Congratulations to Dr. Kui Xie who has been appointed as the Associate Editor of The Internet and Higher Education, an academic journal, published by Elsevier. Dr. Kui Xie is Ted and Lois Cyphert Distinguished Professor and Professor of Learning Technologies in Department of Educational Studies, College of Education and Human Ecology at The Ohio State University. He will serve as the associate editor of the journal for a three-year term that begins in January 2021.
The Internet and Higher Education, is a quarterly journal devoted to addressing contemporary issues and future developments related to online learning, teaching, and administration on the Internet in post-secondary settings. It is a peer-reviewed journal intended to be a vehicle for scholarly presentation and dissemination of contributions, theoretical and applied, significantly addressing innovative deployments of Internet technology in instruction and reporting on research to demonstrate the effects of the Internet and information technology on instruction in various contexts in higher education. The journal is international and interdisciplinary, inviting contributions from across the globe and from various academic disciplines. The journal provides a venue for theory papers, research studies, critical essays, editorials, reviews, case studies, and social commentary contributions.
The Internet and Higher Education is among the most influential journals in the field of educational technology. It has an impact factor of 6.566 and it is ranked #3 in the education and educational research category according to the 2019 Journal Citation Reports (Clarivate Analytics, 2020).