A comprehensive analysis of the 21st century's research trends in English Mobile Learning: a bibliographic review of the literature

Khodabandelou, Rouhollah; Fathi, Masood; Amerian, Mohammad; Fakhraie, Mohammad Reza

doi:10.1108/ijilt-07-2021-0099

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“…None of the previous studies have compared the three flexible learning, namely mobile, web, and e-learning. This learning allows students to get learning materials from many sources and can be accessed anytime (Safonov et al, 2021;Khodabandelou et al, 2022). Interactive learning in physics will increase student involvement in the classroom so that students can better understand the material presented (Binek et al, 2018;Soliman & Guetl, 2020;Pompongtechavanich & Wannapiroon, 2021).…”

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Trend of mobile, web, E-learning research in 2002-2021: Contribution to physics learning

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Jatmiko²,

Pristianti³

et al. 2022

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The existence of a research topic can be seen from the research trend. Analysis that can map data to determine the trend of a study is using bibliometrics. The purpose of this study is to compare trends of mobile, web, and e-learning research and their contribution to physics learning in the last twenty years. The data was obtained from Scopus which was processed using Ms. Excel and VOSviewer. The three topics show a steady increasing trend in the last three years. The highest average citation per paper per year is in 2020. The most widely used keywords are mobile learning, web-based learning and e-learning. The contribution of the three topics to physics learning includes increasing motivation, learning outcomes, etc. Future research can be carried out to compare the contribution of the three topics to other learning systems such as STEM, STEAM, etc. using databases other than Scopus. Keywords: Bibliometrics; E-Learning; Mobile Learning; Physics Learning; Web Learning.

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Trend of mobile, web, E-learning research in 2002-2021: Contribution to physics learning

Prahanı

Jatmiko²,

Pristianti³

et al. 2022

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“…With the rise of "Internet +" education and mobile terminals, rapid technological advancements have brought new ideas and methods to education reform, among which Mobile Assisted Language Learning (MALL) has emerged as a widespread phenomenon in education as well as in EFL/ESL language pedagogy with its own groundings and ramifications (Zhang & Crompton, 2021). Advances in mobile technology have created new opportunities for EFL/ESL students as well to improve their knowledge of various language skills through MALL as it has grown and been embraced steadily and incrementally in education (Demouy & Kukulska-Hulme 2010; Shadiev et al, 2017;Khodabandelou et al, 2021;Pourhassan & Valizadeh, 2022). Among these language skills in EFL/ESL context, vocabulary learning is one of the most frequently investigated and explored skills in recent MALL studies (Darmi & Albion, 2014;Burston, 2015) due to the real-time, convenient, and contextual learning opportunities which MALL is able to supply to learners' vocabulary learning (Chinnery,2006).…”

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A Bibliometric Review of Vocabulary Learning via Mobile Assisted Language Learning

Chuane¹,

Shukor²

2023

IJARBSS

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In recent years, Mobile Assisted Language Learning (MALL) has emerged as a widespread phenomenon in education as well as in EFL/ESL teaching and learning context with its own set of foundations, techniques, and implications. Among the related studies, a continuous growth in the number of MALL vocabulary studies can be witnessed over the last few decades. To this end, the primary purpose of this study is to identify research hotspots and future trends in the available research literature on vocabulary learning using MALL from 2007 to 2022. A total of 229 articles on this topic were selected from the Scopus database and analysed using Vosviewer software. We used bibliometric methods to reveal document types and yearly distribution of the retrieved articles, the most productive countries and journals, the most used keywords, the most used words in title and abstract area, and the most cited publications and authors (citation & co-citation) in the studies over the 16-year period. Findings showed an increased number of studies from 2007 to 2022 have been published in this field but with a slight fluctuation in between 2012 and 2018. China (24 publications) took the top prominent lead among all countries, whilst the most productive journal in this area was Lecture Notes in Computer Science (11 publications) by Springer Publishing company. In terms of the most frequently used keywords, "Vocabulary Learning" (120 occurrence), "Mobile Assisted Language Learning" (114 occurrence) and "App" (40 occurrence) were the top three ranks, meanwhile "Effect" (62 occurrence), "System" (56 occurrence) and "Foreign Language" (46 occurrence) were the most used words in title and abstract field. Based on the citation and co-citation documents and authors network, the most frequently cited document was Chen & Chung (2008) with 271 citations, while Chen, C. M (citation) with 549 citations and Stockwell, G (co-citation) with 104 citations were the most influential authors. Consequently, this study displays the evolution of the literature and may serve as a guide for future research by comparing existing articles and indicating current research interest as well as future research trends on this topic.

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“… Expansion of digital pedagogy (2016–2023): The smarter, more-interactive Web 4.0 is developed (Schwab, 2017 ). COVID-19 has a considerable impact on higher education (Khodabandelou et al, 2022 ; Watermeyer et al, 2021 ), and universities immediately adapt their methodologies accordingly (Anderson, 2020 ). The result is a significant expansion of digital pedagogy (Anderson, 2020 ; Khodabandelou et al, 2022 ) and therefore a rise in the amount of research done in this knowledge area.…”

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“…Bibliometric analysis is a supporting tool academics use to locate unattended areas of research and fields of knowledge by means of co-citation or keywords (Khodabandelou et al, 2022 ).…”

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“…Others examine the quality of distance education (Means et al, 2009 ). Some investigate e-learning (Cheng et al, 2014 ; Khodabandelou et al, 2022 ), online education and digital education (Santoveña-Casal, 2021 ), digital literacy (Littlejohn et al, 2012 ; Spante et al, 2018 ), improved supervision through the use of technology (Maor et al, 2016 ) or modern scientific publications on the digitalisation of education (Frolova et al, 2020 ).…”

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Mapping of digital pedagogies in higher education

Santoveña-Casal

López

2023

Educ Inf Technol

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The purpose of this research is to analyse the evolution and trends of research into digital pedagogy in higher education through the application of bibliometric analysis and systematic review of scientific output. For the bibliometric analysis, the built-in functions of WoS were used, including Analyze results and Citation report. The VOSviewer software was employed to construct bibliometric maps. The analysis focuses on studies about digitalisation, university education and education quality, three categories that are grouped around digital pedagogies and methodologies. The sample contains 242 scientific publications, including articles (65.7%), publications published in the United States (17.7%) and publications financed by the European Commission (3.71%). Barber, W., and Lewin, C., are the authors with the greatest impact. The scientific output forms three networks: the “social network” (2000–2010), the “digitalisation network” (2011–2015) and the “network of the expansion of digital pedagogy” (2016–2023). The most-mature research (2005–2009) concerns the integration of technologies in education. The research with the greatest impact (2020–2022) looks at digital pedagogy and its implementation during the situation created by COVID-19. This research shows that digital pedagogy has come a long way over the last twenty years, but it is at the same time a topical area today. The paper opens up future paths for research such as the development of more-flexible pedagogies that can be adapted to different pedagogical scenarios.

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A comprehensive analysis of the 21st century's research trends in English Mobile Learning: a bibliographic review of the literature

Cited by 14 publications

References 33 publications

Trend of mobile, web, E-learning research in 2002-2021: Contribution to physics learning

Trend of mobile, web, E-learning research in 2002-2021: Contribution to physics learning

A Bibliometric Review of Vocabulary Learning via Mobile Assisted Language Learning

Mapping of digital pedagogies in higher education

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