Invisible borders in educational technology research? A comparative analysis

Autor: Victoria I. Marín, Katja Buntins, Svenja Bedenlier, Melissa Bond
Přispěvatelé: Marín, Victoria, Buntins, Katja, Bedenlier, Svenja, Bond, Melissa
Rok vydání: 2023
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Zdroj: Educational technology research and development.
ISSN: 1556-6501
1042-1629
Popis: Educational research is refective of the nature and structure of national and regional education systems and their historical evolution. Educational technology research, as an area within educational research, refects this case particularly prominently. Although individual countries and regions have varying research traditions, the publication of research in English as the scientifc lingua franca can lead to missing nuances in terminology, which is often not refected upon. Despite this, the exploration of research from diferent countries can still uncover diverse topical clusters. This study aims to identify the research topics in educational technology research in three countries (Germany, Spain and the United Kingdom), each with their own research traditions, through the terms used. To this end, a bibliometric analysis of 3034 article abstracts and keywords from 29 English-language Web of Science journals in the feld of education and educational research was conducted, with a focus on educational technology. In addition, the quantitative fndings are comparatively analysed by considering the corresponding cultural clusters. Main fndings include diverse research foci in the three countries, also showing that distinct research traditions are still present, despite using English as lingua franca. Therefore, research articles written in English by non-English authors often do not refect the same meanings in each country, despite using the same words. The conclusions refect upon the need to establish ways of understanding the traditions behind those research articles and build collaborative systems to illustrate nuances in this research. Victoria I. Marín acknowledges the support of the Grant RYC2019-028398-I funded by MCIN/AEI/ https://doi.org/10.13039/501100011033 and FSE “El FSE invierte en tu futuro”.
Databáze: OpenAIRE
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