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Researcher · University of the Witwatersrand · South Africa

Alton Dewa

Alton Dewa publishes mostly in Education, Computer Science Applications and Developmental and Educational Psychology, on topics such as Online Learning and Analytics, Innovative Teaching and Learning Methods and Online and Blended Learning.

ORCID 0000-0002-0776-4447 OpenAlex
World rank
#4,846,713
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in South Africa
#20,962
of 29,826
Works
19
Citations
45
Citations per work
2.4
h-index
4
i10-index 2Top 65% in Education
Alton Dewa

What does Alton Dewa research?

Alton Dewa's work is mostly in Computer Science (38%), Social Sciences (36%), Psychology (15%).

Social Sciences: 10 works · 51.1% of their workSocial Sciences: 7 works · 36.2% of their workEducation: 6 works · 31.9% of their workSociology and Political Science: 1 works · 4.3% of their workPsychology: 3 works · 14.9% of their workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 3 works · 14.9% of their workPhysical Sciences: 7 works · 38.3% of their workComputer Science: 7 works · 38.3% of their workComputer Science Applications: 4 works · 19.1% of their workInformation Systems: 3 works · 14.9% of their workArtificial Intelligence: 1 works · 4.3% of their workEverything else: 2 works · 10.6% of their workTHEIR WORKAlton Dewa19works
Physical Sciences38%Social Sciences51%

Their six largest subfields, inside their fields and domains; the grey slice is everything else they publish. The interactive view splits every one of their works down to single topics.

The fields and subfields, with their numbers
    1. Social Sciences736.2%
    2. Psychology314.9%
    1. Computer Science738.3%
  3. Everything else210.6%
  1. 1Education32% of their works
  2. 2Computer Science Applications19% of their works
  3. 3Developmental and Educational Psychology15% of their works
  4. 4Information Systems15% of their works
  5. 5Artificial Intelligence4% of their works
  6. 6Sociology and Political Science4% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Alton Dewa's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Online Learning, E-Learning, Educational Technology, Student Engagement, Technology Integration, Learning Analytics, Motivation and Student Satisfaction.

Size is their works in the topics tagged with each word, from their 8 largest topics. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 26 words, with their numbers
  1. Online Learning133 topics
  2. E-Learning113 topics
  3. Educational Technology113 topics
  4. Student Engagement92 topics
  5. Technology Integration93 topics
  6. Learning Analytics82 topics
  7. Motivation72 topics
  8. Student Satisfaction72 topics
  9. Collaborative Learning62 topics
  10. Educational Data Mining61 topic
  11. Massive Open Online Courses61 topic
  12. Mobile Learning52 topics
  13. Blended Learning41 topic
  14. Distance Education41 topic
  15. Metacognition41 topic
  16. Microlearning41 topic
  17. Online Education41 topic
  18. Self-Regulation41 topic
  19. Game-Based Learning31 topic
  20. Gamification31 topic
  21. Google Classroom31 topic
  22. Teacher Perception31 topic
  23. Computational Thinking21 topic
  24. Higher Education21 topic
  25. Programming Education21 topic
  26. Student Perspectives21 topic

Where does Alton Dewa work?

Alton Dewa's main affiliation in the publication record is University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa.

How many publications and citations does Alton Dewa have?

OpenAlex counts 19 works and 45 citations for Alton Dewa, an h-index of 4, ranking #4,846,713 of 7,710,434 researchers worldwide on the quality score.

Ranked on field-normalised excellence (50%), output (30%) and citations (20%). Counts come from OpenAlex author records, which occasionally merge different people who share a name or split one person into several.

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