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Submission Preparation Checklist

As part of the submission process, authors are required to check off their submission's compliance with all of the following items, and submissions may be returned to authors that do not adhere to these guidelines.

  • I hereby declare that:

    a) this is an original and unpublished manuscript and is not being considered for publication elsewhere;

    b) other work(s) with substantially similar content was(were) not published or submitted to other journal(s);

    c) this manuscript will only be submitted to another journal *after* the evaluation feedback from AtoZ. The deadline of this process is fourteen days which indicates the continuity of the evaluation process.

  • I hereby declare that:

    this manuscript was not published (in any other version) in Conference/Meeting proceedings;

    ** if this manuscript is already published in proceedings, but the submitted version presents substantial modifications (70%), use the space “Comments for the Editors”  explaining the condition. Upload the version already published as a “supplementary file”.

  • confirm that you read and agree to the submission guidelines (Session “About the journal >> Editorial Policies >> Focus and Scope”), with especial attention to:

    a) the keywords (considered as free text) are limited to six terms and defined according to these instructions;

    b) the title (título), abstract (resumo) and the keywords (palavras-chave) in Portuguese were elaborated/revised by a native speaker;

    c) the illustrations and tables are embedded according to instructions described in the Author Guidelines;

    d) the DOIs of the references have been provided, when available, and are activated. In their absence, the URLs of the references have been provided, when available, and are activated (i.e., they allow access to the referenced document);

    e) compliance with the APA standard for citations and references.

  • I declare that all explicit or implicit references to the authors were removed:

    a) from the manuscript file properties;

    b) from any other text passages, in these cases, replaced by the text “the author(s)”.

  • I declare, as the responsible person for the submission, that:

    a) all the researchers indicated as authors are fully aware of this procedure and agree to the manuscript content;

    b) all the authors state explicitly the non-existence of competing interests (check metadata field);

    c) the order/list of authors' names - which appears at the metadata and at the published material - has been discussed and agreed among the participants of the investigation. The AtoZ does * not * adjust the order of authors after proofreading.

    d) all the researchers indicated as authors are fully aware and agree to the Article Notes and Open Science Compliance Form content submitted as a supplementary file;

    e) none of the authors has another manuscript under review by AtoZ.

  • I declare that I am aware that the submission may be archived and the evaluation process canceled in the case:

    a) all the previous items are not contemplated;

    b) the metadata are not complete or not correctly filled (including the metadata in English and Spanish);

    c) if the guidelines presented by the Brazilian National Counsil for Scientific and Technologial Development (CNPq), regarding ethics and integrity in scientific research and publishing, were disrespected. Read the guidelines here (Portuguese);

    d) One of the authors of the manuscript already has another manuscript under evaluation by the journal;

    e) the Article Notes and Open Science Compliance Form is not submitted as a supplementary document to the submission.

  • I declare that I am aware and I agree with:

    The authors have permission and are encouraged to deposit their papers in personal web pages, institutional repositories or portals before (pre-print) or after (post-print) the publication at AtoZ. It is just asked, when and where possible, the mention, as a bibliographic reference (including the atributed URL), to the AtoZ Journal.

    The AtoZ is a Diadiorim/IBICT green academic journal.

    For other questions, please consult the Chief Editor.

  • I declare that I am aware and I agree with:

    The authors license the AtoZ for the solely purpose of disseminate the published work (peer reviewed version/post-print) in aggregation, curation and indexing systems.

  • I declare that I am aware and I agree with:

    Due to some email platforms configurations, the messages between the Journal and authors can be identified as spam. It is up to the authors to check the spam filter or verify the submission process directly at the Journal OJS.

Author Guidelines

The academic journal AtoZ: novas práticas em informação e conhecimento is not accountable for (or endorses) the authors´ opinions.

The Editorial Board reserves the right to introduce modifications in the manuscripts, although respecting the author’s style, in order to maintain the scientific quality, content and the overall standards and consistency of the Journal.

General conditions for paper evaluation

The contributions, meanly papers, must comply with the following conditions:

  • to enroll at least one junior investigator within the two main authors;
  • to include the complete URL of the ORCiD iD in the register of all authors;
  • each author can only have one article under evaluation at AtoZ at a time;
  • innovative focus and/or environement and/or methodology; 
  • an unequivocal definition of the investigation goals;
  • indication of the stage of development of the research (short paper); 
  • to present the state of the art of the literature on the main subject using the current literature;
  • an appropriated definition and application of the elected methodologies;
  • a critical analysis of the facts, opinions and procedures; 
  • a deep discussion based on the evidences showed by the data and its implications;
  • a clear validation of the study assumptions and argumentation;
  • a clear and coherent structure;
  • compliance to current citations and reference standards;
  • compliance to the submission guidelines (including layout and the procedures for metadata form filling);
  • if the paper had been shared as a preprint, the author must inform in the "Comments to the Editor" and in the Article Notes and Open Science Compliance Form in which preprint server or digital repository the manuscript was shared before submmiting to AtoZ;
  • to share the research dataset as a suplemmentary document or to inform in the "Comments to the Editor" and in the Article Notes and Open Science Compliance Form the DOI or the URL from where the dataset is available if the study is declared as a metric study, bibliographic study or a sistematic review.
  • to fill and submit the Article Notes and Open Science Compliance Form.

Sessions for submission

Types of manuscripts:

Papers – derived from research involving innovative approach or methodology regarding knowledge and information issues. Template. 

Interviews – expert researchers – chosen by the Editorial Board – are invited to present (and discuss) theoretical and methodological aspects regarding themes of interest at the knowledge and information arena.

Short papers - short manuscripts derived from congress posters or expanded abstracts. Template.

Types of manuscripts for the COVID-19 Dossier:

Papers - papers from research about interdisciplinary information practices related to one of the axes defined to the dossier. It must have at least 15 (fifteen) but should not exceed 20 (twenty) pages, including reference list and appendix. Template

Short paper - short manuscripts derived from reseach or experience reports about interdisciplinary information practices related to one of the axes defined to the dossier. It should not must not exceed 8 (eight) pages including reference list and appendix. Template.

Opinion Paper - opinion dissertation about the impact of the pandemic on the author's institution, city our country. It must not exceed 3 (three) pages plus the references.

Submission Guidelines

Manuscript format:

1 - Length

Papers must have at least 15 (fifteen) but should not exceed 20 (twenty) pages, including reference list and appendix. Short papers should not exceed 8 (eight) pages, the template should be asked to the editors.

Interviews should not exceed 10 (ten) pages.

2 - Paper’s format and text organization

Save your manuscript in DOC/DOCX (Microsoft Word 97-2003+) or ODF (OpenOffice, BrOffice, LibreOffice).

References must be presented in APA Style. Please check the Templates for more format details.

2.1 - Introductory elements:
  • Title: should be brief and fully express the paper ideas.
  • Abstract: must be composed with at least 100 and up to 250 words in English. The abstract should clearly state the following elements: Introduction, Methods, Results, Conclusions.
  • Keywords: Use from 3 up to 6 free terms (separated by semicolons) which indicates the paper ideas (please follow these instructions). These terms should be preceded by the term “Keywords”.
  • Use the same rules for the Title (Título), the Abstract (Resumo) and the Keywords (Palavras-Chave) in Brazilian Portuguese.
** The Editorial Board strongly encourages the submission of the information written in Brazilian Portuguese to be checked by a native-language speaker/interpreter **
2.2 - Body
  • Text: the paper structure should contain:introduction, methods, results and discussions (or conclusions). The session headers should be brief, clear and not numbered. All the acronyms or abbreviations should be limited by parentheses. When first used the acronyms should be preceded by its meaning. For citations use the author/date standard (see examples below, section Bibliography);
  • Terms in others languages that not English, must be presented in italic. To emphasize use bold, ‘single’ or “double quotes”;
  • Support elements: footnotes, illustrations (charts, figures/images, draws, flow charts, maps and others) and table data should be kept to a minimum;
  • Illustrations and tables: should be embedded in the text and whenever possible editable ou machine readable. Images should be recorded in TIFF or JPEG formats with a minimum resolution of 300 dpi. For tables follow the instructions presented at Normas para Apresentação Tabular do IBGE (IBGE Standards for tables and statistical data presentation).
  • Bibliography: the references list must be presented according to APA Style.

* For more information or examples please check the Templates.

2.3 - Additional elements
  • Appendix: should be used to enclose questionnaires and/or other complementary element;
  • The acknowledgments or funding received by the authors should be presented at the end of the paper. It is recommended mentioning people who helped by collecting data, designing charts or illustrations or even by given permission to use laboratories or equipment.
2.4 (a) Submission Metadata - ENGLISH
  • Authors: Give a special attention to the instructions for bio/institution metadata insertion. Full names should be inserted; academic degrees; affiliations; institutional position; full instituition address; phone number; email – and other fields. Avoid the indication as co-author of people who have not given a strong and intellectual contribution to the paper; 
  • Please limit the number of authors up to 5 (five). Additional contributions should be inserted as acknowledgments;
  • Abstract: insert an informative abstract with at least 100 and up to 250 words. The abstract should state clearly and unequivocally the following paper elements:Introduction, Methods, Results, Conclusions;
  • Keywords: use from 3 up to 6 free terms which indicates the paper ideas (please follow these instructions);
  • Reference list: all the references should be adequately standardized. Copy and paste all the references to the proper space, cleaning all possible line breaks. Leave a blank line after each reference. Remove the brackets (< >) in each reference and also remove live hyperlinks, leaving only the URL address.
2.4 (b) Submission Metadata – PORTUGUESE
  • After editing the English metadata, go forward with the submission process. The system will proceed to step “4. Upload Supplementary Files”. Go back to step “3” (by clicking the link “3. Enter Metadata” at the top of the page) and, in the item “Form language”, choose the option “Portuguese”;
  • The system will keep some of the previously inserted metadata. Please insert again the following: a) for each author (in Portuguese): affiliation, competing interests and bio statement; b) paper title (título); c) abstract (resumo), emphasizing with bold the following items: Introdução, Metodologia, Resultados, Conclusões; d) keywords (palavras-chave). Other items may be left unfilled.
3 - Blind peer-review procedures
  • The explicit or implicit references to the authors must be removed from the text, footnotes, tables and illustrations. These mentions may be replaced by the text “the author(s)” (ex.: Source: the authors, 2010);
  • Any reference to the authors in the file properties must be removed according to the following procedures:
    • for Microsoft Office files: go to File menu > Info > At the right side of the screen remove all the personal information mainly the fields “Company”, “Author” and “Last Modified By”;
    • for OpenOffice files: go to File menu > Properties. In the tab “General”, uncheck the option “Apply user data” and click on “Reset”. In the tabs “Description” and “Custom Properties” leave all blank fields > OK > Save.
4 - Language of the papers submited
  • The journal accepts papers in Portuguese, English and Spanish. The author is responsible for the proofreading.
5 - Article Notes and Open Science Compliance Form
  • The authos must fill and submit the Article Notes and Open Science Compliance Form as a supplementary file.
  • Uncheck the option "Present file to reviewers (without metadata), as it will not compromise blind review" before saving the supplemental document description.

6 - Data sharing

  • AtoZ encourages the sharing of research data resulting from the study presented to be reviewed by the journal in its raw format.
  • The dataset and its description must be hosted in a public repository.  The repository name, the persistent identifier and the dataset URL must be indicated in the manuscript's methodology.
  • If the study reused a dataset, it must be cited in the manuscript's reference list and mentined in the manuscript's methodology. 
  • The dataset from the study submmited to be reviewed by AtoZ must adopt the same Creative Common licence, whitch is CC-BY 4.0.

Interviews

The process related to the interviews should follow the orientations below:

1) interviewed: expert researchers are invited to present (and discuss) theoretical and methodological aspects regarding themes of interest which happened to be state of the art in the knowledge and information arena;

2) definition: the expert researchers are chosen by the Editorial Board taking into account the opinion and suggestions of its members, authors and readers;

3) interview questions:

a) should be are elaborated by the members of Editorial Board considering, whenever possible, contributions of authors and readers,

b) should be oriented to methodologies, concepts, characteristics, strengths or weaknesses in subjects of interest for the knowledge/information fields.

4) appendix: should incorporate picture and short-bio of the interviewed;

5) interaction with readers:  the commentary section is open for registered users. Anonymous post is not allowed.

Papers

It acepts submission in continuous publication model of articles related to researches involving innovative aspects of information and knowledge and that (approach, methodology or both). IT must have at least 15 (fifteen) but should not exceed 20 (twenty) pages, including reference list and appendix. Template.

 

Thematic Issue - Article

Scientific articles from researches about new practices in data, information and knowledge that present innovative and interdisciplinary approaches by submitting articles to the thematic issue with a central theme in "Digital Learning Assessment vs. Digital Learning Assessment".

Themes for that issue: Digital Learning Assessment vs. Digital Learning Assessment. 

Deadline: May 31st, 2021. 

Issue: v.12, 2023 

The AtoZ Journal aims to privilege and disseminate, freely and free of charge, interdisciplinary research results related to the areas of Education, Science, Technology, Information and Knowledge Management. 

In this perspective, we invite researchers to share their knowledge about trends and new practices based on teaching, disruptive and interdisciplinary, for the presentation of articles in this volume in the Thematic Area: Evaluation of Digital Learning versus Digital Evaluation of learning applied to various areas of knowledge, that will be organized by professors; Dr. Ana María Martín Cuadrado (National University of Distance Education - UNED Spain), Dr. María do Carmo Duarte Freitas (Federal University of Paraná - UFPR. Brazil), Dr. María José Latorre Medina (University of Granada -UGR, Ceuta Campus. Spain) and Dr. Karina Marisol Guardado Rivera (University of El Salvador -UES. El Salvador). The dossier will be published in Volume 12 of 2023 of the AtoZ magazine. 

Background of the theme

Evidences confirm that in the digital age, Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) have allowed, on the one hand, to create rich and flexible learning environments and, on the other, to expand existing scenarios, breaking with the physical and temporal barriers generated in educational processes. During the COVID19 pandemic, around the world, it was possible to verify the emergence of educational alternatives to respond to the needs of the existing scenario. Therefore, there are numerous arguments that due to the incorporation of ICT in the educational field, certain innovative teaching methodologies and strategies have been promoted, expanding training scenarios; fostering new forms of interaction between teachers, between students and teachers; facilitating the approach to knowledge from different perspectives and favoring the development of multiple intelligences of students. 

In summary, several environments conducive to learning were created, with designs that favor attention to diversity. 

However, in recent years, studies have demonstrated the relationship between educational innovation, ICT and good practices; with the set of didactic-pedagogical evaluation and how ICT has become a central issue of study and analysis, due to its transversality and connection with the rest of the curricular elements. Observing from the double perspective: either from the concept of aligned curriculum, or from the importance of guaranteeing quality learning to the educational community and facilitating integrative, reliable and valid evaluation processes. When analyzing the academic literature, it can be seen that in scientific publications in which educational evaluation is addressed, it is common to find authors mentioning the importance of including ICT in these processes, certifying that, thanks to their incorporation, certain innovative methodologies have been promoted to assess students' learning in different contexts (face-to-face and distance learning), educational internships (university and non-university) and areas of knowledge. 

Thus, within the scope of educational assessment and the relationship it maintains with ICT, two contexts of action emerge that require attention among academics, teachers and researchers: Firstly, the assessment of digital learning located in a distance context versus the digital assessment of learning located in contexts in person. Secondly, the mixture of both contexts can cause others, called blended or hybrid, in which digital educational assessment appears and offers several possibilities for action. In any of the situations, there is learning that is diluted between the areas of knowledge and in university or non-university courses (compulsory educational phases of kindergarten, primary, secondary and/or professional education). In particular, the emphasis on any of these educational contexts will contribute to the analysis, reflection and improvement of teaching in any course/discipline, in university and non-university environments, emphasizing the evaluation activity. 

The magazine's thematic area will address the transformations derived from the inclusion of ICT in educational processes present in different environments (face-to-face, distance and/or hybrid), which point to a new look at educational assessment assisted with digital technology. Based on this context, the following domains and axes are proposed: 

Area 1. Assessment of digital learning

Axis 1. Assessment as a curricular element in undergraduate courses.; 

Axis 2. The evaluation of teaching and learning processes by competences: 

1. Phases and strategies; 

2. Techniques, instruments and tools; 

3. Types of assessment: self-assessment, co-assessment, hetero-assessment, etc. 

Axis 3. Teaching and learning assessment models. 

Axis 4. Training of professionals for the integration of ICT in the educational evaluation process. 

Axis 5. Evaluation of professionals with the aim of improving educational processes. 

Axis 6. Information management and assessment of digital learning. 

Area 2. Digital assessment of learning 

Axis 1. Assessment as a curricular element in undergraduate courses.; 

Axis 2. The evaluation of teaching and learning processes by competences: 

1. Phases and strategies; 

2. Techniques, instruments and tools; 

3. Types of assessment: self-assessment, co-assessment, hetero-assessment, etc. 

Axis 3. Teaching and learning assessment models. 

Axis 4. Training of professionals for the integration of ICT in the educational evaluation process. 

Axis 5. Evaluation of professionals with the aim of improving educational processes. 

Axis 6. Information management and the digital assessment of learning. 

Objective 

There are many actions and research experiences that justify the need for educational evaluation in teaching degrees. The contribution of digital technology is an advantage for the improvement and innovation of teaching and learning processes, in general, and, in particular, for the improvement of assessment processes. This dossier aims to know and analyze how the processes of change and innovation that aim at integrating ICT in the educational evaluation process are – and have been – developed at different levels and stages. 

We hope that the contributions received in this regard correspond to the axes mentioned in this call and add value to the knowledge generated so far around the topic of this dossier. 

In this context, unpublished works will be accepted with relevant implications for expanding the frontiers of sharing information and knowledge on the central theme and its axes, in which they demonstrate innovative approaches, applications and/or methodologies, including review studies or empirical data on advances in research results. 

Scope 

We encourage the submission of scientific articles in Portuguese, Spanish or English that are characterized as rigorous research related to any of the proposed themes and axes.  

The list of axes and themes is not intended to be exhaustive. Other topics will be welcome and appreciated as long as they focus on the domain of teaching-learning assessment. 

The other submission rules of the journal can be found at the link: https://revistas.ufpr.br/atoz/about/submissions#authorGuidelines

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Copyright Notice

Atoz is a open access journal and the authors have permission and are encouraged to deposit their papers in personal web pages, institutional repositories or portals before (pre-print) or after (post-print) the publication at AtoZ. It is just asked, when and where possible, the mention, as a bibliographic reference (including the atributted URL), to the AtoZ Journal.

The authors license the AtoZ for the solely purpose of disseminate the published work (peer reviewed version/post-print) in aggregation, curation and indexing systems.

The AtoZ is a Diadorim/IBICT green academic journal.

All the journal content (including instructions, editorial policies and templates) - except where otherwise indicated - is under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International, since October 2020.

When published by this journal, articles are free to share (copy and redistribute the material in any support or format for any purpose, even commercial) and adapt (remix, transform, and create from the material for any purpose , even if commercial). You must give appropriate credit , provide a link to the license, and indicate if changes were made

AtoZ does not apply any charges regarding manuscripts submission/processing and papers publication.

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Eventually, some findings derived from the data may be published as a research paper. Data that may identify individual users will never be used, published or shared.