Paper Info
Title
Research Trends in Technology-based Learning from 2000 to 2009: A content Analysis of Publications in Selected Journals.
Abstract
This paper provides a content analysis of studies in technology-based learning (TBL) that were published in five Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI) journals (i.e. the British Journal of Educational Technology, Computers & Education, Educational Technology Research & Development, Educational Technology & Society, the Journal of Computer Assisted Learning) from 2000 to 2009. A total of 2,976 articles were cross-analyzed by three categories including research topic, research sample group, and learning domain. It was found that "Pedagogical design and theories" was the most popular research topic, "Higher Education" was the most utilized sample group, and "Non-specified" and "Engineering/Computer sciences" were the most selected learning domains in the last decade. However, topics in "Motivation, Perceptions and Attitudes" drew more attention in the latest five years, while the number of articles in "Digital game and intelligent toy enhanced learning" and "Mobile and Ubiquitous Learning" grew significantly between 2005 and 2009. Furthermore, the Chi-square analysis results showed that there were significant associations among these three categories. The results of the analysis provide insights for educators and researchers into research trends and patterns of technology-based learning.
Year
Venue
Keywords
2012
EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGY & SOCIETY
Research trends,Technology-based learning,Content analysis
Field
DocType
Volume
Educational technology,Computer-Assisted Instruction,Technology based learning,Content analysis,Computer science,Distance education,Pedagogy,Mathematics education,Cooperative learning,Higher education,Statistical analysis
Journal
15
Issue
ISSN
Citations 
2
1436-4522
22
PageRank 
References 
Authors
1.37
9
7
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Yu-chen Hsu1936.43
Hsin Ning Jessie Ho2221.37
Chin-Chung Tsai32269164.88
Gwo-Jen Hwang43399217.05
Hui-chun Chu567342.23
Chin-Yeh Wang611610.88
Nian-Shing Chen799397.54