# Table of Contents (Scientific Quality)

### 1. **Overview & Vision**

- Short framing statement: “What Scientific Quality means for iLRN”
- Reflection space for Dennis & Jule to articulate their vision
- Link to Knowledge Tree foundations (roots → trunk → branches as scholarly fields)

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### 2. **Peer Review Frameworks**

- **Current Conference Peer Review Process** (criteria, reviewer guidelines)
- **Rubrics in Development** (A&E, Branch-specific adaptations)
- **Future Considerations** (double-blind review, open review, AI-assisted review)

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### 3. **Publication Standards**

- **SCOPUS Indexing Path** (steps toward inclusion; key milestones)
- **CORE Rankings Effort** (how iLRN proceedings and journal outputs are positioned)
- **Transparency & Reproducibility** (open data, preregistration, code sharing)

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### 4. **Hallmarks of Scholarly Quality in Immersive Learning**

- **Methodological Rigor** (learning sciences, HCI, design-based research, ethnographic studies)
- **Game Design & User Experience** (as professional/scholarly hallmarks of quality unique to iLRN’s identity)
- **Learning Engagement & Outcomes** (as key to successful immersive learning)
- **Interdisciplinary Breadth** (criteria for cross-field work that strengthens quality)

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### 5. **Living Rubrics & Measures**

- Draft space for Dennis & Jule to upload/checklist evolving rubrics
- Links to Circle of Scholars discussions
- Placeholder for community feedback and version tracking

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### 6. **Partnership Alignment**

- IEEE Technical Committee on Immersive Learning Environments (emerging standards, joint efforts)
- IBSTPI Competency Framework (instructional design crosswalks)
- How iLRN quality measures align with broader scholarly/professional organizations

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### 7. **Next Steps & Contributions**

- Call for Dennis & Jule to add *iLRN Scientific Quality work to date*
- Placeholder: **“First Positioning Statement Draft”** (short essay ~500 words)
- Notes section for “Future Directions” (community input, open for volunteers)