OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of ETR&D-Educational Technology Research and Development is 9. 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 2021-05-01 to 2025-05-01.)

Article	Citations
Exploring the influence of favorite projects on programming skill improvement: analyzing the longitudinal dataset of 5 years of public activity on scratch social media	194
Should We account for classrooms? Analyzing online experimental data with student-level randomization	112
Successful and unsuccessful mapping behaviors for learning procedural-type knowledge	95
Elementary Students Learning Computer Programming: an investigation of their knowledge Retention, Motivation, and perceptions	81
From analogy to reflective thinking: an observation-identification-analogy-based virtual learning approach	68
Facebook post data: a primer for educational research	63
A two-staged SEM: artificial neural network approach for understanding and predicting the factors of students’ satisfaction with emergency remote teaching	60
Two sides of the same coin: video annotations and in-video questions for active learning	49
Designing biomimetic robots: iterative development of an integrated technology design curriculum	47
Cross-cultural learning in virtual reality environment: facilitating cross-cultural understanding, trait emotional intelligence, and sense of presence	43
Implementation of the flipped classroom approach for promoting college students’ deeper learning	42
Exploring the influence of competition and collaboration on learning performance in digital game-based learning	41
Education and technology: elements of a relevant, comprehensive, and cumulative research agenda	40
Impact of gender and prior knowledge on learning performance and motivation in a digital game-based learning biology course	40
Scaffolding in immersive virtual reality environments for learning English: an eye tracking study	40
Taking adaptive learning in educational settings to the next level: leveraging natural language processing for improved personalization	38
Entangled eclecticism: a sociotechnical-pedagogical systems theory approach to learning experience design	36
The impact of synchronous online discussions and online flipped learning on student engagement and self-regulation among preliminary undergraduates in a basic math course	36
Learner-centric MOOC model: a pedagogical design model towards active learner participation and higher completion rates	35
Exploring the adoption of social media in self-paced physical activity in early childhood education: a case in central China	34
Factors contributing to teachers’ acceptance intention to gamified EFL tools: a scale development study	34
Design and development of an online formative peer assessment environment with instructional scaffolds	34
Designing for robot-mediated interaction among culturally and linguistically diverse children	33
Preservice science teachers coding science simulations: epistemological understanding, coding skills, and lesson design	33
A review of how class orchestration with technology has been conducted for pedagogical practices	32

Development research on an AI English learning support system to facilitate learner-generated-context-based learning	31
Reflection as a social phenomenon: a conceptual framework toward group reflection research	29
Correction to: Implementation of the flipped classroom approach for promoting college students’ deeper learning	29
Development and validation of a measure of authentic online work	28
Factors influencing university teachers’ use of a mobile technology-enhanced teaching (MTT) platform	28
Integrating cognition, self-regulation, motivation, and metacognition: a framework of post-pandemic flipped classroom design	27
Corroborating a sorting task measure of individual and of local collective knowledge structure	26
Artificial intelligence learning platform in a visual programming environment: exploring an artificial intelligence learning model	26
The effects of reading prompts and of post-reading generative learning tasks on multiple document integration: evidence from concept network analysis	26
Serious games in high-stakes assessment contexts: a systematic literature review into the game design principles for valid game-based performance assessment	26
Enhancing computational thinking skills in informatics in secondary education: the case of South Korea	26
Constructing problems in context: a synthesized model of dialectical problem-framing	25
Effects of applying speech-enabled language translation technology to EMI lectures on students’ discussion quality and learning achievement	24
Effects of different feedback strategies on academic achievements, learning motivations, and self-efficacy for novice programmers	24
Prompting scientific concept learning in augmented reality: impact of the concept map strategy on mental models and cognitive load	24
What I think I learned	24
Instructional designers’ professional futures: insights from best possible self and epistemic network analysis	24
Developing a digital tutor as an intermediary between students, teaching assistants, and lecturers	24
The effect of cumulative eye movements’ guidance of experts on transition from novice to expert	23
Each discipline is different: teacher capabilities for future-focussed digitally infused undergraduate programmes	23
“Then You go to Snap”: Multimodal Making of Digital Comics in a Language Arts High School Classroom	23
Open educational resources (OERs) and courseware development in dual-mode universities in Nigeria	23
Theoretically driven educational app design: the creation of a mathematics app	22
Instructional design learners make sense of theory: a collaborative autoethnography	22
Just how much multitasking can students handle during lecture? Effects of question frequency and relevancy, and note taking on retention	21
Exploring the effect of parental involvement on student engagement and academic performance using process data from learning management system	21
A case-based reasoning and ontology-based hybrid recommender system for student orientation in higher education	19
Exploring non-dominant youths’ engineering identity through productive struggle in a making summer program	19
Design-based implementation research: milestones and trade-offs in designing a collaborative representation tool for engineering classrooms	18
Factors influencing teachers’ technology adoption in technology-rich classrooms: model development and test	18
Using social media affordances to support Ill-structured problem-solving skills: considering possibilities and challenges	18
Design tensions in developing and using observation and assessment tools in makerspaces	18
Which types of learners are suitable for augmented reality? A fuzzy set analysis of learning outcomes configurations from the perspective of individual differences	18
Experience sampling methodology and technology: an approach for examining situational, longitudinal, and multi-dimensional characteristics of engagement	18
The use of distance-shortening strategies to enhance opportunistic collaboration in knowledge-building environments	18
A software prototype of formative assessment: designing and usability measurement	17
Online instructors’ pedagogical beliefs and choice of student learning activities	17
Paradigms extended: how to integrate behaviorism, constructivism, knowledge domain, and learner mastery in instructional design	17
Personalizing mathematical content in educational applets repository: human teacher versus machine-based considerations	17
Integrating augmented reality into inquiry-based learning approach in primary science classrooms	17
Development and students’ evaluation of a blended online and offline pedagogy for physical education theory curriculum in China during the COVID-19 pandemic	17
Multimodal analysis of interaction data from embodied education technologies	16
Detector-driven classroom interviewing: focusing qualitative researcher time by selecting cases in situ	16
How the design and complexity of concept maps influence cognitive learning processes	15
Teachers’ AI digital competencies and twenty-first century skills in the post-pandemic world	15
Usability research in educational technology: a state-of-the-art systematic review	15
Combining exploratory learning with structured practice educational technologies to foster both conceptual and procedural fractions knowledge	15
Exploring the characteristics of an optimal design of non-programming plugged learning for developing primary school students’ computational thinking in mathematics	15
Learning about history in immersive virtual reality: does immersion facilitate learning?	15
How do they define design failure? An investigation of design failure in instructional design practice from the practitioners’ perspective	14

Does slow and steady win the race?: Clustering patterns of students’ behaviors in an interactive online mathematics game	14
Self-regulation, motivation, and outcomes in HyFlex classrooms	14
Missed opportunities in mixed methods EdTech research? Visual joint display development as an analytical strategy for achieving integration in mixed methods studies	13
An exploration of factors that predict higher education faculty members’ intentions to utilize emerging technologies	13
The influence of course community and personal community support on learner engagement in online courses	13
Measuring students’ perception of an engaging online learning environment: an argument-based scale validation study	13
Tracing the essence: ways to develop abstraction in computational thinking	13
Enhancing Vocabulary Learning and Retention in EFL Students: A Comparative Study of ARLOOPA Augmented Reality App in Flipped Online and Flipped Face-to-Face Classes	13
Investigating the usability and learner experience of a virtual reality adaptive skills intervention for adults with autism spectrum disorder	13
Integrating artificial intelligence in literacy lessons for elementary classrooms: a co-design approach	13
Exploring students’ behavioral patterns when playing educational games with learning supports at different timings	12
Dimensions of scale: Connected Learning Initiative (CLIx)—a case study of educational technology initiative in India	12
Instructor presence in instructional videos in higher education: three field experiments in university courses	12
Implementation of Lettersmith to improve the writing process among graduate-level public health students: Results from a pilot evaluation study	12
Relational topologies in the learning activity spaces: operationalising a sociomaterial approach	12
Effect of an interactive e-book on middle school students' mathematics reading and spatial ability	12
Weaving in: shifts in youth mathematical engagement through weaving	12
The added value of game elements: better training performance but comparable learning gains	12
A strategy to enhance e-safety among first-year students at Zimbabwean universities: an action research	12
Interweaving of self-regulated learning and game-based learning in higher education: a review of academic publications from 2009 to 2020	12
Exploring the impact of a CALL tool for emergent bilinguals	12
The influence of the conceptual structure of external representations when relearning history content	11
The effects of virtual human gesture frequency and reduced video speed on satisfaction and learning outcomes	11
Designing and delivering representation-focused science lessons in a digital learning environment	11
Role-playing monument exploration: an online educational game with a role-playing mechanism and multi-dimensional scaffolding for monument tours	11
The influence of organizational factors on the acceptance of online teaching among college faculty during the COVID-19 pandemic: a nationwide study in mainland China	11
Correction: Analyzing the discourse on open educational resources on Twitter: a sentiment analysis approach	11
Technology-based interactive guidance to promote learning performance and self-regulation: a chatbot-assisted self-regulated learning approach	11
Conceptual and theoretical frameworks for leveraging makerspaces to encourage and retain underrepresented populations in STEM through learning by design	11
Actualization of teaching conceptions in lesson design: how teaching conceptions shape TPACK regarding spherical video-based virtual reality-supported writing instruction	11
Concept maps in technological contexts of higher education: a systematic review of selected SSCI publications	10
Interpreting institute culture dynamics of technology adoption: a downscaling dynamic model	10
Training in-service teachers through individualized technology-related mentorship	10
Correction to: Promise and reality: using ICTs to bridge China’s rural–urban divide in education	10
An educational model of equity and computing: a study of marginalized student experience during COVID pandemic	10
Instructional design students’ design judgment development	10
Applying participatory design for developing an unplugged game to learning graph theory	10
Effects of different graphic organizers in asynchronous online discussions	10
Evaluation of metaverse use intention in software education of university students: combining technology acceptance model with external variables	9
Understanding Distinctions of Worth in the Practices of Instructional Design Teams	9
From cooperation to collaboration: investigating collaborative group writing and social knowledge construction in pre-service teachers	9
Exploring teachers’ emotional experience in a TPACK development task	9
Augmented reality for area measurement reasoning of elementary students	9
Online presence and technology-enhanced language learning experience: a multivariate relationship of learning aspiration, perceived authenticity and learning engagement	9
The mainstream and extension of contemporary virtual reality education research: Insights from a co-citation network analysis (2015–2020)	9
Applying the DT-CDIO engineering design model in a flipped learning programming course	9
Creative intention and persistence in educational robotic	9
Examination of systemic factors that impact instructional designers’ practices in higher education	9
Motivation in online course design using self-determination theory: an action research study in a secondary mathematics course	9
Could virtual reality be the next approach for international students learning Maltese?	9
A systematic review of educational online peer-review and assessment systems: charting the landscape	9
Impact of using authentic online learning environments on students’ perceived employability	9
A comprehensive review of instructional designer research and approaches in learning design	9
Transfer of responsibility from scaffolding to preservice early childhood teachers learning to debug	9