The International Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning
Last updated ISSN 1492-3831
The International Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning is published by Athabasca University Press in social sciences. It is open access. Its article processing charge is not published.
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What it publishes
Recent work in The International Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning concentrates on these topics, taken from its published record rather than from its own description:
- Online and Blended Learning
- Online Learning and Analytics
- Innovative Teaching and Learning Methods
- Open Education and E-Learning
- E-Learning and Knowledge Management
- Impact of Technology on Adolescents
- Knowledge Management and Sharing
- Mobile Learning in Education
- Higher Education Learning Practices
- Communication in Education and Healthcare
Key facts
| Publisher | Athabasca University Press |
|---|---|
| ISSN | 1492-3831 |
| Subject area | Social Sciences |
| Access | Open access |
| Article processing charge | Not published |
| Indexed in | Web of Science — Social Sciences Citation Index · Scopus · DOAJ |
| Articles published | 1,803 |
| Publishing since | 2000 |
| Journal website | www.irrodl.org/ |
Facts come from OpenAlex, DOAJ and Wikidata and may lag the journal’s own pages. Check the publisher’s site before submitting. Indexing shown here is what is recorded, not a complete picture — about a third of journals have no indexing recorded anywhere we can read, so “not recorded” does not mean a journal is absent from Scopus or Web of Science.
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