OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The median citation count of Distance Education is 3. 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 2022-06-01 to 2026-06-01.)

Article	Citations
From open access to open science—Open education in transition	35
Effects of personal and instructor goals on MOOC continuance intention	32
Exploring instructors’ cultural presence in online course design and delivery	30
The online PhD dropout: narratives and meanings of withdrawal	24
Open educational resources as the panacea for the decolonisation of e-learning content in South Africa	24
Connecting learners to learning at a distance	24
Addressing the challenging elements of distance education	23
Learning at a distance: recognising remote tutoring as a career	21
Deepening the focus on microcredentials—labour market sector relevance, quality and inclusion: a critical commentary	19
Pre-service teachers’ adaptability to blended teaching and its predictors	18
Does the early bird catch the worm? A large-scale examination of the effects of early participation in online learning	17
Promoting potential through purposeful inclusive assessment for distance learners	16
Mapping racial justice to online teacher education	16
Examining online university classrooms through emotion work and feeling currencies	16
Effectiveness of blended teaching in preservice teacher education: A meta-analysis	16
Photos from home: Integrating lived experience in a remote-learning environment	16
Online higher education student engagement: finding flow	13
“Welcome to my backyard”: an intersectional approach to inclusive teaching in the asynchronous learning environment	11
Universal design in online education: A systematic review	11
Leveraging technology for animal anatomy practicals	11
Exploring (in)dependent learning in a cross-institutional project about perceptions of learning	10
Explaining technical, social, and discursive participation in online mathematical discussions	10
Developing an agentic engagement scale in a self-paced MOOC	10
Characterization of approaches to online teaching in distance education courses	9
Teachers’ motivating styles and students’ agentic engagement in online learning	9

Inclusive online and distance education for learners with dis/abilities	9
Do online teaching and social presences contribute to motivational growth?	9
The open master: A new model of transnational higher education	9
Examining online teaching practices in a K-12 setting	8
The danger of building walls around scientific knowledge: implications for higher education teaching and learning in the era of open science	8
Promoting culturally responsive teaching in online learning: experiences and challenges of instructors and students in higher education	8
Temporal-spatial and pedagogical flexibility in distance education	8
Design principles for holistic student formation in online programs	8
The effects of politeness in shaping discourse in online debates	8
Investigating working adult learners’ feedback literacy in online project-based learning: a convergent mixed methods study	8
Exploring differences between students’ interactions, online presence, and cognitive presence	7
Teachers’ use of mobile devices in suburban under-resourced secondary schools in Nepal	7
Virtual internships in open and distance learning contexts: Improving access, participation, and success for underrepresented students	7
Iterative design of non-disposable assignments for metacognitive development in online-learning	7
Understanding college students’ cognitive engagement in online collaborative problem-solving: A multimodal data analysis	7
Enhancing distance learning with virtual reality: investigating learners’ engagement and outcomes	7
Course interactivity, college generation status, and learning experiences in online asynchronous courses	7
Enhanced learning engagement through teaching presence in online distance education	6
Identifying accessibility factors affecting learner inclusion in online university programs	6
Effects of computer-based mind mapping on students' reflection, cognitive presence, and learning outcomes in an online course	6
Silver linings for learning in the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic	6
How to define, operationalize, and improve quality of online interpersonal interaction in higher education: a scoping review	6
Understanding the role of online teaching assistants in student engagement	6
Who gets to decolonize: a reflection on the importance of positionality in the decolonization of digital learning spaces and learning design	6
Asynchronous and synchronous remote teaching and academic outcomes during COVID-19	6
Implementing distance learning design approaches: lessons from six impact narratives	6
The effectiveness of nudging key learning resources to support online engagement in higher education courses	6
Teacher motivating styles and undergraduates’ self-regulation of their online learning experience	6
Leveraging explainability for discussion forum classification: Using confusion detection as an example	5
Network-based sentiment analysis: a novel framework for exploring learners’ emotions in MOOCs	5
Advising college students with dis/abilities in online learning	5
In defense of expertise—Teachers, teaching, and teaching design	5
Cultivation and empowerment: new visions for quality distance education	5
A comprehensive model for evaluating the quality of online teacher feedback: development, validation, and educational implications	5
Getting hands-on: Praxis-focused assessment to enhance online arts teacher education	5
Threats and tensions for open, flexible, and distance learning post-COVID-19	4
Strategies to promote self-regulated learning for online diverse students	4
Are we close(d)? Debating the openness paradox in science	4
Beyond the virtual classroom: integrating artificial intelligence in online learning	4
Conceptualising distance doctoral study after COVID-19: are we post-distance now?	4
What contributed to students’ online learning satisfaction during the pandemic?	4
Experiences of disabled students in online education: a systematic review	4
Students with mental health (dis)Abilities’ storied experiences within distance education	4
Examining gains and pains of a new virtual internship design	4
Designing MOOCs in South America towards open and equitable education	4
Fostering a sense of belonging through online qualification events	4
Allied health clinical placements with a remote supervision model: Students’ and clinical educators’ perceptions	4
Interaction in online postgraduate learning: what makes a good forum?	4
Investigating students’ experience of online/distance education with photovoice during COVID-19	4
Higher education leaders’ perspectives of accessible and inclusive online learning	3

Satisfaction with learning materials in relation to volitional competence and behavioral intention in open and flexible learning environments	3
Factors influencing students’ satisfaction with the digital transformation of German higher education institutions: a grounded theory and fsQCA approach	3
A SeNA-based study of in-service teachers’ interaction patterns in an online learning community	3
Gamified online course design: a scoping review of the research	3
Utilizing the Learner Variability Navigator to support inclusive instructional design	3
Practical learning in hybrid environments: Can remote learning be active, authentic, and real?	3
The role of teaching presence in students’ behavioral engagement	3
The role of teachers’ social support in students’ emotional and cognitive presences in online learning	3
Online physics laboratory course: United Kingdom Professional Standards Framework perspective from Walailak University, Thailand	3
Relationship between learner profiles and learner–content interaction in online learning: Exploring implications for learning experience design	3
Decolonizing online learning: a reflective approach to equitable pedagogies	3
Conservatory and music schoolteachers’ experiences with videoconferencing software during and after the COVID-19 pandemic	3
The motivation to earn digital badges: a large-scale study of online courses	3
Enhancing learners’ sense of belonging in online threaded discussions	3
Using learner engagement patterns for predictive modeling in a MicroMasters program	3
Sustaining the unsustainable? A historical and typological analysis of OER repository longevity	3
Factors influencing faculty’s online teaching decisions	3
“It feels real”: Events management and online experiential learning in COVID-19	3
“Wow, she’s real!”: re-examining pre-service art teachers’ online learning experiences	3
Fifty years of open education policy and practice in Australia	3