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Alberta Journal of Educational Research

• a quarterly journal devoted to “dissemination, criticism, interpretation, and encouragement of all forms of systematic enquiry into education and fields related to or associated with education.
• Only Book Reviews are open access – very disappointing!
• Current issue – http://ajer.journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/ajer/issue/view/106

Asian Journal of Distance Education

• one journal per year
• aim is to publish scholarly works and information about distance education issues in the context of distance education in Asia
• Current issue – http://www.asianjde.org/2013v11.2.Contents.html

Australasian Journal of Educational Technology

• bi-monthly journal (6x each year) of  ASCILITE, the Australasian Society for Computers in Learning in Tertiary Education
• aim of the journal is to “promote research and scholarship on the integration of technology in tertiary education, promote effective practice, and inform policy.” Also – “to advance understanding of educational technology in post-school education settings, including higher and further education, lifelong learning, and training”
• Appears on Perkins, R., & Lowenthal, P. R. (2016) list of “reputable” open access journals.
• Current issue – https://ajet.org.au/index.php/AJET

British Journal of Educational Technology

• Current issue – http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/bjet.2015.46.issue-6/issuetoc

The Canadian Journal for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning  (CJSoTL)

• official journal of the Society for Teaching and Learning in Higher Education
• open access online journal dedicated to publishing quality peer-reviewed articles and essays in French and English that address teaching and learning interests of universities and colleges across Canada.
• Current issue – http://www.cjsotl-rcacea.ca/

Canadian Journal for the Study of Adult Education

• official journal of the Canadian Association for the Study of Adult Education/
  l’Association Canadienne pour l’Étude de l’Éducation des Adultes
• open access online journal dedicated to publishing “disciplined inquiry” of adult and continuing education – published twice yearly
• Current issue – https://cjsae.library.dal.ca/index.php/cjsae

Canadian Journal of Learning and Technology

• published by the Canadian Network for Innovation in Education (CNIE) – formerly Canadian Association of Distance Education (CADE)
• open access, peer-reviewed journal that focuses on educational technology and learning – topics include: learning theory and technology, cognition and technology, instructional design theory and application, online learning, computer applications in education, simulations and gaming
• Appears on Perkins, R., & Lowenthal, P. R. (2016) list of “reputable” open access journals.
• Current issue:  http://www.cjlt.ca/index.php/cjlt/index

Canadian Journal of University Continuing Education

• published by the Canadian Association for University Continuing Education (CAUCE) (deans, directors, senior admin personnel)
• focuses on advance and dissemination of knowledge of value to professional practice in continuing education in general and to encourage dialogue about CE within academic communities
• http://ejournals.library.ualberta.ca/index.php/cjuce-rcepu/issue/view/1638 

Complicity: International Journal of Complexity and Education

• publishes research articles (peer reviewed), vignettes (not peer reviewed), semantic play and possibility (not peer reviewed) and book reviews; focuses on all aspects of education which are informed by the idea of complexity in the broad sense (in its technical, applied, philosophical, theoretical, or narrative aspects)
• http://ejournals.library.ualberta.ca/index.php/complicity/issue/view/1673

CITE Journal: Contemporary Issues in Technology and Teacher Education

• an interactive, open-access, electronic journal published quarterly by the Society for Information Technology and Teacher Education (SITE) andco-sponsored by four other teacher education associations
• articles are organized into four categories:  1) Current Issues; 2) Commentary; 3) Current Practice; 4) Seminal Articles
• Appears on Perkins, R., & Lowenthal, P. R. (2016) list of “reputable” open access journals.
• Current issue:  http://www.citejournal.org/publication/volume-16/issue-3-16/

Cultural and Pedagogical Inquiry

•  welcomes works in critical and cultural studies of education, general foundations of education, postcolonial studies in education, comparative and international perspectives of education, citizenship education, gender studies in education, and emancipatory and hope theories of education.
• http://ejournals.library.ualberta.ca/index.php/cpi/issue/view/1741

Distance Education

• official peer-reviewed journal of the Open and Distance Learning Association of Australia, Inc. (ODLAA)
• publishes research and scholarly material in the fields of open, distance and flexible education
• Current issue:  http://www.citejournal.org/publication/volume-16/issue-3-16/

2016 Journal Merger
The MERLOT community joined the Online Learning Consortium and merged two journals – Journal of Online Learning (JALN) and the Journal of Online Learning and Teaching (JOLT) merged to publish as Online Learning – Journal of Interactive Media in Education

Past issues of Journal of Online Learning and Teaching (JOLT)

EDUCAUSE Review

• bi-monthly digital journal published by EDUCAUSE association
• current developments and trends in information technology, how they may affect the college/university as an institution, and what these mean for higher education and society
• more news-oriented – not peer-reviewed research academic
• Appears on Perkins, R., & Lowenthal, P. R. (2016) list of “reputable” open access journals.
• Archives 2016 – https://er.educause.edu/about/er-archives

eLearning Papers – Open Education Europa

• Appears on Perkins, R., & Lowenthal, P. R. (2016) list of “reputable” open access journals BUT does not seem to be a journal. Launched by the European Commission to focus “primarily on the potential of digital technologies and materials to improve teaching and learning.”
• Seems to be a collection of visually-augmented articles (similar to those in Medium?) focused on current, relevant (?) ideas in education and technology – topics from Gamification to How to design a MOOC plus a community site that features live chats
• Check out the articles https://www.openeducationeuropa.eu/topics or the community page https://www.openeducationeuropa.eu/el/community

EJEL – Electronic Journal of e-Learning

• publishes 3-4 times a year “on topics relevant to the study, implementation and management of e-Learning initiatives”
• Appears on Perkins, R., & Lowenthal, P. R. (2016) list of “reputable” open access journals.
• current issue – http://www.ejel.org/issue/current.html

EURODEL – European Journal of Open, Distance and e-Learning

• electronic, multimedia journal, published in English, and supported by EDEN – the European Distance and E-learning Network
• publishes scholarly articles and discussion about new educational media, cross-cultural collaboration, online, open, distance education
• Appears on Perkins, R., & Lowenthal, P. R. (2016) list of “reputable” open access journals.
• Current issue:  http://www.eurodl.org/

First Monday

• published Monday, monthly – special issues may appear on an irregular basis
• one of the first openly accessible peer review journals solely on the Internet, about the Internet
• Appears on Perkins, R., & Lowenthal, P. R. (2016) list of “reputable” open access journals.
• Current issue:  http://firstmonday.org/ojs/index.php/fm/issue/current

Hybrid Pedagogy

• new academic publishing model – started 2011 by Jesse Stommel and Pete Rorabough – uses a “collaborative peer review” and invites experimentation and improvisation.
• open access, peer reviewed journal and community
• focuses on critical and digital pedagogies
• no set publishing schedule – see Recent Publications

IEEE Transactions on Learning Technologies

• published archival research and critical survey papers quarterly
• see Scope of TLT for more information: https://www.computer.org/web/tlt/about-tlt
• Appears on Perkins, R., & Lowenthal, P. R. (2016) list of “reputable” open access journals.
• Current issue:  https://www.computer.org/web/tlt

International AIDE (Artificial Intelligence in Education) Society

• published by the International Journal of Artificial Intelligence in Education (IJAIED)
• concerned with the application of artificial intelligence techniques and concepts to the design of systems that support learning.
• Appears on Perkins, R., & Lowenthal, P. R. (2016) list of “reputable” open access journals.
• access journals at http://iaied.org/journal/

International Journal of Designs for Learning

• encourages designers to share their knowledge-in-practice through rich representations of their designs and detailed discussion of decision-making
• Appears on Perkins, R., & Lowenthal, P. R. (2016) list of “reputable” open access journals.
• Current issue:  https://scholarworks.iu.edu/journals/index.php/ijdl/issue/view/1474

International Journal of Education and Development

• peer-reviewed articles – free and open access to all of its content
• focuses on research and practice in ICT in education and development, particularly less developed parts of the world, and rural and remote regions of developed countries
• Current issue:  http://ijedict.dec.uwi.edu/viewissue.php

International Journal of Educational Research and Technology

• published by Society of Education, India
• a multi-disciplinary journal that publishes empirical and theoretical research papers, case studies, literature reviews and book reviews.
• Appears on Perkins, R., & Lowenthal, P. R. (2016) list of “reputable” open access journals.
• Current issues:  http://www.soeagra.com/ijert_current.html

International Journal of Open Educational Resources

• bi-annual, open access, double-blind peer-reviewed academic publication sponsored by the American Public University System (APUS) and the Policy Studies Organization
• OER may include physical and digital learning materials such as textbooks, assignments, etc.
• publishes articles on topics based on OER Research Hub’s 11 hypotheses (2016): performance, openness, access, retention, reflection, finance, indicators, support, transition, policy, assessment.
• Current articles:  https://www.ijoer.org/

International Journal of Teaching and Learning in Higher Education

• published by the International Society for Exploring Teaching and Learning (ISETL), the Center for Teaching and Learning at The University of Georgia, and the Center for Instructional Development and Educational Research (CIDER) at Virginia Tech.
• covers higher education pedagogy and the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL) across diverse content areas, educational institutions, and levels of instructional expertise
• open access, peer-reviewed journal – 3 issues per year
• Current issue:  http://www.isetl.org/ijtlhe/current.cfm

International Journal of ePortfolios (IJeP)

• peer-reviewed open access online journal published twice a year (typically in April and October)
• launched by Virginia Tech’s Center for Instructional Development and Educational Research (CIDER) – now a publication of the Association of American Colleges and Universities.
• intended to encourage study of practices and pedagogies of eportfolios in educational settings
• Current issue:  http://www.theijep.com/current.cfm

International Journal of Interactive Mobile Technologies (iJIM)

• international landscape of mobile learning – http://www.i-jim.org
• focus is on fundamentals, applications and experiences in the field of interactive mobile technologies in learning and teaching as well as in industrial and other applications
• registration required but no fee – open access journal
• Current issue:  http://online-journals.org/index.php/i-jim/issue/view/306

International Journal for the Scholarship of Teaching & Learning (IJSTL)

• open, peer-reviewed, electronic journal published twice a year by the Center for Excellence in Teaching at Georgia Southern University.
• articles, essays and discussions about the scholarship of teaching and learning in higher and tertiary education
• Current issue:  http://digitalcommons.georgiasouthern.edu/ij-sotl/

International Review of Research in Online and Distributed Learning (IRRODL)

• published three and six times a year by Athabasca University Press
• original research, theory, and best practice in open and distributed learning worldwide
• Appears on Perkins, R., & Lowenthal, P. R. (2016) list of “reputable” open access journals.
• Current article:  http://www.irrodl.org/index.php/irrodl/issue/view/80