Purpose (3 Nov. 2008)
Educational Technology and Change Journal (ETCJ) is a nonprofit, non-refereed, professional electronic publication that focuses on the latest developments, trends, ideas, concerns, and issues related to the use of technology to enhance and improve K-12 and higher education. Although articles aren’t refereed, they’re carefully reviewed by the editor for content and style. As part of the review process, the editor often confers with staff editors and writers.
[Update 31 Aug. 2025: In November 2008, we, a bunch of writers from Technology Source/Innovate, set out to create a different kind of journal that was part social media and part professional journal that could quickly respond to the latest issues. From then until 2015, we had quite a lot to say to nudge the profession uphill toward online instruction. However, as colleges began to universally adopt online approaches and the path swung downhill, our output became a trickle. We became a journal without a pressing cause. In 2020 when COVID-19 struck, we had a brief flurry of articles to guide colleagues who were transitioning to online. But after the pandemic, we returned to a trickle. Then, in June 2025, I began exploring chatbots such as ChatGPT as a writing assistant instead of a tool for student cheating, and that switch has made all the difference as far as ETC goes. The uphill journey was clear: To explore the paths that AI is rapidly opening up for educators. I began publishing articles in my subject area, College Composition, literally writing as I was learning, sometimes publishing two or even three articles a day. The discovery was epochal. It turned writing from a one-person production from beginning to end to writing as a leader of a team of assistants who did the heavy lifting. My instructions were in a prompt or scaffolded series of prompts, and my assistants divided the task and completed drafts in seconds. I reviewed the drafts and added prompts to address problem areas, then revised the draft for coherence. Next, I published the article in ETC. With AI in the process, writing, freed from the tedious and labor-intensive tasks associated with producing a paper manually, has become an efficient and powerful tool. -js]
A Journal — Not a Blog
Although ETCJ is built on a blog platform, it is not a blog or group blog. It is a professional journal that happens to use a blog environment. This environment facilitates anytime and anywhere publications quickly and simply. For example, we’re able to publish articles within an hour or less of submission. The speed, however, is dependent on the quality of the submission.
Editors and Writers
ETCJ editors and writers are experts in some of the many different areas that make up the broad field of educational technology. Each brings to ETCJ her or his own style, perspective, interest, experience, and knowledge. But we all share the belief that technology, used wisely, has the transformative potential to not only change but improve education for students and lifelong learners throughout the world.
We also share a love for open discussion, and most if not all our articles are geared to generate dialogues, a give and take of ideas. In this endeavor, we believe that the most most important trait for all participants is civility, or respect for one another. We encourage and enjoy lively and even heated debates, but we have zero tolerance for those who resort to trolling or personal attacks.
Background
ETCJ was first published as Innovate-Blog (I-Blog) from 3 November 2008 to 31 March 2009. On 1 April 2009, we became independent of Innovate Journal and changed our name to Educational Technology and Change Journal (ETCJ).
Disclaimer
Opinions expressed by participants in Educational Technology & Change (ETC), including those in articles, comments, profiles, and links, represent the views of the writers and not those of ETC. All content is provided for informational purposes only. ETC editors make no representations as to the accuracy, completeness, currentness, suitability, or validity of any information posted to this site and will not be liable for any errors, omissions, or delays in this information or any losses, injuries, or damages arising from its display or use.
Copyright Notice
Educational Technology & Change Journal (ETCJ) by the authors of articles and comments, is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported License.
Contact
For additional information, email Jim Shimabukuro, ETCJ editor, at jimskcc@gmail.com, or any of the other editors and writers listed on the staff page.
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Claude, thank you very much for your leadership in taking ETC into the twitter dimension! -Jim