Aims and Scope

Computer-Based Learning in Context (ISSN 2690-1307) is a completely and permanently free and open access journal for rigorous scientific research on computer-based learning in context. The journal is especially interested in how the contexts of learners shape their interactions, both within computer-based learning environments and around them, and in how those differences in interaction shape learning, long term learner outcomes, and educational effectiveness.

CBLC is interested in the following themes, understood broadly.

• Differences between learners of different nationalities, cultural backgrounds, and linguistic backgrounds, as well as racial and ethnic differences, gender in its full complexity, urbanicity, socioeconomic context, and disability
• Computer-based learning in all of its contexts, including the use of educational technology in schools, universities, informal learning settings, the home, fully online programs, mobile computing, and blends of these settings
• Computer-based learning in all of its forms, including intelligent tutoring systems, games, simulations, virtual and augmented reality, online courses, massive open online courses, teacher support systems, classroom response systems, generative artificial intelligence tools for learning, and many others
• The full range of variables involved in learner and computer interaction and in computer mediated interaction between learners, including behavior, affect, self regulation strategies, cognition, metacognition, motivation, and identity

Research Traditions Welcomed

CBLC welcomes rigorous and high quality research from a variety of paradigms, including learning analytics and educational data mining, video analysis, observational studies, questionnaire studies, design based research, ethnography, and qualitative analysis. What matters is that the research is of high quality, that it presents concrete, clear, and sufficient evidence for its claims, and that it centers on questions relevant to the areas of focus of the journal.

Replications of studies or analyses previously conducted in other research settings are strongly welcomed, provided that the paper makes a clear scientific contribution and explains the similarities to and differences from previously published work in terms of contextual and cultural factors.

The journal also welcomes survey articles, review articles, theoretical articles, and position papers, provided that these articles build on existing work, focus on the core themes of the journal, and advance our understanding of the challenges and opportunities that are specific to this area of research.

Submission Tracks

CBLC offers two tracks for submission.

• Full Paper. Experienced researchers are encouraged to submit their papers in standard journal format. All full paper submissions are stringently peer reviewed through the standard process described in the Peer Review policy. Full paper submissions may be of any length.
• Emerging Scholarship. CBLC offers a special track for researchers working in traditionally underrepresented contexts, such as universities, government agencies, or non governmental organizations in countries that have historically been less intensively involved in scientific research, and colleges and universities that serve historically underrepresented populations in wealthy countries. Papers submitted to the Emerging Scholarship track are stringently peer reviewed through the standard process. In addition, papers in this track receive extra mentorship during review, including mentorship on research analysis and on the framing of research questions. Articles that are out of scope, or that are sufficiently far from acceptable that the mentorship process would not be feasible, are still rejected by editorial decision. Proofreading and English language writing remain the responsibility of the authors. Emerging Scholarship submissions may be of any length.

Language

Only papers submitted in dialects of the English language that are commonly used in academic publication are reviewed by CBLC. If an article is accepted for publication, authors are invited to co submit versions of the article in other languages for co publication, together with a signed statement that the translation is true, accurate, and complete.

Article Types

CBLC publishes the following types of article. Authors must state the intended article type in the cover letter at the time of submission.