%0 Journal Article %1 BJET:BJET1144 %A Hung, Jui-long %D 2012 %I Blackwell Publishing Ltd %J British Journal of Educational Technology %K e-learning text_mining %N 1 %P 5--16 %R 10.1111/j.1467-8535.2010.01144.x %T Trends of e-learning research from 2000 to 2008: Use of text mining and bibliometrics %U http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-8535.2010.01144.x %V 43 %X This study investigated the longitudinal trends of e-learning research using text mining techniques. Six hundred and eighty-nine (689) refereed journal articles and proceedings were retrieved from the Science Citation Index/Social Science Citation Index database in the period from 2000 to 2008. All e-learning publications were grouped into two domains with four groups/15 clusters based on abstract analysis. Three additional variables: subject areas, prolific countries and prolific journals were applied to data analysis and data interpretation. Conclusions include that e-learning research is at the early majority stage and foci have shifted from issues of the effectiveness of e-learning to teaching and learning practices. Educational studies and projects and e-learning application in medical education and training are growing fields with the highest potential for future research. Approaches to e-learning differ between leading countries and early adopter countries, and government policies play an important role in shaping the results.

@article{BJET:BJET1144, abstract = {This study investigated the longitudinal trends of e-learning research using text mining techniques. Six hundred and eighty-nine (689) refereed journal articles and proceedings were retrieved from the Science Citation Index/Social Science Citation Index database in the period from 2000 to 2008. All e-learning publications were grouped into two domains with four groups/15 clusters based on abstract analysis. Three additional variables: subject areas, prolific countries and prolific journals were applied to data analysis and data interpretation. Conclusions include that e-learning research is at the early majority stage and foci have shifted from issues of the effectiveness of e-learning to teaching and learning practices. Educational studies and projects and e-learning application in medical education and training are growing fields with the highest potential for future research. Approaches to e-learning differ between leading countries and early adopter countries, and government policies play an important role in shaping the results.}, added-at = {2015-02-09T03:33:12.000+0100}, author = {Hung, Jui-long}, biburl = {https://www.bibsonomy.org/bibtex/271dc3ed52097c577961a301b513e4841/jennymac}, doi = {10.1111/j.1467-8535.2010.01144.x}, interhash = {60b1928ed1b777dcaa9b426611313b20}, intrahash = {71dc3ed52097c577961a301b513e4841}, issn = {1467-8535}, journal = {British Journal of Educational Technology}, keywords = {e-learning text_mining}, number = 1, pages = {5--16}, publisher = {Blackwell Publishing Ltd}, timestamp = {2015-02-09T03:33:12.000+0100}, title = {Trends of e-learning research from 2000 to 2008: Use of text mining and bibliometrics}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-8535.2010.01144.x}, volume = 43, year = 2012 }