OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The median citation count of Journal of Computing in Higher Education is 2. 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
Wild brooms and learning analytics	114
Peer assessment using soft computing techniques	58
Effects of technology enhanced peer, teacher and self-feedback on students’ collaborative writing, critical thinking tendency and engagement in learning	53
The effect of the flipped classroom approach on creative thinking, self-esteem, and social interaction of English foreign language learners in intermediate level	46
Enhancing students’ beliefs regarding programming self-efficacy and intrinsic value of an online distributed Programming Environment	44
Examining the role of computing identity in the computing experiences of women and racially minoritized undergraduates: a literature review	43
A measurement of faculty views on the meaning and value of student privacy	39
Connecting affordances of physical and virtual laboratory modes to engineering epistemic practices	32
An evaluation of a first-of-its-kind hybrid law degree program	30
Not now, maybe later: the mediating influence of techno-overload on the relationship between academic self-efficacy and procrastination	30
Investigating the influencing factors of the intention to continue using MOOCs: the perspective of modified TAM with TDT	28
Empowering student engagement: the dynamics of learner traits in digital feedback environments	24
Effects and acceptability of virtual reality to facilitate mindfulness practice in university students	23
Adoption of open educational resources in the global south	22
Mobile-based artificial intelligence chatbot for self-regulated learning in a hybrid flipped classroom	21
HyFlex course design: outcomes, challenges, and supports for students and instructors	21
Exploring satisfaction of online teaching faculty from a Job Demands-Resources model perspective: the mediating roles of emotional exhaustion and motivation	20
A critique of calculation and optionalization applied to online/blended course design	20
Digital literacy of English majors: subjective versus objective assessment	20
Design-based research to develop design principles for collaborative learning in asynchronous distributed online groups	19
Process and summative assessment of groups’ collaborative knowledge building	18
Online laboratories and virtual experimentation in higher education from a sociotechnical-pedagogical design perspective	18
Profiles of students’ behavioral engagement and their associations to academic motivation in online learning	17
Evaluating the design of digital tools for the transition to an e-continuous assessment in higher education	17
Accessible and inclusive online learning in higher education: a review of the literature	17

Effectiveness of H5P in improving student learning outcomes in an online tertiary education setting	16
Open badges and achievement goal orientation: a study with high-performing student programmers	16
Combining data from a LMS and a student register for exploring factors affecting study duration	15
Post-secondary online learning in the U.S.: an integrative review of the literature on undergraduate student characteristics	15
A multimodal analysis of college students’ collaborative problem solving in virtual experimentation activities: a perspective of cognitive load	15
Predicting the quality of robotics-enhanced lesson plans using motivation, academic standing, and collaboration status	15
Honoring sovereignties through technology within indigenous community research partnerships	14
Using chatbots to support student goal setting and social presence in fully online activities: learner engagement and perceptions	14
A systems thinking perspective on learning design in higher education	13
Review of research on the outcomes of embodied and collaborative learning in STEM in higher education with immersive technologies	13
Understanding university students’ self-directed online learning in the context of emergency remote teaching: the role of online learning readiness and digital literacy	13
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,	13
Personalisation in STE(A)M education: a review of literature from 2011 to 2020	13
From awareness to empowerment: self-determination theory-informed learning analytics dashboards to enhance student engagement in asynchronous online courses	12
Exploring expert instructors’ conceptualization and teaching practices in asynchronous online discussions during case-based learning: a multiple case study	11
A case study on the usage of lecture capture: perceptions of students, faculty members and administrators	10
Analyzing the effects of instructional strategies on students’ on-task status from aspects of their learning behaviors and cognitive factors	10
Online learners’ self-regulated learning skills regarding LMS interactions: a profiling study	10
Building a policy research agenda in educational technology: current disconnects and future recommendations	10
“Free selection and invitation” online peer assessment of undergraduates’ research competencies, flow, motivation and interaction in a research methods course	9
Engaged learning during distraction: a case study of successful working moms in distance education	9
Educational design research for relevant & robust scholarship	9
A synthesis of surveys examining the impacts of COVID-19 and emergency remote learning on students in Canada	9
The impact of interactive synchronous HyFlex model on student academic performance in a large active learning introductory college design course	8
The relations between self-reported perceptions of learning environment, observational learning strategies, and academic outcome	8
Using an integrated probabilistic clustering approach to detect student engagement across asynchronous and synchronous online discussions	8
Learning analytics in support of inclusiveness and disabled students: a systematic review	7
Exploring the internal dynamics of collaborative engagement in high- and low-performing collaborative problem-solving groups	6
Remote labs in higher engineering education: engaging students with active learning pedagogy	6
Flipped classroom: motivational affordances of spherical video-based immersive virtual reality in support of pre-lecture individual learning in pre-service teacher education	6
Correction: Instructors’ educational ICT use in higher education in developing countries: evidence from three Ethiopian Universities	6
Testing and exploring the predictors of faculty motivation to use learning analytics to enhance teaching effectiveness	6
Automated text detection from big data scene videos in higher education: a practical approach for MOOCs case study	5
Using learning analytics to explore the multifaceted engagement in collaborative learning	5
Of house of cards and air castles, a deep dive into the fertile fields of educational technologies and technology enhanced learning	5
Personalized games for computer science education in higher education: the effect of personalization feature on students’ engagement and flow state	5
Using networked learning to improve learning analytics implementation	5
Exploring the relationship between students’ information problem solving patterns and epistemic beliefs: a mixed methods sequential analysis study	5
A call to action for eProfessionalism: developing the use of ePortfolio with emerging health and education practitioners	5
Virtual clinical assessment in medical education: an investigation of online conference technology	4
Adopting distributed pair programming as an effective team learning activity: a systematic review	4
Ellulian provocations for educational technology and higher education	4
An exploratory study on fade-in versus fade-out scaffolding for novice programmers in online collaborative programming settings	4
Grand challenges in instructional design and technology: developing a strategic plan for coordinated research and development	4
Students-Generative AI interaction patterns and its impact on academic writing	4
Lessons learned from designing a curriculum analytics tool for improving student learning and program quality	3
Is education better because of us? How ed tech can answer the call to produce research that matters	3
Validation of self-efficacy questionnaire of online learning for students with disabilities in higher education	3
Using text mining and machine learning to predict reasoning activities from think-aloud transcripts in computer assisted learning	3
Socially shared metacognitive supports in flipped or online classroom collaborative groups: examining the effect on motivation, group metacognition, group belonging, and cohesion	3

Online group projects in higher education: persistent challenges and implications for practice	3
Exploring the role of a microlearning instructional approach in an introductory database programming course: an exploratory case study	3
The effect of learning analytics assisted recommendations and guidance feedback on students’ metacognitive awareness and academic achievements	3
Capturing students’ LMS experience: measurement invariance across Chinese and English versions	3
A scoping review of computational thinking assessments in higher education	3
A decade of highly cited articles in educational technology research: emerging trends, dominant themes, and future directions	3
Introduction to special section: learning analytics as part of the higher education ecosystem	3
A meta-analysis addressing the relationship between self-regulated learning strategies and academic performance in online higher education	2
Instructors’ conceptualization and implementation of scaffolding in online higher education courses	2
Design of peer assessment rubrics for ICT topics	2
Privacy in online proctoring systems in higher education: stakeholders’ perceptions, awareness and responsibility	2
A story-driven gamified education on USB-based attack	2
Instructional designer perspectives on the pursuit of quality in online course design	2
The use and application of learning theory in learning analytics: a scoping review	2
Academic course planning recommendation and students’ performance prediction multi-modal based on educational data mining techniques	2
Investigating learning processes through analysis of navigation behavior using log files	2
Elementary preservice teachers learn cardiac form and function with virtual reality: using study replication to define features of best practice	2
Exploring collaborative problem solving in virtual laboratories: a perspective of socially shared metacognition	2
The impact of pedagogical agent’s emotional expression on multimedia learning: a multi-faceted perspective	2
Using artificial intelligence in the development of self-determined lifelong learners in higher education: a scoping review	2
Learning analytics as data ecology: a tentative proposal	2
Examining the effect of a genetic algorithm-enabled grouping method on collaborative performances, processes, and perceptions	2
Patterns of behavioral engagement in an online english language course: cluster analysis	2
Curriculum analytics in higher education institutions: a systematic literature review	2