OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The median citation count of Journal of Computing in Higher 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 2021-04-01 to 2025-04-01.)

Article	Citations
Using text mining and machine learning to predict reasoning activities from think-aloud transcripts in computer assisted learning	385
Precursors of online teaching practices: innovative behavior and personal accountability of faculty in higher education	83
Partial versus full captioning mode to improve L2 vocabulary acquisition in a mobile-assisted language learning setting: words pronunciation domain	55
The modality and redundancy principles revisited: do they apply in a controlled multimedia lesson?	43
Effects of technology enhanced peer, teacher and self-feedback on students’ collaborative writing, critical thinking tendency and engagement in learning	39
Learning analytics as data ecology: a tentative proposal	38
A differentiated learning environment in domain model for learning disabled learners	36
Peer assessment using soft computing techniques	32
The effect of learning analytics assisted recommendations and guidance feedback on students’ metacognitive awareness and academic achievements	30
Testing and exploring the predictors of faculty motivation to use learning analytics to enhance teaching effectiveness	25
Do graphic and textual interactive content organizers have the same impact on hypertext processing and learning outcome?	24
Wild brooms and learning analytics	22
Extending social presence theory: social presence divergence and interaction integration in online distance learning	22
Personalisation in STE(A)M education: a review of literature from 2011 to 2020	22
From awareness to empowerment: self-determination theory-informed learning analytics dashboards to enhance student engagement in asynchronous online courses	21
How does task complexity affect group processes and dynamics in computer-supported collaborative learning? An analysis of structural relationships between perceived task complexity, group atmosphere,	20
Review of research on the outcomes of embodied and collaborative learning in STEM in higher education with immersive technologies	19
Digital literacy: a review in the South Pacific	18
Connecting affordances of physical and virtual laboratory modes to engineering epistemic practices	17
A story-driven gamified education on USB-based attack	17
A decade of highly cited articles in educational technology research: emerging trends, dominant themes, and future directions	17
Perceptions of psychological safety in healthcare professionals’ online learner-learner interactions	17
Exploring the relationship between students’ information problem solving patterns and epistemic beliefs: a mixed methods sequential analysis study	15
Changing student privacy responsibilities and governance needs: Views from faculty, instructional designers, and academic librarians	15
Automated text detection from big data scene videos in higher education: a practical approach for MOOCs case study	14

A framework to capture the dependency between prerequisite and advanced courses in higher education	14
Not now, maybe later: the mediating influence of techno-overload on the relationship between academic self-efficacy and procrastination	13
Design of peer assessment rubrics for ICT topics	13
Digital technology adaptation and initiatives: a systematic review of teaching and learning during COVID-19	13
Personalized games for computer science education in higher education: the effect of personalization feature on students’ engagement and flow state	13
Online learners’ self-regulated learning skills regarding LMS interactions: a profiling study	12
Exploring the cohesion of classroom community from the perspectives of social presence and social capital	12
Correction: Fostering non-aviation undergraduates’ aviation literacy in an online aviation laboratory: efects on students’ perceptions, motivation, industry optimism	12
The effect of social anxiety on student interactions in asynchronous online discussion forums as mediated by social presence and moderated by anonymity	12
An analysis of learning analytics in personalised learning	11
Enhancing students’ beliefs regarding programming self-efficacy and intrinsic value of an online distributed Programming Environment	11
Correction to: Improving the portability of predicting students’ performance models by using ontologies	11
An evaluation of a first-of-its-kind hybrid law degree program	11
A measurement of faculty views on the meaning and value of student privacy	11
Understanding Chinese teachers’ informal online learning continuance in a mobile learning community: an intrinsic–extrinsic motivation perspective	10
Analyzing the effects of instructional strategies on students’ on-task status from aspects of their learning behaviors and cognitive factors	10
Correction to: An investigation of self-regulated learning in a novel MOOC platform	9
Examining the effect of a genetic algorithm-enabled grouping method on collaborative performances, processes, and perceptions	9
Academic Communities of Engagement: exploring the impact of online and in-person support communities on the academic engagement of online learners	8
Using digital technologies to support active and self-directed learning	8
ICT efficacy and response to different needs in university classrooms: effects on attitudes and active behaviour towards technology	8
Investigating learning processes through analysis of navigation behavior using log files	8
Enhancing learning from online video lectures: the impact of embedded learning prompts in an undergraduate physics lesson	8
Exploring expert instructors’ conceptualization and teaching practices in asynchronous online discussions during case-based learning: a multiple case study	8
Exploring collaborative problem solving in virtual laboratories: a perspective of socially shared metacognition	7
Unveiling the motivational role of cognitive, social, and affective needs in mobile learning adoption through the lens of uses and gratifications theory	7
Virtual clinical assessment in medical education: an investigation of online conference technology	7
An examination of preservice classroom teachers’ perceived importance, self-efficacy beliefs, practices, and conceptions related to new literacies: a mixed design study	7
Elementary preservice teachers learn cardiac form and function with virtual reality: using study replication to define features of best practice	7
Examining the role of computing identity in the computing experiences of women and racially minoritized undergraduates: a literature review	7
A case study on the usage of lecture capture: perceptions of students, faculty members and administrators	6
A call to action for eProfessionalism: developing the use of ePortfolio with emerging health and education practitioners	6
Using learning analytics to explore the multifaceted engagement in collaborative learning	5
Using networked learning to improve learning analytics implementation	5
Engaged learning during distraction: a case study of successful working moms in distance education	5
Curriculum analytics in higher education institutions: a systematic literature review	5
“Free selection and invitation” online peer assessment of undergraduates’ research competencies, flow, motivation and interaction in a research methods course	5
A critique of calculation and optionalization applied to online/blended course design	5
Community of Inquiry design decisions across disciplines	5
Multilayered-quality education ecosystem (MQEE): an intelligent education modal for sustainable quality education	4
Exploring satisfaction of online teaching faculty from a Job Demands-Resources model perspective: the mediating roles of emotional exhaustion and motivation	4
Effects and acceptability of virtual reality to facilitate mindfulness practice in university students	4
Instructors’ educational ICT use in higher education in developing countries: evidence from three Ethiopian Universities	4
An investigation of self-regulated learning in a novel MOOC platform	4
A meta-analysis addressing the relationship between self-regulated learning strategies and academic performance in online higher education	4
Differentiated measurement of cognitive loads in computer programming	4
Mobile-based artificial intelligence chatbot for self-regulated learning in a hybrid flipped classroom	4
Examining computational thinking across disciplines in higher education classrooms: learning outcomes from student-generated artifacts	4
Academic course planning recommendation and students’ performance prediction multi-modal based on educational data mining techniques	4
A novel automated essay scoring approach for reliable higher educational assessments	3

Adopting a framework to support the process of critical reflection and understanding of online engagement	3
Adoption of open educational resources in the global south	3
Accessible and inclusive online learning in higher education: a review of the literature	3
Adopting distributed pair programming as an effective team learning activity: a systematic review	3
Patterns of behavioral engagement in an online english language course: cluster analysis	3
A feedback model applied in a ubiquitous microlearning environment using SECA rules	3