect breadth of interest in the pedagogy forum and include the following: data-driven studies, reviews, case studies, and invited comments/reviews.

Journal of University Teaching and Learning Practice

The Journal of University Teaching and Learning Practice is a peer-reviewed journal publishing papers that add significantly to the body of knowledge describing effective and innovative teaching and learning practice in the higher education environment. The journal aims to provide a forum for educational practitioners in a wide range of disciplines to communicate their teaching and learning outcomes in a scholarly way. Its purpose is to bridge the gap between journals covering purely academic research and more pragmatic articles and opinions published elsewhere.

Reseearch and Practice in College Teaching

Research & Practice in College Teaching’s objective is to publish articles focused on promoting student learning. Articles should address themes around promoting effective practices in teaching and learning. The Journal reflects the breadth of the work in the scholarship of teaching and learning. Articles in the following categories are sought: data-driven studies, literature reviews, and case studies.

Teaching and Learning Inquiry

Teaching and Learning Inquiry (TLI) features original research and commentary on SoTL. TLI publishes insightful research, theory, commentary, and other scholarly works that document or facilitate investigations of teaching and learning in higher education. These may include empirical and interpretive investigations, theoretical analyses, thought-provoking essays, or works employing other genres. TLI showcases the breadth of the interdisciplinary field of SoTL in it's explicit methodological pluralism, its call for traditional and new genres, and its international authorship.

Teaching in Higher Education

Teaching in Higher Education publishes scholarly work that critically examines and interrogates the values and presuppositions underpinning teaching, introduces theoretical perspectives and insights drawn from different disciplinary and methodological frameworks, and considers how teaching and research can be brought into a closer relationship.

Teaching Professor

The Teaching Professor is a newsletter (published 10 times annually) that focuses on topics such as instructional technology, faculty mentoring, academic integrity, assessment, course design, student engagement, online education, and even instructor confidence. Articles dig into specific aspects of these broader categories. Authors approach topics from different perspectives and present original ways to consider familiar topics and themes.