Call for Manuscripts: Special Issue

2025-03-04

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CALL FOR MANUSCRIPTS

Special Issue:
Reimagining Learning Outcomes
Through AI-Enhanced Pedagogy

Guest Editors

Lew Ludwig

Denison University

Aubrey H. Wang

Saint Joseph’s University

Deadline for Submissions:

August 1, 2025

The rapid integration of artificial intelligence (AI) into higher education presents both transformative opportunities and significant challenges for teaching, learning, and assessment (AAC&U, 2025). As AI technologies evolve, educators must grapple with fundamental questions about pedagogy, learning objectives, assessment strategies, and the very nature of academic skill development. This special issue seeks to foster an interdisciplinary dialogue on how AI is reshaping educational practices and student learning outcomes across diverse fields. By bringing together research, case studies, and innovative approaches, we aim to provide educators with the insights and strategies needed to navigate this rapidly changing landscape.

Although there is strong global interest in AI in education, as evidenced by UNESCO’s competency frameworks on AI for students and teachers, how educators worldwide are redesigning and assessing learning outcomes through AI-enhanced pedagogy remains ambiguous. Much of the existing research on AI in education focuses on advancements in interactive and adaptive learning environments, the development and assessment of AI literacy, innovations in AI-driven assessment tools, and AI-powered personalized tutoring. However, there is a noticeable gap in scholarship exploring how educators integrate AI into courses and programs, the impact of AI-enhanced teaching on student learning outcomes, and the effects of AI on student-centered pedagogies. Furthermore, comparative studies examining AI pedagogies across different countries and institutional contexts are scarce. This special issue seeks to address these gaps by bringing together diverse perspectives on AI integration in teaching and learning, fostering a global dialogue on how AI is reshaping pedagogy and student learning outcomes.

Potential Topics

We welcome scholarly manuscripts that investigate a range of learning outcomes from AI-enhanced teaching across diverse educational settings. Submissions may address, but are not limited to, the following themes:

AI Integration in Courses and Programs

  • Approaches to AI integration within a course or program, ranging from restrictive, prescriptive, and permissive AI use.
  • AI’s role in course (re)design, including planning, collaboration, re-imagination, and exploration (see, for example, the SAMR Model).

Impacts on Student Learning and Assessment

  • Effects of AI-enhanced teaching on student learning outcomes, including critical thinking, content knowledge, metacognition, mindset, self-efficacy, engagement, and writing skills.
  • AI-enhanced assessment approaches, ranging from no AI use to AI exploration, as outlined in Furze et al.’s AI Assessment Scale.
  • Impact of AI on student-centered pedagogies, such as active learning, experiential learning, self-directed learning, and personalized learning.
  • Broader implications of AI on human learning.

Ethical and Institutional Considerations

  • Ethical considerations for AI use in teaching, learning, and assessment, including academic and professional ethics.
  • Changes in accreditation standards in response to AI integration.

Pedagogical Strategies and Perceptions

  • Discipline-specific and multidisciplinary AI pedagogical strategies.
  • Student and faculty perceptions of AI-enhanced learning.
  • The role of AI in mentoring and advising
  • The role of AI in online learning

Global and Institutional Comparisons

  • Comparative studies on AI pedagogies across different countries, institutions, and educational contexts.

Content

Accepted for publication are papers on college and university teaching that demonstrate scholarly excellence in at least one of the following categories:

Research: Reports important results from own experience or research; describes problem clearly; provides baseline data; explains what researcher has done and why; and provides results.

Integration: Integrates research of others in meaningful way; compares or contrasts theories; critiques results; and/or provides context for future exploration.

Innovation: Proposes innovation of theory, approach, or process of teaching; provides original and creative ideas based on results of research by self or others; and outlines proposed strategy for testing effectiveness of ideas.

Application: Describes and assesses exemplary practice, for example, in one’s own course, informed by theory and the literature; includes applied research and research that confirms or challenges previous outcomes.

Peer Review Process

Manuscripts are reviewed first by the editorial staff. Those that are appropriate for the Journal are sent to at least two experts in teaching scholarship, particularly in the writer's discipline or subject area. All reviews are "blind," that is, without identifying the author(s) to the reviewers. Reviewers are encouraged to write comments for the author(s). Editorial feedback and/or reviews are provided to authors for all manuscripts.

Articles may be rejected or accepted outright, or accepted with a request for revision. In some cases, articles requiring major revision (such as including an additional year's results) are not officially accepted or rejected, but will be reconsidered when revised.Manuscripts are submitted electronically via OJS, our online submission system. Use of this system requires that you create an author account.

Please prepare your manuscript according to APA format as described in the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association, 7th Edition. The main points to remember are the following:

  • Include an abstract of 100 words or less. See pages 73-75 of the APA Manual for guidance on how to write a good abstract.
  • References appear in a references section at the end of the manuscript. See pages 313-352 of the APA Manual for the formats for different types of reference material. Only and all sources cited appear in the references section. Suggested readings may be listed in a separate bibliography.
  • In the text, sources are cited by author(s) and date, and by page numbers for direct quotations. See pages 253-278 of the APA Manual for citation formats.
  • Headings, if they are used, are not numbered. See pages 47-48 of the APA Manual for guidance concerning headings.
  • The proper physical appearance of the manuscript is described on pages 50-67 of the APA Manual.
  • Manuscripts should average 4000-5000 words, including references. Excessively long manuscripts usually can be reduced without damaging quality.
  • Many reviewers tell us that tables, figures, and charts are effective ways to replace dull text and that examples and stories help capture the reader's interest. Please use active voice.
  • When you describe new approaches and programs, please include evaluative information. If you have not run a controlled study with pre- and post-tests, describe what next steps should be taken to confirm your findings.

Submit a Manuscript Here

The Journal’s editors are interested in the possible number and range of manuscript topics for this special issue. If you are interested in contributing to the issue as an author, please complete this brief survey by April 15, 2025.