{"title":"Visualizing and Bibliometrically Analyzing Information and Communication Technology-Based Blended Learning","authors":"Zhonggen Yu, Danhua Peng","doi":"10.4018/ijec.324950","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"With the rapid development of information and communication technologies, blended learning has gained popularity after the COVID-19 pandemic. This study aims to visualize and bibliometrically analyze information and communication technology-based blended learning. Through bibliometric analyses and visualization via both VOSviewer and CitNetExplorer, this study identified the top ten cited authors, organizations, countries, sources, and keywords in the field of information and communication technologies used for blended learning, providing meaningful references for future research. Most studies reported that information and communication technology-based blended learning could improve learning effectiveness and environments despite numerous challenges revealed by several previous studies. In addition, this study suggested the main research methods to explore ICT-assisted blended learning given the present meta-analytical methods in the longest path where a citation network was established. Future research directions were suggested.","PeriodicalId":46330,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of e-Collaboration","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.2000,"publicationDate":"2023-06-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"International Journal of e-Collaboration","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.4018/ijec.324950","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q4","JCRName":"COMPUTER SCIENCE, INFORMATION SYSTEMS","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
With the rapid development of information and communication technologies, blended learning has gained popularity after the COVID-19 pandemic. This study aims to visualize and bibliometrically analyze information and communication technology-based blended learning. Through bibliometric analyses and visualization via both VOSviewer and CitNetExplorer, this study identified the top ten cited authors, organizations, countries, sources, and keywords in the field of information and communication technologies used for blended learning, providing meaningful references for future research. Most studies reported that information and communication technology-based blended learning could improve learning effectiveness and environments despite numerous challenges revealed by several previous studies. In addition, this study suggested the main research methods to explore ICT-assisted blended learning given the present meta-analytical methods in the longest path where a citation network was established. Future research directions were suggested.
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The International Journal of e-Collaboration (IJeC) addresses the design and implementation of e-collaboration technologies, assesses its behavioral impact on individuals and groups, and presents theoretical considerations on links between the use of e-collaboration technologies and behavioral patterns. An innovative collection of the latest research findings, this journal covers significant topics such as Web-based chat tools, Web-based asynchronous conferencing tools, e-mail, listservs, collaborative writing tools, group decision support systems, teleconferencing suites, workflow automation systems, and document management technologies.