Online Learning and Academic Performance: Mapping Literature through Bibliometric Analysis

Abstract

In the present era, amidst the pandemic, several challenges have been thrown upon the community. The academic fraternity has also been hit by this in several dimensions. Also, in the last decade, online learning had emerged but the hard-hit of the pandemic had induced a complete shift to a virtual mode of interaction.

The paradigm shift to digital learning has posed some gruelling challenges (Ahn, 2020). Henceforth, paramount research is required in this area. It has become pertinent to understand the outcomes and challenges associated with it. The current study has been conducted using the PRISMA framework approach. The database employed to gather literature review is the Web of science. The primary and secondary keywords were utilised to search the relevant documents and suitable filters were incorporated to refine the search. For relevancy check, the research papers were scanned to ensure the appropriateness of the subject matter under study. The relevant research documents capitulated from WOS and results were captured using Biblioshiny software. The most relevant keywords were identified through the author keyword and keyword plus. The most relevant authors were Hwang Gj and Linch. The most relevant journal on the basis of the H Index was found to be “Computers and Education” with H Index 37. The word growth shows a cumulative increase in the occurrence of the keywords over the years. The data indicated the trend topics which were related to online learning, flipped classrooms, and the challenges faced in online learning setup. The present study is to bridge the gap by providing the relevant literature and imparting themes for future research.

Keywords: online learning, flipped learning, bibliometric analysis, academic performance, biblioshiny