OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The median citation count of Journal of Computing in Higher Education is 4. 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 2022-08-01 to 2026-08-01.)

Article	Citations
Wild brooms and learning analytics	183
Effects of technology enhanced peer, teacher and self-feedback on students’ collaborative writing, critical thinking tendency and engagement in learning	78
The effect of the flipped classroom approach on creative thinking, self-esteem, and social interaction of English foreign language learners in intermediate level	69
Examining the role of computing identity in the computing experiences of women and racially minoritized undergraduates: a literature review	59
Not now, maybe later: the mediating influence of techno-overload on the relationship between academic self-efficacy and procrastination	48
Connecting affordances of physical and virtual laboratory modes to engineering epistemic practices	48
Mobile-based artificial intelligence chatbot for self-regulated learning in a hybrid flipped classroom	45
Effects and acceptability of virtual reality to facilitate mindfulness practice in university students	43
A critique of calculation and optionalization applied to online/blended course design	39
Adoption of open educational resources in the global south	33
Empowering student engagement: the dynamics of learner traits in digital feedback environments	32
Investigating the influencing factors of the intention to continue using MOOCs: the perspective of modified TAM with TDT	32
Exploring satisfaction of online teaching faculty from a Job Demands-Resources model perspective: the mediating roles of emotional exhaustion and motivation	32
HyFlex course design: outcomes, challenges, and supports for students and instructors	31
A note from the advisory board	30
Effectiveness of gamification on team building activities to improve student learning experiences in online courses	29
Profiles of students’ behavioral engagement and their associations to academic motivation in online learning	28
Design-based research to develop design principles for collaborative learning in asynchronous distributed online groups	27
Examining the ethics of generative artificial intelligence within the scope of awareness and behavior	27
Evaluating the design of digital tools for the transition to an e-continuous assessment in higher education	26
Digital literacy of English majors: subjective versus objective assessment	23
Accessible and inclusive online learning in higher education: a review of the literature	23
Process and summative assessment of groups’ collaborative knowledge building	23
Online laboratories and virtual experimentation in higher education from a sociotechnical-pedagogical design perspective	22
Effectiveness of H5P in improving student learning outcomes in an online tertiary education setting	20

Open badges and achievement goal orientation: a study with high-performing student programmers	20
Combining data from a LMS and a student register for exploring factors affecting study duration	19
Predicting the quality of robotics-enhanced lesson plans using motivation, academic standing, and collaboration status	18
Honoring sovereignties through technology within indigenous community research partnerships	18
Using chatbots to support student goal setting and social presence in fully online activities: learner engagement and perceptions	17
Personalisation in STE(A)M education: a review of literature from 2011 to 2020	17
How does task complexity affect group processes and dynamics in computer-supported collaborative learning? An analysis of structural relationships between perceived task complexity, group atmosphere,	16
Profiling students who thrive in MOOCs: voluntary evaluators within a high-engagement cluster prioritize practical tools and structured content	16
Review of research on the outcomes of embodied and collaborative learning in STEM in higher education with immersive technologies	15
A systems thinking perspective on learning design in higher education	14
From awareness to empowerment: self-determination theory-informed learning analytics dashboards to enhance student engagement in asynchronous online courses	14
Understanding university students’ self-directed online learning in the context of emergency remote teaching: the role of online learning readiness and digital literacy	13
Exploring expert instructors’ conceptualization and teaching practices in asynchronous online discussions during case-based learning: a multiple case study	12
Leveraging contrastive learning to improve group and individual fairness in predictive analytics for online learning	12
Analyzing the effects of instructional strategies on students’ on-task status from aspects of their learning behaviors and cognitive factors	11
Online learners’ self-regulated learning skills regarding LMS interactions: a profiling study	11
What makes ALEKS learning successful?: influences of prior knowledge, learning time, self-efficacy, and resource management on learning achievement	10
“Free selection and invitation” online peer assessment of undergraduates’ research competencies, flow, motivation and interaction in a research methods course	10
Educational design research for relevant & robust scholarship	10
The impact of teacher, peer, and automated writing evaluation feedback on developing deep writing skills: a comparative study	10
Using an integrated probabilistic clustering approach to detect student engagement across asynchronous and synchronous online discussions	10
Engaged learning during distraction: a case study of successful working moms in distance education	10
Building a policy research agenda in educational technology: current disconnects and future recommendations	10
Gamification design strategies to support higher education students’ basic psychological needs: a scoping review	9
Applications of human–AI interaction to optimize teaching workload and improve student writing	9
The relations between self-reported perceptions of learning environment, observational learning strategies, and academic outcome	9
Learning analytics in support of inclusiveness and disabled students: a systematic review	9
The impact of interactive synchronous HyFlex model on student academic performance in a large active learning introductory college design course	8
Correction: Instructors’ educational ICT use in higher education in developing countries: evidence from three Ethiopian Universities	8
Exploring the internal dynamics of collaborative engagement in high- and low-performing collaborative problem-solving groups	8
Remote labs in higher engineering education: engaging students with active learning pedagogy	7
Exploring the relationship between students’ information problem solving patterns and epistemic beliefs: a mixed methods sequential analysis study	7
Using networked learning to improve learning analytics implementation	7
Flipped classroom: motivational affordances of spherical video-based immersive virtual reality in support of pre-lecture individual learning in pre-service teacher education	7
Personalized games for computer science education in higher education: the effect of personalization feature on students’ engagement and flow state	7
Of house of cards and air castles, a deep dive into the fertile fields of educational technologies and technology enhanced learning	7
Ellulian provocations for educational technology and higher education	7
The significance of personality traits, collaborative attitudes, and group composition during collaborative online international learning (COIL): a mixed methods study	6
Adopting distributed pair programming as an effective team learning activity: a systematic review	6
Students-Generative AI interaction patterns and its impact on academic writing	6
Using learning analytics to explore the multifaceted engagement in collaborative learning	6
Adaptive teaching in higher education: real-time design patterns for educator-led instruction	6
Is education better because of us? How ed tech can answer the call to produce research that matters	6
Teachers’ readiness for blended learning, digital competences and digital instructional material development self-efficacy	6
Reflecting on becoming a HyFlex instructor through TPACK: a qualitative study with mixed data analysis	6
Grand challenges in instructional design and technology: developing a strategic plan for coordinated research and development	6
Capturing students’ LMS experience: measurement invariance across Chinese and English versions	5
Validation of self-efficacy questionnaire of online learning for students with disabilities in higher education	5
Socially shared metacognitive supports in flipped or online classroom collaborative groups: examining the effect on motivation, group metacognition, group belonging, and cohesion	5
Online group projects in higher education: persistent challenges and implications for practice	5

A decade of highly cited articles in educational technology research: emerging trends, dominant themes, and future directions	4
Introduction to special section: learning analytics as part of the higher education ecosystem	4
A story-driven gamified education on USB-based attack	4
Elementary preservice teachers learn cardiac form and function with virtual reality: using study replication to define features of best practice	4
Privacy in online proctoring systems in higher education: stakeholders’ perceptions, awareness and responsibility	4
Digital social multitasking in educational contexts: a study of motives and task relevance in college classrooms	4
Exploring the role of a microlearning instructional approach in an introductory database programming course: an exploratory case study	4
Understanding the pathways to online learner engagement and satisfaction in higher education: the function of digital literacy and dialogue	4
Using design-based research to gauge the impact of an open educational resource repository to support online teaching and learning	4
Learning analytics as data ecology: a tentative proposal	4
The AI disruption in engineering education: an analysis of changing student norms through cultural historical activity theory	4
Using text mining and machine learning to predict reasoning activities from think-aloud transcripts in computer assisted learning	4
Using artificial intelligence in the development of self-determined lifelong learners in higher education: a scoping review	4
Investigating learning processes through analysis of navigation behavior using log files	4