TY  - JOUR
T1  - Conceptual transformation in distance education: Changes in the period 2006-2023 and future trends
TT  - Uzaktan eğitimde kavramsal dönüşüm: 2006-2023 döneminde yaşanan değişimler ve geleceğe yönelik eğilimler
AU  - Özçınar, Hüseyin
PY  - 2025
DA  - March
Y2  - 2025
DO  - 10.48146/odusobiad.1613383
JF  - Ordu Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Enstitüsü Sosyal Bilimler Araştırmaları Dergisi
JO  - ODÜSOBİAD
PB  - Ordu University
WT  - DergiPark
SN  - 1309-9302
SP  - 733
EP  - 764
VL  - 15
IS  - 1
LA  - en
AB  - Distance education stands out as one of the most rapidly changing sub-fields in the field of education with increasing technological innovations and changing social needs. In this context, the aim of this study is to examine the conceptual transformation of the field of distance education between 2006 and 2023. For this purpose, the full texts of 853 research and review articles published in the leading journals of the field, American Journal of Distance Education and Distance Education, were analyzed by semantic change detection and semantic network analysis methods. The semantic change detection analysis using the SciBERT model revealed that the terms “student”, “andragogy”, “knowledge”, “virtual” and “technology” were the most frequently changed terms. The results of the semantic network analysis conducted to reveal the macro-level structure of the field showed that the field of distance education was structured around the concepts of web-based learning and synchronous communication before 2010, MOOCs and learning analytics in the 2010s, and artificial intelligence and digital transformation in recent years. The findings reveal that distance education has evolved from a simple access model to a multidimensional learning ecosystem; especially in the post-COVID-19 period, it has evolved into a structure that includes AI-supported personalized learning, adaptive teaching and flexible programs.
KW  - Distance education
KW  - semantic change detection
KW  - semantic network analysis
KW  - digital transformation
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