Trends of e-learning research from 2000 to 2008: Use of text mining and bibliometrics

British Journal of Educational Technology

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 5-16

  Hung, Jui Long ^a  

^a BOISE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIBLIOMETRICS; DATA INTERPRETATION; E-LEARNING APPLICATION; EDUCATION AND TRAINING; FOUR-GROUP; REFEREED JOURNALS; SCIENCE CITATION INDEX; TEACHING AND LEARNING; TEXT MINING; TEXT MINING TECHNIQUES; TWO DOMAINS;

DATA PROCESSING; MEDICAL EDUCATION; RESEARCH;

E-LEARNING;

EID: 84255188443     PISSN: 00071013     EISSN: 14678535     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8535.2010.01144.x     Document Type: Article

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