Abstract
The researchers of this study selected five journals in the field of education and conducted a series of analyses regarding publications dating from 2010 to 2019 to investigate the research trends and characteristics in the field of Educational Technology. By using the analytic tool Content Analysis Toolkit for Academic Research (CATAR), the researchers in this study conducted bibliometric analysis and breakdown analyses to summarize major contributing countries, educational institutions, most productive authors, and most cited papers; moreover, they used co-word analysis to reveal the representative items within each cluster. The findings in this study can provide implications and references for educators and researchers in the field of Educational Technology when selecting variables for their studies and technologies for their students.
Highlights
Technology changes daily human life at a rapid pace, and impacts every field of work, including education
Technology, Educational Technology & Society, Educational Technology Research and Development, and International Journal of Educational Technology in Higher Education. These journals were selected because the phrase “Educational Technology” is directly on the names of these journals, and because they are included in the Social Science Citation Index (SSCI)
The tool used for searching articles is Content Analysis Toolkit for Academic Research (CATAR), which was developed by Dr Yuen-Hsien Tseng
Summary
Technology changes daily human life at a rapid pace, and impacts every field of work, including education. When modern technology is applied systematically to an organized educational process, it can be used in three domains, such as tutor, teaching tool, and learning tool (Lazar, 2015). Educators are more and more familiar with tools that can be used in distance education, educational games, and simulations; many researchers pay more attention to the effects that technology can bring about (Morrison et al., 2010; Waxman et al, 2013). Many studies suggest the use of technology could inspire positive effects among students, such as improve academic performance, increase students’ competitive capabilities, and elevate learning motivation
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