Announcing Release of OLJ September Issue with Special Section for OLC Accelerate Presenters

Each year, the September issue of the Online Learning Journal (OLJ) highlights select articles showcasing research presented at one of the past year's Online Learning Consortium (OLC) conferences, OLC Accelerate or OLC Innovate. This special issue continues this tradition by presenting seven studies that demonstrate the breadth and depth of current scholarship in online and digital learning. The selected papers address critical areas including leadership competencies, mobile-assisted language learning, student success factors, instructional design effectiveness, faculty motivation and support, and innovative pedagogical approaches using generative artificial intelligence. These studies offer valuable insights into the evolving landscape of online education and provide evidence-based practices for educators, administrators, and researchers working to enhance the quality and effectiveness of digital learning environments.

In addition to the special section in this third quarterly volume, this issue also contains 8 articles from our regular submission process. These articles cover a broad range of related themes such as interaction, feedback, self-regulation, the COI framework, online STEM education, and other topics.

Special thanks to Dr. Patsy Moskal of the University of Central Florida for her work in identifying and curating papers in the OLC Conferences section. Also, big thanks to our new Managing Editor Carrie Miller, and post-doctoral Editor extraordinaire, Dara Tafazoli, who provided invaluable support in advancing both the special issue as well as the wider work of the journal more generally. We also thank the authors, reviewers, and the entire OLC/OLJ editorial team for their myriad contributions to this issue.

We invite you to review the issue here

https://olj.onlinelearningconsortium.org/index.php/olj/index

Thanks for your continuing interest in Online Learning,

best regards,

Peter

Peter Shea, PhD

Editor: Online Learning

Professor, Educational Theory and Practice & Informatics

University at Albany, State University of New York, USA

1400 Washington Ave., Albany, NY 12222

pshea@albany.edu