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Engineering Education Research: Writing For Publication, Rebecca Broadbent, Scott Daniel, Kristina Edström, Jonte Bernhard, Shannon Chance, John Mitchell, Maartje Van Den Bogaard, Fiona Saunders, Una Beagon, Joyce Main, David Knight

Workshops

In this interactive workshop, facilitated by a team of editors from the European Journal of Engineering Education (EJEE), the Journal of Engineering Education (JEE), and IEEE Transactions on Education, participants had the opportunity to network with other scholars in the field, and learn about the journal publication process and how best to navigate it.

It served as an informal opportunity for scholars at all stages of their publication journey to share their experiences, both positive and negative, directly with each other and journal editors. Participants co-created a document of shared insights about writing for publication, the key outcomes of which …

Engineering Education Research: Reviewing Journal Manuscripts Fairly, Constructively, Effectively, Kristina Edström, David Knight, Joyce Main, John Mitchell, Jonte Bernhard, Shannon Chance, Una Beagon, Maartje Van Den Bogaard, Rebecca Broadbent, Xiangyun Du, Greet Langie, Diana Martin, Jason Power, Fiona Saunders, Roland Tormey

Workshops

Peer review is the mechanism for quality control in academic journals. When a manuscript is submitted to a journal, the editors invite other researchers – peers – to review it anonymously. The reviews should serve to support the journal editors in making decisions, and to support the authors in improving the manuscripts before publication. Therefore, reviews need to be fair and constructive. As reviewing can also take considerable effort, it is useful for the reviewer to consider how to do it effectively. Given the important role of peer review in a field, and the considerable effort it takes, it is …