Author(s)

Zhong Lijia

Corresponding Author

Zhong Lijia

Abstract

This research searched the documents of holistic instructional design from Web of Science in the past twenty years (1999 to 2019). The biblio-metric analysis by Citespace provides the cluster of hotspots based on co-citation of references and authors. The frontiers of research mainly focus on information technology fields, e.g. e-learning environment, mobile learning systems and flipped classroom etc. The research basis of different clusters mainly lie in First Principles of Instruction, Complex learning design and Cognitive load Theory.

Keywords

Holistic instructional design, Knowledge map, Research frontier, Research basis