TY - JOUR
T1 - More than two decades of community of inquiry research
T2 - A comprehensive bibliometric analysis
AU - Khodabandelou, Rouhollah
AU - Vahdani Asadi, Mohammad Reza
AU - Ghasemi, Maryam
AU - Amerian, Mohammad
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© The Author(s) 2024.
PY - 2024/3/25
Y1 - 2024/3/25
N2 - The Community of Inquiry (CoI) has provided a useful tool for studying technology-enhanced learning environments. It has also been implemented as the theoretical framework for many types of relevant research. Since its development, the framework has generated substantial interest among scholars in many fields such as distance education, online and blended learning and computed-mediated instruction. Although extensive research has been carried out on the CoI, no single study has been conducted that statistically and mathematically examines all publications of the framework. This study aimed to comprehensively review more than two decades of publications on the CoI framework by applying the bibliometric analysis technique. Therefore, all the corresponding Scopus records (in total 5169) in the past 24 years (1999-2023) were analyzed using the VOSviewer, Bibliometrix, and CiteSpace tools. The study described various essential research indicators, such as the research categories (directions), most productive authors, journals, institutions, and countries, along with potential research hotspots. The thematic analysis highlighted the research themes that have attracted scholars in the field by visualization of the current CoI research landscape.
AB - The Community of Inquiry (CoI) has provided a useful tool for studying technology-enhanced learning environments. It has also been implemented as the theoretical framework for many types of relevant research. Since its development, the framework has generated substantial interest among scholars in many fields such as distance education, online and blended learning and computed-mediated instruction. Although extensive research has been carried out on the CoI, no single study has been conducted that statistically and mathematically examines all publications of the framework. This study aimed to comprehensively review more than two decades of publications on the CoI framework by applying the bibliometric analysis technique. Therefore, all the corresponding Scopus records (in total 5169) in the past 24 years (1999-2023) were analyzed using the VOSviewer, Bibliometrix, and CiteSpace tools. The study described various essential research indicators, such as the research categories (directions), most productive authors, journals, institutions, and countries, along with potential research hotspots. The thematic analysis highlighted the research themes that have attracted scholars in the field by visualization of the current CoI research landscape.
KW - bibliometric analysis
KW - cognitive presence
KW - Community of inquiry
KW - emotional presence
KW - instructor presence
KW - learning presence
KW - social presence
KW - teaching presence
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U2 - 10.1177/20427530241239418
DO - 10.1177/20427530241239418
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85188617038
SN - 1741-8887
JO - E-Learning and Digital Media
JF - E-Learning and Digital Media
ER -