June 24, 2021Publishing Engaged Learning Research: Establishing Author Orderby Jessie L. MooreIn a previous post, I discussed factors that can guide who is listed as an author for publications stemming from collaborative projects. In this follow-up post, I share strategies for establishing author order. Different group members may take the lead…
May 31, 2021Publishing Engaged Learning Research: Who is an Author?by Jessie L. MooreThe Center for Engaged Learning routinely facilitates multi-institutional, collaborative scholarship of teaching and learning (SoTL), so we frequently help co-authors navigate authorship decisions. Since our projects involve international and multi-disciplinary collaborations, we also have encountered a range of region- or…
May 24, 2021Academic Book Publishing: Securing Permissionsby Jennie GoforthIn our recent blog post on understanding copyright and permissions, we outlined when you do and do not need to secure permission to reproduce someone else’s writing or artwork in your book. This blog post will take you through the…
May 17, 2021Academic Book Publishing: Understanding Permissionsby Jennie GoforthAll academic writing builds on previous research. As Healey, Matthews, and Cook-Sather state in Writing about Learning and Teaching in Higher Education, we are “creating and contributing to scholarly conversations—an ongoing dialogue … that involves people and our construction of…
March 4, 2021Four Steps to Better Data Visualizationsby Jennie GoforthIf you’ve collected data in your higher education research on engaged learning, chances are you’d like to present it to your readers in an effective, visually pleasing, and impactful way. The problem is that data visualization is a complex topic,…
December 1, 2020Academic Book Publishing: Why Publish Open Access?by Jennie GoforthAs regular readers of this blog will know, in 2019 the Center for Engaged Learning launched a brand-new initiative – the Open Access Book Series. We became part of the global movement to make research free and accessible to everyone,…
September 1, 2020New Open Access Book: Writing about Learning and Teaching in Higher EducationNow available in our Open Access Series Writing about Learning and Teaching in Higher Education Creating and Contributing to Scholarly Conversations across a Range of Genres by Mick Healey, Kelly E. Matthews, and Alison Cook-Sather Writing about Learning and Teaching…
August 20, 2020Academic Book Publishing: Cover Designby Jennie GoforthThere is little in the book production process that creates as much excitement (and often, disagreement) as the design of the book cover. Every author wants a cover that conveys their enthusiasm for the content within, a cover that communicates…
July 21, 2020Academic Book Publishing: Typesettingby Jennie GoforthWelcome to another post in our series on the process of academic book publishing! We’re taking you through all the steps, from writing and submitting your proposal, working with your editor on the development of your manuscript, and having your book copyedited. In…
May 5, 2020Academic book publishing: What happens during developmental editing?by Jessie L. Moore“developmental editing. Editorial intervention, usually at an early stage, to help the author with structure, substance, or other fundamental elements of a manuscript. Compare with copyediting and line editing.” Peter Ginna, What Editors Do, p. 278 The Center for Engaged Learning produces two…