<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>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 models, tests and analyses, data collection tools, participants, variables/research interests, and leading contributor institutions. It is believed that this study can be beneficial to the field of distance education in Turkish context to identify research trends and set a research agenda by exploring dissertations that were published between 1986 and 2014.</p></abstract>

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 models, tests and analyses, data collection tools, participants, variables/research interests, and leading contributor institutions. It is believed that this study can be beneficial to the field of distance education in Turkish context to identify research trends and set a research agenda by exploring dissertations that were published between 1986 and 2014.

Research Trends in Turkish Distance Education: A Content Analysis of Dissertations, 1986-2014

European Journal of Open, Distance and E-Learning

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This paper presents a content analytic approach on doctoral dissertations in the field of distance education in Turkish Higher Education context from the years...

Research Trends in Turkish Distance Education: A Content Analysis of Dissertations, 1986-2014

Online veröffentlicht: 26. Jan. 2016

Seitenbereich: 1 - 21

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/eurodl-2015-0010

Schlüsselwörter
Turkish distance education, open and distance learning, research trends, dissertations, content analysis

© 2015 Aras Bozkurt et al., published by De Gruyter Open

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Research Trends in Turkish Distance Education: A Content Analysis of Dissertations, 1986-2014

Online veröffentlicht: 26. Jan. 2016

Seitenbereich: 1 - 21

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/eurodl-2015-0010

SchlüsselwörterTurkish distance education, open and distance learning, research trends, dissertations, content analysis

© 2015 Aras Bozkurt et al., published by De Gruyter Open

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Schlüsselwörter
Turkish distance education, open and distance learning, research trends, dissertations, content analysis