OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The median citation count of International Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning 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 2021-11-01 to 2025-11-01.)

Article	Citations
Book Note: The Hidden Curriculum of Online Learning: Understanding Social Justice through Critical Pedagogy	88
Open Distance and e-Learning: Ethiopian Doctoral Students’ Satisfaction with Support Services	36
Predicting Online Learners’ Performance Through Ontologies: A Systematic Literature Review	36
Book Review: The Distributed University for Sustainable Higher Education	33
Distance Education Practices During the COVID-19 Lockdown: Comparison of Belgium, Japan, Spain, and Türkiye	31
Undergraduate Learning Gains and Learning Efficiency in a Focused Open Education Resource	29
Exploring Online Physical Education Teaching: What Have We Done and What Have We Learnt?	29
Educational Technology Undergraduates’ Performance in a Distance Learning Course Using Three Courseware Formats	28
Threats and Opportunities of Students’ Use Of AI-Integrated Technology (ChatGPT) in Online Higher Education: Saudi Arabian Educational Technologists’ Perspectives	24
Book Review: Metaphors of Ed Tech, authored by Martin Weller (AU Press, 2022)	22
Doing Open Science in a Research-Based Seminar: Students’ Positioning Towards Openness in Higher Education	21
Teacher Perspective on MOOC Evaluation and Competency-Based Open Learning	21
Bibliometric Insights Into the Open Education Landscape	19
Collaboration and Ethics in Distance Learning Design	18
Informal Practices of Localizing Open Educational Resources in Ghana	14
Which is Better: E-Book or Printed Book? A Meta-Analysis of Educational Materials in Language Learning	14
Artificial Intelligence in Education: A Bibliometric Study on Its Role in Transforming Teaching and Learning	14
Editorial - Volume 24, Issue 1	13
Decoding Video Logs: Unveiling Student Engagement Patterns in Lecture Capture Videos	13
Partnering Higher Education and K–12 Institutions in OER: Foundations in Supporting Teacher OER-Enabled Pedagogy	12
A Systematic Review of Systematic Reviews on Open Educational Resources: An Analysis of the Legal and Technical Openness	12
Book Review: The Encyclopedia of Female Pioneers in Online Learning, authored by Susan Bainbridge and Norine Wark (Routledge, 2022)	12
An Example of Using Collaborative Online International Learning for Petroleum and Chemical Engineering Undergraduate Courses	10
Marginalization, Technology Access and Study Approaches of Undergraduate Distance Learners during Covid-19 Pandemic in India	10
An Intelligent Nudging System to Guide Online Learners	10

Manuscript Selection in a Literature Review: “Free-Full-Text-or-Next” as a New Criterion	10
Navigating the Learning Landscape: Social Cognition and Task-Technology Fit as Predictors for MOOCs Continuance Intention by Sales Professionals	10
Can Online Short Courses Foster Business Education for Sustainable Development?	10
“To Use or Not to Use?” A Mixed-Methods Study on the Determinants of EFL College Learners’ Behavioral Intention to Use AI in the Distributed Learning Context	9
Editorial - Volume 23, Issue 2	9
Integrating Community of Inquiry Framework Principles With Flipped Classroom Pedagogy to Enhance Students’ Perceived Presence Sense, Self-Regulated Learning, and Learning Performance in Preservice Tea	9
Editorial - Volume 26, Issue 1	9
Design and Validation of the Virtual Classroom Management Questionnaire A Case Study: Iran	8
Scrutinizing Learning Management Systems in Practice: An Applied Time Series Research in Higher Education	8
Strengthening Policies for Education, Innovation, and Digitization Through Teacher Training: Evaluating ProFuturo’s Open Model in Ecuador	8
Editorial - Volume 25, Issue 1	8
Book Review: Participant Experience in an Inquiry-Based Massive Open Online Course, authored by Nathaniel Ostashewski and Martha Cleveland-Innes (Commonwealth of Learning, 2022)	8
Discrepancies and Similarities Between Online and Face-to-Face Teachers’ Use of Open Educational Resources (OER) for Teaching Purposes	8
AI in Online-Learning Research: Visualizing and Interpreting the Journal Publications from 1997 to 2019	7
Methods for Facilitating Adult Learning: Strategies for Enhancing Instruction and Instructor Effectiveness, edited by Joellen E. Coryell, Lisa M. Baumgartner, and Jeremy W. Bohonos (Routledge, 2024)	7
Potentials and Implications of ChatGPT for ESL Writing Instruction	7
AI for Teachers: An Open Textbook—Artificial Intelligence for and by Teachers (2nd edition), by Colin de la Higuera and Jotsna Iyer (Erasmus+, 2024)	7
Unleashing Adult Learners’ Numeracy Agency Through Self-Determined Online Professional Development	7
Educational Processes and Learning at Home During COVID-19: Parents’ Experiences with Distance Education	7
The Impact of OER’s Continuous Improvement Cycles on Students’ Performance: A Longitudinal Analysis of the RISE Framework	6
Can Artificial Intelligence Give a Hand to Open and Distributed Learning? A Probe into the State of Undergraduate Students’ Academic Emotions and Test Anxiety in Learning via ChatGPT	6
Editorial - Volume 24, Issue 4	6
Open Education and Alternative Digital Credentials in Europe	6
The Online PhD Experience: A Qualitative Systematic Review	6
Teacher- Versus AI-Generated (Poe Application) Corrective Feedback and Language Learners’ Writing Anxiety, Complexity, Fluency, and Accuracy	6
A Case Study on How Distance Education May Inform Post-Pandemic University Teaching	6
Development of the Online Course Overload Indicator and the Student Mental Fatigue Survey	6
What If It’s All an Illusion? To What Extent Can We Rely on Self-Reported Data in Open, Online, and Distance Education Systems?	6
Developing a Conceptual Model of Self-Directed Learning in Virtual Environments for Medical Sciences Students	6
Is My MOOC Learner-Centric? A Framework for Formative Evaluation of MOOC Pedagogy	6
Understanding the Relationship Among Self-efficacy, Utility Value, and the Community of Inquiry Framework in Preservice Teacher Education	6
Impact of Simulation-Based Learning on Learning Loss Among Nursing Students: A Quasi-Experimental Study	5
Exploring the Digital Divide in Open Education: A Comparative Analysis of Undergraduate Students	5
Centering Cultural Knowledge in TPACK— Evidence From a Collaborative Online International Learning Collaboration	5
Towards Quality Assurance in MOOCs: A Comprehensive Review and Micro-Level Framework	5
The Impact of a Learning Analytics Based Feedback System on Students’ Academic Achievement and Self-Regulated Learning in a Flipped Classroom	5
Student Engagement, Community of Inquiry, and Transactional Distance in Online Learning Environments: A Stepwise Multiple Linear Regression Analysis	5
Translating and Validating the Community of Inquiry Survey Instrument in Brazil	5
Exploring the Relationship Among Preservice Teachers’ E-Learning Readiness, Learning Engagement, and Learning Performance in HyFlex Learning Environments	5
Enhancing Online Teaching of Business Statistics: A Pedagogy Before Technology Approach	5
MOOCs as a Research Agenda: Changes Over Time	5
Contextualizing E-Learning Experiences With Indigenous Communities: A Practical, Research-Based Approach	4
What are the indicators of Student Engagement in Learning Management Systems? A Systematized Review of the Literature	4
Book Review: Powering a Learning Society During an Age of Disruption, edited by Sungsup Ra, Shanti Jagannathan, and Rupert Maclean (Springer, 2021)	4
Identifying Pedagogical Design and Implementation of Synchronous Virtual Classrooms	4
Using Low-immersive Virtual Reality in Online Learning: Field Notes from Environmental Management Education	4
The Impact of Switching Intention of Teachers’ Online Teaching in the COVID-19 Era: The Perspective of Push-Pull-Mooring	4
The Metaphor of AI in Writing in English: A Reflection on EFL Learners’ Motivation to Write, Enjoyment of Writing, Academic Buoyancy, and Academic Success in Writing	4
Addressing the Resource-Based View: Determinants That Drive Chinese Universities to Offer MOOCs	4
Ukrainian E-Learning Platforms for Schools: Evaluation of Their Functionality	4

Automatic Classification of Online Learner Reviews Via Fine-Tuned BERTs	4
Effects of Using the WhatsApp Application on Iranian Intermediate EFL Learners’ Vocabulary Learning and Autonomy	4
Book Review: Pedagogy Opened: Innovative Theory and Practice, edited by Tiffani Tijerina (University of North Georgia Press, 2024)	4
Critical Issues in Open and Distance Education Research	3
Editorial - Volume 23, Issue 4	3
The Effects of Educational Artificial Intelligence-Powered Applications on Teachers’ Perceived Autonomy, Professional Development for Online Teaching, and Digital Burnout	3
Quality Criteria for Online Courses Development	3
OXREF: Open XR for Education Framework	3
A Construct Revalidation of the Community of Inquiry Survey: Empirical Evidence for a General Factor Under a Bifactor Structure	3
AI Application (ChatGPT) and Saudi Arabian Primary School Students’ Autonomy in Online Classes: Exploring Students and Teachers’ Perceptions	3
Facilitating Students’ Emotional Engagement in Synchronous Online Learning: A Systematic Literature Review	3
Flipped Classroom Combined With Group Awareness	3
“I Don’t Know if I Can Handle It All”: Students’ Affect During Remote Education in the COVID-19 Pandemic in Brazil	3
Socio-Demographical Variables as Predictors of Academic Self-Directedness	3
Evaluating AI-Personalized Learning Interventions in Distance Education	3
Emergency Online Learning: The Effects of Interactional, Motivational, Self-Regulatory, and Situational Factors on Learning Outcomes and Continuation Intentions	2
Role of AI in Blended Learning: A Systematic Literature Review	2
Report Review – ICDE OERAC: Open Science, Open Educational Resources, and Open Innovation	2
Book Review: Teaching in a Digital Age: Guidelines for Designing Teaching and Learning–Third Edition, authored by Anthony William (Tony) Bates (Tony Bates Associates Ltd., 2022)	2
How Instructors’ TPACK Developed During Emergency Remote Teaching: Evidence From Instructors in Faculties of Education	2
Editorial - Volume 25, Issue 4	2
Creating an Open Online Educational Resource to Support Learners as They Navigate Their Studies Alongside Work and/or Family	2
Using Few-Shot Learning Materials of Multiple SPOCs to Develop Early Warning Systems to Detect Students at Risk	2
Trauma-Informed Education in Open Online Courses: Lessons from Teacher Continuous Professional Development During COVID-19	2
Technology Enabling the New Normal: How Students Respond to Classes	2
Mapping Network Structure and Diversity of Interdisciplinary Knowledge in Recommended MOOC Offerings	2
The Effects and Implications of Using Open Educational Resources in Secondary Schools	2
Measuring the Impact of an Open Educational Resource and Library e-Resource Adoption Program Using the COUP Framework	2
Comparative Effectiveness of Approaches to Students’ Labour Education in Universities in the New Era With the Use of Information Technologies	2
Extracting Course Features and Learner Profiling for Course Recommendation Systems: A Comprehensive Literature Review	2
SCOPE of Open Education: A New Framework for Research	2
Book Review: Exploratory Programming in the Arts and Humanities	2
Comparing Academic and Non-Academic Support Services: Mechanisms Impacting Academic Performance	2
Exploring Open and Distance Learning Reform at the National University of Lesotho: A Managerial Perspective	2
Empowering Asynchronous Arabic Language Learning Through PDF Hyperlink Media	2
Revising and Validating the Community of Inquiry Instrument for MOOCs and other Global Online Courses	2
Open Textbook Author Journeys: Internal Conversations and Cycles of Time	2
An Online Physics Laboratory Delivered Through Live Broadcasting Media: A COVID-19 Teaching Experience	1
Navigating Challenges in Remote Speaking Tasks: Unveiling Technical and Non-Technical Problems Faced by Students	1
Peculiarities of the Development of Students’ Musical Skills Under the Influence of Modern Software	1
Analyzing Learning Sentiments on a MOOC Discussion Forum Through Epistemic Network Analysis	1
Virtual Concerts in Learning Oboe-Played Chinese Folk Music: Impact on Performance Proficiency, Perceived Aesthetic Qualities, and Students’ Motivation	1
The Past and Present of Instructional Design in Online Learning: Trends and Emerging Directions	1
Development and Validation of the Sense of Online Community Scale	1
The Effects of Duolingo, an AI-Integrated Technology, on EFL Learners’ Willingness to Communicate and Engagement in Online Classes	1
“They Have to Combine the Future of the University and Their Own Future”: OpenCourseWare (OCW) Authoring as an Academic Practice in Spain	1
Editorial – Volume 26, Issue 3	1
Open Educational Resource Policy Development at a Campus of the University of the West Indies	1
Artificial Intelligence in Higher Education: A Cross-Cultural Examination of Students’ Behavioral Intentions and Attitudes	1
Distance Mathematics Teaching and Academic Performance in Morocco	1
Predicting Online Learning Success Based on Learners’ Perceptions: The Integration of the Information System Success Model and the Security Triangle Framework	1
Book Review: Co-teaching and Co-research in Contexts of Inequality: Using Networked Learning to Connect Africa and the World, edited by Phindile Zifikile Shangase, Daniela Gachago, and Eunice Ndeto Iv	1
Can Open Pedagogy Encourage Care? Student Perspectives	1
Evaluation of Higher-Order Skills Development in an Asynchronous Online Poster Session for Final Year Science Undergraduates	1
Effects of Online Self-Regulated Learning on Learning Ineffectiveness in the Context of COVID-19	1
Bridging the Gap: Micro-credentials for Development	1
Using the Critical Incident Questionnaire as a Formative Evaluation Tool to Inform Online Course Design: A Qualitative Study	1
Educational Experience and Instructional Design Effectiveness Within the Community of Inquiry Framework	1
Teaching Reform and Practice Based on Four Dimensions and One Penetration for Sensing and Detection Technology	1
What It Is and Is Not: Pedagogy in Online Nursing Education Delivery	1
The Landscape of MOOC Platforms Worldwide	1
Fine-tuned BERT Model for Large Scale and Cognitive Classification of MOOCs	1
Editorial - Volume 23, Issue 3	1
Twenty-Five Years of the International Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning: A Bibliometric Analysis	1
An Internet Articles Retrieval Agent Combined With Dynamic Associative Concept Maps to Implement Online Learning in an Artificial Intelligence Course	1