The MERLOT Journal of Online Learning and Teaching (JOLT)

Welcome to JOLT

The MERLOT Journal of Online Learning and Teaching (JOLT) is a peer-reviewed, open-access, online publication addressing the scholarly use of multimedia resources in online higher education. JOLT is published quarterly in March, June, September, and December. The objectives of JOLT are to:

• Enable faculty to use technology effectively in online teaching and learning by learning from a community of researchers and scholars;
  
• Enable academic programs to design and deploy academic technology to optimize online teaching and learning;
• Build a community around the research and scholarly use of multimedia educational resources for online teaching and learning.

The journal welcomes papers on all aspects of online learning and teaching in higher education. Topics may include, but are not limited to: learning theory and the use of multimedia to improve online learning; instructional design theory and application; online learning and teaching initiatives; use of technology in online education; innovative online learning and teaching practices.

The publisher of JOLT is MERLOT, which provides a free and open online community of resources designed primarily for faculty, staff, and students from universities and colleges around the world to share their learning materials and pedagogy.

JOLT is indexed with and included in a number of prominent international databases, including Google Scholar, Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ), Educational Research Abstracts (ERA), IndexCopernicus, JournalTOCs, Ulrich's Periodicals Directory, Cabell's Directories of Publishing Opportunities, Genamics JournalSeek, Open Access Journals Search Engine (OAJSE), Socolar, and the DEHub Database of Research on Distance Education.

For specific information on submitting a manuscript, please see the Guidelines for Authors.

If you are interested in serving as a peer reviewer for JOLT, please complete the form on this page to let us know of your interest.

All authors and reviewers, both current and prospective, should read and familiarize themselves with JOLT's Publication Ethics and Publication Malpractice Statement.