Systematic Literature Review: Information overload of online distance learners

Ferdinand Jilan Dawie; Mohamad Noorman Masrek; Mohammad Fazli Baharuddin

doi:10.21834/ebpj.v7iSI10.4107

Authors

Ferdinand Jilan Dawie Faculty of Information Management, Universiti Teknologi MARA, Selangor, Malaysia
Mohamad Noorman Masrek Faculty of Information Management, Universiti Teknologi MARA, Selangor, Malaysia
Mohammad Fazli Baharuddin Faculty of Information Management, Universiti Teknologi MARA, Selangor, Malaysia

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.21834/ebpj.v7iSI10.4107

Keywords:

Information Overload, Distance Learners, Online Learning, Systematic Literature Review

Abstract

This paper aims to summarize the developments of previous studies done in Information Overload fields in the past five years and gives a prospect to future research in this field using the systematic literature review method. The results show very limitedly and low publication activity has been done in the area of information overload with Online Distance Learners. It is anticipated that this paper will trigger further studies that could focus on the impact of information overload on education fields.

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