BIBLIOMETRIC ANALYSIS OF SCIENTIFIC PUBLICATIONS IN THE FIELD OF ONLINE EDUCATION

Abstract

Online learning has become a necessity for students in Ukraine since the beginning of the pandemic and then the full-scale invasion of Ukraine by the Russian Federation. The development of online education and the creation of effective tools for its implementation are becoming relevant. A significant number of teachers and students have gone abroad for evacuation, and therefore the distance format is the most acceptable for them. In order to avoid significant losses in knowledge acquisition due to the war, it is necessary to develop online education and create appropriate initial content. The article presents the results of a bibliometric analysis of a number of scientific publications on online education that were published in the "pre- and post-conflict" periods (2014-2018 and 2019-2023, respectively). The purpose of the study is to examine the conceptual apparatus of the term "Online Education" in the context of 5 years before and after the COVID-19 pandemic. To conduct the analysis, the authors used such bibliometric tools as VOSviewer and Bibexcel. Based on the results of the bibliometric analysis, the authors created a graphical visualization and cluster distribution of the conceptual apparatus (including interrelationships). The LinLog/modularity normalization method was used to build the network visualization. The most cited publications of certain time periods were analyzed. Thus, there has been a sharp increase in the publication activity of scientists on the topic of online learning and online education since 2019. Conclusions have been drawn about current trends in online education related to the global pandemic. When building the visualization clusters, four patterns were identified: the cluster components reflect the concepts of classical educational elements that have moved to the online environment; the main advantages of online education and tools that make it accessible to users; elements of the online learning process and their features; the main methodology of online teaching, which is based on the use of massive open online courses and training videos on various platforms. Scientific research during the COVID-19 pandemic and developments in the field of distance learning technologies will become the basis for maintaining the educational process during the war in Ukraine. Studies in different countries show that the number of platforms and open primary courses that can be used by teachers and professors in teaching students is growing.