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Author Guidelines
NOTES FOR CONTRIBUTORS
The editors invite original, scholarly articles and research papers within the aim and scope of the journal. Articles, etc. that have not been published previously or submitted elsewhere, and that are not under review for another publication in any medium ( e.g. printed journal, conference proceedings, electronic or optical medium) should be submitted to the Editor, Indian Journal of Open Learning (IJOL). Copyright clearance for materials used in the article should be obtained by the author(s). It will be assumed that submission of an article to this journal implies that all the foregoing conditions are applicable.
Peer Review: All contributions submitted will be subjected to peer review. To allow anonymous refereeing, please submit author(s) identification, affiliation, etc. in a separate sheet (not in the main text of the article).
Format: Papers (3000-6000 words normally, 8000-10000 words in exceptional cases), short communications (1500-3000 words) on new ideas/new areas of work/innovations/action research/ongoing investigations/conference and seminar and workshop outcomes, and book reviews ( 1500-2000 words) should be nearly typed on one side of A4 size paper with double spacing and a wide margin to the left. Two copies of the paper should be submitted, and electronic version should be on 3.5 inch, high-density floppy diskette, and in PC compatible Word 7.0 document format - enclose a hard copy version of the paper along with details of file name, etc. for fast processing. Online submission is preferred and encouraged.
Organisation: The general organisation of research papers should be as follows: the nature and scope of the study should be stated first, then the details of methods, materials, tools, procedures and/or equipments used: followed by findings, discussion and conclusion. Appendices may be used to amplify details where appropriate. Scholarly papers should have introduction, main sections and sub-sections, and conclusion.
Tables and Figures should be typed in separate sheets and their position in the text should be indicated clearly. Please supply camera ready copy of all figures, as these shall not normally be redrawn.
Footnotes to the test should be avoided, but where used, should be numbered consecutively and presented as endnotes.
Citations of other works should be limited to those strictly necessary for arguments. Short quotations should be included in the text within inverted commas (" ") and quotations of more than 30 words should be placed in a separate paragraph indented from the main body of the text. However, all quotations should be accompanied by precise references, in author date style. Copyrights of others' works in the text, wherever applicable, shall be obtained by the authors.
References should be indicated in the text by giving the name of author(s), with the year of publication of parentheses. If more than one paper by the same author(s) from the same year are cites, a,b,c, etc. should be put after the year of publication. All references should be alphabetically listed at the end of the paper in the following standard format.
Books: Keegan, D. (1986) Foundations of Distance Education, London: Croom Helm
Journal Articles: Jegede, Olugbemire J. (1995) Anxiety.levels and factors which engender them among tertiary distance learners, Indian Journal of Open Learning, 4 (1), 1-6.
Book Chapters: Ram Reddy, G. (1988) ‘Distance education: what, why and how', in Koul, B.N. et al (Eds). Studies in Distance Education, New Delhi: AIU & IGNOU.
Conference Papers: Gooler, Dennis D. (1981) ‘Critical issues in evaluating distance education', Discussion paper presented at the Regional Symposium on Distance Teaching in Asia, University Sains Malaysia, 4-7 May.
Dissertations: Singh S.K. (1994) ‘Problems of women pursuing university degree course through distance education in India', MEd Dissertation, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi.
Offprints: one pdf copy of the paper along with a copy of the journal would be supplied to the first author, and a copy of the journal to each of the co-authors.
Submission Preparation Checklist
As part of the submission process, authors are required to check off their submission's compliance with all of the following items, and submissions may be returned to authors that do not adhere to these guidelines.
- The submission has not been previously published, nor is it before another journal for consideration (or an explanation has been provided in Comments to the Chief Editor).
- The submission file is in Microsoft Word, RTF, or ODT document file format.
- Where available, URLs for the references have been provided.
- The text is single-spaced; uses a 12-point font; employs italics, rather than underlining (except with URL addresses); and all illustrations, figures, and tables are placed within the text at the appropriate points, rather than at the end.
- The text adheres to the stylistic and bibliographic requirements outlined in the Author Guidelines, which is found in About the Journal.
- If submitting to a peer-reviewed section of the journal, the instructions in Ensuring a Blind Review have been followed.
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