An Analysis of Educational
Technology Journals
An Analysis of Educational
Technology JournalsRichard E. West, Geri Clements, Buck Harrison, & Wendy Woodfield
Brigham Young UniversityRichard E. West, Geri Clements, Buck Harrison, & Wendy Woodfield
Brigham Young University
Plethora of Publications
• Hundreds of publications in “our field”
• Each with their own unique history, trends, discussions, and community of scholars
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Overview of Series
• Studies conducted by students in a Foundations/Trends & Issues course
• Primary goals: 1) inform the students and 2) develop research/writing skills
• Educational Technology accepted as a recurring series of articles
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Questions
• Main topics?
• Article types (research methodologies)?
• Prominent scholars in this community?
• Citation patterns and key articles?
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Our Approach
• Access all articles from 2001-2010
• Note authorship
• Code for methodologies
• Use EBSCO and key phrase analysis tools
• Analyze citations with Publish or Perish
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The Journals
• Journal of Research on Technology in Education
• Internet and Higher Education
• Performance Improvement Quarterly
• Contemporary Issues in Technology and Teacher Education
• British Journal of Educational Technology
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Others in the Series
• Published: ETRD, Distance Education, AJDE, JLS, JTATE
• In preparation: C&E, JCAL, IRRODL, Instructional Science
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British Journal of Educational Technology
About BJET
• First issue: 1970
• 6 issues/year
• Shorter articles (2K-3K)
• IF= 2.139
• 19 citations/paper (2001-2005); 7 citations/paper (2006-2011); overall : 11.47 citations/paper
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WilsonWeb Keyword Analysis
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A Few Trends
• Electronic games: from 2/5 years to 18 in 5 years
• Virtual reality: 0/5 to 15/2 years
• Similar trends: Computers in testing; Electronic discussion groups
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Article Types
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Theoretical grew from
22% (2001) to 40% (2010)
Authorship
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Author Number
*Cher P. Lim 4*James Hartley 4*Sara De Freitas 4Elizabeth Murphy 4Betty Collis 4Kerry Shephard 4Rob Koper 4Gilly Salmon, Sugata Mitra, Terry Goodison, John Trushell, Minjuan Wang, Yi-Shun Wang, David Hung, David Nicol, John T. E. Richardson, Robert A. Ellis, Sherry Y. Chen 3
*authors who published 7 times as first author
Citation Patterns
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Year Citat’ns Authors Article
2009 67 Warburton Second Life in higher education: Assessing the potential for and the barriers to deploying virtual worlds in learning and teaching
2008 381 Bennett, Maton, Kervin
The ‘digital natives’ debate: A critical review of the evidence
2007 66 Kanuka, Rourke, Laflamme
The influence of instructional methods on the quality of online discussion
2006 85 Dicheva, Dichey TM4L: Creating and browsing educational topic maps
2005 159 Dickey Three-dimensional virtual worlds and distance learning: Two case studies…
2004 100 Murphy Recognising and promoting collaboration in an online asynchronous discussion
2003 138 Brusilovsky Adaptive navigation support in educational hypermedia: The role of student knowledge level and the case for meta-adaptation
2002 186 Huang Toward constructivism for adult learners in online learning environments
2001 181 Ford, Chen Matching/mismatching revisited: An empirical study of learning and teaching styles
Performance Improvement Quarterly
PIQ Topics: ERIC
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PIQ Topics: Trends
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Higher Education
Organizational Development
Intervention
Work Environment
PIQ Topics: Abstracts
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PIQ Methodologies
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PIQ Authorship
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379Total number of authors
322One time only authors
43.6%One author only articles
Author NameNumber of Articles
Score
Schwen, Thomas
M.
9 20
Hardré, Patricia
L.
6 18
Huglin, Linda M. 6 16
Guerra, Ingrid J. 5 15
Holton III,
Elwood F.
5 12
Klein, James D. 5 11
PIQ Citations
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Year Citations Authors Article2009 9 Gilley, Gilley, & McMillan Organizational Change: Motivation, Communication, and Leadership
Effectiveness2008 12 Ertmer, Stepich, York, Stickman,
Wu, Zurek, & GoktasHow Instructional Design Experts Use Knowledge and Experience to Solve Ill‐Structured Problems
2007 8 Wheatley Leadership of Self‐Organized Networks: Lessons from the War on Terror
2006 18 Gangani, McLean, & Braden A Competency‐Based Human Resource Development Strategy
18 Hara & Schwen Communities of Practice in Workplaces
2005 27 Peterson & Arnn Self‐Efficacy: The Foundation of Human Performance
2004 20 Christensen & Osguthorpe How Do Instructional‐Design Practitioners Make Instructional‐Strategy Decisions?
2003 44 Condly, Clark, & Stolovich The Effects of Incentives on Workplace Performance: A Meta‐analytic Review of Research Studies
2002 40 Kirschner, Carr, van Merriënboer, & Sloep
How Expert Designers Design
2001 22 Holton, Swanson, & Naquin Andragogy in Practice: Clarifying the Andragogical Model of Adult Learning
Contemporary Issues of Technology and Teacher
Education
CITE: Main Topics
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Rank Keyword Occurrences
1 Educational Technology 1012 Pre-service Teacher Education 803 Teachers 644 Professional Development 565 Teaching Methods 446 Mathematics 317 Social Studies* 298 Integration 289 Elementary Education 2810 Secondary Education 2611 English Language Arts 2212 Sciences 2213 Students 2214 Literacy 2115 Computers 2016 Internet 2017 Information Sciences* 1918 Multimedia 1819 Video 18
20Assessment & Evaluation & Learning
Outcomes* 17
CITE: Dominant Methodologies
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CITECollaborative Authorship Trends
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Number of Authors
2001 2002
2003
2004 2005
2006 2007 2008
2009 2010 Totals (%)
1 3 6 6 8 8 7 15 4 5 8 70 (34.8)
2 7 6 7 9 12 8 8 10 8 8 83 (41.3)
3 2 2 1 6 4 . . 3 4 4 26 (12.9)
4 . 2 3 1 1 2 . . 4 . 13 (6.5)
5 . . 1 1 1 1 1 1 . 1 7 (3.5)
6 . . 1 . . . . . . . 1 (.5)
7 . . . . . . . . . . 0 8 . . . . . . . . . . 09 . . . . . . . . 1 . 1 (.5)
Totals 12 16 19 25 26 18 24 18 22 21 201 (100)
Citation Patterns: Publish or Perish
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Year Citat’ns
Authors Article
2009 140 Koehler & Mishra “What is technological pedagogical content knowledge?”
2008 65 Bull, Thompson, Searson, Garofalo, Park, Young & Lee
“Connecting informal and formal learning experiences in the age of participatory media”
2007 53 Dabbagh “The online learner: Characteristics and pedagogical implications”
2006 57 A. Herrington, J. Herrington, Kervin & Ferry
“The design of an online community of practice for beginning teachers”
2005 12860
PapertBlack
"Teaching Children Thinking"*“The use of asynchronous discussion: Creating a text of talk”
2004
41 Heafner “Using technology to motivate students to learn social studies”
2003 531101
TaylorWhitworth & Berson*
"The Computer in School: Tutor, Tool, Tutee"*“Computer technology in the social studies: An examination of the effectiveness literature (1996-2001)”
2002 51 Jacobsen, Clifford & Friesen
“Preparing Teachers for Technology Integration: Creating a Culture of Inquiry in the Context of Use”
2001 39 Bell “Preparing tomorrow's teachers to use technology: Perspectives of the leaders of twelve national education associations cross-disciplinary dialog goals for integrating technology in teacher preparation”
Journal of Research on Technology in Education
About JRTE
• Official journal of the International Society for Technology in Education
• Established in 1990
• Originally JR on Computing in Education
• 273 articles from 2001-2010
• 27.09 cites/paperAnalysis of Journals AECT Conference,
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ERIC Subject Terms Analysis
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A Few Trends
• Strong correlation to ISTE’s goals of advancing the effective use of technology in PK-12 and teacher education
• Very few occurrences of adult education; 0 occurrences 2007-2010
• DE a strong emphasis throughout
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Article Types
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More sophisticated
statistical analysis later in
the decade
Nearly ½ of theoretical
articles were in 2010
Authorship
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Author Number
Neal Strudler 6Peggy A. Ertmer 5Gerald A. Knezek, Richard C. Overbaugh, Ann D. Thompson, M. D. Roblyer 4Angeli Charoula, John K. Lee, Laura M. O’Dwyer, Michael Russell, Lynne Schrum, Michael J. Spector, Keith Wetzel, Angela F. K. Wong 3
Citation PatternsYear Citat’ns Authors Article
2009 90 Schmidt, Baran, Thompson, Mishra, Koehler, Shin
Technological pedagogical content knowledge (TPACK): The development and validation of an assessment instrument for preservice teachers
2008 39 Mouza Learning with laptops: Implementation and outcomes in an urban, under-privileged school
2007 65 Merrill A task-centered instructional strategy
2006 113 Penuel Implementation and effects of one-to-one computing initiatives: A research synthesis
2005 84 Vonderwell, Zachariah
Factors that influence participation in online learning
2004 157 Vannatta, Fordham
Teacher dispositions as predictors of classroom technology use
2003 154 Jonassen Using cognitive tools to represent problems
2002 213 Christensen Effects of technology integration education on the attitudes of teachers and students
2001 217 Pierson Technology integration practice as a function of pedagogical expertise
Internet and Higher Education
Main Article Topics
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Freq. Key Words Freq. Key Words
66 Communication 22 Faculty
57 Social/Network/Environment 22 Information
54 Community 22 Courses
35 Students 21 Evaluation
28 Collaboration/Team 20 Blended
27 Technology 13 Accessibility
24 Management 13 Satisfaction
22 Teaching
Main Article Topics15 most frequently used key words
Main Research Methods
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Research Method # of Articles % of Articles
Inferential 190 38%
Theoretical 122 24%
Interpretive 72 14%
Descriptive 52 10%
Combined 34 7%
Content Analysis 28 6%
Of 498 article published
Theoretical Articles
Inferential Articles
Prominent Scholars - Authorship
• 254 published articles
• 470 authors
• 65% of articles co-authored
• 24 authors contributed to 3+ articles
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Prominent Scholars - Authorship
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Articles
Author(s)
14 Alfred P. Rovai
8 Randy D. Garrison
7 J.B. Arbaugh
5 Philip Ice
4 William Y. Lan, Katrina A. Meyer, Radia Pavlina, Paul Stapleton, Karen Swan, Mary K. Tallent-Runnels, Martha Cleveland-Innes
3 Anthony R. Artino, Jr., Jason D. Baker, Arthur Bangert, Curtis J. Bonk, Sandra Cooper, Nachmias Rafi, M.D. Roblyer, Lynne Schrum, Greg Simco, Glenn G. Smith, Steven R. Terrell, Julie A. Thomas, Mervyn J. Wighting
Citation Analysis – by Year Published
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Year # Citations Authors Article
2001 334 Johnson A survey of current research on online communities of practice.
2002 228 Rovai Development of an instrument to measure classroom community.
2003 184 Vonderwell
An examination of asynchronous communication experiences and perspectives of students in an online course: a case study.
2004 468 Garrison & Kanuka
Blended learning: Uncovering its transformative potential in higher education.
2005 216 Kiili Digital game-based learning: Towards an experiential gaming model.
Citation Analysis – by Year Published
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Year # Citations
Authors Article
2006 68 Shea, Sau Li, & Pickett
A study of teaching presence and student sense of learning community in fully online and web-enhanced college courses.
2007 124 Garrison & Arbaugh
Researching the community of inquiry framework: Review, issues, and future directions.
2008 65 Ajjan & Hartshorne
Investigating faculty decisions to adopt Web 2.0 technologies: Theory and empirical tests.
2009 26 Arbaugh, Godfrey, Johnson, Pollack, Neindorf, Wresch
Research in online and blended learning in the business disciplines: Key findings and possible future directions.
2010 34 Roblyer, McDaniel, Webb, Herman, Witty
Findings on Facebook in higher education: A comparison of college faculty and student uses and perceptions of social networking sites.
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