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Tlili, Ahmed; Huang, Ronghuai; Shehata, Boulus; Liu, Dejian; Zhao, Jialu; Metwally, Ahmed Hosny Saleh; Wang, Huanhuan; Denden, Mouna; Bozkurt, Aras; Lee, Lik-Hang; Beyoglu, Dogus; Altinay, Fahriye; Sharma, Ramesh C.; Altinay, Zehra; Li, Zhisheng; Liu, Jiahao; Ahmad, Faizan; Hu, Ying; Salha, Soheil; Abed, Mourad; Burgos, Daniel – Smart Learning Environments, 2022
The Metaverse has been the centre of attraction for educationists for quite some time. This field got renewed interest with the announcement of social media giant Facebook as it rebranding and positioning it as Meta. While several studies conducted literature reviews to summarize the findings related to the Metaverse in general, no study to the…
Descriptors: Computer Simulation, Technology Uses in Education, Artificial Intelligence, Educational Benefits
Aydin, Cengiz Hakan; Zawacki-Richter, Olaf; Bozkurt, Aras – Online Submission, 2020
This paper presents a review of distance education literature published in the "Turkish Online Journal of Distance Education" ("TOJDE") to describe the status thereof and to identify gaps and priority areas in distance education research based on a validated classification of research areas. The articles (N=784) published…
Descriptors: Periodicals, Distance Education, Classification, Journal Articles
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Bozkurt, Aras; Akgun-Ozbek, Ela; Yilmazel, Sibel; Erdogdu, Erdem; Ucar, Hasan; Guler, Emel; Sezgin, Sezan; Karadeniz, Abdulkadir; Sen-Ersoy, Nazife; Goksel-Canbek, Nil; Dincer, Gokhan Deniz; Ari, Suleyman; Aydin, Cengiz Hakan – International Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning, 2015
This study intends to explore the current trends in the field of distance education research during the period of 2009-2013. The trends were identified by an extensive review of seven peer reviewed scholarly journals: "The American Journal of Distance Education" (AJDE), "Distance Education" (DE), "The European Journal of…
Descriptors: Distance Education, Educational Research, Content Analysis, Periodicals
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Zawacki-Richter, Olaf; Bozkurt, Aras; Alturki, Uthman; Aldraiweesh, Ahmed – International Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning, 2018
Since the first offering of a Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) in 2008, the body of literature on this new phenomenon of open learning has grown tremendously. In this regard, this article intends to identify and map patterns in research on MOOCs by reviewing 362 empirical articles published in peer-reviewed journals from 2008 to 2015. For the…
Descriptors: Online Courses, Educational Technology, Large Group Instruction, Technology Uses in Education
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Bozkurt, Aras; Akgün-Özbek, Ela; Zawacki-Richter, Olaf – International Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning, 2017
To fully understand the phenomenon of massive open online courses (MOOCs), it is important to identify and map trends and patterns in research on MOOCs. This study does so by reviewing 362 empirical articles published in peer-reviewed journals from 2008 to 2015. For the purpose of this study, content analysis and discourse analysis were employed…
Descriptors: Large Group Instruction, Online Courses, Educational Technology, Technology Uses in Education
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Bozkurt, Aras; Honeychurch, Sarah; Caines, Autumm; Bali, Maha; Koutropoulos, Apostolos; Cormier, Dave – Turkish Online Journal of Distance Education, 2016
This article contributes to the literature on connectivism, connectivist MOOCs (cMOOCs) and rhizomatic learning by examining participant interactions, community formation and nomadic learner behavior in a particular cMOOC, #rhizo15, facilitated for 6 weeks by Dave Cormier. It further focuses on what we can learn by observing Twitter interactions…
Descriptors: Online Courses, Interaction, Group Dynamics, Sense of Community
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Bozkurt, Aras; Bozkaya, Mujgan – International Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning, 2015
The aim of this mixed method study is to identify evaluation criteria for interactive e-books. To find answers for the research questions of the study, both quantitative and qualitative data were collected through a four-round Delphi study with a panel consisting of 30 experts. After that, a total of 20 interactive e-books were examined with…
Descriptors: Evaluation Criteria, Electronic Publishing, Books, Handheld Devices
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Bozkurt, Aras; Keskin, Nilgun Ozdamar; de Waard, Inge – Open Praxis, 2016
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) have attracted a great deal of attention by higher education and private enterprises. MOOCs have evolved considerably since their emergence in 2008, all the while given rise to academic discussions on MOOC impact, design and reach. In an effort to understand MOOCs more comprehensively, this study analyzes theses…
Descriptors: Online Courses, Large Group Instruction, Educational Research, Trend Analysis
Bozkurt, Aras; Kumtepe, Evrim Genc; Kumtepe, Alper Tolga; Aydin, Irem Erdem; Bozkaya, Müjgan; Aydin, Cengiz Hakan – European Journal of Open, Distance and E-Learning, 2015
This paper presents a content analytic approach on doctoral dissertations in the field of distance education in Turkish Higher Education context from the years of 1986 through 2014. A total of 61 dissertations were examined to explore keywords, academic discipline, research areas, theoretical/conceptual frameworks, research designs, research…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Distance Education, Doctoral Dissertations, Higher Education