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 2021-08-01 to 2025-08-01.)

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	247
Should We account for classrooms? Analyzing online experimental data with student-level randomization	136
Successful and unsuccessful mapping behaviors for learning procedural-type knowledge	106
Elementary Students Learning Computer Programming: an investigation of their knowledge Retention, Motivation, and perceptions	95
Facebook post data: a primer for educational research	68
From analogy to reflective thinking: an observation-identification-analogy-based virtual learning approach	54
Exploring the influence of competition and collaboration on learning performance in digital game-based learning	51
Implementation of the flipped classroom approach for promoting college students’ deeper learning	51
A study of using mobile phone application in badminton teaching and learning process based on deep learning and auto-feedback-based WISER model	50
Two sides of the same coin: video annotations and in-video questions for active learning	49
Taking adaptive learning in educational settings to the next level: leveraging natural language processing for improved personalization	45
Education and technology: elements of a relevant, comprehensive, and cumulative research agenda	44
Designing biomimetic robots: iterative development of an integrated technology design curriculum	44
A two-staged SEM: artificial neural network approach for understanding and predicting the factors of students’ satisfaction with emergency remote teaching	44
Design mobile computational thinking-integrated mathematics lessons based on the 5E instructional model for primary students	42
Impact of gender and prior knowledge on learning performance and motivation in a digital game-based learning biology course	41
Cross-cultural learning in virtual reality environment: facilitating cross-cultural understanding, trait emotional intelligence, and sense of presence	41
Scaffolding in immersive virtual reality environments for learning English: an eye tracking study	41
Exploring the adoption of social media in self-paced physical activity in early childhood education: a case in central China	40
Factors contributing to teachers’ acceptance intention to gamified EFL tools: a scale development study	39
Designing for robot-mediated interaction among culturally and linguistically diverse children	38
Development research on an AI English learning support system to facilitate learner-generated-context-based learning	38
The impact of synchronous online discussions and online flipped learning on student engagement and self-regulation among preliminary undergraduates in a basic math course	34
Entangled eclecticism: a sociotechnical-pedagogical systems theory approach to learning experience design	34
Design and development of an online formative peer assessment environment with instructional scaffolds	33

Learner-centric MOOC model: a pedagogical design model towards active learner participation and higher completion rates	32
Correction to: Implementation of the flipped classroom approach for promoting college students’ deeper learning	31
Preservice science teachers coding science simulations: epistemological understanding, coding skills, and lesson design	31
Enhancing computational thinking skills in informatics in secondary education: the case of South Korea	30
The effects of reading prompts and of post-reading generative learning tasks on multiple document integration: evidence from concept network analysis	30
Integrating cognition, self-regulation, motivation, and metacognition: a framework of post-pandemic flipped classroom design	29
Instructional designers’ professional futures: insights from best possible self and epistemic network analysis	28
Theoretically driven educational app design: the creation of a mathematics app	28
Constructing problems in context: a synthesized model of dialectical problem-framing	28
What I think I learned	27
Effects of applying speech-enabled language translation technology to EMI lectures on students’ discussion quality and learning achievement	27
The effect of cumulative eye movements’ guidance of experts on transition from novice to expert	26
Corroborating a sorting task measure of individual and of local collective knowledge structure	26
Instructional design learners make sense of theory: a collaborative autoethnography	26
Instructional design for tutoring on interactive platforms: creating educational interventions overcoming the digital gap	25
Exploring the use of social media for informal learning in professional development in Saudi Arabian higher education	25
Reflection as a social phenomenon: a conceptual framework toward group reflection research	25
Serious games in high-stakes assessment contexts: a systematic literature review into the game design principles for valid game-based performance assessment	23
“Then You go to Snap”: Multimodal Making of Digital Comics in a Language Arts High School Classroom	23
Factors influencing university teachers’ use of a mobile technology-enhanced teaching (MTT) platform	23
Each discipline is different: teacher capabilities for future-focussed digitally infused undergraduate programmes	23
Artificial intelligence learning platform in a visual programming environment: exploring an artificial intelligence learning model	21
Prompting scientific concept learning in augmented reality: impact of the concept map strategy on mental models and cognitive load	21
Effects of different feedback strategies on academic achievements, learning motivations, and self-efficacy for novice programmers	20
Developing a digital tutor as an intermediary between students, teaching assistants, and lecturers	20
Just how much multitasking can students handle during lecture? Effects of question frequency and relevancy, and note taking on retention	19
Design-based implementation research: milestones and trade-offs in designing a collaborative representation tool for engineering classrooms	18
The use of distance-shortening strategies to enhance opportunistic collaboration in knowledge-building environments	18
Development and students’ evaluation of a blended online and offline pedagogy for physical education theory curriculum in China during the COVID-19 pandemic	18
A case-based reasoning and ontology-based hybrid recommender system for student orientation in higher education	18
Experience sampling methodology and technology: an approach for examining situational, longitudinal, and multi-dimensional characteristics of engagement	18
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
Uncovering variations in learning behaviors and cognitive engagement among students with diverse learning goals and outcomes	17
Integrating augmented reality into inquiry-based learning approach in primary science classrooms	17
Exploring the effect of parental involvement on student engagement and academic performance using process data from learning management system	17
Using social media affordances to support Ill-structured problem-solving skills: considering possibilities and challenges	17
Design tensions in developing and using observation and assessment tools in makerspaces	17
Which types of learners are suitable for augmented reality? A fuzzy set analysis of learning outcomes configurations from the perspective of individual differences	16
Visualizing the influence of text structures on readers’ knowledge structures: Pathfinder network scaling technique	16
How the design and complexity of concept maps influence cognitive learning processes	15
A software prototype of formative assessment: designing and usability measurement	15
Detector-driven classroom interviewing: focusing qualitative researcher time by selecting cases in situ	15
Factors influencing teachers’ technology adoption in technology-rich classrooms: model development and test	15
Online instructors’ pedagogical beliefs and choice of student learning activities	15
Multimodal analysis of interaction data from embodied education technologies	14
Comparing the effects of unplugged activities and plugged activities on the development of students'computational thinking: a meta-analysis	14
Usability research in educational technology: a state-of-the-art systematic review	14
Self-regulation, motivation, and outcomes in HyFlex classrooms	14
Paradigms extended: how to integrate behaviorism, constructivism, knowledge domain, and learner mastery in instructional design	14

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