Trends in distance education research: A content analysis of journals 2009-2013. Bozkurt, A., Akgun-Ozbek, E., Yilmazel, S., Erdogdu, E., Ucar, H., Guler, E., Sezgin, S., Karadeniz, A., Sen-Ersoy, N., Goksel-Canbek, N., Dincer, G. D., Ari, S., & Aydin, C. H. International Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning, 16(1):330–363, 2015. Publisher: Athabasca University
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This study intends to explore the current trends in the field of distance education research during the period of 2009-2013. The trends were identified by an extensive review of seven peer reviewed scholarly journals: The This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. 331 articles was reviewed. Mainly content analysis was employed to be able to analyze the current research. Also, a social network analysis (SNA) was used to interpret the interrelationship between keywords indicated in these articles. Themes were developed and the content of the articles in the selected journals were coded according to categories derived from earlier studies. The results were interpreted using descriptive analysis (frequencies) and social network analysis. The reporting of the results were organized into the following categories: research areas, theoretical and conceptual frameworks, variables, methods, models, strategies, data collection and analysis methods, and the participants. The study also identified the most commonly used keywords, and the most frequently cited authors and studies in distance education. The findings obtained in this study may be useful in the exploration of potential research areas and identification of neglected areas in the field of distance education.
@article{Bozkurt2015,
	title = {Trends in distance education research: {A} content analysis of journals 2009-2013},
	volume = {16},
	abstract = {This study intends to explore the current trends in the field of distance education research during the period of 2009-2013. The trends were identified by an extensive review of seven peer reviewed scholarly journals: The This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. 331 articles was reviewed. Mainly content analysis was employed to be able to analyze the current research. Also, a social network analysis (SNA) was used to interpret the interrelationship between keywords indicated in these articles. Themes were developed and the content of the articles in the selected journals were coded according to categories derived from earlier studies. The results were interpreted using descriptive analysis (frequencies) and social network analysis. The reporting of the results were organized into the following categories: research areas, theoretical and conceptual frameworks, variables, methods, models, strategies, data collection and analysis methods, and the participants. The study also identified the most commonly used keywords, and the most frequently cited authors and studies in distance education. The findings obtained in this study may be useful in the exploration of potential research areas and identification of neglected areas in the field of distance education.},
	number = {1},
	journal = {International Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning},
	author = {Bozkurt, Aras and Akgun-Ozbek, Ela and Yilmazel, Sibel and Erdogdu, Erdem and Ucar, Hasan and Guler, Emel and Sezgin, Sezan and Karadeniz, Abdulkadir and Sen-Ersoy, Nazife and Goksel-Canbek, Nil and Dincer, Gokhan Deniz and Ari, Suleyman and Aydin, Cengiz Hakan},
	year = {2015},
	note = {Publisher: Athabasca University},
	keywords = {Content analysis, Distance education issues, Distance education trends, Research evaluation},
	pages = {330--363},
}

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