Contributed by Kristina Clement and Sammy Peter

We are excited to announce a big new change with OER & Beyond and that is the launch of the Journal of Open Educational Resources in Higher Education (JOERHE). Nothing major is changing at OER & Beyond–we are just expanding our community and voice through this new platform. This was important to us as we wanted to create and foster a friendly, open, community building space that fosters open peer review and encourages meaningful conversations about OER. 

JOERHE, a diamond open access journal, which will be published once a year, offers librarians, instructors and other OER experts a platform for their scholarship on OER, open pedagogy, open access and similar topics focused specifically within the context of higher education.

“OER is an equity issue. We cannot continue to keep students from information that has the power to transform their lives,” says Christi Boggs, associate director of digital teaching and learning at the UW Ellbogen Center for Teaching and Learning, and an editorial advisory board member of JOERHE. “This journal will help faculty worldwide to find resources and best practices, and illustrate the impact their OER materials had on their respective communities.”

In addition to peer-reviewed research, JOERHE features an editorially reviewed columns section where invited contributors present case studies, experiential essays, notes from the field and similar shorter-form entries. JOERHE also solicits and publishes reviews on select OER by qualified experts.

JOERHE’s Editors in Chief are:

• Kristina Clement, Student Outreach and Sponsored Programs Librarian and Librarian Assistant Professor at Kennesaw State University
• Samantha Peter, Instructional Design Librarian, University of Wyoming Libraries
• Hilary Baribeau, Scholarly Communications Librarian, Colby College

Other editors include:

• Columns Editor – Elizabeth Batte, Library Director at Nicholls State University
• Reviews Editor –  John Rabile, Associate Instructional Designer at the University of Central Florida
• Marketing and Media Editor – Janice Grover-Roosa, Academic Excellence Librarian, University of Wyoming Libraries
• Blog Editor – Denis Shannon, Resource Acquisition & Management Librarian, University of Wyoming
• Blog Editor – Sabrina Davis, Open Educational Resources Librarian, Texas Tech University

JOERHE’S Editorial Advisory Board includes:

• Christi Boggs, Associate Director Digital Teaching & Learning ECTL, University of Wyoming
• Denis Shannon, Resource Acquisition & Management Librarian, University of Wyoming
• Leo Lo, Dean of Libraries, University of New Mexico
• Lindsey Gumb, Scholarly Communications Librarian, Roger Williams University
• Yang Wu, Open Resources Librarian, Clemson University
• Tanya Spilovoy, Director of Open Policy, Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education / SPARC Open Education Leadership Instructor

JOERHE welcomes quantitative and qualitative research articles and discussion pieces concerning OER in higher education. Authors are encouraged to discuss the practical applications of their knowledge and findings, propose best practices, discuss theoretical models and frameworks, and describe their programmatic and practical experiences.

Submissions for JOERHE’s fall 2022 issue are due June 15. For full submission details or questions, visit JOERHE’s website at https://journals.uwyo.edu/index.php/joerhe/about/submissions.

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