Volume 30, Issue 1, 2021
DOI: 10.24205/03276716.2020.2053
Top five ISI Educational Technology Journals: Active topics, Research Trends, and Topics of inter-est
Abstract
The purpose of this study is to qualitatively explore the research trends, active re-search areas, and topics of interest in the top five ISI educational technology journals in the last ten issues from the 3rd quarter of 2018 to the 3rd quarter of 2020. Data from these journals were collected and analyzed. More than 450 papers were included in this review to identify the research trends, active research areas, and topics of interest in the selected issues. The results show social networks and communities, multimedia and data-driven concepts, and data mining as currently trending topics. The five most active topics in these top journals are teaching methods, online/web-based learning, social networks and communities, content learning and collaborative learning, and blended learning. Additionally, the topics of interest include teaching methods, online/web-based learning, and multimedia and data-driven concepts. This study pro-vides insights into the trends, active research areas, and topics of interest in the top five ISI educational technology journals, which can be useful for educational technolo-gy researchers.
Keywords
e-learning; educational technology; educational research; Scoping study