Monday, May 4, 2015

OLC and MERLOT merge scholarly journals - Stefanie Botelho, University Business

The Online Learning Consortium (OLC) and the Multimedia Educational Resource for Learning and Online Teaching (MERLOT) community of the California State University are pleased to announce that they will combine efforts to expand scholarly research in the field of online education, with the merger of the journal Online Learning (formerly JALN) and the Journal of Online Learning and Teaching (JOLT). Currently OLC and MERLOT jointly sponsor the annual Emerging Technologies for Online Learning International Symposium (ET4Online). The planned merger of the two journals will broaden the cooperative efforts between the two organizations. "We are delighted to be able to continue to grow our collaboration with MERLOT through this merger," said Kathleen Ives, chief executive officer, OLC. "The merger of these two highly respected journals will draw upon the synergy of our missions and enable us to fulfill the needs and expectations of our readers with an enhanced depth, diligence and efficiency." http://www.universitybusiness.com/news/olc-and-merlot-merge-scholarly-journals