Current Trends (and Missing Links) in Educational Technology Research and Practice.

Autor/in	Kimmons, Royce
Titel	Current Trends (and Missing Links) in Educational Technology Research and Practice.
Quelle	In: Tech trends for leaders in education and training, (2020) 6, S.803-809 PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	8756-3894
DOI	10.1007/s11528-020-00549-6
Schlagwörter	Trends; Bibliometrics; Web scraping; Big data; Research-practice divides; Educational technology
Abstract	Abstract It has historically been difficult to find reliable, up-to-date information about educational technology trends, such as what researchers are studying and what tools practitioners are using, thereby making it difficult for researchers and practitioners to synergize their efforts in meaningful, socially-responsive ways. In this editorial, I analyze titles and abstracts of 7708 research articles from prominent journals over the past 5 years to identify common topics—such as “online,” “mobile,” and “learning analytics.” I also extract links from 51,496 K-12 school and 1317 university websites in the U.S. to identify common tools that they are linking to—such as Facebook, Twitter, Google Docs, and YouTube. I propose that these sorts of metrics provide a baseline understanding for other researchers and practitioners to draw upon when situating their work and that they can also give us insights into areas that merit greater attention for addressing real-world problems.
Erfasst von	OLC
Update	2023/2/05