Introduction to the IEEE Transactions on Learning Technologies

Welcome to the fi rst issue of the IEEE Transactions on Learning Technologies. The IEEE Transactions on Learning Technologies will publish archival research papers focusing on all kinds of modern e-learning technologies. The new journal will emphasize the technology side of learning and instruction, as opposed to the majority of existing journals focusing solely on instructional and pedagogical issues. The new title will cover all advances in learning technologies, including but not limited to innovative online learning systems, intelligent tutors, educational software applications and games, simulation systems for education and training, collaborative learning tools, devices and interfaces for learning, interactive techniques for learning, personalized and adaptive learning systems, tools for formative and summative assessment, ontologies for learning systems, standards and Web services that support learning, authoring tools for learning materials, computer support for peer tutoring, learning via discovery, field, and lab work, learning with mobile devices, social learning techniques, social networks and infrastructures for learning and knowledge sharing, and the creation and management of learning objects. In order to best serve the community, the IEEE Transactions on Learning Technologies is published online, four issues per year, using a delayed open-access policy under which paying subscribers and per-article purchasers have access to newly published content, and 12 months after the publication of each issue, all readers have access to the content free of charge. We expect papers which either describe original research or offer a critical review of the state of the art in a particular area. Papers concerned with the evaluation of technology are only appropriate if the technology itself is novel or if significant insights for advancing the technology are provided.