Focus and Scope

Edutech: Jurnal Teknologi Pendidikan publishes high-quality research, reviews, and case studies that explore the intersection of technology, pedagogy, and instructional innovation across educational contexts. This journal serves as a platform for educators, researchers, instructional designers, and policymakers to exchange ideas and findings that advance the effective use of technology in education.

The journal welcomes submissions on topics including, but not limited to:

• Curriculum development and technology integration

• Innovative teaching and learning methods supported by technology

• Instructional design models and practices in digital learning environments

• Online, blended, and hybrid learning

• Mobile learning and ubiquitous learning environments

• Artificial intelligence and intelligent tutoring systems

• Gamification, simulations, and serious games in education

• Learning analytics and data-informed instruction

• Virtual, augmented, and mixed reality for learning

• Inclusive education and assistive technologies

• Professional development in educational technology and digital pedagogy

• ICT policy, ethics, and digital citizenship in education

• Evaluation and impact assessment of educational technology initiatives

The journal embraces research from all educational levels, including early childhood, K-12, higher education, vocational training, and lifelong learning. Interdisciplinary and global perspectives are highly encouraged.

Section Policies

Articles

Open Submissions

Indexed

Peer Reviewed

Peer Review Process

Review process of manuscript in Edutech Journal is conducted through peer-review mechanism. The manuscript will be reviewed team of reviewers consisted of by two external reviewers and two internal reviewers. The reviewer team will give recommendation whether or not the article can be published. If needed, the reviewer team will ask the author to revise the article in order to meet the writing standards of Edutech Journal. The recommendations from reviewers are recorded in the review form.

Publication Frequency

Edutech Journal is published three times a year in the following month:

1. February

2. June

3. October

Open Access Policy

This journal provides immediate open access to its content on the principle that making research freely available to the public supports a greater global exchange of knowledge.

Jurnal ini menyediakan akses terbuka yang pada prinsipnya membuat riset tersedia secara gratis untuk publik dan akan mensupport pertukaran pengetahuan global terbesar.

Archiving

This journal utilizes the LOCKSS system to create a distributed archiving system among participating libraries and permits those libraries to create permanent archives of the journal for purposes of preservation and restoration. More...

APC

Due to the rising costs of academic publications, starting 2019, publication fees shall be implemented to all accepted papers. For more details, please email to edutech [at] upi.edu. This journal charges the following author fees (Article Publication Fee):

-          Indonesian authors: 1.000.000 IDR per article

-          International authors: 100 USD per article

The fee is paid in advance when the author submits the article.

This fee includes:

• DOI registration for each paper
• Checking the article similarity by turnitin

AIMS

Edutech Journal aims to facilitate the dissemination of researches on issues related to the application of educational technology and communication to solve the problems in education and learning.

Plagiarism Screening

Before going to review process, all manuscripts will be checked that they are free from plagiarism practice using "Turnitin" software. If there an indication of plagiarism, the manuscript will instantly be rejected.

ISSN

Journal ISSN (print version) : 0852-1190

Journal ISSN (online version) : 2502-0781

Author Waiver Policy

Edutech provides the freedom to receive authors from abroad

Publishing Ethics

Researchers should conduct their research from research proposal to publication in line with best practices and codes of conduct of relevant professional bodies and/or national and international regulatory bodies. In rare cases it is possible that ethical issues or misconduct could be encountered in your journal when research is submitted for publication.

This journal is committed to upholding the integrity of the scientific record. As a member of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) the journal will follow the COPE guidelines on how to deal with potential acts of misconduct. 

Authors should refrain from misrepresenting research results which could damage the trust in the journal, the professionalism of scientific authorship, and ultimately the entire scientific endeavour.  Maintaining integrity of the research and its presentation is helped by following the rules of good scientific practice, which include*:

• The manuscript should not be submitted to more than one journal for simultaneous consideration.
• A single study should not be split up into several parts to increase the quantity of submissions and submitted to various journals or to one journal over time (i.e.  ‘salami-slicing/publishing’).
• Concurrent or secondary publication is sometimes justifiable, provided certain conditions are met. Examples include: translations or a manuscript that is intended for a different group of readers.
• Results should be presented clearly, honestly, and without fabrication, falsification or inappropriate data manipulation (including image based manipulation). Authors should adhere to discipline-specific rules for acquiring, selecting and processing data.
• No data, text, or theories by others are presented as if they were the author’s own (‘plagiarism’). Proper acknowledgements to other works must be given (this includes material that is closely copied (near verbatim), summarized and/or paraphrased), quotation marks (to indicate words taken from another source) are used for verbatim copying of material, and permissions secured for material that is copyrighted.

Important note: the journal may use software to screen for plagiarism.

• Authors should make sure they have permissions for the use of software, questionnaires/(web) surveys and scales in their studies (if appropriate).
• Authors should avoid untrue statements about an entity (who can be an individual person or a company) or descriptions of their behavior or actions that could potentially be seen as personal attacks or allegations about that person.
• Research that may be misapplied to pose a threat to public health or national security should be clearly identified in the manuscript (e.g. dual use of research). Examples include creation of harmful consequences of biological agents or toxins, disruption of immunity of vaccines, unusual hazards in the use of chemicals, weaponization of research/technology (amongst others).
• Authors are strongly advised to ensure the author group, the Corresponding Author, and the order of authors are all correct at submission. Adding and/or deleting authors during the revision stages is generally not permitted, but in some cases may be warranted. Reasons for changes in authorship should be explained in detail. Please note that changes to authorship cannot be made after acceptance of a manuscript. [See also Authorship principles.]

*All of the above are guidelines and authors need to make sure to respect third parties rights such as copyright and/or moral rights.

Upon request authors should be prepared to send relevant documentation or data in order to verify the validity of the results presented. This could be in the form of raw data, samples, records, etc. Sensitive information in the form of confidential or proprietary data is excluded.

If there is suspicion of misbehavior or alleged fraud the Journal and/or Publisher will carry out an investigation following COPE guidelines.  If, after investigation, there are valid concerns, the author(s) concerned will be contacted under their given e-mail address and given an opportunity to address the issue. Depending on the situation, this may result in the Journal’s and/or Publisher’s implementation of the following measures, including, but not limited to:

• If the manuscript is still under consideration, it may be rejected and returned to the author.
• If the article has already been published online, depending on the nature and severity of the infraction:
  • an erratum/correction may be placed with the article
  • an expression of concern may be placed with the article
  • or in severe cases retraction of the article may occur.

The reason will be given in the published erratum/correction, expression of concern or retraction note. Please note that retraction means that the article is maintained on the platform, watermarked “retracted” and the explanation for the retraction is provided in a note linked to the watermarked article.

• The author’s institution may be informed
• A notice of suspected transgression of ethical standards in the peer review system may be included as part of the author’s and article’s bibliographic record.

Fundamental errors

Authors have an obligation to correct mistakes once they discover a significant error or inaccuracy in their published article. The author(s) is/are requested to contact the journal and explain in what sense the error is impacting the article. A decision on how to correct the literature will depend on the nature of the error. This may be a correction or retraction. The retraction note should provide transparency which parts of the article are impacted by the error.

Suggesting / excluding reviewers

Authors are welcome to suggest suitable reviewers and/or request the exclusion of certain individuals when they submit their manuscripts. When suggesting reviewers, authors should make sure they are totally independent and not connected to the work in any way. It is strongly recommended to suggest a mix of reviewers from different countries and different institutions. When suggesting reviewers, the Corresponding Author must provide an institutional email address for each suggested reviewer, or, if this is not possible to include other means of verifying the identity such as a link to a personal homepage, a link to the publication record or a researcher or author ID in the submission letter. Please note that the Journal may not use the suggestions, but suggestions are appreciated and may help facilitate the peer review process.

Copyright Statement

The articles published in this journal are licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License (CC BY-SA 4.0).
This license allows others to share, copy, distribute, and adapt the articles for any purpose, even commercially, as long as proper attribution is given to the original author(s) and the work is distributed under the same license as the original.

Authors retain the copyright of their work, and grant the journal the right of first publication with the work simultaneously licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Authorship Criteria

Edutech: Jurnal Teknologi Pendidikan follows the COPE Core Practices on authorship and contributorship. Authorship is limited to individuals who meet all of the following criteria:

1. Made a substantial contribution to the conception or design of the study, or to the acquisition, analysis, or interpretation of data;
2. Drafted the manuscript or revised it critically for important intellectual content;
3. Approved the final version to be published; and
4. Agree to be accountable for all aspects of the work, including its accuracy and integrity.

Contributors who do not meet all four criteria (for example, those who provided technical assistance, language editing, data collection support only, or general supervision) must be listed in the Acknowledgements section. Guest, gift, and ghost authorship are not permitted. Generative AI tools cannot be listed as authors, in line with the journal's AI Use Policy.

Corresponding author. The corresponding author acts on behalf of all co-authors, ensures that all authors have approved the submitted and final versions, and handles all communication with the editorial office.

Order and changes of authorship. Authors must confirm the author list, the corresponding author, and the order of authors at submission. Requests to add, remove, or reorder authors during review must be sent to the Editor-in-Chief with a written explanation signed by all authors. Changes to authorship are not accepted after a manuscript has been accepted for publication.

Authorship disputes are handled following the relevant COPE flowcharts. The journal does not adjudicate disputes and may refer them to the authors' institutions.

Manuscript Type

Edutech: Jurnal Teknologi Pendidikan accepts the following manuscript types, written in Indonesian or English, within the journal's Focus and Scope. All types undergo editorial screening and double-blind peer review.

1. Original Research Articles — empirical studies using quantitative, qualitative, mixed-methods, design-based, or research and development (R&D) approaches that report original findings on the use of technology in education. Structure: Introduction, Method, Results, Discussion, Conclusion, References.
2. Review Articles — systematic literature reviews, meta-analyses, scoping reviews, or critical reviews that synthesise evidence on an educational technology topic. Systematic reviews should report their search strategy, inclusion criteria, and selection process (e.g., following PRISMA).
3. Case Studies — in-depth analyses of the design, implementation, or evaluation of educational technology in a specific institution, programme, or learning context, with explicit lessons for practice or policy.

Manuscripts must follow the Author Guidelines and the journal template. Submissions outside these types or outside the Focus and Scope will be declined at desk review.

Electronic Filing

All articles published in Edutech: Jurnal Teknologi Pendidikan are permanently archived to ensure long-term preservation and access:

1. Journal platform. The full archive is hosted on the Open Journal Systems (OJS) server of Universitas Pendidikan Indonesia, with regular institutional backups. Articles published before November 2026 remain accessible at https://ejournal.upi.edu/index.php/edutech/issue/archive.
2. LOCKSS / PKP Preservation Network. The journal uses the LOCKSS system through the PKP Preservation Network to create a distributed archive among participating libraries for preservation and restoration.
3. Persistent identifiers. Each article is assigned a Crossref DOI (prefix 10.17509), so its citation link remains stable if the hosting address changes.
4. Indexing services. Metadata and full texts are also preserved through DOAJ and Garuda (Garba Rujukan Digital).

Authors may also deposit the published version in institutional or subject repositories under the terms of the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence, with a link to the original article.

License

Copyright and License

Articles published in Edutech: Jurnal Teknologi Pendidikan are licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Copyright. Authors retain the copyright of their work and grant the journal the right of first publication, with the work simultaneously licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.

What the licence allows. Anyone may share, copy, redistribute, and adapt the article in any medium or format, for any purpose including commercial use, provided that (a) appropriate credit is given to the original author(s) and to Edutech as the place of first publication, with a link to the licence and an indication of any changes; and (b) any adaptation is distributed under the same CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

Author rights. Authors may enter into separate, non-exclusive arrangements for distributing the published version (e.g., posting it to an institutional repository or including it in a book), with an acknowledgement of its initial publication in this journal. Authors are encouraged to share their work online before and after publication.

Third-party material. Authors are responsible for obtaining permission to reuse figures, tables, instruments, or other material owned by third parties.

Allegation of Research Misconduct

Edutech: Jurnal Teknologi Pendidikan takes all allegations of research and publication misconduct seriously and handles them following the COPE Core Practices and flowcharts. Misconduct includes, but is not limited to, fabrication, falsification, plagiarism (including self-plagiarism and redundant publication), image or data manipulation, undisclosed conflicts of interest, authorship manipulation, citation manipulation, peer-review manipulation, and research conducted without required ethical approval or informed consent.

How to report. Anyone may raise a concern by writing to the Editor-in-Chief at [email protected], describing the article or manuscript concerned and providing supporting evidence. Anonymous reports are considered when they are specific and supported by evidence.

Procedure.

1. The Editor-in-Chief acknowledges the report and makes an initial assessment, within two weeks where possible.
2. If the concern is substantiated, the editor follows the relevant COPE flowchart and contacts the corresponding author, who must respond within 30 days with an explanation and evidence.
3. For serious cases, the journal may contact the authors' institutions, funders, or ethics committees and request an investigation.
4. All communication is confidential and documented. Editors with a conflict of interest recuse themselves.

Possible outcomes, proportionate to the severity of the case, include: revision, rejection of the manuscript, publication of a correction or an expression of concern, retraction, notification of the authors' institutions or funders, and restrictions on future submissions or reviewing. The aim is to protect the integrity of the scholarly record, not to punish individuals.

Authors may appeal a decision in writing within 30 days, as described in the Correction and Retraction Policy.

Conflict of Interest

A conflict of interest exists when financial, personal, academic, institutional, or other relationships could reasonably be perceived to influence a person's judgement about a manuscript. Edutech: Jurnal Teknologi Pendidikan requires all parties to disclose such interests, following the COPE Core Practices.

Authors must disclose all potential conflicts of interest and all sources of funding in a "Declaration of Conflicting Interests" and a "Funding" statement in the manuscript. Where a funder had a role in study design, data collection, analysis, interpretation, or the decision to publish, this must be described. If there is no conflict, authors state: "The authors declare no conflict of interest."

Reviewers must declare any conflict and decline to review where they have a personal, institutional, financial, or competitive relationship with the authors or the work, or where they recognise the authors' identity under double-blind review.

Editors and editorial staff must declare their own conflicts and recuse themselves from handling such manuscripts; responsibility is then delegated to another editor who has no conflict.

Submissions from editorial board members. Manuscripts authored by the Editor-in-Chief, editors, or editorial staff are handled by an editor with no conflict and are reviewed by external reviewers only. The author has no access to the review process or the decision on their own manuscript.

Undisclosed conflicts of interest discovered after publication are handled under the journal's procedures for allegations of misconduct and may lead to a correction or retraction.

Post-Publication Discussion

Edutech: Jurnal Teknologi Pendidikan welcomes responsible scholarly discussion of published articles, following the COPE Core Practices.

Letters to the Editor. Readers may submit a comment or critique of an article published in the journal by emailing the Editor-in-Chief at [email protected], ideally within 12 months of the article's publication. Letters should be concise, focus on the scientific content, be supported by evidence and references, and include the writer's name, affiliation, and any conflict of interest. Personal attacks are not accepted.

Process. The editor assesses each letter for relevance and substance and may send it for review. If accepted, the authors of the original article are invited to write a reply. The letter and the reply are published together, linked to the original article.

Outcomes. Where post-publication discussion reveals an error or a possible case of misconduct, the editor handles it under the Correction and Retraction Policy or the procedures for allegations of misconduct.

The journal also monitors external discussion of its articles (e.g., on scholarly platforms) and responds to substantiated concerns raised there.

Correction and Retraction

Edutech: Jurnal Teknologi Pendidikan is committed to maintaining the integrity of the scholarly record and follows the COPE Retraction Guidelines. Published articles are never silently changed or removed.

1. Correction (Erratum/Corrigendum). Issued when a significant error affects part of an article but not its overall findings or conclusions (e.g., an error in a table, figure, author name, or affiliation). Authors must notify the journal promptly when they discover such an error. A dated correction notice is published, linked to the original article; the corrected version replaces the original, and the change is recorded.

2. Expression of Concern. Issued when there is inconclusive evidence of misconduct, or when an investigation is under way and has not yet concluded. It is linked to the article and may later be followed by a correction or retraction.

3. Retraction. Issued when findings are unreliable because of major error or misconduct, including fabrication, falsification, plagiarism, duplicate publication, unethical research, or serious authorship disputes. The procedure is:

1. Concerns are sent in writing to the Editor-in-Chief with supporting evidence; detailed anonymous reports are considered.
2. The editor makes an initial assessment within two weeks where possible and follows the relevant COPE flowchart.
3. Authors are given 30 days to respond; institutions, funders, or ethics committees may be contacted for serious cases.
4. The Editor-in-Chief decides, notifies all authors, and informs their institutions where appropriate.
5. A dated retraction notice stating the reason is published and linked to the article. The article stays online, watermarked "Retracted". The DOI metadata is updated and indexing services (e.g., DOAJ, Garuda) are notified.

4. Withdrawal of submitted manuscripts. Authors may withdraw a manuscript before it is accepted by sending a written request signed by all authors to the editor, stating the reason. A manuscript cannot be withdrawn after acceptance except through the retraction procedure above.

Appeals. Authors or complainants may appeal a decision in writing within 30 days. The appeal is reviewed by an editor or an external arbiter who was not involved in the original decision.

Access

Edutech: Jurnal Teknologi Pendidikan is a fully open access journal. All articles are freely available to read, download, copy, distribute, print, search, and link to the full text immediately upon publication, without subscription, registration, or any charge to readers or their institutions. This is in line with the Budapest Open Access Initiative definition of open access and with the principle that making research freely available to the public supports a greater global exchange of knowledge. Articles are published under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

 

Ownership and Management Information

Owner and publisher. Edutech: Jurnal Teknologi Pendidikan (p-ISSN 0852-1190; e-ISSN 2502-0781) is owned and published by Universitas Pendidikan Indonesia (UPI), Bandung, Indonesia. It has been published since 2001.

Managing unit. The journal is managed by the Educational Technology Study Program, Department of Curriculum and Educational Technology, Faculty of Education (Fakultas Ilmu Pendidikan), Universitas Pendidikan Indonesia, in collaboration with the Indonesian Association of Educational Technology Study Programs (APS-TPI). Journal operations follow the publication ethics policy that applies to all UPI journals.

Editorial management. Editorial decisions are made independently by the Editor-in-Chief and the editorial board, based solely on academic merit and fit with the Focus and Scope. The owner and publisher do not interfere with editorial decisions. The current Editor-in-Chief is Dr. Cepi Riyana, M.Pd. (Universitas Pendidikan Indonesia). The full editorial board, with affiliations, is listed on the Editorial Masthead page.

Revenue sources. The journal is funded by article processing charges [and institutional support from Universitas Pendidikan Indonesia — konfirmasi]. Revenue sources do not influence editorial decisions. The journal does not carry advertising.

Contact. Department of Curriculum and Educational Technology, Universitas Pendidikan Indonesia, Jl. Dr. Setiabudi No. 229, Bandung, West Java, Indonesia. Email: [email protected]

Inclusion and Indexing

INDEXS

Policy on the Use of Artificial Intelligence (AI)

Edutech: Jurnal Teknologi Pendidikan recognises that generative AI tools (e.g., ChatGPT, Gemini, Claude, Copilot, and other large language models) and AI-assisted technologies can support scholarly work. Their use must be transparent, responsible, and consistent with the COPE position on authorship and AI tools. This policy applies to authors, reviewers, and editors. Human beings remain fully accountable for all content and all decisions.

A. For Authors

1. Authorship. AI tools cannot be listed as authors or co-authors, because they cannot take responsibility for the work, approve the final version, or be held accountable. AI tools must not be cited as authors in the reference list.
2. Permitted uses (with human oversight):
   • language polishing, grammar and spelling checks, and formatting;
   • summarising literature or brainstorming ideas, provided all sources are checked against the original publications;
   • data visualisation and coding assistance;
   • AI as a research tool or object of study (e.g., an AI-based learning application being evaluated), described in the Method section like any other software.
3. Prohibited uses:
   • generating core intellectual content (e.g., research questions, interpretation of results, discussion, or conclusions) without substantial human revision;
   • creating, altering, or manipulating images, figures, or research data, unless AI is explicitly part of the research method and is fully described;
   • generating fabricated or unverified references, quotations, or data.
4. Disclosure. Basic language-correction tools need no disclosure. Any other use must be stated in the Method section (or equivalent) and the Acknowledgements, naming the tool and version, the specific purpose, and the sections affected. If AI was used to generate results, tables, or figures, authors must also provide the prompts, dates, and outputs on request. Suggested statement: "Generative AI tools were used in the preparation of this manuscript as follows: [tool name/version] for [specific task, e.g., language editing of Section X]. The authors have reviewed and edited the output and take full responsibility for the content."
5. Responsibility. Authors are responsible for the accuracy, originality, and integrity of all content, including any AI-assisted parts, and for ensuring that no confidential or personal research data are entered into AI tools in breach of participants' consent or data-protection rules.

B. For Reviewers

1. Confidentiality. Manuscripts under review are confidential. Reviewers must not upload a manuscript, or any part of it (text, data, figures, or the author's response letter), to generative AI tools or any external platform. This would breach the authors' confidentiality and may infringe their rights.
2. Writing the review. The scientific assessment must be the reviewer's own work. AI must not be used to evaluate the manuscript or to draft review comments or recommendations. Reviewers may use basic language-correction tools to polish the wording of their own report only if no manuscript content is entered into the tool.
3. Accountability. Reviewers are fully responsible for the content of their reports. Reviewers who suspect undisclosed or inappropriate AI use in a manuscript should inform the handling editor rather than act on suspicion alone.

C. For Editors and Editorial Staff

1. Confidentiality. Editors must not upload submitted manuscripts, review reports, or correspondence to generative AI tools. Editorial correspondence may not be drafted from manuscript content using such tools.
2. Editorial decisions. Decisions on desk rejection, reviewer selection, revision, acceptance, and rejection are made by human editors on the basis of academic merit. AI tools must not be used to make or recommend editorial decisions.
3. Screening tools. The journal may use institutional similarity-checking (Turnitin) and AI-content detection tools within secure, journal-approved systems. Detection results are treated as an indication that needs human assessment, not as proof. No manuscript is rejected or retracted on the basis of a detection score alone; the author is given the opportunity to explain.
4. Handling concerns. Undisclosed or inappropriate use of AI by authors, reviewers, or editors is handled under the journal's procedures for allegations of misconduct, following the COPE flowcharts. Outcomes may include requests for revision or disclosure, rejection, correction, retraction, removal from the reviewer pool, or notification of the person's institution.

The journal will review and update this policy as AI technologies and publishing standards develop.