国外教育技术研究现状与趋势——基于国外教育技术研究领域期刊论文的分析

Current Situation and Trend of Abroad Educational Technology Research: An Analysis of Literatures from Journals of Abroad Educational Technology Research Field

本研究通过从概念及概念之间的关系层面对国外教育技术研究领域六本学术期刊19年间论文题录信息的分析，从论文数量、高频叙词、高频叙词社会网络图、历年高频叙词等方面总结得出国外教育技术研究的现状和发展趋势，即国外教育技术的研究重点内容广泛，这些研究包括教学设计、教学方法、学习方法等方面的理论研究、相关技术的研究，以及技术在教育中的应用研究；在多种研究内容的相互关系方面，各项研究并不是孤立进行，而是存在多种稳定的研究内容组合;国外教育技术历年研究热点的变化受技术进步的影响较大。

In this study, the author analyzed the meta-data information of literature from six reputed international educational technology journals. The analysis includes emerging concepts and the relations of concepts. The author concluded that there are four main trends: (1)Research aboroad covers a wide range of topics including instructional design, instructional methods, learning methods, research about related technologies and the application of research in education; (2)Research is not limited to isolated topics, but shows interconnection between topics; (3)The popular topics for research is highly related to emerging technologies.