Review of distance education research (2000 to 2008): Analysis of research areas, methods, and authorship patterns

This paper presents a review of distance education literature to describe the status thereof and to identify gaps and priority areas in distance education research based on a validated classification of research areas. The articles (N = 695) published in five prominent distance education journals be...

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Autores principales:	Olaf Zawacki-Richter, Eva Maria Baecker, Sebastian Vogt
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Publicado:	Athabasca University Press 2009
Materias:	Review of distance education research research areas research trends Delphi study Special aspects of education LC8-6691
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:deb6d948aae54dd2aa1acccd70912b082021-12-02T18:03:18ZReview of distance education research (2000 to 2008): Analysis of research areas, methods, and authorship patterns10.19173/irrodl.v10i6.7411492-3831https://doaj.org/article/deb6d948aae54dd2aa1acccd70912b082009-12-01T00:00:00Zhttp://www.irrodl.org/index.php/irrodl/article/view/741https://doaj.org/toc/1492-3831This paper presents a review of distance education literature to describe the status thereof and to identify gaps and priority areas in distance education research based on a validated classification of research areas. The articles (N = 695) published in five prominent distance education journals between 2000 and 2008 were reviewed for this study. The conclusion is that distance education research is strongly dominated by issues related to instructional design and individual learning processes; whereas, other important areas (e.g., innovation and change management or intercultural aspects of distance learning) are dreadfully neglected. There is a significant trend towards collaborative research and more qualitative studies. Over 80% of all articles originate from only five countries.Olaf Zawacki-RichterEva Maria BaeckerSebastian VogtAthabasca University PressarticleReview of distance education researchresearch areasresearch trendsDelphi studySpecial aspects of educationLC8-6691ENInternational Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning, Vol 10, Iss 6 (2009)
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description	This paper presents a review of distance education literature to describe the status thereof and to identify gaps and priority areas in distance education research based on a validated classification of research areas. The articles (N = 695) published in five prominent distance education journals between 2000 and 2008 were reviewed for this study. The conclusion is that distance education research is strongly dominated by issues related to instructional design and individual learning processes; whereas, other important areas (e.g., innovation and change management or intercultural aspects of distance learning) are dreadfully neglected. There is a significant trend towards collaborative research and more qualitative studies. Over 80% of all articles originate from only five countries.
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title	Review of distance education research (2000 to 2008): Analysis of research areas, methods, and authorship patterns
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Review of distance education research (2000 to 2008): Analysis of research areas, methods, and authorship patterns

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