OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of British Journal of Educational Technology is 15. 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 2020-05-01 to 2024-05-01.)

Article	Citations
Effectiveness of immersive virtual reality using head‐mounted displays on learning performance: A meta‐analysis	198
An exploratory study on the emergency remote education experience of higher education students and teachers during the COVID‐19 pandemic	172
Immersive virtual reality in K‐12 and higher education: A 10‐year systematic review of empirical research	165
Student engagement in online learning in Latin American higher education during the COVID‐19 pandemic: A systematic review	132
Students’ experience of online learning during the COVID‐19 pandemic: A province‐wide survey study	108
Effects of an immersive virtual reality‐based classroom on students’ learning performance in science lessons	96
HoloLens and mobile augmented reality in medical and health science education: A randomised controlled trial	96
The virtual field trip: Investigating how to optimize immersive virtual learning in climate change education	92
Academia's responses to crisis: A bibliometric analysis of literature on online learning in higher education during COVID‐19	89
Multimodal data capabilities for learning: What can multimodal data tell us about learning?	82
Can an immersive virtual reality simulation increase students’ interest and career aspirations in science?	77
Gamification of in‐class activities in flipped classroom lectures	75
Effects of learning physics using Augmented Reality on students’ self‐efficacy and conceptions of learning	71
Emergency education effects on teacher abilities and motivation to use digital technologies	71
Multimodal learning analytics for game‐based learning	70
Reasons associated with preservice teachers’ intention to use immersive virtual reality in education	69
Promoting students' learning achievement and self‐efficacy: A mobile chatbot approach for nursing training	69
Investigating the effect of teaching as a generative learning strategy when learning through desktop and immersive VR: A media and methods experiment	62
How student perceptions about online learning difficulty influenced their satisfaction during Canada's Covid‐19 response	62
The promise and challenges of multimodal learning analytics	60
Learning with technology during emergencies: A systematic review of K‐12 education	56
Technology integration for young children during COVID‐19: Towards future online teaching	56
Teachers' trust in AI‐powered educational technology and a professional development program to improve it	54
From experiencing to expressing: A virtual reality approach to facilitating pupils’ descriptive paper writing performance and learning behavior engagement	53
Multimodal Learning Analytics research with young children: A systematic review	53

Peer feedback or peer feedforward? Enhancing students’ argumentative peer learning processes and outcomes	52
The role of informal digital learning of English and L2 motivational self system in foreign language enjoyment	49
Do cultural differences affect users’ e‐learning adoption? A meta‐analysis	49
Online exam proctoring technologies: Educational innovation or deterioration?	48
Extending the technology acceptance model of college learners' mobile‐assisted language learning by incorporating psychological constructs	48
Students’ motivational beliefs and strategies, perceived immersion and attitudes towards science learning with immersive virtual reality: A partial least squares analysis	47
Humanoid robots in higher education: Evaluating the acceptance of Pepper in the context of an academic writing course using the UTAUT	46
Exploring the effects of gamification pedagogy on children’s reading: A mixed‐method study on academic performance, reading‐related mentality and behaviors, and sustainability	46
The post‐COVID‐19 future of digital learning in higher education: Views from educators, students, and other professionals in six countries	46
Understanding university students’ behavioral intention to use Edmodo through the lens of an extended technology acceptance model	43
Theorising hybrid lifelong learning	43
Developing capabilities: Lifelong learning in the age of AI	42
Understanding user trust in artificial intelligence‐based educational systems: Evidence from China	42
Using learning analytics in the Amazonas: understanding students’ behaviour in introductory programming	42
COVID‐19 as the tipping point for integrating e‐assessment in higher education practices	41
Learning by explaining to oneself and a peer enhances learners’ theta and alpha oscillations while watching video lectures	41
Hybrid learning spaces––Design, data, didactics	40
Multimodal learning analytics to investigate cognitive load during online problem solving	40
The affordances of AI‐enabled automatic scoring applications on learners’ continuous learning intention: An empirical study in China	38
Temporal analysis of multimodal data to predict collaborative learning outcomes	38
Teachers' digital competence to assist students with functional diversity: Identification of factors through logistic regression methods	37
Narrative categorization in digital game‐based learning: Engagement, motivation & learning	37
The effectiveness of technology‐supported personalised learning in low‐ and middle‐income countries: A meta‐analysis	36
Never‐ending repetitiveness, sadness, loss, and “juggling with a blindfold on:” Lived experiences of Canadian college and university faculty members during the COVID‐19 pandemic	36
What does physiological synchrony reveal about metacognitive experiences and group performance?	35
Perceived teacher support and students’ acceptance of mobile‐assisted language learning: Evidence from Vietnamese higher education context	33
Pre‐service teachers’ perceptions of social media data privacy policies	33
Understanding the focal points and sentiment of learners in MOOC reviews: A machine learning and SC‐LIWC‐based approach	32
What makes learners a good fit for hybrid learning? Learning competences as predictors of experience and satisfaction in hybrid learning space	32
Examining the role of technology‐related policy and constructivist teaching belief on English teachers’ technology acceptance: A study in Chinese universities	32
Inquiring tweets want to know: #Edchat supports for #RemoteTeaching during COVID‐19	32
Lifelong learning and the Internet: Who benefits most from learning online?	31
Situating presence within extended reality for teacher training: Validation of the extended Reality Presence Scale (XRPS) in preservice teacher use of immersive 360 video	31
Blockchain technology for sustainable education	31
The case for alternative endpoints in computing education	30
Reading with robot and human companions in library literacy activities: A comparison study	30
An exploration of instructors' and students' perspectives on remote delivery of courses during the COVID‐19 pandemic	29
What influences student situational engagement in smart classrooms: Perception of the learning environment and students' motivation	29
Staying on target: A systematic literature review on learner‐facing learning analytics dashboards	29
Transitioning to remote learning: Lessons from supporting K‐12 teachers through a MOOC	29
The dynamic mix of heutagogy and technology: Preparing learners for lifelong learning	29
Using immersive virtual reality to support designing skills in vocational education	29
An evaluation of an adaptive learning system based on multimodal affect recognition for learners with intellectual disabilities	29
Adapting educational practices in emergency remote education: Continuity and change from a student perspective	29
Fostering students’ creativity via educational robotics: An investigation of teachers’ pedagogical practices based on teacher interviews	29
Robot programming versus block play in early childhood education: Effects on computational thinking, sequencing ability, and self‐regulation	29
An experimental study on the effects of gamified cooperation and competition on English vocabulary learning	28
Course video recommendation with multimodal information in online learning platforms: A deep learning framework	28
The role of Informal Digital Learning of English in Korean and Swedish EFL learners’ communication behaviour	28
From data to actions: Instructors' decision making based on learners' data in online emergency remote teaching	27

Do AI chatbots improve students learning outcomes? Evidence from a meta‐analysis	27
ICT self‐efficacy mediates most effects of university ICT support on preservice teachers' TPACK: Evidence from three normal universities in China	26
Adult learning in online communities of practice: A systematic review	26
Collaborative versus individual problem solving in computational thinking through programming: A meta‐analysis	26
Practical and ethical challenges of large language models in education: A systematic scoping review	26
Cardiopulmonary resuscitation training for high school students using an immersive 360‐degree virtual reality environment	25
An examination of constructivist educational technologies: Key affordances and conditions	25
Immersive virtual reality in education	25
Developing preservice teachers' understanding of computational thinking: A constructionist approach	25
The answer is (not only) technological: Considering student data privacy in learning analytics	25
Facilitating knowledge construction in mobile learning contexts: A bi‐directional peer‐assessment approach	25
Zoom invigilated exams: A protocol for rapid adoption to remote examinations	24
Immersive virtual reality for supporting complex scientific knowledge: Augmenting our understanding with physiological monitoring	24
The impact of AI and robotics on physical, social‐emotional and intellectual learning outcomes: An integrated analytical framework	24
Exploring the relationship between clout and cognitive processing in MOOC discussion forums	23
Augmented reality for preschool children: An experience with educational contents	23
Creating technology‐enabled lifelong learning: A heutagogical approach	23
Online aviation learning experience during the COVID‐19 pandemic in Hong Kong and Mainland China	23
Effects of a learning analytics‐based real‐time feedback approach on knowledge elaboration, knowledge convergence, interactive relationships and group performance in CSCL	23
Validating a blended teaching readiness instrument for primary/secondary preservice teachers	23
Automatic assessment of cognitive and emotional states in virtual reality‐based flexibility training for four adolescents with autism	23
Incorporating AI and learning analytics to build trustworthy peer assessment systems	22
Adoption and impact of a learning analytics dashboard supporting the advisor—Student dialogue in a higher education institute in Latin America	22
Examining socially shared regulation and shared physiological arousal events with multimodal learning analytics	22
Controlled evaluation of a multimodal system to improve oral presentation skills in a real learning setting	22
A comprehensive assessment of secondary school students’ computational thinking skills	22
Adaptation and evaluation of a learning analytics dashboard to improve academic support at three Latin American universities	21
Intrinsic motivation enhances online group creativity via promoting members’ effort, not interaction	21
Artificial intelligence and deep learning in educational technology research and practice	21
The differential interplay of TPACK, teacher beliefs, school culture and professional development with the nature of in‐service EFL teachers' technology adoption	20
Human and artificial intelligence collaboration for socially shared regulation in learning	20
How do the existing fairness metrics and unfairness mitigation algorithms contribute to ethical learning analytics?	20
A question, observation, and organisation‐based SVVR approach to enhancing students' presentation performance, classroom engagement, and technology acceptance in a cultural course	20
Effect of three network visualizations on students' social‐cognitive engagement in online discussions	20
Continuing to teach in a time of crisis: The Chinese rural educational system’s response and student satisfaction and social and cognitive presence	20
Examining the effects of mixed and non‐digital gamification on students' learning performance, cognitive engagement and course satisfaction	20
The effects of a group awareness tool on knowledge construction in computer‐supported collaborative learning	19
Constructionism and AI: A history and possible futures	19
Promoting deep writing with immersive technologies: An SVVR‐supported Chinese composition writing approach for primary schools	19
A tale of two subreddits: Change and continuity in teaching‐related online spaces	19
Immersive virtual reality to train preservice teachers in managing students' challenging behaviours: A pilot study	19
Effects of the group‐regulation promotion approach on students’ individual and collaborative learning performance, perceptions of regulation and regulation behaviours in project‐based tasks	19
The influence of parental support and perceived usefulness on students' learning motivation and flow experience in visual programming: Investigation from a parent perspective	19
A motivational model‐based virtual reality approach to prompting learners' sense of presence, learning achievements, and higher‐order thinking in professional safety training	19
Comparing video and virtual reality as tools for fostering interest and self‐efficacy in classroom management: Results of a pre‐registered experiment	19
Using natural language processing to support peer‐feedback in the age of artificial intelligence: A cross‐disciplinary framework and a research agenda	18
The effectiveness of an adaptive digital educational game for the training of early numerical abilities in terms of cognitive, noncognitive and efficiency outcomes	18
Constructivist teaching and learning with technologies in the COVID‐19 lockdown in Eastern India	18
Towards inclusiveness and sustainability of robot programming in early childhood: Child engagement, learning outcomes and teacher perception	18
Virtually the same?: Online higher education in the post Covid‐19 era	17
An overview of 25 years of research on digital personalised learning in primary and secondary education: A systematic review of conceptual and methodological trends	17
Designing learning experiences for outdoor hybrid learning spaces	17
Learning to work with the black box: Pedagogy for a world with artificial intelligence	17
The mediating effects of needs satisfaction on the relationships between prior knowledge and self‐regulated learning through artificial intelligence chatbot	16
Analysis of students’ ideas and conceptual artifacts in knowledge‐building discourse	16
A creative problem solving‐based flipped learning strategy for promoting students’ performing creativity, skills and tendencies of creative thinking and collaboration	16
Self‐directed reflective assessment for collective empowerment among pre‐service teachers	16
The effectiveness of a marketing virtual reality learning simulation: A quantitative survey with psychophysiological measures	16
Students' privacy concerns in learning analytics: Model development	16
Enhancing consent forms to support participant decision making in multimodal learning data research	15
Cognitive load and online course quality: Insights from instructional designers in a higher education context	15
The effects of augmented reality‐supported instruction in tertiary‐level medical education	15
Constructionist co‐design: A dual approach to curriculum and professional development	15
Code the mime: A 3D programmable charades game for computational thinking in MaLT2	15
Promoting students' artwork appreciation: An experiential learning‐based virtual reality approach	15
Large qualitative sample and thematic analysis to redefine student dropout and retention strategy in open online education	15
Exploring online social networks of school leaders in times of COVID‐19	15
Investigating learners' engagement and science learning outcomes in different designs of participatory simulated games	15
Identifying factors influencing study skills engagement and participation for online learners in higher education during COVID‐19	15