Creating a Stimulating Learning Environment for All: Presentation Slides

Creating a Stimulating Learning Environment for All: Ongoing Training for Authors, Peer Reviewers, Editors, and Copyeditors

Lila Assiff, Valerie Sytnik, and Francine Dela Paz, Spectrum, University of Alberta

Our presentation will focus on student empowerment in research publication and fostering a positive learning environment. Spectrum is a student journal with student editors, and we publish the work of students. We will describe how our journal fosters a learning community and provides an opportunity for students to share their work with others. We will also share key points from our Author Tip Sheet and explain how our proactive approach empowers and supports early-career student authors. With respect to Peer Reviewers: We will highlight challenges of the peer-review process and how Spectrum approaches and faces these challenges. For example, we will describe our training process for peer reviewers and how we mitigate issues that commonly arise in the peer review process. With respect to Editors and Readers: Given that Spectrum (and many other student journals) publish research from a range of disciplines, we will provide tips on how we approach disseminating research in a way that is accessible to all. We will comment on the unique challenges of being a multidisciplinary journal, and how we as editors approach these challenges.

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