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19 Int'l J. Educ. Tech. Higher Educ. 1 (2022)

handle is hein.journals/intjedth19 and id is 1 raw text is: Fominykh etal.IntiEducTechnolHigh Educ  (2022)19:1
https-//doi.org/10.1186/s41239-021-00305-7

International journal of Educational
Technology in Higher Education

What do they TEL(L)? A systematic analysis
of master programs in technology-enhanced
learning
Mikhail Fominykh Joshua Weidlich2, Marco Kalz2 and Ingunn Dahler Hybertsen'
*Correspondence:          Abstract
mIkhai .fominykh@ntnu.no
Norwegian University     This article contributes to the debate on the growing number of interdisciplinary
ofScen eandecnology,     study programs in learning and technology, and aims to understand the diversity of
Trondheim, Norway
Full list ofauthor information programs as well as curricula structure in an international landscape. Scientific fields
is available at the end ofthe  share their knowledge and recruit young researchers by offering discipline-specific
article                   study programs. Thus, study programs are a reflection of the fields they represent. As
technology-enhanced learning is considered to be particularly interdisciplinary and
heterogenous, it is important to better understand the landscape of study programs
that represents the field. This article presents an analysis of master programs in technol-
ogy-enhanced learning. A systematic review and analysis of master programs offered in
English has been conducted and further used as input for hierarchical cluster analysis.
The study identified general characteristics, curricula structure, and organization of
topics of these programs. Hierarchical cluster analysis and qualitative content analysis
helped us to identify the major types of curricular structures and typical topics covered
by the courses. Results show that most study programs rely on interdisciplinary sub-
jects in technology-enhanced learning with a considerable number of subjects from
education, learning and psychology. Subjects related to technology, information and
computer science appear in such programs less frequently.
Keywords: Technology-enhanced learning, Study program analysis, Curriculum
analysis, Hierarchical cluster analysis

C  Springer Open

Introduction
The field of technology-enhanced learning (TEL) is a relatively young research domain.
The term was coined in the context of working groups initiated by the European Com-
mission in 2000. It is now broadly used to designate a field of research aiming at
improving learning by integrating current technologies and designing innovative ones
(Bourdeau & Balacheff, 2014). Kirkwood and Price (2014) state that the term has been
used since around 2005 to describe a research focus concentrating on the impact of
technology on learning. Similar to its broader and longer-established counterpart, edu-
cational technology, the research focus of TEL has led to interdisciplinary perspectives
integrating theories and methods from education, psychology, and computer science
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