Instructions for authors of Working Papers in the series
At Örebro University, there is a range of ongoing educational development projects. These include projects hosted at the Centre for Academic Development and those initiated by teachers and researchers at school level.
Series editorial team
The series is currently led by two editors, Associate Professor Henric Bagerius (henric.bagerius@oru.se) and Senior Lecturer Eric Borgström (eric.borgstrom@oru.se). The editorial team also receives support from the Centre for Academic Development.
Purpose of the series
Working Papers from the Centre for Academic Development serve as a simple and accessible publication channel for those involved in educational development projects at Örebro University. The Working Papers aim to stimulate scientific discourse on teaching and learning in higher education.
The benefits of this series include:
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It encourages clear documentation of important work within the university that is otherwise rarely highlighted.
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It ensures that new knowledge about teaching and learning in higher education is accessible both within and outside the university.
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With its editorial team and peer review, it provides quality assurance for reports from the university’s educational development work.
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It can assist individual academics in their professional development and qualification process.
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It helps to spread knowledge about Örebro University’s efforts in educational development and showcases that this is a prioritized area for the university.
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Content and audience of the series
The Working Papers can address both practical and theoretical issues within the area of teaching and learning in higher education and can be formatted in various ways. They should relate to the state of knowledge in the field and contribute to its development in some way. This demonstrates that the university’s educational and academic development work is grounded in scientific principles.
The Working Papers should also contain content of interest to teachers and researchers outside a specific subject, facilitating knowledge exchange between different disciplines within the university and generating new ideas and thoughts on teaching and learning in higher education.
Authors of the series include teachers, researchers, and academic developers engaged in educational development projects at the university. The series is aimed at everyone at, and outside, Örebro University who is interested in teaching and learning in higher education.
Format of Working Papers
The working papers are published electronically as open access in DiVA (Digital Scientific Archive) and can be accessed from the Centre for Academic Development’s pages on oru.se. There is a specific template for the Working Papers (the university’s B template for theses), and they usually range from 4000 to 8000 words. The idea is that authors can later develop their papers into texts that can be published in other formats, such as scientific articles or book chapters.
The Working Papers should begin with a summary of up to one page in the language (Swedish, Danish, Norwegian, or English) in which it is written. The summary should give the reader an idea of what the report is about, particularly highlighting the most important conclusions or results of the educational development project discussed in the paper.
Authors should also write an English abstract of approximately 150 words and provide several English keywords. The abstract and keywords are needed for the entry in DiVA.
Scientific and peer review of Working Papers
Each manuscript submitted is reviewed by the series editors and an additional reviewer. The series does not impose the same requirements for literature reviews, theoretical grounding, and developed methodology as typically expected of a scientific article. However, to be published, a manuscript must have scientific qualities that contribute to the scholarly conversation about teaching and learning in higher education.