Scientific publications on distance education and its characteristics (Publicaciones científicas sobre educación a distancia y sus características)

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.12512771

Abstract

Problem: distance education as an educational modality of relevance motivates its study, by offering educational alternatives in environments with limited physical access. Objective: to analyze the scientific publications issued between 2017 and 2022 related to the subject of distance education and its characteristics. Method: descriptive documentary review with review of articles, theses and books published between 2017 and 2022, through academic search engines such as Google Scholar and Redalyc; the sample was 325 documents. Results: the majority of research studies were published between 2021 and 2022 (61%), 66% are qualitative and 79% are descriptive studies; 55% of the final research studies analyzed are focused on distance education. Conclusion: there is an increase in the production of studies related to the topic of study, between 2020-2021, with the qualitative descriptive studies standing out, which reflects the interest in learning about experiences in distance learning environments.