Open AccessCourse Journals: Leveraging Library Publishing to Engage Students at the Intersection of Open Pedagogy, Scholarly Communications, and Information Literacy
Author(s) -
K. E. D. Shuttleworth,
Kevin Stranack,
Abby Moore
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
partnership
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 1911-9593
DOI - 10.21083/partnership.v14i2.5339
Subject(s) - publishing , information literacy , electronic publishing , scholarly communication , workflow , work (physics) , computer science , literacy , intersection (aeronautics) , library science , mathematics education , world wide web , sociology , pedagogy , psychology , political science , engineering , the internet , mechanical engineering , database , aerospace engineering , law
This article presents a case study for developing course journals, an approach to student writing and publishing that involves students in the production of an online, open access journal within a structured classroom environment. Simon Fraser University (SFU) Library’s Digital Publishing program has partnered with instructors in four different departments across the university to implement course journals in their classrooms using Open Journal Systems. Two models of course journals have emerged, both of which offer valuable learning opportunities for students around scholarly communications, information literacy, and open pedagogy. In Model 1, students act as both authors who write and submit their work for publication in the course journal and as reviewers who referee each other’s submitted work. In Model 2, students act as the course journal editors, crafting the course journal’s call for papers, soliciting content, recruiting reviewers, and managing the editorial workflow from submission to publication. This article discusses challenges and opportunities of both models as well as strategies for smooth implementation and collaboration with classroom instructors.