What Is the Education Society Newsletter?

The Education Society Newsletter is a periodic member communication published by the IEEE Education Society (EdSoc) to provide timely information about society activities, publications, conferences, and awards. Three issues are published each year, reaching members with announcements, calls for papers, updates from the Society's leadership, and news relevant to the engineering and science education community. The newsletter complements the Society's peer-reviewed journals by filling a role that scholarly publications cannot: short-cycle communication addressed directly to members on time-sensitive matters.

As a member-facing publication, the newsletter reflects the organizational life of the Society rather than reporting original research. It occupies a distinct position in the IEEE Education Society's communications portfolio alongside the IEEE Transactions on Education, the IEEE Transactions on Learning Technologies, and RITA (Revista Iberoamericana de Tecnologías del Aprendizaje).

Content and Structure

A typical issue of the Education Society Newsletter includes a message from the Society President or another officer, updates on editorial changes and publication milestones at the Society's journals, calls for paper submissions to upcoming special issues, announcements of awards and calls for nominations, and conference updates for the Society's sponsored events including Frontiers in Education (FIE), EDUCON, TALE, and EDUNINE. The Vice President for Publications often uses the newsletter to address members on strategic publication matters, such as the 2020 transition of the IEEE Transactions on Education from print to fully electronic distribution via IEEE Xplore.

Role within the IEEE Education Society Publications Portfolio

The IEEE Education Society maintains a layered publications structure. The peer-reviewed journals serve the scholarly record, while the newsletter serves member coordination and awareness. This division allows the journals to maintain the rigorous pace of research publication without absorbing operational announcements, and allows the newsletter to communicate quickly without the production timeline required for peer-reviewed content. The IEEE Transactions on Education and the IEEE Transactions on Learning Technologies are the primary vehicles for research contributions; the newsletter keeps the broader member community informed about those vehicles and the Society's programmatic activities.

Relationship to IEEE Member Communications

IEEE and its member societies use newsletters as a standard channel for communicating organizational news that does not fit within the scope of technical publications. The Education Society Newsletter operates within this tradition, serving chapters, individual members, and institutional subscribers who need to stay current with Society governance, conference calendars, and professional opportunities. Submissions to the newsletter are typically solicited from Society officers, committee chairs, and event organizers rather than from the general member body, distinguishing it from open call publications.

Applications

The Education Society Newsletter has applications in a range of professional and institutional contexts, including:

• Informing IEEE Education Society members about annual conference schedules and submission deadlines
• Communicating calls for nominations for Society awards and recognition programs
• Distributing updates on the editorial boards and publication policies of Society journals
• Announcing open-access initiatives, impact metrics, and new publication formats
• Supporting chapter-level activities by distributing news and resources from the Society's central operations