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ICBL 2020: Blended Learning. Education in a Smart Learning Environment pp 353–364Cite as

Smart Learning Environments: A Bibliometric Analysis

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The journal Smart Learning Environments (SLE) published research work on the issues regarding the reform of learning and teaching methods by advancing existing learning environments. This study presented a systematic review of the 108 SLE articles by using bibliometric analysis. This study aimed to 1) examine the trend in the SLE articles, 2) identify major contributors to the SLE, 3) identify the top influential SLE articles, 4) explore the frequently used key phrases within the SLE articles, and 5) uncover the major research topics and issues concerned by the SLE community. Some interesting results were obtained. First, the annual SLE article number had grown from seven to 29. Second, the USA and the University of North Texas had contributed the most to the SLE community. Also, the “learning environment,” “smart learning environment,” and “learning process” were the most frequently used key phrases. Additionally, we provided the top ten most-cited SLE articles based on the citation counts. This study was helpful in terms of presenting the research status of smart learning environments to researchers and practitioners, as well as raising their awareness of the major issues when considering research topics and project themes.

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This work was supported by the Standing Committee on Language Education and Research (EDB(LE)/P&R/EL/175/2), the Education Bureau of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region.

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  1. Department of Mathematics and Information Technology, The Education University of Hong Kong, Tai Po, Hong Kong SAR

    Xieling Chen

  2. Department of English Language Education, The Education University of Hong Kong, Tai Po, Hong Kong SAR

    Di Zou

  3. Department of Computing and Decision Sciences, Lingnan University, Tuen Mun, Hong Kong SAR

    Haoran Xie

  4. School of Science and Technology, The Open University of Hong Kong, Kowloon, Hong Kong SAR

    Fu Lee Wang

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  1. The Open University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China

    Simon K. S. Cheung

  2. University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand

    Richard Li

  3. Kasetsart University, Bangkok, Thailand

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  4. Kasetsart University, Bangkok, Thailand

    Naraphorn Paoprasert

  5. City University of Hong Kong, Kowloon, Hong Kong

    Lam‑For Kwok

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Chen, X., Zou, D., Xie, H., Wang, F.L. (2020). Smart Learning Environments: A Bibliometric Analysis. In: Cheung, S., Li, R., Phusavat, K., Paoprasert, N., Kwok, L. (eds) Blended Learning. Education in a Smart Learning Environment. ICBL 2020. Lecture Notes in Computer Science(), vol 12218. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-51968-1_29

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