Analysis of the Productive, Structural, and Dynamic Development of Augmented Reality in Higher Education Research on the Web of Science

Jesús López Belmonte,Antonio-José Moreno-Guerrero,Santiago Pozo Sánchez,Juan Antonio López Núñez

doi:10.3390/app9245306

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Journal: Applied sciences	Publication Date: Dec 5, 2019
Citations: 47	License type: CC BY 4.0

Affiliation: University of Granada

Abstract

Augmented reality is an emerging technology that has gained great relevance thanks to the benefits of its use in learning spaces. The present study focuses on determining the performance and scientific production of augmented reality in higher education (ARHE). A bibliometric methodology for scientific mapping has been used, based on processes of estimation, quantification, analytical tracking, and evaluation of scientific research, taking as its reference the analysis protocols included in the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic reviews and Meta-analyses for Protocols (PRISMA-P) matrix. A total of 552 scientific publications on the Web of Science (WoS) have been analyzed. Our results show that scientific productions on ARHE are not abundant, tracing its beginnings to the year 1997, with its most productive period beginning in 2015. The most abundant studies are communications and articles (generally in English), with a wide thematic variety in which the bibliometric indicators “virtual environments” and “higher education” stand out. The main sources of origin are International Technology, Education and Development Conference (INTED) Proceedings and Education and New Learning Technologies (EDULEARN) Proceedings, although Spanish institutions are the most prolific. In conclusion, studies related to ARHE in the WoS have become increasingly abundant since ARHE’s research inception in 1997 (and especially since 2009), dealing with a wide thematic variety focused on “virtual environments” and “higher education”; abundant manuscripts are written in English (communications and articles) and originate from Spanish institutions. The main limitation of the study is that the results only reveal the status of this issue in the WoS database.

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Technology is currently in a moment of great development in the field of education, as a result of the continuous advances that are occurring in techno–pedagogical matters that promote its inclusion in learning spaces [1], where technology is increasingly attaining greater use in training activities [2]thanks to its ubiquitous and ergonomic nature [3]
Studies related to augmented reality in higher education (ARHE) in the Web of Science (WoS) have become increasingly abundant since ARHE’s research inception in 1997, dealing with a wide thematic variety focused on “virtual environments” and “higher education”; abundant manuscripts are written in English and originate from
The main limitation of the study is that the results only reveal the status of this issue in the WoS database

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Thanks to its ubiquitous and ergonomic nature [3] All this has led to new student activities, in the way they communicate and collaborate with their teachers and peers and in the way they interact with contents in a digital way [4]. Educational technology has managed to stimulate the teaching and learning process by enriching interactions with information [5], thereby creating a benefit in the essential aspects of teaching, such as student interests, motivation, and participation [6]. Sci. 2019, 9, 5306 the professional practice of teachers and is visible in the need to carry out innovative practices [7]

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