International Journal of Computer Supported Collaborative Learning

The primary aim of the journal is to promote a deeper understanding of the nature, theory and practice of the uses of computer-supported collaborative learning. A main focus is on how people learn in the context of collaborative activity and how to design the technological settings for collaboration.

Sanna Järvelä (www.oulu.fi/university/researcher/sanna-jarvela) and Carolyn Penstein Rosé (www.cs.cmu.edu/~cprose) have recently taken up the position as new Co-Editors-in-Chief of the International Journal of Computer-Supported Collaborative Learning, beginning in January of 2020. Their term will extend for 4 years from that date.

The journal was founded in 2006 by Gerry Stahl (gerrystahl.net), who worked tirelessly to establish the journal as one of the top ranked journals both in Education and in Information Sciences. This journal is his legacy, and we are grateful as a field for his tremendous efforts on our behalf. Four years ago, he stepped down and Sten Ludvigsen (www.uv.uio.no/iped/english/people/aca/stenl) stepped up to lead the journal from its adolescence into its young adult years, with an established process for leadership transitions going forward. We greatly appreciate his dedication and service in the past four years, paving the way for the new term, which is just beginning. It is always a major challenge to manage the transition to a new leader from a founding leader, and Sten managed this work with great care.

Sanna Järvelä and Carolyn Rosé are excited to take up the post of co-editors-in-chief for the next four years. Their vision is to build on their complementary expertise within the CSCL community, in order to reach a more diverse readership and authorship community, and thus achieve greater momentum for pushing the research field forward. Building on Carolyn’ editorial experience with the past Multivocality effort published within the CSCL book series, they will take an inclusive stance within the community in order to embrace a diversity of innovative technologies and research methodologies, while in all ways striving for rigor appropriate to the chosen methods for each accepted paper.

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