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

• DOI: 10.1515/eurodl-2015-0010
• Publication Date: 2016-01-27T10:22:05Z
• Authors: Aras Bozkurt; Evrim Genc Kumtepe; Alper Tolga Kumtepe; İrem Erdem Aydın; Müjgan Bozkaya; Cengiz Hakan Aydın
• Keywords: 2. Zero hunger; 4. Education; 0502 economics and business; 05 social sciences; 0503 education

Abstract This paper presents a content analytic approach on doctoral dissertations in the field of distance education Turkish Higher Education context from years 1986 through 2014. A total 61 were examined to explore keywords, academic discipline, research areas, theoretical/conceptual frameworks, designs, models, tests and analyses, data collection tools, participants, variables/research interests, leading contributor institutions. It is believed that this study can be beneficial identify trends set agenda by exploring published between