A review of ten of the top educational technology journals, as identified by journal editors at the last annual National Technology Leadership Summit, provided an opportunity to survey the terrain of educational research through high quality published research studies and offer guidance to future investigators. At those meetings, one of the questions that arose among the knowledgeable and worldwide recognized participants was: What is being published in educational technology journals and how has that changed in the last 20 years? The findings of this study suggest trends in the discipline that could inform the selection of special issue topics and help educational technology researchers and journal editors to work together on directions for future research. This study includes implications for learning technology developers, consumers, education researchers, policymakers, and research funders.
['Gloria Natividad Beltran del Rio', 'J. Michael Spector', 'Nicholas Evangelopoulos']
An Analysis of Educational Technology Publications from January 1995 to December 2014