Review and Content Analysis of the International Review of Research in Open and Distance/Distributed Learning (2000–2015)

This paper presents a review of distance education literature published in the International Review of Research in Open and Distance/Distributed Learning (IRRODL) to describe the status thereof and to identify gaps and priority areas in distance education research based on a validated classification...

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Autores principales:	Olaf Zawacki-Richter, Uthman Alturki, Ahmed Aldraiweesh
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Publicado:	Athabasca University Press 2017
Materias:	distance education research content analysis text-mining Special aspects of education LC8-6691
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:d5b4d1c312fc4cc38ac644cc1d0443d12021-12-02T19:25:57ZReview and Content Analysis of the International Review of Research in Open and Distance/Distributed Learning (2000–2015)10.19173/irrodl.v18i2.28061492-3831https://doaj.org/article/d5b4d1c312fc4cc38ac644cc1d0443d12017-04-01T00:00:00Zhttp://www.irrodl.org/index.php/irrodl/article/view/2806https://doaj.org/toc/1492-3831This paper presents a review of distance education literature published in the International Review of Research in Open and Distance/Distributed Learning (IRRODL) to describe the status thereof and to identify gaps and priority areas in distance education research based on a validated classification of research areas. All articles (N = 580) published between 2000 and 2015 were reviewed for this study. An analysis of abstracts using the text-mining tool Leximancer over three 5-year periods reveals the following broad themes over the three periods: the establishment of online learning and distance education institutions (2000–2005), widening access to education and online learning support (2006–2010), and the emergence of Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) and Open Educational Resources (OER) (2011–2015). The analysis auf publication and authorship patterns revealed that IRRODL is a very international journal with a high impact in terms of citations. Olaf Zawacki-RichterUthman AlturkiAhmed AldraiweeshAthabasca University Pressarticledistance educationresearchcontent analysistext-miningSpecial aspects of educationLC8-6691ENInternational Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning, Vol 18, Iss 2 (2017)
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spellingShingle	distance education research content analysis text-mining Special aspects of education LC8-6691 Olaf Zawacki-Richter Uthman Alturki Ahmed Aldraiweesh Review and Content Analysis of the International Review of Research in Open and Distance/Distributed Learning (2000–2015)
description	This paper presents a review of distance education literature published in the International Review of Research in Open and Distance/Distributed Learning (IRRODL) to describe the status thereof and to identify gaps and priority areas in distance education research based on a validated classification of research areas. All articles (N = 580) published between 2000 and 2015 were reviewed for this study. An analysis of abstracts using the text-mining tool Leximancer over three 5-year periods reveals the following broad themes over the three periods: the establishment of online learning and distance education institutions (2000–2005), widening access to education and online learning support (2006–2010), and the emergence of Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) and Open Educational Resources (OER) (2011–2015). The analysis auf publication and authorship patterns revealed that IRRODL is a very international journal with a high impact in terms of citations.
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author	Olaf Zawacki-Richter Uthman Alturki Ahmed Aldraiweesh
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title	Review and Content Analysis of the International Review of Research in Open and Distance/Distributed Learning (2000–2015)
title_short	Review and Content Analysis of the International Review of Research in Open and Distance/Distributed Learning (2000–2015)
title_full	Review and Content Analysis of the International Review of Research in Open and Distance/Distributed Learning (2000–2015)
title_fullStr	Review and Content Analysis of the International Review of Research in Open and Distance/Distributed Learning (2000–2015)
title_full_unstemmed	Review and Content Analysis of the International Review of Research in Open and Distance/Distributed Learning (2000–2015)
title_sort	review and content analysis of the international review of research in open and distance/distributed learning (2000–2015)
publisher	Athabasca University Press
publishDate	2017
url	https://doaj.org/article/d5b4d1c312fc4cc38ac644cc1d0443d1
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Review and Content Analysis of the International Review of Research in Open and Distance/Distributed Learning (2000–2015)

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