To further develop the module to be more authentic and support real world learning materials were developed to introduce students to the processes around submitting a paper to a journal from looking at a range of journal’s scope of practice, how to prepare a paper and submit for publication through to what to do to promote their paper and what they can and can’t do with it after submission. The assessment that was developed to support this was devised using an online journal

1. Using an online research
journal for online learners
David Bryson, Senior Lecturer in Forensic
Anthropology and Photography

2. Masters of Research in Sport and Exercise Science
Masters of Research in Psychology
Module: Getting research published
Credit: 10 Credit, Level 7
Learning Outcome
Understand fully the process of getting published and to
critically evaluate and apply strategies that may be used in
getting scholarship or research published.

4. Student learning journey
• Task 1: Explore the range of journals that might be
suitable for their research.
• Task 2: Engage with the range of learning materials
• From research to submission
• Peer review and publication
• Post-publication and digital identity
• Intellectual Property Rights
• Task 3: Prepare and submit a paper to the online
ResearchActive journal.
• Task 4: Peer reviews of your colleague's submissions.
Need for real world learning

5. Resources

6. Public
Knowledge
Project
PKP is a multi-university initiative developing
(free) open source software and conducting
research to improve the quality and reach of
scholarly publishing.
https://pkp.sfu.ca/

8. OJS Features
• Managing the entire submission and editorial workflow
and publishing your articles and issues online.
• Responsive reader front-end with a selection of free
themes or designs
• Flexible and configurable editorial workflow
• Online submission and management of all content
• Extensive user guides and training videos

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11. Real World Experience
• Created online journal, scope and submission guidance
• Registered to join the journal and read requirements and guidance.
• Submitted paper - all journal mechanisms worked through the
journal including automatic receipt for submission
• Student allocated to 2 papers to peer review, peer review request
automated via e-mail student used to join.
• Receive e-mail request to peer review, accept then anonymous
peer reviews carried out online
• Feedback for each peer review returned through the online system,
peer reviews collated for individuals, files with grades for each peer
review loaded as a batch into Turnitin.
Student
Staff

12. Anonymised peer review
• Guidance for students for a peer review was added to the
journal.
• Students had to decide whether the paper should be:
Rejected, Major revisions, Minor revision, Accepted
• Students fully engaged in the process including making
suggestions for additional papers, critique of papers, positive
suggestions as two how the paper could be improved.
• Cross-programme peer reviews were possible where Sports
students had chosen psychology related topics and
psychology students topics were not too specialised.
• 2 Peer reviews each important as allowed for variations in
sizes and for variations in quality of submissions.

13. Benefits for students
• Gaining confidence through real world learning of journal
submission processes.
• Appreciated the value of the peer review process
including:
• Peer reviews of own work submitted x 2
• Peer reviewing two pieces of colleagues work
• The research wasn’t published so students could still
publish in a journal.

14. d.bryson@derby.ac.uk dby.ac/summit2020