Visualizing and Bibliometrically Analyzing Information and Communication Technology-Based Blended Learning

Abstract

With the rapid development of information and communication technologies, blended learning has gained popularity after the COVID-19 pandemic. This study aims to visualize and bibliometrically analyze information and communication technology-based blended learning. Through bibliometric analyses and visualization via both VOSviewer and CitNetExplorer, this study identified the top ten cited authors, organizations, countries, sources, and keywords in the field of information and communication technologies used for blended learning, providing meaningful references for future research. Most studies reported that information and communication technology-based blended learning could improve learning effectiveness and environments despite numerous challenges revealed by several previous studies. In addition, this study suggested the main research methods to explore ICT-assisted blended learning given the present meta-analytical methods in the longest path where a citation network was established. Future research directions were suggested.