Develop papers through successive preliminary presentations to gather peer feedback before journal submission¶

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Description¶

The editors recommend that authors mature a paper through a sequence of lower-stakes venues before submitting to a journal. They advise that "authors should develop their papers through a series of preliminary presentations — such as local research talks, posters, workshop contributions, conference papers, book chapters— in order to receive peer feedback and successively expand and refine their arguments." This accompanies a rising competition for publication (a 21% acceptance rate in 2011).

Design Implications¶

Context¶

Requirements¶

• Access to preliminary venues such as research talks, posters, workshops, conferences, and book chapters

Constraints¶

• Submissions should report mature research grounded in current CSCL research, methods, pedagogy, and theory; surveys of student self-perceptions and beliefs are considered preliminary explorations not ready for journal publication

Target Learners¶

• CSCL and learning sciences researchers preparing journal submissions

Target Learning Goals¶

• improving the quality and maturity of research papers through iterative peer feedback

Related Strategies¶

• Authentic Audiences and Purposes

Examples¶

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Key Sources¶

• Stahl, G., Law, N., & Hesse, F. (2012). An international research community. Computer-Supported Collaborative Learning, 7, 341–345. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11412-012-9155-y