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 2021-09-01 to 2025-09-01.)

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	265
Should We account for classrooms? Analyzing online experimental data with student-level randomization	153
Successful and unsuccessful mapping behaviors for learning procedural-type knowledge	114
Elementary Students Learning Computer Programming: an investigation of their knowledge Retention, Motivation, and perceptions	104
Facebook post data: a primer for educational research	69
From analogy to reflective thinking: an observation-identification-analogy-based virtual learning approach	58
Implementation of the flipped classroom approach for promoting college students’ deeper learning	57
A study of using mobile phone application in badminton teaching and learning process based on deep learning and auto-feedback-based WISER model	54
A two-staged SEM: artificial neural network approach for understanding and predicting the factors of students’ satisfaction with emergency remote teaching	53
Designing biomimetic robots: iterative development of an integrated technology design curriculum	52
Design mobile computational thinking-integrated mathematics lessons based on the 5E instructional model for primary students	49
Scaffolding in immersive virtual reality environments for learning English: an eye tracking study	47
Education and technology: elements of a relevant, comprehensive, and cumulative research agenda	45
Taking adaptive learning in educational settings to the next level: leveraging natural language processing for improved personalization	44
Impact of gender and prior knowledge on learning performance and motivation in a digital game-based learning biology course	43
Exploring the influence of competition and collaboration on learning performance in digital game-based learning	42
Exploring the adoption of social media in self-paced physical activity in early childhood education: a case in central China	41
Development research on an AI English learning support system to facilitate learner-generated-context-based learning	41
Entangled eclecticism: a sociotechnical-pedagogical systems theory approach to learning experience design	40
Preservice science teachers coding science simulations: epistemological understanding, coding skills, and lesson design	39
Designing for actively engaging with mathematics education research in mentoring practice: a Vignette Activity Sequence approach	38
Factors contributing to teachers’ acceptance intention to gamified EFL tools: a scale development study	35
Learner-centric MOOC model: a pedagogical design model towards active learner participation and higher completion rates	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	34

The effects of reading prompts and of post-reading generative learning tasks on multiple document integration: evidence from concept network analysis	33
The impact of synchronous online discussions and online flipped learning on student engagement and self-regulation among preliminary undergraduates in a basic math course	33
Integrating cognition, self-regulation, motivation, and metacognition: a framework of post-pandemic flipped classroom design	32
Theoretically driven educational app design: the creation of a mathematics app	31
Instructional designers’ professional futures: insights from best possible self and epistemic network analysis	30
Developing a digital tutor as an intermediary between students, teaching assistants, and lecturers	29
Constructing problems in context: a synthesized model of dialectical problem-framing	28
Effects of applying speech-enabled language translation technology to EMI lectures on students’ discussion quality and learning achievement	28
What I think I learned	27
Instructional design learners make sense of theory: a collaborative autoethnography	26
The effect of cumulative eye movements’ guidance of experts on transition from novice to expert	26
Instructional design for tutoring on interactive platforms: creating educational interventions overcoming the digital gap	25
Corroborating a sorting task measure of individual and of local collective knowledge structure	25
Reflection as a social phenomenon: a conceptual framework toward group reflection research	24
Exploring the use of social media for informal learning in professional development in Saudi Arabian higher education	24
“Then You go to Snap”: Multimodal Making of Digital Comics in a Language Arts High School Classroom	23
Each discipline is different: teacher capabilities for future-focussed digitally infused undergraduate programmes	23
Effects of different feedback strategies on academic achievements, learning motivations, and self-efficacy for novice programmers	22
Serious games in high-stakes assessment contexts: a systematic literature review into the game design principles for valid game-based performance assessment	22
Artificial intelligence learning platform in a visual programming environment: exploring an artificial intelligence learning model	22
Prompting scientific concept learning in augmented reality: impact of the concept map strategy on mental models and cognitive load	20
Correction to: Implementation of the flipped classroom approach for promoting college students’ deeper learning	19
Breaking online language learning barriers: the effects of Experience-Based Cyclical E-Curriculum Design on learners’ vocational second language performance and learning experiences	18
Exploring non-dominant youths’ engineering identity through productive struggle in a making summer program	18
The use of distance-shortening strategies to enhance opportunistic collaboration in knowledge-building environments	18
Just how much multitasking can students handle during lecture? Effects of question frequency and relevancy, and note taking on retention	18
A case-based reasoning and ontology-based hybrid recommender system for student orientation in higher education	18
Digital distractions in education: a systematic review of research on causes, consequences and prevention strategies	18
Exploring the effect of parental involvement on student engagement and academic performance using process data from learning management system	17
Design tensions in developing and using observation and assessment tools in makerspaces	17
Using social media affordances to support Ill-structured problem-solving skills: considering possibilities and challenges	17
Design-based implementation research: milestones and trade-offs in designing a collaborative representation tool for engineering classrooms	17
Integrating augmented reality into inquiry-based learning approach in primary science classrooms	16
Visualizing the influence of text structures on readers’ knowledge structures: Pathfinder network scaling technique	15
Which types of learners are suitable for augmented reality? A fuzzy set analysis of learning outcomes configurations from the perspective of individual differences	15
Online instructors’ pedagogical beliefs and choice of student learning activities	15
Factors influencing teachers’ technology adoption in technology-rich classrooms: model development and test	15
Experience sampling methodology and technology: an approach for examining situational, longitudinal, and multi-dimensional characteristics of engagement	15
Development and students’ evaluation of a blended online and offline pedagogy for physical education theory curriculum in China during the COVID-19 pandemic	15
Uncovering variations in learning behaviors and cognitive engagement among students with diverse learning goals and outcomes	15
A software prototype of formative assessment: designing and usability measurement	15
Exploring the characteristics of an optimal design of non-programming plugged learning for developing primary school students’ computational thinking in mathematics	14
Paradigms extended: how to integrate behaviorism, constructivism, knowledge domain, and learner mastery in instructional design	14
Combining exploratory learning with structured practice educational technologies to foster both conceptual and procedural fractions knowledge	14
How do they define design failure? An investigation of design failure in instructional design practice from the practitioners’ perspective	14
Self-regulation, motivation, and outcomes in HyFlex classrooms	14
Comparing the effects of unplugged activities and plugged activities on the development of students'computational thinking: a meta-analysis	14
Multimodal analysis of interaction data from embodied education technologies	13
How the design and complexity of concept maps influence cognitive learning processes	13
Usability research in educational technology: a state-of-the-art systematic review	13

Teachers’ AI digital competencies and twenty-first century skills in the post-pandemic world	13
Detector-driven classroom interviewing: focusing qualitative researcher time by selecting cases in situ	13
Integrating artificial intelligence in literacy lessons for elementary classrooms: a co-design approach	13
Implementation of Lettersmith to improve the writing process among graduate-level public health students: Results from a pilot evaluation study	12
An exploration of factors that predict higher education faculty members’ intentions to utilize emerging technologies	12
Does slow and steady win the race?: Clustering patterns of students’ behaviors in an interactive online mathematics game	12
Instructor presence in instructional videos in higher education: three field experiments in university courses	12
Exploring the impact of a CALL tool for emergent bilinguals	12
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	12
Dimensions of scale: Connected Learning Initiative (CLIx)—a case study of educational technology initiative in India	12
The influence of course community and personal community support on learner engagement in online courses	12
Tracing the essence: ways to develop abstraction in computational thinking	12
Conceptual and theoretical frameworks for leveraging makerspaces to encourage and retain underrepresented populations in STEM through learning by design	11
Measuring students’ perception of an engaging online learning environment: an argument-based scale validation study	11
Relational topologies in the learning activity spaces: operationalising a sociomaterial approach	11
Interweaving of self-regulated learning and game-based learning in higher education: a review of academic publications from 2009 to 2020	11
The influence of the conceptual structure of external representations when relearning history content	11
Effect of an interactive e-book on middle school students' mathematics reading and spatial ability	11
Missed opportunities in mixed methods EdTech research? Visual joint display development as an analytical strategy for achieving integration in mixed methods studies	11
Exploring students’ behavioral patterns when playing educational games with learning supports at different timings	11
A strategy to enhance e-safety among first-year students at Zimbabwean universities: an action research	11
The added value of game elements: better training performance but comparable learning gains	11
Weaving in: shifts in youth mathematical engagement through weaving	11
Learning analytics in inquiry-based learning: a systematic review	10
Role-playing monument exploration: an online educational game with a role-playing mechanism and multi-dimensional scaffolding for monument tours	10
Correction: Analyzing the discourse on open educational resources on Twitter: a sentiment analysis approach	10
Correction to: Promise and reality: using ICTs to bridge China’s rural–urban divide in education	10
A comprehensive review of instructional designer research and approaches in learning design	10
An educational model of equity and computing: a study of marginalized student experience during COVID pandemic	10
The influence of pre-reading purpose and extra-textual networks with summary writing on multiple document concept network integration: a replication of Wei et al. (2024)	10
Applying participatory design for developing an unplugged game to learning graph theory	10
Instructional design students’ design judgment development	10
Actualization of teaching conceptions in lesson design: how teaching conceptions shape TPACK regarding spherical video-based virtual reality-supported writing instruction	10
Technology-based interactive guidance to promote learning performance and self-regulation: a chatbot-assisted self-regulated learning approach	10
Examination of systemic factors that impact instructional designers’ practices in higher education	10
Exploring teachers’ emotional experience in a TPACK development task	10
A systematic review of educational online peer-review and assessment systems: charting the landscape	10
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	10
Training in-service teachers through individualized technology-related mentorship	10
Concept maps in technological contexts of higher education: a systematic review of selected SSCI publications	10
Designing and delivering representation-focused science lessons in a digital learning environment	10
Creative intention and persistence in educational robotic	10
Impact of using authentic online learning environments on students’ perceived employability	10
Augmented reality for area measurement reasoning of elementary students	10
The handwriting programming language for primary school: aligning computer science education with established teaching practices	9
Effects of different graphic organizers in asynchronous online discussions	9
An exploratory study of a new concept macrostructure measure when learning history in middle school	9
The mainstream and extension of contemporary virtual reality education research: Insights from a co-citation network analysis (2015–2020)	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
Interpreting institute culture dynamics of technology adoption: a downscaling dynamic model	9
Precision diagnosis in virtual learning contexts: a predict-observe-explain-diagnose-based approach to scientific inquiry	9
Transfer of responsibility from scaffolding to preservice early childhood teachers learning to debug	9
Evaluation of metaverse use intention in software education of university students: combining technology acceptance model with external variables	9
Applying the DT-CDIO engineering design model in a flipped learning programming course	9
Online presence and technology-enhanced language learning experience: a multivariate relationship of learning aspiration, perceived authenticity and learning engagement	9
Exploring collaborative caption editing to augment video-based learning	9
Students’ acceptance of and preferences regarding online exams: a systematic literature review	9