Content and Citation Analysis of e-Learning Journal Articles Published Between 1998-2007
Date Issued
2009
Date
2009
Author(s)
Liao,Wan-Ju
Abstract
英文摘要sing bibliometric analysis, this study analyze the characteristics of the e-learning literature published in ten-major journals in Taiwan between 1998 to 2007. Both content analysis and citation analysis were conducted. Content analysis includes such as the distribution of journal articles, research topic, research methodology, author productivity and literature growth. Citation analysis includes document type, language and most cited authors, journals and books. A total of 334 bibliographic records and 6,214 references were retrieved from the NCL databases.he results of the study reveal that:.Application of e-learning is major research topic. Top 3 productive journals are Instructional Technology & Media、Information and Education、Audio-Visual Education Bimonthly.. The most productive author is Hsin-Yih Shyu, and she is also the most cited Chinese author, and the most cited English literature author is M. G. Moore .. “Information and Education” was the most frequently cited journal in Chinese; “Educational Technology” was the most frequently cited journal in English. “Learning of web: Philosophy and development” was the most cited paper in Chinese, “Situated cognition and the culture of learning” was the most cited paper in Chinese. Web-based instruction / Web-based learning was the most used keyword in Chinese; e-Learning was the most used keyword in English.. The topic trend of e-Learning from 1998-2007 was transferred from computer assisted instruction (CAI) to web-based learning, and application of e-Learning was the major topic of journal articles.
Subjects
e-Learning
Bibliometrics
Citation analysis
Web-base instruction
Web-based learning
Type
thesis
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