OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The median citation count of Active Learning in Higher Education is 1. 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
Picturing innovation in higher education: A photovoice study of innovative pedagogies	38
Student perceptions: How virtual student-led talking circles promote engagement, social connectedness, and academic benefit	22
Conceptualizations of active learning in departments engaged in instructional change efforts	18
Competence in (meta-)cognitive learning strategies during help-seeking to overcome knowledge-related difficulties	18
The educator’s experience of using flipped classrooms in a higher education setting	17
Reading racism-themed YAL through the lens of intersectionality: Complicating social justice thinking	16
Free and open source systems: Their value for engaging learners in online settings	15
Going small, going carefully, with a friend: Helping faculty adopt lesson-level constructive alignment through non-evaluative peer observation	13
Self-assessment and what happens over time: Student and staff perspectives, expectations and outcomes	12
Why do student perceptions of academic performance improve? The influence of acquired competences and formative assessment in a flipped classroom environment	12
Team satisfaction, identity, and trust: a comparison of face-to-face and virtual student teams	12
Improving academic performance: Strengthening the relation between theory and practice through prompted reflection	11
Changes in the socially shared regulation, academic emotions, and product performance in venue-based collaborative learning	11
Psychological safety in online interdisciplinary student teams: What teachers can do to promote an effective climate for knowledge sharing, collaboration and problem-solving	10
“If we can do it, anyone can!”: Evaluating a virtual “Paper Chase” collaborative writing model for rapid research dissemination	10
Beyond goal setting and planning: An examination of college students’ self-regulated learning forethought processes	10
The impact of feedback mode on learning gain and self-efficacy: A quasi-experimental study	9
To cheat or not to cheat? An investigation into the ethical behaviors of generation Z	7
Effects of embedded questions in pre-class videos on learner perceptions, video engagement, and learning performance in flipped classrooms	6
Reflection on peer reviewing as a pedagogical tool in higher education	5
The casual within the formal: A model and measure of informal learning in higher education	5
Using cross-course peer grading with content expertise, anonymity, and perceived justice	5
Reducing free-riding in group projects in line with students’ preferences: Does it matter if there is more at stake?	5
Comparing the use of flipped classroom in combination with problem-based learning or with case-based learning for improving academic performance and satisfaction	5
The case for case studies: Dialogic engagement and case study creation in a higher education classroom	5

Learning from each other’s lives: First-generation college students of color engaging with diversity course content	5
Paper versus online quizzes: Which is more effective?	4
Factors associated with instructor and peer pre-help-seeking interactions among community college students	4
May we take the test as a group? Examining group processes and member learning in a collaborative testing environment	4
Engaging undergraduate students in preprint peer review	4
‘How can I do it?’ Inclusive faculty members make recommendations for carrying out inclusive teaching practices	4
The combination of segmentation and self-explanation to enhance video-based learning	3
How does virtual peer presence relate to learning from video lectures and subsequent explanation generation? The moderated mediating roles of motivation and explanation characteristics	3
Supporting students’ active learning with a computer based tool	3
Separated by spaces: Undergraduate students re-sort along attitude divides when choosing whether to learn in spaces designed for active learning	3
Collaborative learning as constructivist practice: An exploratory qualitative descriptive study of faculty approaches to student group work	3
Evaluation of “Paper Chase”: Enhancing research dissemination and collaborative writing skills	3
‘A sense of community and camaraderie’: Increasing student engagement by supplementing an LMS with a Learning Commons Communication Tool	3
The social media use of college students: Exploring identity development, learning support, and parallel use	2
Students’ perception of written, audio, video and face-to-face reflective approaches for holistic competency development	2
Refining active learning design principles through design-based research	2
Performance reviews as an active method to improve feedback and performance	2
Self-study in higher education: Its role in productive discussions and learning outcomes	2
The creation of a nudging protocol to support online student engagement in higher education	2
Drivers and barriers to academic instructors’ willingness to adopt student-generated online quiz games as an assessment method	2
Student perceptions of the use and effectiveness of engagement strategies in the online learning environment	2
Constructivist learning environments: Validating the community of inquiry survey for face-to-face contexts	2
Helping higher education students succeed: An examination of student attributes and academic grade performance	2
Understanding cognitive engagement in virtual discussion boards	1
A multi-year longitudinal study exploring the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on students’ familiarity and perceptions of active learning	1
University teachers’ perspectives on teaching: The differences among academic disciplines	1
When and how do peers stimulate engaging in desirable difficulties: Student perspectives on the effectiveness of supplemental instruction	1
Effective engagement strategies in HyFlex modality based on intrinsic motivation in students	1
Asking students about their fit with the university: A response surface analysis of demands-abilities fit	1
Using the COIL pedagogy as a strategy for improving the virtual international educational experiences of students: North-South hemisphere case study	1
Case-based learning and photovoice in relation to academic performance, satisfaction and self-efficacy in higher education: A cross-sectional study of related samples	1
Question generation type and organizational cues in video learning: A study on their effects on online learning behaviors	1
Designing feedback activities to help low-performing students	1
Assessment of student debates in support of active learning? Students’ perceptions of a debate-based oral final exam	1
Higher education students’ conceptions of learning gain	1
The impact of course format on student perceptions of the classroom learning environment and teamwork	1
The effects of segmentation design and drawing on video learning: A mediation analysis	1
A framework for capturing student learning in challenge-based learning	1
University-based sport and social clubs and their contribution to the development of graduate attributes	1
Making steps towards improved fairness in group work assessment: The role of students’ self- and peer-assessment	1