TITLE:
Comparison Research of Hotspots and Trends of Learning Analytics from 2011-2021: A Visualization Analysis Based on CiteSpace
AUTHORS:
Yimin Chen, Yuxuan Liu
KEYWORDS:
Learning Analysis, Visualization Analysis, CiteSpace, Hotspots, Trend
JOURNAL NAME:
Voice of the Publisher,
Vol.8 No.2,
June
30,
2022
ABSTRACT: With the development of big data and social
informatization, learning analytics became a popular topic in education and
received more and more attention from scholars. In order to explore the
similarities and differences of learning analytics between home and abroad,
CiteSpace was used to compare and analyze 178 articles from the CNKI database
and 1056 articles from the WOS database from 2011 to 2021. Hotspots, trends, frontiers of domestic and foreign research in learning
analytics were visually analyzed. The findings show that: 1) The number
of international publications was higher than that of Chinese publications from
2011 to 2021; 2) While more teacher education universities focus on the field
of learning analytics in China, comprehensive universities pay more attention
to the topic from the result of international publications. 3) Online learning
is a key research area for learning analytics research, both in China and in
other countries. 4) The research frontier of learning analytics in China mainly
focused on learning prediction, while the research frontier in the
international articles mainly focused on “educational data mining”, “big data”,
and “the design of learning environments and tools”. The analysis captures the
hotspots, trends, frontiers in the field of learning analytics and provides a
reference for further research by scholars at home and abroad.