Bibliometric Analysis of Ethics and Online Learning Using VOSviewer Software

Abstract

The existence of the Covid-19 pandemic crisis has caused a drastic change in the learning process from face-to-face classes to fully online. This study aims to get an overview of ethical research and online learning in the past, present, and future. The analysis was carried out in two stages. The first stage is collecting data using publish or perish software. The database used is the Google Scholar Indexed Journal from 2012 to 2022. Using the keywords ethics, online learning, and pandemics, 2,046 article documents were obtained for analysis. The second stage is a bibliometric analysis using VOSviewer software. The quantitative approach of bibliometric analysis is applied to capture the context of ethics and online learning in the existing literature. The results of the analysis show that during the pandemic there was a sudden increase in the number of articles and article citations in 2020. The bibliometric analysis produced network, overlay, and density visualization maps. The results of the analysis of visualization maps, co-occurrence, and link strength obtained information that previous studies put more emphasis on the keywords ethical issue, ethical consideration, approach, or ethical approval. Therefore, for further research, we suggest correlating ethics in online learning with culture, gender, ethical dilemma, disability, awareness, experiential learning, ethical conduct, risk, artificial intelligence, ethical issue, or privacy.