OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The median citation count of International Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning is 1. 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
Book Review: The Distributed University for Sustainable Higher Education	50
Open Distance and e-Learning: Ethiopian Doctoral Students’ Satisfaction with Support Services	32
Book Note: The Hidden Curriculum of Online Learning: Understanding Social Justice through Critical Pedagogy	27
Exploring Online Physical Education Teaching: What Have We Done and What Have We Learnt?	25
Predicting Online Learners’ Performance Through Ontologies: A Systematic Literature Review	25
Distance Education Practices During the COVID-19 Lockdown: Comparison of Belgium, Japan, Spain, and Türkiye	20
What We Talk About When We Talk About Virtual Learning Environments	19
Book Review: Metaphors of Ed Tech, authored by Martin Weller (AU Press, 2022)	17
Educational Technology Undergraduates’ Performance in a Distance Learning Course Using Three Courseware Formats	15
Doing Open Science in a Research-Based Seminar: Students’ Positioning Towards Openness in Higher Education	13
Threats and Opportunities of Students’ Use Of AI-Integrated Technology (ChatGPT) in Online Higher Education: Saudi Arabian Educational Technologists’ Perspectives	13
Instructor Presence and Student Satisfaction Across Modalities: Survey Data on Student Preferences in Online and On-Campus Courses	12
Decoding Video Logs: Unveiling Student Engagement Patterns in Lecture Capture Videos	11
Informal Practices of Localizing Open Educational Resources in Ghana	11
Collaboration and Ethics in Distance Learning Design	11
How Are We Doing with Open Education Practice Initiatives? Applying an Institutional Self-Assessment Tool in Five Higher Education Institutions	11
The Tensions Between Student Dropout and Flexibility in Learning Design: The Voices of Professors in Open Online Higher Education	11
Bibliometric Insights Into the Open Education Landscape	10
A Systematic Review of Systematic Reviews on Open Educational Resources: An Analysis of the Legal and Technical Openness	9
Can Online Short Courses Foster Business Education for Sustainable Development?	9
Book Review: The Encyclopedia of Female Pioneers in Online Learning, authored by Susan Bainbridge and Norine Wark (Routledge, 2022)	9
Artificial Intelligence in Education: A Bibliometric Study on Its Role in Transforming Teaching and Learning	9
Editorial - Volume 24, Issue 1	9
An Example of Using Collaborative Online International Learning for Petroleum and Chemical Engineering Undergraduate Courses	8
Partnering Higher Education and K–12 Institutions in OER: Foundations in Supporting Teacher OER-Enabled Pedagogy	8

Editorial - Volume 22, Issue 2	8
Integrating Community of Inquiry Framework Principles With Flipped Classroom Pedagogy to Enhance Students’ Perceived Presence Sense, Self-Regulated Learning, and Learning Performance in Preservice Tea	8
An Intelligent Nudging System to Guide Online Learners	7
Marginalization, Technology Access and Study Approaches of Undergraduate Distance Learners during Covid-19 Pandemic in India	7
Manuscript Selection in a Literature Review: “Free-Full-Text-or-Next” as a New Criterion	7
Navigating the Learning Landscape: Social Cognition and Task-Technology Fit as Predictors for MOOCs Continuance Intention by Sales Professionals	7
University Students’ Persistence With Technology-Mediated Distance Education: A Response to COVID-19 and Beyond in Zimbabwe	7
Editorial - Volume 26, Issue 1	6
“To Use or Not to Use?” A Mixed-Methods Study on the Determinants of EFL College Learners’ Behavioral Intention to Use AI in the Distributed Learning Context	6
Editorial - Volume 25, Issue 1	6
Discrepancies and Similarities Between Online and Face-to-Face Teachers’ Use of Open Educational Resources (OER) for Teaching Purposes	6
Editorial - Volume 23, Issue 2	6
Book Review: Participant Experience in an Inquiry-Based Massive Open Online Course, authored by Nathaniel Ostashewski and Martha Cleveland-Innes (Commonwealth of Learning, 2022)	5
Strengthening Policies for Education, Innovation, and Digitization Through Teacher Training: Evaluating ProFuturo’s Open Model in Ecuador	5
Unleashing Adult Learners’ Numeracy Agency Through Self-Determined Online Professional Development	5
Scrutinizing Learning Management Systems in Practice: An Applied Time Series Research in Higher Education	5
What Motivates Students About Open Pedagogy? Motivational Regulation Through the Lens of Self-Determination Theory	5
Design and Validation of the Virtual Classroom Management Questionnaire A Case Study: Iran	5
Educational Processes and Learning at Home During COVID-19: Parents’ Experiences with Distance Education	4
A Meta-Analysis on the Effects of Synchronous Online Learning on Cognitive and Affective Educational Outcomes	4
The Impact of OER’s Continuous Improvement Cycles on Students’ Performance: A Longitudinal Analysis of the RISE Framework	4
Teacher- Versus AI-Generated (Poe Application) Corrective Feedback and Language Learners’ Writing Anxiety, Complexity, Fluency, and Accuracy	4
AI in Online-Learning Research: Visualizing and Interpreting the Journal Publications from 1997 to 2019	4
Development of the Online Course Overload Indicator and the Student Mental Fatigue Survey	4
Open Education and Alternative Digital Credentials in Europe	4
Potentials and Implications of ChatGPT for ESL Writing Instruction	4
A Case Study on How Distance Education May Inform Post-Pandemic University Teaching	4
Can Artificial Intelligence Give a Hand to Open and Distributed Learning? A Probe into the State of Undergraduate Students’ Academic Emotions and Test Anxiety in Learning via ChatGPT	4
Developing a Conceptual Model of Self-Directed Learning in Virtual Environments for Medical Sciences Students	4
Understanding the Relationship Among Self-efficacy, Utility Value, and the Community of Inquiry Framework in Preservice Teacher Education	3
Editorial - Volume 24, Issue 4	3
Exploring the Digital Divide in Open Education: A Comparative Analysis of Undergraduate Students	3
Enhancing Online Teaching of Business Statistics: A Pedagogy Before Technology Approach	3
MOOCs as a Research Agenda: Changes Over Time	3
The Online PhD Experience: A Qualitative Systematic Review	3
What If It’s All an Illusion? To What Extent Can We Rely on Self-Reported Data in Open, Online, and Distance Education Systems?	3
Student Engagement, Community of Inquiry, and Transactional Distance in Online Learning Environments: A Stepwise Multiple Linear Regression Analysis	3
Centering Cultural Knowledge in TPACK— Evidence From a Collaborative Online International Learning Collaboration	3
What are the indicators of Student Engagement in Learning Management Systems? A Systematized Review of the Literature	3
The Impact of a Learning Analytics Based Feedback System on Students’ Academic Achievement and Self-Regulated Learning in a Flipped Classroom	3
Is My MOOC Learner-Centric? A Framework for Formative Evaluation of MOOC Pedagogy	3
Impact of Simulation-Based Learning on Learning Loss Among Nursing Students: A Quasi-Experimental Study	3
Ukrainian E-Learning Platforms for Schools: Evaluation of Their Functionality	3
Using Low-immersive Virtual Reality in Online Learning: Field Notes from Environmental Management Education	3
Translating and Validating the Community of Inquiry Survey Instrument in Brazil	2
Automatic Classification of Online Learner Reviews Via Fine-Tuned BERTs	2
Identifying Pedagogical Design and Implementation of Synchronous Virtual Classrooms	2
“I Don’t Know if I Can Handle It All”: Students’ Affect During Remote Education in the COVID-19 Pandemic in Brazil	2
AI Application (ChatGPT) and Saudi Arabian Primary School Students’ Autonomy in Online Classes: Exploring Students and Teachers’ Perceptions	2
Facilitating Students’ Emotional Engagement in Synchronous Online Learning: A Systematic Literature Review	2

The Impact of Switching Intention of Teachers’ Online Teaching in the COVID-19 Era: The Perspective of Push-Pull-Mooring	2
The Metaphor of AI in Writing in English: A Reflection on EFL Learners’ Motivation to Write, Enjoyment of Writing, Academic Buoyancy, and Academic Success in Writing	2
A Construct Revalidation of the Community of Inquiry Survey: Empirical Evidence for a General Factor Under a Bifactor Structure	2
Editorial - Volume 23, Issue 4	2
The Effects of Educational Artificial Intelligence-Powered Applications on Teachers’ Perceived Autonomy, Professional Development for Online Teaching, and Digital Burnout	2
Socio-Demographical Variables as Predictors of Academic Self-Directedness	2
Instructor Impact on Differences in Teaching Presence Scores in Online Courses	2
Towards Quality Assurance in MOOCs: A Comprehensive Review and Micro-Level Framework	2
Addressing the Resource-Based View: Determinants That Drive Chinese Universities to Offer MOOCs	2
Book Review: Powering a Learning Society During an Age of Disruption, edited by Sungsup Ra, Shanti Jagannathan, and Rupert Maclean (Springer, 2021)	2
Effects of Using the WhatsApp Application on Iranian Intermediate EFL Learners’ Vocabulary Learning and Autonomy	2
Extracting Course Features and Learner Profiling for Course Recommendation Systems: A Comprehensive Literature Review	2
OXREF: Open XR for Education Framework	2
Evaluating AI-Personalized Learning Interventions in Distance Education	2
Comparative Effectiveness of Approaches to Students’ Labour Education in Universities in the New Era With the Use of Information Technologies	1
Educational Experience and Instructional Design Effectiveness Within the Community of Inquiry Framework	1
Analyzing Learning Sentiments on a MOOC Discussion Forum Through Epistemic Network Analysis	1
Revising and Validating the Community of Inquiry Instrument for MOOCs and other Global Online Courses	1
Editorial - Volume 25, Issue 4	1
Technology Enabling the New Normal: How Students Respond to Classes	1
Book Review: Teaching in a Digital Age: Guidelines for Designing Teaching and Learning–Third Edition, authored by Anthony William (Tony) Bates (Tony Bates Associates Ltd., 2022)	1
Open Textbook Author Journeys: Internal Conversations and Cycles of Time	1
Using Few-Shot Learning Materials of Multiple SPOCs to Develop Early Warning Systems to Detect Students at Risk	1
Book Review: Exploratory Programming in the Arts and Humanities	1
Creating an Open Online Educational Resource to Support Learners as They Navigate Their Studies Alongside Work and/or Family	1
Distance Mathematics Teaching and Academic Performance in Morocco	1
Predicting Online Learning Success Based on Learners’ Perceptions: The Integration of the Information System Success Model and the Security Triangle Framework	1
Measuring the Impact of an Open Educational Resource and Library e-Resource Adoption Program Using the COUP Framework	1
The Landscape of MOOC Platforms Worldwide	1
Exploring Open and Distance Learning Reform at the National University of Lesotho: A Managerial Perspective	1
Emergency Online Learning: The Effects of Interactional, Motivational, Self-Regulatory, and Situational Factors on Learning Outcomes and Continuation Intentions	1
Role of AI in Blended Learning: A Systematic Literature Review	1
Mapping Network Structure and Diversity of Interdisciplinary Knowledge in Recommended MOOC Offerings	1
The Effects and Implications of Using Open Educational Resources in Secondary Schools	1
Artificial Intelligence in Higher Education: A Cross-Cultural Examination of Students’ Behavioral Intentions and Attitudes	1
Teaching Reform and Practice Based on Four Dimensions and One Penetration for Sensing and Detection Technology	1
Peculiarities of the Development of Students’ Musical Skills Under the Influence of Modern Software	1
Empowering Asynchronous Arabic Language Learning Through PDF Hyperlink Media	1
How Instructors’ TPACK Developed During Emergency Remote Teaching: Evidence From Instructors in Faculties of Education	1
Report Review – ICDE OERAC: Open Science, Open Educational Resources, and Open Innovation	1
SCOPE of Open Education: A New Framework for Research	1
Critical Issues in Open and Distance Education Research	1