Educational Technology trends in the Ibero-American world: 20 years of the Edutec-e journal

Abstract

This paper highlights the trends and interest areas within the field of educational technology in the Spanish-speaking world, by making use of qualitative and quantitative content analysis of the Edutec-e journal. A total of 320 articles published by the journal between 1995 and 2015 were analysed for themes using titles and abstracts, information about the authors, and impact in terms of citations. Demonstrating the evolution of the journal, a broader and theoretical perspective on the educational opportunities of technologies was identified in the first period (1995-2004), followed by a more concrete and experimental approach with empirical studies and experiences with the use of ICT in education (2005-2015). Future research opportunities point towards comparing the results with other Spanish-speaking journals, and with educational technology trends in the English-speaking world.

Keywords

• Edutec journal
• educational technology
• content analysis
• research trends