OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of British Journal of Educational Technology is 17. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2021-10-01 to 2025-10-01.)

Article	Citations
Chatbots in tertiary education: Exploring the impact of warm and competent avatars on self‐directed learning	365
Empowering active learning: A social annotation tool for improving student engagement	273
Identifying factors influencing study skills engagement and participation for online learners in higher education during COVID‐19	267
The changing ecologies of international students: Comparing internationalisation at a distance and internationalisation abroad	253
A learning analytics approach towards understanding collaborative inquiry in a problem‐based learning environment	154
Aligning human values and educational technologies with value‐sensitive design	129
Development and validation of an instrument to measure online assessment acceptance in higher education	124
Upgrading financial education by adding Python‐based personalized financial projection: A randomized control trial	117
The impact of an academic counselling learning analytics tool: Evidence from 3 years of use	113
Viewing tailored nudges is correlated with improved mastery‐based assessment scores	108
Investigating pedagogical agents' scaffolding of self‐regulated learning in relation to learners' subgoals	100
The impact of GenAI‐enabled coding hints on students' programming performance and cognitive load in an SRL‐based Python course	100
Multimodal learning analytics—In‐between student privacy and encroachment: A systematic review	97
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BJET Editorial Spring 2025: Reporting on AIED research and ethical considerations	82
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For to all those who have, will more be given? Evidence from the adoption of the SELFIE tool for the digital capacity of schools in Spain	80
Fostering low‐achieving students' productive disciplinary engagement through knowledge‐building inquiry and reflective assessment	75
A topological exploration of convergence/divergence of human‐mediated and algorithmically mediated pedagogy	69
Metacognition meets AI: Empowering reflective writing with large language models	66
Comparing video and virtual reality as tools for fostering interest and self‐efficacy in classroom management: Results of a pre‐registered experiment	66
BJET Editorial 2024: A call for research rigour	66
Untangling complexity of competency evolution: Multi‐channel learning trajectories of score, engagement and problem‐solving efficiency	63
The role of generative AI in collaborative problem‐solving of authentic challenges	55
Students as digital multimodal text designers: A study of resources, affordances, and experiences	53

Large qualitative sample and thematic analysis to redefine student dropout and retention strategy in open online education	52
Lessons learned from the student dropout patterns on COVID‐19 pandemic: An analysis supported by machine learning	51
Beyond hard workout: A multimodal framework for personalised running training with immersive technologies	50
How do students' self‐regulation skills affect learning satisfaction and continuous intention within desktop‐based virtual reality? A structural equation modelling approach	50
COVID‐19 as the tipping point for integrating e‐assessment in higher education practices	50
Interactivity and identity impact learners' sense of agency in virtual reality field trips	49
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Meeting the challenges of continuing education online courses: Can we promote self‐regulated learning strategies with adaptive support?	47
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Using virtual classroom simulations in a mathematics methods course to develop pre‐service primary mathematics teachers' noticing skills	45
The effectiveness of Tier 1 digital interventions for early reading: A meta‐analysis	44
Assessing approaches to learning with nonparametric multidimensional scaling	42
Applying social cognition to feedback chatbots: Enhancing trustworthiness through politeness	42
Testing a novel extended educational technology acceptance model using student attitudes towards virtual classrooms	40
Teacher support, academic engagement and learning anxiety in online foreign language learning	38
What is the impact of a multi‐modal pedagogical conversational AI system on parents' concerns about technology use by young children?	38
Capturing self‐regulated learning processes in virtual reality: Causal sequencing of multimodal data	38
Infusing educational technologies in the heart of the university—A systematic literature review from an organisational perspective	36
Data privacy on the African continent: Opportunities, challenges and implications for learning analytics	36
Exploring the impact of VoiceBots on multimedia programming education among Ghanaian university students	35
Human–AI collaborative learning in mixed reality: Examining the cognitive and socio‐emotional interactions	35
Using causal models to bridge the divide between big data and educational theory	34
Examining students' attitudes and intentions towards using ChatGPT in higher education	34
Primary school teachers' classroom‐based e‐assessment practices: Insights from the theory of planned behaviour	34
Assessing implicit computational thinking in game‐based learning: A logical puzzle game study	33
Evaluating the use of BERT and Llama to analyse classroom dialogue for teachers' learning of dialogic pedagogy	33
Effect of an AI‐based chatbot on students' learning performance in alternate reality game‐based museum learning	33
Promoting students' artwork appreciation: An experiential learning‐based virtual reality approach	33
Requesting a commitment in school teachers to teach in unprecedented ways: The mediating role of teacher agency	32
Evidence‐based multimodal learning analytics for feedback and reflection in collaborative learning	31
Towards automated transcribing and coding of embodied teamwork communication through multimodal learning analytics	31
Design and evaluation of a social and embodied multiplayer reading game to engage primary school learners in Namibia	31
Student profiles based on in‐game performance and help‐seeking behaviours in an online mathematics game	31
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‘It's extremely weird to understand UK culture when you don't live there and just study from abroad’: An empirical investigation of internationalisation at a distance perspectives	30
The effects of physical fidelity and task repetition on perceived task load and performance in the virtual reality‐based training simulation	29
Analysing nontraditional students' ChatGPT interaction, engagement, self‐efficacy and performance: A mixed‐methods approach	29
Evidence‐based learning analytics: Reusing and reapplying successful methods and techniques in real learning settings	28
Student engagement in online learning in Latin American higher education during the COVID‐19 pandemic: A systematic review	28
Fostering complex professional skills with interactive simulation technology: A virtual reality‐based flipped learning approach	28
Exploring Twitter as a social learning space for education scholars: An analysis of value‐added contributions to the #TPACK network	28
How does drawing influence the effectiveness of oral self‐explanation versus instructional explanation in video learning?	28
Unveiling cognitive processes in digital reading through behavioural cues: A hybrid intelligence (HI) approach	28
Video demonstrations can predict the intention to use digital learning technologies	28
The impact of the SMART program on cognitive and academic skills: A systematic review and meta‐analysis	28
Development of a metacognitive regulation‐based collaborative programming system and its effects on students' learning achievements, computational thinking tendency and group metacognition	28
An experimental study on reading in high‐immersion virtual reality	27
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The more the better? How excessive content and online interaction hinder the learning effectiveness of high‐quality MOOCs	26

Why do college students engage in in‐class media multitasking behaviours? A social learning perspective	26
Meta‐analysis of the effect of 360‐degree videos on students' learning outcomes and non‐cognitive outcomes	25
Effects of immersive virtual reality cardiopulmonary resuscitation training on prospective kindergarten teachers' learning achievements, attitudes and self‐efficacy	25
Raising student engagement using digital nudges tailored to students' motivation and perceived ability levels	25
Still a fallible tool? Revisiting effects of automated writing evaluation from activity theory perspective	24
Privacy risk quantification in education data using Markov model	24
Understanding higher education students' developing perceptions of geocapabilities through the creation of story maps with geographical information systems	24
A human‐centred learning analytics approach for developing contextually scalable K‐12 teacher dashboards	24
A Competency Framework for AI Literacy: Variations by Different Learner Groups and an Implied Learning Pathway	23
Providing tailored reflection instructions in collaborative learning using large language models	23
Hybrid teaching intelligence: Lessons learned from an embodied mathematics learning experience	23
Comparing reusable, atomic feedback with classic feedback on a linear equations task using text mining and qualitative techniques	23
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Driving is believing: Using telepresence robots to access makerspace for teachers in rural areas	23
Technology integration in higher education and student privacy beyond learning environments—A comparison of the UK and US perspective	22
Technology addiction, abduction and adoption in higher education: Bird's eye view of the ICT4AD policy in Ghana 20 years on	22
“African magic” or “African science”: Issues of technology in African higher education	22
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Contextualizing privacy with wearable data in higher education	22
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The impact of social robots' presence and roles on children's performance in musical instrument practice	21
Learning analytics and assessment: Emerging research trends, promises and future opportunities	21
What influences student situational engagement in smart classrooms: Perception of the learning environment and students' motivation	21
The pedagogical makerspace: Learning opportunity and challenge for prospective teachers' growth of TPACK	21
Beyond item analysis: Connecting student behaviour and performance using e‐assessment logs	21
Vulnerable student digital well‐being in AI‐powered educational decision support systems (AI‐EDSS) in higher education	20
Design and validation of a conceptual model for children's continuance intention to use video apps	20
Enhancing self‐directed learning and Python mastery through integration of a large language model and learning analytics dashboard	20
Educational apps and learning: Current evidence on design and evaluation	20
Exploring homeplace as a nexus of learning and socially reproductive labour: A feminist perspective on internationalisation at a distance	20
Teachers' digital initiatives to bridge students' in‐class and out‐of‐class language learning and the influencing factors	20
Leveraging cultural forms in human‐centred learning analytics design	20
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Do help options facilitate computer‐based L2 listening comprehension? Evidence from an activity theory perspective	20
Long‐term effects of an online math tool on U.S. adolescents' achievement	20
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AI and English language teaching: Affordances and challenges	19
Influential factors on e‐learning adoption of university students with disability: Effects of type of disability	19
Improving students' inquiry learning in web‐based environments by providing structure: Does the teacher matter or platform matter?	19
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Towards integrating quality in theoretical models of acceptance: An extended proposed model applied to e‐learning services	19
GeoSolvAR: Scaffolding spatial perspective‐taking ability of middle‐school students using AR‐enhanced inquiry learning environment	18
Children's Conceptions of AI, Ethics and Intelligence in China: Evidence from Drawing and Ranking Activities	18
The information won't just sink in: Helping teachers provide technology‐assisted data literacy instruction in social studies	18
The quest to cultivate an ecocritical awareness in educational technology scholarship: A question of disciplinary focus in the age of environmental crisis	18
What next for Universal Design for Learning? A systematic literature review of technology in UDL implementations at second level	18
Adaptive or adapted to: Sequence and reflexive thematic analysis to understand learners' self‐regulated learning in an adaptive learning analytics dashboard	18
Collaborative dialogue patterns of pair programming and their impact on programming self‐efficacy and coding performance	17
Empowering student self‐regulated learning and science education through ChatGPT: A pioneering pilot study	17
Big data, big changes? The technologies and sources of data used in science classrooms	17
Co‐designing enduring learning analytics prediction and support tools in undergraduate biology courses	17
Pedagogical features of interactive apps for effective learning of foundational skills	17
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Collaborative Cell Groups: Bridging separation in the Community of Inquiry in a context of Internationalization at a Distance	17
Practical and ethical challenges of large language models in education: A systematic scoping review	17
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