Scientometric analysis of the EDMedia conference and how Science 2.0 tools could change Technology Enhanced Learning research

1. 2009
Who We Are:
Analysis of 10 Years of the
ED-MEDIA Conference
Xavier Ochoa
Gonzalo Méndez
Erik Duval

2. Who are we?
Erik Duval
K.U.Leuven & ARIADNE & IEEE LTSC
http://www.cs.kuleuven.be/~erikd
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3. Who Where are we?
Erik Duval
K.U.Leuven & ARIADNE & IEEE LTSC
http://www.cs.kuleuven.be/~erikd
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5. http://www.slideshare.net/erik.duval
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6. Abundance,
the Snowflake Effect
and Science
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7. if you fold a piece of paper 50
times, then how thick does it get?
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8. about the distance to the sun...
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10. not that new...
Paul Otlet (1868-1944)
• “There is too much to read”...
• Universal Decimal Classification
• Mundaneum
Vannevar Bush (1890-1975)
• Memex
Jim Gray (missing...)
• Unlocking peer-reviewed literature
• PubMed for other sciences
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11. not that new...
Paul Otlet (1868-1944)
• “There is too much to read”...
• Universal Decimal Classification
• Mundaneum
Vannevar Bush (1890-1975)
• Memex
Jim Gray (missing...)
• Unlocking peer-reviewed literature
• PubMed for other sciences
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12. not that new...
Paul Otlet (1868-1944)
• “There is too much to read”...
• Universal Decimal Classification
• Mundaneum
Vannevar Bush (1890-1975)
• Memex
Jim Gray (missing...)
• Unlocking peer-reviewed literature
• PubMed for other sciences
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13. See also...
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14. We know how to solve this:
Snowflake effect
to deal with abundance...
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15. loads of good examples in music
iTunes Genius, last.fm, pandora.com, tunify.com, blip.fm,
deezer.com, grooveshark.com, mufin.com, yamelo.com,
jango.com, imeem.com, musicmesh.net, jiwa.fm, ...
and many many many many more
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16. Shazam for conferences?
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26. How can we understand our communities better,
so that we can build more powerful
snowflaking tools for science
(on Technology Enhanced Learning)?
Over to my Great Friend Xavier!
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28. What is the best reference
paper that you will
recommend to other
ed-media attendant?
Twitter it with
#telbib #edmedia

29. Data Source

30. Authors Info (99-08)
6690 papers - 10,689 authors

31. Authors Extraction

32. Citation Info (05-08)
2,946 papers analyzed
35,347 citations - 26,378 cited papers

33. WE have a long tail!
0% 25% 50% 75% 100%
Percentage of Authors

34. WE have balance!
52%
48%
0% 25% 50% 75% 100%
Percentage of Authors

35. 40%
Papers by Country
36.5%
30%
20%
10%
8.1% 8.1%
6.6% 5.9% 5.2% 5.1%
2.5% 2.1% 2%
0% 1.6% 1.6%
US CA AU JP UK TW DE AT FN IT GR NZ

36. WE represent the World!
6%
5.3%
5% 4.9%
3.8% 3.8%
3%
2% 2%
1.6%
1% 1%
0%
-2% -1.3% -3% -2%
-2%
-3%
US CA AU JP UK TW DE AT FN IT GR NZ
Difference with Global Research

37. WE form communities!

38. WE form communities!

39. WE are international!

40. WE can do better :(

41. WE have idols!
Author(s), Year Title Citations
Mind in Society: The Development of Higher
L. Vygotsky, 1978 107
Psychological Processes
E. Wenger, J. Lave, 1991 Situated Learning: Legitimate Peripheral Participation 46
M. Prensky, 2001 Digital Game-Based Learning 43
R. E. Mayer, 2001 Multimedia Learning 37
Communities of Practice: Learning, Meaning and
E. Wenger, 1998 36
Identity
A. Collins, J. S. Brown, P.
Situated cognition and the culture of learning 34
Duguid, 1989
What video games have to teach us about learning and
J. P. Gee, 2003 28
literacy
S. Papert, 1980 Mindstorms: Children, computers, and powerful ideas 27

42. WE are more related
than we think!

43. I can find relevant people!

44. YOU can too!

45. http://ariadne.cs.kuleuven.ac.be/edmedia

46. GIVE US YOUR FEEDBACK!

47. GIVE US YOUR FEEDBACK!
Twitter your comments to the tool at
#whoweare #edmedia

48. STELLAR research
on
Technology
Enhanced Learning
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49. http://oa.stellarnet.eu/
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50. http://bosch.informatik.rwth-aachen.de:5080/AERCS/
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52. http://tugtc.tugraz.at/wbtmaster/courses/mlearn_startd.htm

53. A research
workbench of the
future?
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54. http://portal.mace-project.eu/

55. you can help!

56. SCIENCE2.0 FOR TEL
1st Workshop on
Web2.0 approaches, tools and technologies
to support research on
Technology Enhanced Learning (TELSci2.0)
at the 4th European Conference on
Technology Enhanced Learning (EC-TEL09),
Nice, France, September 29 - October 2, 2009
http://stellarnet.eu/science2ectel/

57. http://stellarproject.wufoo.com/forms/web-feeds-for-tel/
We want your feeds!

58. If we get better at TEL research,
we get better at getting better with TEL!
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59. Questions?
http://erikduval.wordpress.com/
http://www.cs.kuleuven.be/~erikd
http://ariadne.cti.espol.edu.ec/xavier
Mahalo!
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60. http://aspect-project.org/ http://www.icoper.org/
http://www.role-project.eu/ http://www.stellarnet.eu/
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