Evaluation of the Effectiveness of Online Learning Platforms for the Improvement of Academic Performance in Higher Education Institutions

Abstract

A documentary review was carried out on the production and publication of research papers related to the study of the variable ONLINE LEARNING, ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE, HIGHER EDUCATION. The purpose of the bibliometric analysis proposed in this document was to know the main characteristics of the volume of publications registered in the Scopus database during the period 2017-2022, achieving the identification of 643 publications. The information provided by this platform was organized through graphs and figures, categorizing the information by Year of Publication, Country of Origin, Area of Knowledge and Type of Publication. Once these characteristics have been described, the position of different authors on the proposed topic is referenced through a qualitative analysis. Among the main findings made through this research, it is found that the United States, with 97 publications, was the country with the highest scientific production registered in the name of authors affiliated with institutions in that country. The Area of Knowledge that made the greatest contribution to the construction of bibliographic material related to the study of ONLINE LEARNING, ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE, HIGHER EDUCATION was Social Sciences  with 380 published documents, and the most used Publication Type during the period indicated above were Conference Articles with 69% of the total scientific production.