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Title:
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DISCOVERING TRENDS IN THE FIELD OF E-LEARNING FROM 2003 TO 2008 USING VISUALIZATION |
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Author(s):
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Muhammad Salman Khan , Hermann Maurer |
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ISBN:
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978-972-8924-83-6 |
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Editors:
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Miguel Baptista Nunes and Maggie McPherson (series editors: Piet Kommers, Pedro Isaías and Nian-Shing Chen) |
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Year:
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2009 |
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Edition:
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V I, 2 |
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Keywords:
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e-learning, visualization, trends analysis, classification, geographic |
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Type:
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Full Paper |
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First Page:
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88 |
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Last Page:
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97 |
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Language:
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English |
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Cover:
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Full Contents:
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Paper Abstract:
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This paper provides a content analysis of studies in the field of e-learning that were published in three Social Science
Citation Index (SSCI) journals (Computers and Education, British Journal of Educational Technology and Educational
Technology Research & Development) from 2003 to 2008 using our internally built visualization tool. We identified 15
main research topics based on 100 concepts clusters from 1031 articles. The visualization tool which is primarily based
on animated bubble chart and pie chart revealed the trends of contributions in the field over the years, different research
topics that have evolved or diminished over the period across the globe, hot research topics, key researchers, leading
institutions and nations, evolution of countries, continents, and institutions in comparison to each other. The results in this
study will allow novice and experienced educators, researchers, policy makers in the field of e-learning to study what
kind of different research areas exist and to identify different research patterns over the last six years. |
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