Educational Technology Theory and Practice (ETKU) journal is published on the ULAKBİM DergiPark platform with the status of a "Refereed Journal" twice a year, in January and July, only in electronic format and in Turkish or English, with an extensive summary in another language.
Studies submitted to the ETKU journal must not have been published anywhere before and/or must not be under review. Research reports, experimental and descriptive studies, method development, and review studies within Educational Technology are accepted.
After reviewing the editorial process regarding purpose, scope, method, and writing rules, all articles sent to the ETKU journal are evaluated scientifically by two referees with a double-blind evaluation method. When necessary, additional referee opinions can be sought in the same way.
For each work whose evaluation process is completed, one of the decisions of Rejection, Acceptance, Major or Minor Correction is made. It is assumed that the work has been withdrawn from the journal process for the feedback that has yet to be received within the specified period for the studies for which a correction decision has been made.
Corrections containing reasoned responses are subject to editorial review, and additional revisions may be requested from the author(s) when necessary. This stage means that the article has yet to be accepted for publication in the journal. As a result of the final editorial review, the acceptance process is initiated if the authors conclude that the necessary revisions have been made to the article. All accepted papers are given a DOI number.
Studies submitted for the Knowledge Corner, one of the journal sections, provide practical information that brings innovative perspectives on using new methods, techniques, or models or applying existing ones. Studies submitted for this section are classified as technical notes and published after editorial review without being subject to peer review. The author(s) are responsible for the accuracy of the information provided in the content of these studies.
Editor;
a) The studies sent to the journal must comply with the ethical policies of the journal,
b) the evaluation is carried out by referees who are experts in the field of the study, by the journal processes,
c) must provide the necessary cooperation and coordination to complete the evaluation process within the stipulated time.
All authors who sent articles to ETKU magazine;
a) the submitted article is the original work of the author(s),
b) all rights regarding the submitted article have been transferred to the Educational Technology Theory and Practice (ETKU) journal,
c) they have seen and approved the final version of the submitted article,
d) the article has not been published in any other media, electronically and/or in print, or has not yet been submitted for publication,
d) the text and images contained in the article do not violate the copyrights of other parties,
e) They agree and undertake to transfer to ETKU journal all kinds of public transmission rights on the submitted article, including processing, reproduction, representation, printing, publication, distribution, and transmission via the Internet.
However, the intellectual property rights of the author(s) are reserved, such as the right to reproduce the article for academic purposes and distribute it by mail or electronically, provided that the article is not offered commercially. Using any part of the article in another publication is permitted, provided that current APA rules cite the ETKU journal.
The author(s) undertake that the journal editors have no responsibility for claims or lawsuits filed by third parties due to copyright infringement, and all responsibility belongs to the authors. They also undertake that there is no criminal element or illegal statement in the article, that no unlawful materials or methods were used during the research, that all legal permissions related to the study were obtained, and that ethical rules were followed.
For all research requiring data collection from humans, ethics committee approval must be obtained from an authorized research institution, and the format in the journal template must state the information regarding this approval. Retrospective ethics committee permission is not required for studies produced from postgraduate thesis studies that use research data before 2020, provided that it is stated in the article.
No fee is requested from the author(s) and/or other stakeholders at any stage of ETKU journal's article evaluation and acceptance processes.
Authors may publish their works in this journal before and after publication, on their websites, or in institutional archives by citing this journal by the rules of librarianship. This magazine Adopts the principle that providing scientific research to the public free of charge will increase the global sharing of knowledge; it provides instant open access to its content. Names and email addresses on this journal site will be used only for the stated purposes of this journal; It will not be made available for any other purpose or the use of other persons.
The editor can change these instructions to make them more suitable for the magazine's operation.