As part of the 20th anniversary (2004-2024) of the International Journal of Educational Technology in Higher Education (ETHE), the journal wishes to recognise authors who have contributed significantly to the field of educational technology in higher education. The ETHE’s High Impact Paper Award seeks to recognise papers with significant academic impact that have been published in the International Journal of Educational Technology in Higher Education in the last ten years. To select those papers, a review committee was formed consisting of three members from the journal’s International Advisory Board, the journal's editor-in-chief, and the managing editor.
The review committee selected the recipients by evaluating papers against both quantitative and qualitative metrics. The quantitative metrics included reviewing the top twenty five papers for each category of the most downloads, the most number of citations and the highest altimetric attention scores. After removing duplicates, each paper was given a score according to each category which were weighted and aggregated. The twelve papers with the highest scores were shortlisted for evaluating against the qualitative criteria. The qualitative metrics included assigning and aggregating scores against transcending disciplinary boundaries, addressing real-world challenges, contributing to societal advancement or policy-making, and enhancing technology in teaching and learning. After reviewing the combined quantitative and qualitative scores, the review committee unanimously agreed to recognise the top six papers as high-impact publications in ETHE.
The review committee wishes to inform the ETHE community that these top papers exhibit:
- Citations exceeding 306
- Altimetric scores surpassing 117. This places each paper within the top 5% attention rank, in the 99th percentile compared to papers of similar age across all journals, and the 80th percentile within ETHE.
- Interdisciplinary and practical approaches that contribute to the body of knowledge in the ETHE field or systematic literature reviews concerning emerging technology and pedagogy in higher education, using advanced review methodologies.
The review committee proudly announces the top six papers deserving the ETHE’s High Impact Paper Award, listed in alphabetical order:
Dichev, C., Dicheva, D. Gamifying education: what is known, what is believed and what remains uncertain: a critical review. Int J Educ Technol High Educ 14, 9 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1186/s41239-017-0042-5
Dziuban, C., Graham, C.R., Moskal, P.D. et al. Blended learning: the new normal and emerging technologies. Int J Educ Technol High Educ 15, 3 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1186/s41239-017-0087-5
Kintu, M.J., Zhu, C. & Kagambe, E. Blended learning effectiveness: the relationship between student characteristics, design features and outcomes. Int J Educ Technol High Educ 14, 7 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1186/s41239-017-0043-4
Seo, K., Tang, J., Roll, I. et al. The impact of artificial intelligence on learner–instructor interaction in online learning. Int J Educ Technol High Educ 18, 54 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1186/s41239-021-00292-9
Vlachopoulos, D., Makri, A. The effect of games and simulations on higher education: a systematic literature review. Int J Educ Technol High Educ 14, 22 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1186/s41239-017-0062-1
Zawacki-Richter, O., MarÃn, V.I., Bond, M. et al. Systematic review of research on artificial intelligence applications in higher education – where are the educators?. Int J Educ Technol High Educ 16, 39 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1186/s41239-019-0171-0
The journal editors, the Editorial Board, and the International Advisory Board members wish to congratulate these authors for their significant contributions to the discipline in their work reflected in these outstanding papers.
The Editors-in-Chief would also like to thank the review committee members for their time and expertise in managing the review process. The review committee consisted of (1) Prof Insung Jung, retired Professor of Education at the International Christian University, Japan, now visiting research scholar at Seoul National University, South Korea; (2) Prof Mark Brown, Director of the National Observatory for Digital Education, based at Dublin City University, Ireland; and (3) Prof Alvaro Galvis, retired Professor of Education at the University of the Andes, Colombia. All review committee members currently serve on the journal’s International Advisory Board, while Prof Galvis a former Editor-in-Chief of the journal.
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Winners will receive from Springer:
- Springer e-book voucher worth EUR 500
- Official award certificate