Rethinking the Development of Technology-Enhanced Learning and the Role of Cognitive Computing

Abstract

Technology-enhanced learning (TEL) is important in social web. Recently, cognitive computing became significant to analyze sentiment and improve effectiveness in TEL field. So analyzing the development of cognitive computing, what and how its abilities improve TEL are necessary. For solving these issues, this study used systematic review approach based on technology view and enhancement view of TEL. Specifically, this study used topic search results in computer science field of “cognitive computing” and “anticipatory computing” in Web of Science database to do map analysis. Besides development footprints, the manuscript describes three development stages and key technologies of cognitive computing through burst study and step-by-step clustering. Finally, this study proposed influencing framework of cognitive computing on TEL and some research trends. This work provides an advanced background of TEL and a systemic review of cognitive computing, contributing to theory development and application of cognitive computing in TEL.