About
Focus and Scope
Open Praxis is a peer-reviewed open access scholarly journal focusing on research and innovation in open, distance and flexible education. It is published by the International Council for Open and Distance Education - ICDE.
The aim of Open Praxis is to provide a forum for global collaboration and discussion of issues in the practice of distance and e-learning.
Open Praxis welcomes contributions which demonstrate creative and innovative research, and which highlight challenges, lessons and achievements in the practice of distance and e-learning from all over the world, specially in higher education.
An article may present research or surveys of recent work, describe original work, or discuss new technology and its possibilities, implications and/or other related issues.
Considering the international scope of the journal, contributions will be geographically and institutionally balanced:
- Maximum 10% may be from an institution to which the Editor has an affiliation, i.e. UNED
- Maximum 25% may be from the country of the Editor’s institution, i.e. Spain
- Maximum 50% may be from the region, i.e. Europe
- Minimum 25% should be from beyond the region and from a wide range of countries and regions.
One same author can publish a maximum of one paper per year/volume, or two if it is a collective paper.
Individual issues of Open Praxis may have an overarching theme, described in the call for papers. Contributions are, however, also invited on other topics which fall within the sphere of interest of the journal.
Publication Frequency
Open Praxis is a quarterly journal. Issues will be published in January-March, April-June, July-September and October-December.
Themes and deadlines for submission of articles will be announced on the Open Praxis and ICDE websites.
Open Access Policy
This journal provides immediate open access to its content on the principle that making research freely available to the public supports a greater global exchange of knowledge. There is no embargo on the journal’s publications. Submission and acceptance dates, along with publication dates, are made available on the PDF format for each paper.
Authors of articles published remain the copyright holders and grant third parties the right to use, reproduce, and share the article according to the Creative Commons license agreement.
Authors are encouraged to publish their data in recommended repositories. For a list of generic and subject-specific repositories that meet our peer review criteria, visit the Open Access Directory or datacite.org.
Archiving Policy
Open Praxis utilizes the LOCKSS system to create a distributed archiving system among participating libraries and permits those libraries to create permanent archives of the journal for purposes of preservation and restoration.
Furthermore, Open Praxis is indexed in (shown in alphabetical order):
BASE: Bielefeld Academic Search Engine
BOLDE: Blended, Online Learning and Distance Education research bank
CIRC (Clasificación Integrada de Revistas Científicas)
CiteSeerX
CNKI Scholar (China National Knowledge Infrastructure)
Crossref (DOI: 10.5944/openpraxis)
Dialnet
DOAJ (Directory of Open Access Journals)
EBSCO Education Source
EBSCO Information Services - Open Science Directory
EdiTLib
Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI)- Web of Science
ERA (Educational Research Abstracts Online)
ERIC
ERIH PLUS
EZB Electronic Journals Library
Genamics Journal Seek
Google Scholar
Hispana
IDP Database of Research in International Education
Informit - Humanities & Social Sciences Collection
ISSN
JournalTOCs
Mendeley
MIAR (ICDS 2020: 9.90)
Norwegian Register for Scientific Journals, Series and Publishers (Scientific level: 1)
OER Knowledge Cloud
Open Education Europa (former elearning Europa)
OpenAIRE
Openarchives
Paperity (open science aggregated)
PKP Index
REBIUN (Red de Bibliotecas Universitarias)
REDIB (Red Iberoamericana de Innovación y Conocimiento Científico)
ResearchGate
Sherpa/Romeo
Ulrich serials
Universia - Biblioteca de recursos
WorldCat
WorldWideScience.org
Reviewers
Research articles and innovative practice articles are subject to double-blind peer review.
We expect reviewers to follow the COPE Ethical Guidelines for Peer Reviewers.
If you want to become a reviewer willing to conduct peer review of submissions to Open Praxis, please complete the registration form and check "Reviewer" role.
In order to consider your candidature, it is important that you complete your profile in the journal website, specially your affiliation, bio statement and reviewing interests.
Additionally, please send a short CV by email to editor@openpraxis.org
The minimum requirements for being appointed as a reviewer in this journal and which you should include in your CV are:
- - be proficient in English
- - hold a higher education degree, preferably PhD
- - work or have experience in higher education and have expertise in open and distance education.
The following documents explain how the review process is developed in OJS:
- - Guide for reviewers: read guide on line / download pdf
- - Video tutorial for reviewers: watch video
* Please note that the review forms developed for Open Praxis are different to those shown in the guide and video
List of reviewers 2020 (volume 12)
(In alphabetical order)
Yavuz Akbulut, Anadolu University, Turkey
Maimoona Al Abri, George Mason University, United States
G. Anbalagan, Indira Gandhi National Open University, India
Prakash Arumugam, Wawasan Open University, Malaysia
Javiera Atenas, Latin American Initiative for Open Data, Universitat de Barcelona, Spain
Iresha Atthanayake, The Open University of Sri Lanka, Sri Lanka
José Luis Aznarte, Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia (UNED), Spain
Rebecca Yvonne Bayeck, The Pennsylvania State University, United States
Brandford Bervell, University of Cape Coast, Ghana
Glynis Bradfield, Andrews University, United States
Shawna M. Brandle, Kingsborough Community College, United States
Sandi Connelly, Rochester Institute Of Technology, United States
Maricruz Corrales, Distance State University of Costa Rica, Costa Rica
Glenda Cox, University of Cape Town, South Africa
Daniel Domínguez, Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia (UNED), Spain
Lance Eaton, Brandeis University, University of Massachusetts and North Shore Community College, United States
Larisa Enríquez, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico
Robert Farrow, The Open University UK, United Kingdom
Tiberio Feliz, Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia (UNED), Spain
José Luis Fernández-Vindel, Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia (UNED), Spain
Caitlin Finlayson, University of Mary Washington, United States
Mehmet Firat, Anadolu University, Turkey
Alexander Gonzalez Flor, University of the Philippines Open University, Philippines
Manuela Amado Francisco, Instituto Politécnico de Leiria, Portugal
George Gyamfi, The University of Queensland, Australia
Richard Heller, People's Open Access Education Initiative (Peoples-uni), Australia
Barbara Illowsky, Foothill-De Anza Community College District, United States
Maria Antonietta Impedovo, Aix-Marseille Université, France
Alberto Izquierdo, Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia (UNED), Spain
Rajiv Jhangiani, Kwantlen Polytechnic University, Canada
Shironica Karunanayaka, The Open University of Sri Lanka, Sri Lanka
Kjrsten Keane, SUNY Empire State College, United States
Hyasinta Kessy, The Open University of Tanzania, United Republic of Tanzania
Mitsuyo Koizumi, Hokkaido University, Japan
Angeliki Lada, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece
Janine Lim, Andrews University, United States
Beatriz Malik, Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia (UNED), Spain
Ana Katrina Tapire Marcial, University of the Philippines Open University, Philippines
Martha Pilar Mendez, Universidad EAN, Colombia
Javier Morentin, Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia (UNED), Spain
Ravi Murugesan, INASP, India
Tamil Selvan Muthusamy, Tamil Nadu Open University, India
Chrissi Nerantzi, Manchester Metropolitan University, United Kingdom
Irene O'Dowd, Hibernia College, Ireland
Dorothy Ofoha, National Open University of Nigeria, Nigeria
Judes Perera, The Open University of Sri Lanka, Sri Lanka
Paul Prinsloo, University of South Africa, South Africa
Kristen Radsliff Rebmann, San Jose State University, United States
Laura Ritchie, University of Chichester, United Kingdom
Jen Ross, University of Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Mohsen Saadatmand, University of Helsinki, Finland
Thomas Salmon, Rhodes University, South Africa
Deborah Sanoto, Botswana Open University, Botswana
Francis Simui, University of Zambia, Zambia
Amando Jr. Singun, Higher College of Technology, Oman
Beatrice Somuah, University of Cape Coast, Ghana
Deepanwita Srivastava, Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU), India
Adrian Stagg, University of Southern Queensland, Australia
William H. Stewart, Hankuk University of Foreign Studies, Republic of Korea
Matthew Stranach, Thompson Rivers University, Canada
Inge de Waard, Open University UK, United Kingdom
Naomi Wahls, University of Colorado Denver and Delft University of Technology, Netherlands
List of reviewers 2019 (volume 11)
(In alphabetical order)
Maimoona Al Abri, George Mason University, United States
Anne Algers, University of Gothenburg, Sweden
Folake Ruth Aluko, University of Pretoria, South Africa
Sarfraz Aslam, Northeast Normal University China, China
Frances Bell, Itinerant Scholar, University of Salford (retired), United Kingdom
Enza Benigno, Istituto per le Tecnologie Didattiche (CNR-ITD), Italy
Nikhila Bhagwat, SMRK Women's College, S.N.D.T. Women's University, Mumbai, India
Aras Bozkurt, Anadolu University, Turkey
Chandapiwa Butale, University of Botswana, Botswana
Leni Casimiro, Adventist International Institute of Advanced Studies (AIIAS), Philippines
Alexis Clifton, SUNY, United States
Catherine Cronin, National Forum for the Enhancement of Teaching and Learning in Higher Education, Ireland
Daryono Daryono, Universitas Terbuka, Indonesia
Beatriz de los Arcos, TUDelft, Netherlands
Irwin DeVries, Thompson Rivers University, Canada
Daniel Domínguez, Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia (UNED), Spain
Indrajeet Dutta, Maulana Azad National Urdu University, India
Lance Eaton, Brandeis University, University of Massachusetts and North Shore Community College, United States
José Luis Fernández-Vindel, Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia (UNED), Spain
Janani Ganapathi, Queensland University of Technology, Australia
Beatriz Garrido Ramos, Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia (UNED), Spain
Sushita Gokool-Ramdoo, Independent Education Expert, Mauritius
Jan Gondol, Switzerlab, Slovak Republic
Shanali Govender, University of Cape Town, South Africa
Eva Handriyantini, STIKI Malang, Indonesia
Syed Salman Hassan, Virtual University of Pakistan, Pakistan
Leo Havemann, University College London / Open University UK, United Kingdom
Christina Hendricks, University of British Columbia, Canada
Susana Henriques, Universidade Aberta, Portugal
Carmen Herrero, Manchester Metropolitan University, United Kingdom
Ben Janssen, Fontys University of Applied Sciences / OpenEd Consult, Netherlands
Reetu Kansal, University of London, United Kingdom
Asharul Khan, Sultan Qaboos University, Oman
Thomas King, University of Cape Town, South Africa
Sheila Macneill, ALT (Association for Learning Technology), United Kingdom
Beatriz Malik, Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia (UNED), Spain
Brenda Mallinson, South Africa Institute for Distance Education; and Rhodes University, South Africa
Sergio Martínez, Universidad de Cantabria, Spain
Héctor Melero, Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia (UNED), Spain
Manuela Milani, Università degli Studi di Milano, Italy
Kamran Mir, Allama Iqbal Open University, Islamabad, Pakistan
Pradeep Kumar Misra, CCS University, India
Lindsay Murphy, Portland State University, United States
Lauryn Oates, Darakht-e Danesh Library, Canada
Tina Joy Pitt, Northcentral University, United States
Hélène Pulker, The Open University, United Kingdom
Mahendran Rengaraj, Tamil Nadu Open University, Chennai, India
Octavio Reyes, Universidad Virtual del Estado de Guanajuato (UVEG), Mexico
David Rose, American University, United States
Robert Schuwer, Fontys University of Applied Sciences, Netherlands
Katsusuke Shigeta, Hokkaido University, Japan
Christian M. Stracke, Open University of the Netherlands, Netherlands
Matthew Stranach, Thompson Rivers University, Canada
Chryssa Themelis, Lancaster University, United Kingdom
Jacklyn Thompson, University of Maryland University College, United States
Gemma Tur, Universitat de les Illes Balears, Spain
Marian Wan, Taipei Medical University, Taiwan, Province of China
Gabi Witthaus, University of Birmingham, United Kingdom
Nicolai van der Woert, Radboud University Medical Center, Netherlands
List of reviewers 2018 (volume 10)
(In alphabetical order)
Teresa Aguado, Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia (UNED), Spain
Terry Anderson, Athabasca University, Canada
Anjana Anjana, Indira Gandhi National Open University, India
Javiera Atenas, Universitat de Barcelona, Spain
Sarfraz Aslam, Northeast Normal University China, China
Cengiz Hakan Aydin, Anadolu University, Turkey
Belén Ballesteros, Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia (UNED), Spain
Melinda de la Pena Bandalaria, University of the Philippines Open University, Philippines
Tian Belawati, Universitas Terbuka, Indonesia
Asamenew Demessie Bireda, University of South Africa College of Graduate Studies, Ethiopia
Fernanda César Bonafini, The Pennsylvania State University, United States
Aras Bozkurt, Anadolu University, Turkey
Glynis Bradfield, Andrews University, United States
Jane Costello, Memorial University of Newfoundland, Canada
Glenda Cox, University of Cape Town, South Africa
Daryono Daryono, Universitas Terbuka, Indonesia
Markus Deimann, Lübeck University of Applied Sciences, Germany
Daniel Domínguez, Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia (UNED), Spain
Indrajeet Dutta, Maulana Azad National Urdu University, India
Mike Elmore, Tacoma Community College, United States
José Luis Fernández-Vindel, Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia (UNED), Spain
Mehmet Firat, Anadolu University, Turkey
Jodie Louise Goldney, Charles Sturt University, Australia
Jan Gondol, Switzerlab, Slovak Republic
Shanali Govender, University of Cape Town, South Africa
Leo Havemann, University College London / Open University UK, United Kingdom
John Hilton III, Brigham Young University, United States
Cheryl Hodgkinson-Williams, University of Cape Town, South Africa
Alison Carol Iredale, Leeds Beckett University, United Kingdom
Alberto Izquierdo, Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia (UNED), Spain
Buddhini Jayatilleke, The Open University of Sri Lanka, Sri Lanka
Rajiv Jhangiani, Kwantlen Polytechnic University, Canada
Barbara Kerr, York University, Canada
Hyasinta Kessy, The Open University of Tanzania, Tanzania
Angelos Konstantinidis, University of Nottingham, United Kingdom
Janine M. Lim, Andrews University, United States
Beatriz Malik, Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia (UNED), Spain
Sergio Martínez, Universidad de Cantabria, Spain
Tony Mays, University of Pretoria, South Africa
Rory McGreal, Athabasca University, Canada
Jamison Miller, The College of William and Mary, United States
Pradeep Kumar Misra, CCS University, India
Betty Obura Ogange, The Commonwealth of Learning, Canada
Brenda Padilla Rodríguez, Universidad Autonoma de Nuevo Leon, México
Nicola Pallitt, University of Cape Town, South Africa
Sanjeev Pandey, Indira Gandhi National Open University, India
Michael Paskevicius, University of Victoria, Canada
Tina Joy Pitt, Northcentral University, United States
Fernando Ramos, University of Aveiro, Portugal
Suzanne Reinhardt, Simon Fraser University, Canada
Robert Schuwer, Fontys University of Applied Sciences, Netherlands
Kirk St. Amant, Louisiana Tech University, United States
William H. Stewart, Gangnam-University of California Riverside, Republic of Korea
Adhi Susilo, Universitas Terbuka, Indonesia
Patricia Thomson, Ara Institute of Canterbury, New Zealand
Shashidhar Venkatesh Murthy, James Cook University, Australia
Joanna Wild, INASP, United Kingdom
Roxanne Ward Zaghab, University of Maryland, United States
List of reviewers 2017 (volume 9)
(In alphabetical order)
Folake Aluko, University of Pretoria, South Africa
Terry Anderson, Athabasca University, Canada
Olga Maria Belikov, Brigham Young University, USA
Cinzia Bianchino, Agenzia delle Entrate (Italian Revenue Agency), Italy
Aras Bozkurt, Anadolu University, Turkey
Alison Sarah Buckler, Open University, United Kingdom
Daryono Daryono, Universitas Terbuka, Indonesia
Indrajeet Dutta, Maulana Azad National Urdu University, India
Eniel do Espirito Santo, Universidade Federal do Recôncavo da Bahia, Brazil
Rita Falcao, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Portugal
José Luis Fernández-Vindel, Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia (UNED), Spain
Mehmet Firat, Anadolu University, Turkey
Dianna Fisher, Oregon State University, USA
Gino Fransman, Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, South Africa
Beatriz Garrido Ramos, Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia (UNED), Spain
Jan Gondol, Switzerlab, Slovak Republic
Sarah Goodier, University of Cape Town, South Africa
Sandhya Gunness, University of Mauritius, Mauritius
Carmel Haggerty, Whitireia Community Polytechnic, New Zealand
Eva Handriyantini, STIKI Malang, Indonesia
Maryann Hasso, Victor Valley Union High School District, USA
Colin de la Higuera, University of Nantes, France
Douglas Holton, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, USA
Irshad Hussain, The Islamia University of Bahawalpur, Pakistan
Reetu Kansal, University of London, United Kingdom
Barbara Kerr, York University, Canada
Nilgün Özdamar Keskin, Anadolu University, Turkey
Koutheair Khribi, ALECSO Arab League Educational, Cultural and Scientific Organization, Tunisia
Thomas King, University of Cape Town, South Africa
Engin Kursun, Ataturk University, Turkey
Andy Lane, Open University, United Kingdom
Janine M. Lim, School of Distance Education, Andrews University, USA
Jenny Mackness, Independent Education Consultant and Researcher, United Kingdom
Beatriz Malik, Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia (UNED), Spain
Brenda Mallinson, South Africa Institute for Distance Education and Rhodes University, South Africa
Ana Katrina Marcial, University of the Philippines Open University, Philippines
Michael Troy Martin, Brigham Young University, USA
Sergio Martínez, Universidad de Cantabria, Spain
Fred Mulder, Open Universiteit (OUNL), The Netherlands
Ravi Murugesan, INASP, India
Bernard Nkuyubwatsi, EUCLID University, Rwanda
Ebba Ossiannilsson, Ossiannilsson Quality in Open Online learning (QOOL) Consultancy, Sweden
Brenda Padilla Rodríguez, Universidad Autonoma de Nuevo Leon, México
Nicola Pallitt, University of Cape Town, South Africa
Michael Paskevicius, University of Victoria, Canada
Luis Pedro, University of Aveiro, Portugal
Ayesha Perveen, Virtual University of Pakistan, Pakistan
Juliana Elisa Raffaghelli, Istituto per le Tecnologie Didattiche - CNR, Italy
Fernando Ramos, University of Aveiro, Portugal
Kristen Rebmann, San Jose State University, USA
Octavio Reyes, Universidad Virtual del Estado de Guanajuato (UVEG), Mexico
Silvar Ribeiro, Universidade do Estado da Bahia, Brasil
Vivien Rolfe, University of the West of England, United Kingdom
Du Ruo, The Open University of China, China
Mohsen Saadatmand, University of Helsinki, Finland
Thomas Salmon, Cape Peninsula University of Technology, South Africa
Ramesh Chander Sharma, Commonwealth Educational Media Centre for Asia, India
Saunand Somasi, Indira Gandhi National Open University, India
Stefano Stefan, University of California, Irvine, USA
Christian Stracke, Open Universiteit (OUNL), The Netherlands
Chryssoula Themelis, Lancaster University, United Kingdom
Gemma Tur, Universitat de les Illes Balears, Spain
Inge de Waard, Open University, United Kingdom
Sukaina Walji, University of Cape Town, South Africa
Egbert Weisheit, Studienseminar Gymnasien (Teacher Education College), Kassel, Germany
Muhammad Zaheer, Virtual University of Pakistan, Pakistan
List of reviewers 2016 (volume 8)
(In alphabetical order)
José Francisco Álvarez, Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia (UNED), Spain
Nicola Marae Allain, SUNY Empire State College, USA
Beatriz de los Arcos, Open University, United Kingdom
Muhammad Husni Arifin, Universitas Terbuka, Indonesia
Javiera Atenas, University College London, United Kingdom
Tian Belawati, Universitas Terbuka, Indonesia
Frances Bell, Itinerant Scholar, United Kingdom
Nikhila Deep Bhagwat, Women's University, Mumbai, India
Mandar L. Bhanushe, University of Mumbai, India
Asemenew Demessie Bireda, University of South Africa (UNISA), South Africa
Alison Sarah Buckler, Open University, United Kingdom
Hemlata Chari, Institute of Distance and Open Learning-IDOL, University of Mumbai, India
Anna Comas-Quinn, Open University, United Kingdom
Daniel Domínguez, Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia (UNED), Spain
Eniel do Espirito Santo, Universidade Federal do Recôncavo da Bahia, Brazil
José Luis Fernández-Vindel, Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia (UNED), Spain
Mary Lou Forward, Open Education Consortium, USA
Steven Greenland, Swinburne University of Technology, Australia
Sandhya Gunness, University of Mauritius, Mauritius
Nani Sri Handayani, Universitas Sebelas Maret, Indonesia
Leo Havemann, Birkbeck, University of London, United Kingdom
John Hilton III, Brigham Young University, USA
Muhammad Athar Hussain, Abdul Wali Khan University Mardan, Pakistan
Alison Carol Iredale, Leeds Beckett University, United Kingdom
Irwan Mahazir Ismail, Universiti Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia (UTHM), Malaysia
Shironica Karunanayaka, The Open University of Sri Lanka, Sri Lanka
Jeremy Knox, University of Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Andy Lane, Open University, United Kingdom
Wei Li, Open University of China, China
Beatriz Malik, Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia (UNED), Spain
Brenda Mallinson, South Africa Institute for Distance Education and Rhodes University, South Africa
Monica Masino, The University of the West Indies Open Campus, Barbados
Michael W. Massey, The University of Georgia, USA
Patricia Mata Benito, Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia (UNED), Spain
Catherine Elizabeth McLoughlin, Australian Catholic University, Australia
Sanjaya Mishra, Commonwealth of Learning, Canada
Catherine Moore, Swinburne University of Technology, Australia
Fred Mulder, Open Universiteit (OUNL), The Netherlands
Ganesh Chandra Naik, GVM's Dr. Dada Vaidya College of Education, India
Fabio Nascimbeni, Universidad Internacional de la Rioja (UNIR), Spain
Ivy Khar-Thoe Ng, Southeast Asian Ministers of Education Organization (SEAMEO) Regional Centre for Education in Science and Mathematics (RECSAM), Malaysia
Felix Kayode Olakulehin, National Open University of Nigeria (NOUN), Nigeria
Ayesha Perveen, Virtual University of Pakistan, Pakistan
Nelson Piedra, Universidad Técnica Particular de Loja, Ecuador
Fernando Ramos, University of Aveiro, Portugal
Octavio Reyes, Universidad Virtual del Estado de Guanajuato (UVEG), Mexico
Covadonga Rodrigo, Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia (UNED), Spain
Du Ruo, The Open University of China, China
José Sánchez-Santamaría, Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha, Spain
Ramesh Chander Sharma, Commonwealth Educational Media Centre for Asia, India
Fortunate Tintswalo Silinda, University of South Africa (UNISA), South Africa
Adhi Susilo, Universitas Terbuka, Indonesia
Elinami Veraeli Swai, Open University of Tanzania, Tanzania
Deborah Taylor, Kansas City Kansas Community College, USA
Mayank Trivedi, Smt. Hansa Mehta Library, The Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda, India
Gemma Tur, Universitat de les Illes Balears, Spain
George Veletsianos, Royal Roads University, Canada
Susan Webster, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, Spain
Christine Wihak, Thompson Rivers University, Canada
List of reviewers 2015 (volume 7)
(In alphabetical order)
Ishan Sudeera Abeywardena, The Open University of Sri Lanka, Sri Lanka
José Francisco Álvarez, Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia (UNED), Spain
Maureen Andrade, Utah Valley University, USA
Muhammad Husni Arifin, Universitas Terbuka, Indonesia
Tai Arnold, SUNY Empire State College, USA
Javiera Atenas, University College London, United Kingdom
Melinda de la Pena Bandalaria, University of the Philippines Open University, Philippines
Tian Belawati, Universitas Terbuka, Indonesia
César Bernal,University of Almería, Spain
Nikhila Deep Bhagwat, Women's University, Mumbai, India
Mandar L. Bhanushe, University of Mumbai, India
Cinzia Bianchino, Agenzia delle Entrate (Italian Revenue Agency), Italy
Carina Bossu, University of Tasmania, Australia
Hemlata Chari, Institute of Distance and Open Learning-IDOL, University of Mumbai, India
Robert James Clougherty, Glasgow Caledonian University New York, USA
Jane Costello, Memorial University of Newfoundland, Canada
Kathy-ann Daniel-Gittens, University of Central Florida, USA
William Diehl, International Museum of Distance Education & Technology, University Of New England, USA
Daniel Domínguez, Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia (UNED), Spain
Colin Elliot, Athabasca University, Canada
José Luis Fernández-Vindel, Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia (UNED), Spain
Alexander Gonzalez Flor, University of the Philippines Open University, Philippines
Genevieve Gallant, Memorial University of Newfoundland, Canada
Suresh C. Garg, Indira Gandhi National Open University, India
Sandhya Gunness, University of Mauritius, Mauritius
Carmel Haggerty, Whitireia Community Polytechnic, New Zealand
John Hilton III, Brigham Young University, USA
Meena Hwang, Open Education Consortium, Republic of Korea
Juan Vicente Izquierdo Soriano, La Ribera University Hospital, Spain
Mahdi Javanmard, Payam Noor University (PNU), Iran
Sukon Kanchanaraksa, Johns Hopkins University, USA
Kjrsten Keane, SUNY Empire State College, USA
Jeremy Knox, University of Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Mehmet Kokoç, Karadeniz Technical University, Turkey
Gangappa Kuruba, Centre for Continuing Education,University of Botswana, Botswana
Janine M. Lim, School of Distance Education, Andrews University, USA
Thomas P. Mackey, SUNY Empire State College, USA
Beatriz Malik, Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia (UNED), Spain
Monica Masino, The University of the West Indies Open Campus, Barbados
Michael W. Massey, The University of Georgia, USA
Patricia Mata Benito, Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia (UNED), Spain
Marta Mena, Universidad Tecnológica Nacional (National Technological University), Argentina
Catherine Moore, Swinburne University of Technology, Australia
Lina Morgado, Universidade Aberta (Portuguese Open University), Portugal
Charity Ntomboxolo Ndereya, University of the Free State, South Africa
Betty Obura Ogange, Maseno University, Kenya
Nelson Piedra, Universidad Técnica Particular de Loja, Ecuador
Alena Pistovčáková, Slovak Technical University, Slovakia
Jennifer Joyce Roberts, University of South Africa, South Africa
Mohsen Saadatmand, University of Helsinki, Finland
Thomas Salmon, Cape Peninsula University of Technology, South Africa
Robert Schuwer, Fontys University of Applied Sciences, Netherlands
Kathy Snow, Cape Breton University, Canada
José Manuel Suárez, Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia (UNED), Spain
Adhi Susilo, Universitas Terbuka, Indonesia
Alan Tait, Open University, United Kingdom
Deborah Taylor, Kansas City Kansas Community College, USA
Gemma Tur, Universitat de les Illes Balears, Spain
Belinda Tynan, Open University, United Kingdom
Gabi Witthaus,Loughborough University, United Kingdom
Roxanne Ward Zaghab, University of Maryland, USA
List of reviewers 2014 (volume 6)
(In alphabetical order)
Ishan Sudeera Abeywardena, Wawasan Open University, Malaysia
Olubiyi Adeniyi Adewale, National Open University of Nigeria Lagos, Nigeria
Teresa Aguado, Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia (UNED), Spain
Nicola Marae Allain, SUNY Empire State College, USA
Muhammad Husni Arifin, Indonesia Open University
Prakash Arumugan, Wawasan Open University, Malaysia
Javiera Atenas, University College London, United Kingdom
Mandar L. Bhanushe, University of Mumbai, India
Melanie Bushney, University of South Africa
Chandapiwa Butale, University of Botswana
Carmencita Castolo, Polytechnic University of the Philippines Open University
Robert Clougherty, Glasgow Caledonian University New York, USA
Dianne Conrad, Athabasca University, Canada
Ana Corica, Universidad Nacional del Centro de la Provincia de Buenos Aires, Argentina
Kathy-ann Daniel-Gittens, University of Central Florida, USA
Inge de Waard, The Open University, United Kingdom
William Diehl, International Museum of Distance Education & Technology, University Of New England, USA
Daniel Domínguez Figaredo, Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia (UNED), Spain
Charlene Du Toit-Brits, North-West University, South Africa
José Luis Fernández-Vindel, Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia (UNED), Spain
Pranita Gopal, Army Institute of Education, Kandhar Lines, Delhi Cantt, India
Carmel Haggerty, Whitireia Community Polytechnic, New Zealand
Nani Sri Handayani, Universitas Sebelas Maret, Indonesia
Douglas Holton, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, USA
Baljinder Kaur, Punjabi University, Patiala-India
Paul Kawachi, Open University of China
Barbara Kerr, York University, Canada
Ignasi Labastida, Universitat de Barcelona, Spain
Andy Lane, The Open University, United Kingdom
Igor Lesko, OpenCourseWare Consortium, South Africa
Patricia Mata, Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia (UNED), Spain
Sofia Matrosova Kalhil, Capella University, USA
Rory McGreal, Athabasca University, Canada
Jabulani Nyoni, University of South Africa
J. António Moreira, Universidade Aberta, Portugal
Ivy Kar-Thoe Ng, Southeast Asian Ministers of Education Organization (SEAMEO) Regional Centre for Education in Science and Mathematics (RECSAM), Malaysia
Felix Kayode Olakulehin, School of Education, University of Leeds, United Kingdom
Nelson Piedra, Universidad Técnica Particular de Loja, Ecuador
Christoph Pimmer, University of Applied Sciences and Arts Northwestern Switzerland FHNW
Ernesto Priego, City University London, United Kingdom
Paul Prinsloo, University of South Africa
Juliana Elisa Raffaghelli, Istituto per le Tecnologie Didattiche - CNR, Italy
Fernando Ramos, University of Aveiro, Portugal
Du Ruo, The Open University of China
José Sánchez-Santamaría, Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha, Spain
Kathy Snow, Cape Breton University, Canada
Darya Tarasova, University of Bonn, Germany
Guadalupe Vadillo, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México
Antonio Viedma Rojas, Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia (UNED), Spain
Susan Webster, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, Spain
Egbert Weisheit, Studienseminar Gymnasien (Teacher Education College), Kassel, Germany
Hentie Wilson, University of South Africa
Gabi Witthaus, University of Leicester, United Kingdom
List of reviewers 2013 (volume 5)
(In alphabetical order)
Ishan Sudeera Abeywardena, Wawasan Open University, Malaysia
Olubiyi Adeniyi Adewale, National Open University of Nigeria Lagos, Nigeria
José Francisco Álvarez, Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia (UNED), Spain
Nikhila Deep Bhagwat, SMRK Women's College, S.N.D.T. Women's University, Mumbai, India
Cinzia Bianchino, Agenzia delle Entrate (Italian Revenue Agency), Italy
Melanie Bushney, University of South Africa, South Africa
Hemlata Chari, Institute of Distance and Open Learning-IDOL, University of Mumbai, India
Merilyn Childs, Australian Digitial Futures Institute, QLD Australia
Dianne Conrad, Athabasca University, Canada
Daniel Domínguez Figaredo, Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia (UNED), Spain
José Luis Fernández-Vindel, Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia (UNED), Spain
Iolanda García, Universitat Oberta de Catalunya (Open University of Catalonia), Spain
Anirban Ghosh, Netaji Subhas Open University, India
Sandhya Gunness, University of Mauritius, Mauritius
Asha Kanwar, Commonwealth of Learning (COL)
Barbara Kerr, University of Ontario Institute of Technology, Canada
Gangappa Kuruba, Centre for Continuing Education, University of Botswana, Botswana
Chen Li, Beijing Normal University, China
Guishan Li, Tianjin Open University, China
Yawan Li, The Open University of China
Janine M. Lim, School of Distance Education, Andrews University, United States of America
Helen Mary Lynch, Australian National University, Australia
Beatriz Malik, Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia (UNED), Spain
Michael W. Massey, The University of Georgia, United States of America
Patricia Mata Benito, Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia (UNED), Spain
William Neil McNeill, The College of Estate Management, United Kingdom
Marta Mena, Universidad Tecnológica Nacional (National Technological University), Argentina
Lina Morgado, Universidade Aberta, Portuguese Open University, Portugal
Ellen Marie Murphy, SUNY Empire State College, United States of America
Jian Niu, The Open University of China
H. Nizam, Board of Higher Education, Ministry of National Education, Indonesia
Felix Kayode Olakulehin, School of Education, University of Leeds, United Kingdom
Paul Prinsloo, University of South Africa, South Africa
Zheng Qinghua, Xi'an Jiaotong University, China
Juliana Elisa Raffaghelli, Laboratory of Innovation on teaching and learning in Higher Education, University of Trento, Italy
Mohsen Saadatmand, University of Helsinki, Finland
Kathy Snow, University of Manitoba, Canada
Fuwan Sun, The Open University of China
Elinami Veraeli Swai, Open University of Tanzania, Tanzania
Ian W. Wairua, Strathmore University, Kenya
Ying Wang, The Open University of China
Yongbo Yang, The Open University of China
Kin-Sun Yuen, The Open University of Hong Kong, China
Muhammad Zaheer, Virtual University of Pakistan, Pakistan
Weiyuan Zhang, The University of Hong Kong, China
History
The ICDE Bulletin changed its name to Open Praxis in 1993. It was a printed journal published twice a year until 2003 (ISSN: 1369-9997).
In 2005 it became an electronic journal and was hosted for the first few years by Lillehammer University College, Norway. It was published from 2005 to 2009.
In 2011, ICDE announced its intention for Open Praxis to be relaunched as a peer-reviewed open access journal. A call for bids was held in order to designate a new host institution. Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia (UNED) was selected as host for the period 2011-2021. The first issue in this new stage was published in January 2013.