Editorial Team

Editorial Review Board 

The editorial board's role is to advise and support the journal, by members acting as experts who ensure the quality and direction of its content. Their responsibilities include peer-reviewing manuscripts, suggesting topics and authors, identifying and attracting new content, promoting the journal, and advising on journal strategy. Ultimately, they help maintain the quality and relevance of the publication. 

Professor Tel Amiel, Universidade de Brasília, Cátedra UNESCO em EaD , Iniciativa Educação Aberta 

Professor Aras Bozkurt, Anadolu University, Turkey

Dr. Li Kam Cheong, Hong Kong Metropolitan University

Dr. Martha Cleveland-Innes, Professor of Open, Digital, and Distance Education, Athabasca University

Sir John Daniel, Chair: Governing Council, Acsenda School of Management, Vancouver, Canada 

Professor Brenda M. Gourley, Brenda Gourley Consulting, United Kingdom 

Professor Shironica P. Karunanayaka, The Open University of Sri Lanka  

Dr. Som Naidu, Technology, Education and Design Associates, Australia 

Professor Don Olcott, Jr., FRSA, University of South Africa 

Professor Paul Prinsloo, Open Distance Learning (ODL) Research Professor at University of South Africa 

Dr Kaviraj Sharma Sukon, Director-General, Open University of Mauritius

Editorial Team

The day-to-day operations of the journal are managed by an Editorial Team comprising the Chief Editor, Associate Editors and the Editorial Assistant. The Editorial Team manages the five stages of the review and publications process: submissions and initial feedback, double-blind peer review, copyediting of accepted papers, publication and post-publication dissemination. The journal is managed independently from COL’s internal publishing processes, under the guidance of the Chief Editor.

Chief Editor 

Prof Santosh Panda, Indira Gandhi National Open University (Retd)

Associate Editors 

Dr Tony John Mays, COL, Canada 

Dr Evode Mukama, COL, Canada

Dr Betty Ogange, COL, Canada

Regional Associate Editor – Asia 

 Professor Shironica P. Karunanayaka, Open University of Sri Lanka

Regional Associate Editor - Africa 

Dr. Christine Ofulue, National Open University of Nigeria, Nigeria 

Regional Associate Editor - Caribbean 

Dr Denise Gaspard-Richards, The University of the West Indies, Trinidad and Tobago

Book Review Editor 

Dr Jako Olivier, COL, Canada  

Technical Editor 

Alan Doree, Simon Fraser University, Centre for Educational Excellence, Canada 

Editorial Assistant 

Carol Walker, Commonwealth of Learning