OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The median citation count of Internet and Higher Education is 6. 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 2021-09-01 to 2025-09-01.)

Article	Citations
Editorial Board	108
Community of inquiry: A bridge linking motivation and self-regulation to satisfaction with E-learning	89
Improving serious games by crowdsourcing feedback from the STEAM online gaming community	68
The paradox of self-efficacy and technological dependence: Unraveling generative AI's impact on university students' task completion	44
Why do students disengage from online courses?	42
College online courses have strong design in scaffolding but vary widely in supporting student agency and interactivity	40
Identity Artifacts: Resources that facilitate transforming participation in blended learning communities	38
Investigating perceived fairness of AI prediction system for math learning: A mixed-methods study with college students	37
Interaction and dialogue: Integration and application of artificial intelligence in blended mode writing feedback	36
Using trace data to enhance Students' self-regulation: A learning analytics perspective	35
Does psychological capital and social support impact engagement and burnout in online distance learning students?	35
Sense of belonging predicts perceived helpfulness in online peer help-giving interactions	34
A two-staged SEM-ANN approach to predict learning presence in online foreign language education: The role of teaching presence and online interaction	34
Beyond reading together: Facilitating knowledge construction through participation roles and social annotation in college classrooms	32
Exploring the relationship between learning sentiments and cognitive processing in online collaborative learning: A network analytic approach	25
Intense, turbulent, or wallowing in the mire: A longitudinal study of cross-course online tactics, strategies, and trajectories	25
Digital diaries supporting self-regulated learning during in-person and online transitions	23
Using the community of inquiry framework to support and analyse BYOD implementation in the blended EFL classroom	23
Empowering ChatGPT adoption in higher education: A comprehensive analysis of university students' intention to adopt artificial intelligence using self-determination and technology-to-performance chai	23
Entering or advancing in the IT labor market: The role of an online graduate degree in computer science	22
From access to mastery: Integrating AI in blended learning for equitable, inclusive, and accessible music theory educations	22
A situated expectancy-value theoretical perspective of teaching presence and student engagement in blended learning environments	20
Capturing the invisible: Non-institutional technologies in undergraduate learning within three New Zealand universities	20
The mediating role of learner empowerment in the relationship between the community of inquiry and online learning outcomes	19
Individual versus collaborative note-taking: Results of a quasi-experimental study on student note completeness, test performance, and academic writing	19

Transforming online learning research: Leveraging GPT large language models for automated content analysis of cognitive presence	16
Effects of an AI-supported approach to peer feedback on university EFL students' feedback quality and writing ability	16
An exploratory latent class analysis of student expectations towards learning analytics services	16
Techno-capital, cultural capital, and the cultivation of academic social capital: The case of adult online college students	16
Editorial Board	15
Benefits of additional online practice opportunities in higher education	14
Towards a fully online flipped classroom model to support student learning outcomes and engagement: A 2-year design-based study	14
Adaptive online course design: Analysis of changes in student behaviour throughout the degree lifecycle	13
Prior online learning experiences as incidental professional development: A cross-sectional survey of online instructor beliefs and strategies	13
Self-presentation and social networking online: The professional identity of PhD students in HCI	12
Tweet to teach: Using a twitter-based instructional method to improve student motivation and academic outcomes in higher education	12
Editorial Board	12
Would you use them? A qualitative study on teachers' assessments of open educational resources in higher education	11
Value creation and identity in cross-organizational communities of practice: A learner's perspective	11
Awareness, perception, and adoption of ChatGPT in African HEIs: A multi-dimensional analysis	11
Editorial Board	10
The use of generative AI by students with disabilities in higher education	10
Editorial Board	10
Breaking free from the “digital rabbit hole”: A configurational analysis of in-class smartphone distraction among university students	10
Online question and answer sessions: How students support their own and other students' processes of inquiry in a text-based learning environment	9
The impact of role assignment on social presence in online discussions: A mixed-method study	9
Editorial Board	9
Developing effective e-learning environments through e-learning use mediating technology affordance and constructivist learning aspects for performance impacts: Moderator of learner involvement	8
The interaction of collaboration, note-taking completeness, and performance over 10 weeks of an online course	8
Investigating the combined effects of role assignment and discussion timing in a blended learning environment	8
Initiating and maintaining student-instructor rapport in online classes	8
Editorial Board	7
Do learners share the same perceived learning outcomes in MOOCs? Identifying the role of motivation, perceived learning support, learning engagement, and self-regulated learning strategies	6
Exploring human and AI collaboration in inclusive STEM teacher training: A synergistic approach based on self-determination theory	6
Editorial Board	6
Building a critically transformative community of inquiry in an online undergraduate program	6