Sensos-e: the potential and challenges of a multimedia journal of research in education

Aiming at analyzing the characteristics and affordances of a multimedia ePublication, in this paper, the authors present the Sensos-e, a scholarly multimedia journal of research in education. The published papers are analyzed, using a set of criteria to assess the potentialities and challenges of the multimedia dimension of the journal. A case study on the added value of a video in one specific Sensos-e paper is also presented to analyze, assess and illustrate the communication and educational potentialities of the journal's multimedia dimension. Based on the developed analysis, the authors outline the challenges of the future of the Sensos-e.