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Most cited papers in Digital Education and Society

What are the most cited papers in Digital Education and Society?

The most cited paper in Digital Education and Society is "The ‘digital natives’ debate: A critical review of the evidence" (Sue Bennett, Karl Maton, Lisa K. Kervin, 2008), with 2,960 citations. Next come "Online University Teaching During and After the Covid-19 Crisis: Refocusing Teacher Presence and Learning Activity" (2,121) and "A Theoretical Framework for the Critical Posthumanities" (1,024).

Showing 50 of 100 papers. Every paper with more than 125 citations is listed.

Most cited papers, sortable by citations and release date
#Paper
1 The ‘digital natives’ debate: A critical review of the evidence Sue Bennett, Karl Maton, Lisa K. Kervin · British Journal of Educational Technology 6 Feb 2008 2,960
2 Online University Teaching During and After the Covid-19 Crisis: Refocusing Teacher Presence and Learning Activity Chrysi Rapanta, Luca Botturi, Peter Goodyear et al. · Postdigital Science and Education Open access 7 Jul 2020 2,121
3 A Theoretical Framework for the Critical Posthumanities Rosi Braidotti · Theory Culture & Society Open access 4 May 2018 1,024
4 Postdigital science and education Petar Jandrić, Jeremy Knox, Tina Besley et al. · Educational Philosophy and Theory Open access 26 Mar 2018 954
5 Decolonial AI: Decolonial Theory as Sociotechnical Foresight in Artificial Intelligence Shakir Mohamed, Marie-Thérèse Png, William Isaac · Philosophy & Technology Open access 12 Jul 2020 849
6 Power through the algorithm? Participatory web cultures and the technological unconscious David Beer · New Media & Society Sep 2009 773
7 Beyond the ‘digital natives’ debate: Towards a more nuanced understanding of students' technology experiences Sue Bennett, Karl Maton · Journal of Computer Assisted Learning 26 Aug 2010 677
8 Post-Covid-19 Education and Education Technology ‘Solutionism’: a Seller’s Market Marko Teräs, Juha Suoranta, Hanna Teräs et al. · Postdigital Science and Education Open access 13 Jul 2020 596
9 Education in and After Covid-19: Immediate Responses and Long-Term Visions Xudong Zhu, Jing Liu · Postdigital Science and Education Open access 26 Apr 2020 542
10 Balancing Technology, Pedagogy and the New Normal: Post-pandemic Challenges for Higher Education Chrysi Rapanta, Luca Botturi, Peter Goodyear et al. · Postdigital Science and Education Open access 9 Aug 2021 528
11 Digital tools and challenges to institutional traditions of learning: technologies, social memory and the performative nature of learning Roger Säljö · Journal of Computer Assisted Learning 12 Jan 2010 520
12 Spreadable Spectacle in Digital Culture: Civic Expression, Fake News, and the Role of Media Literacies in “Post-Fact” Society Paul Mihailidis, Samantha Viotty · American Behavioral Scientist 27 Mar 2017 493
13 More than tools? Making sense of the ongoing digitizations of higher education Linda Castañeda, Neil Selwyn · International Journal of Educational Technology in Higher Education Open access 14 May 2018 434
14 Decolonization of knowledge, epistemicide, participatory research and higher education Budd Lionel Hall, Rajesh Tandon · Research for All Open access 2017 422
15 The Zero Marginal Cost Society: The Internet of Things, the Collaborative Commons, and the Eclipse of Capitalism Raphael Sassower · Utopian Studies Oct 2015 415
16 What Does the ‘Postdigital’ Mean for Education? Three Critical Perspectives on the Digital, with Implications for Educational Research and Practice Jeremy Knox · Postdigital Science and Education Open access 23 May 2019 390
17 The future of AI and education: Some cautionary notes Neil Selwyn · European Journal of Education Open access 17 Oct 2022 387
18 Postdigital Education in Design and Practice Tim Fawns · Postdigital Science and Education Open access 28 Nov 2018 358
19 An Entangled Pedagogy: Looking Beyond the Pedagogy—Technology Dichotomy Tim Fawns · Postdigital Science and Education Open access 2 Apr 2022 344
20 Debunking the ‘digital native’: beyond digital apartheid, towards digital democracy Cheryl Brown, Laura Czerniewicz · Journal of Computer Assisted Learning Open access 15 Sep 2010 336
21 Introduction: Critical studies of digital education platforms Mathias Decuypere, Emiliano Grimaldi, Paolo Landri · Critical Studies in Education Open access 2021 332
22 In Search of the Global East: Thinking between North and South Martin L. Müller · Geopolitics Open access 2 Oct 2018 330
23 What's the matter with ‘technology-enhanced learning’? Siân Bayne · Learning Media and Technology Open access 13 May 2014 327
24 Assemblage Theory and Its Discontents Ian Buchanan · Deleuze Studies Aug 2015 322
25 Can an Algorithm be Agonistic? Ten Scenes from Life in Calculated Publics Kate Crawford · Science Technology & Human Values 24 Jun 2015 317
26 Datafication Ulises Ali Mejias, Nick Couldry · Internet Policy Review Open access 29 Nov 2019 313
27 Reimagining the new pedagogical possibilities for universities post-Covid-19 Michael Adrian Peters et al. · Educational Philosophy and Theory Open access 25 Jun 2020 297
28 COVID-19 – school leadership in crisis? Alma Harris · Journal of Professional Capital and Community 24 Jul 2020 283
29 Towards a radical digital citizenship in digital education Akwugo Emejulu, Callum McGregor · Critical Studies in Education Open access 19 Sep 2016 267
30 Networked Participatory Scholarship: Emergent techno-cultural pressures toward open and digital scholarship in online networks George Veletsianos, Royce M. Kimmons · Computers & Education 14 Oct 2011 263
31 Artificial intelligence literacy for technology education Karin Stolpe, Jonas Hällström · Computers and Education Open Open access 5 Jan 2024 260
32 Against All Odds: Education in Germany Coping with Covid-19 Michael Kerres · Postdigital Science and Education Open access 4 May 2020 259
33 Towards a Post-Covid-19 ‘New Normality?’: Physical and Social Distancing, the Move to Online and Higher Education Marek Tesař · Policy Futures in Education Open access Jun 2020 258
34 Postdigital Dialogue Petar Jandrić, Thomas Ryberg, Jeremy Knox et al. · Postdigital Science and Education Open access 27 Oct 2018 255
35 AI and education: the importance of teacher and student relations Alexandre Anselmo Guilherme · AI & Society Open access 4 Feb 2017 252
36 Developing a Transliteracies Framework for a Connected World Amy Stornaiuolo, A. H. Smith, Nathan C. Phillips · Journal of Literacy Research 28 Dec 2016 239
37 Stop talking about fake news! Joshua Habgood‐Coote · Inquiry Open access 11 Aug 2018 238
38 AI hyped? A horizon scan of discourse on artificial intelligence in education (AIED) and development Selena Nemorin, Andreas Vlachidis, Hayford Mensah Ayerakwa et al. · Learning Media and Technology Open access 5 Jul 2022 228
39 The hidden architecture of higher education: building a big data infrastructure for the ‘smarter university’ Ben Williamson · International Journal of Educational Technology in Higher Education Open access 12 Feb 2018 225
40 'School’s Out, But Class’ On', The Largest Online Education in the World Today: Taking China’s Practical Exploration During The COVID-19 Epidemic Prevention and Control As an Example Longjun Zhou, Shanshan Wu, Ming Zhou et al. · SSRN Electronic Journal PreprintOpen access 2020 223
41 The spectrum of control: A social theory of the smart city Jathan Sadowski, Frank L. Pasquale · First Monday Open access 24 Jun 2015 222
42 Digital higher education: a divider or bridge builder? Leadership perspectives on edtech in a COVID-19 reality Melissa Laufer, Anne Leiser, Bronwen Deacon et al. · International Journal of Educational Technology in Higher Education Open access 24 Sep 2021 221
43 The Manifesto for Teaching and Learning in a Time of Generative AI: A Critical Collective Stance to Better Navigate the Future Aras Bozkurt et al. · Open Praxis Open access 2024 220
44 Digital Literacy and Digital Literacies: Policy, Pedagogy and Research Considerations for Education Michele Knobel, Colín Lankshear · Nordic Journal of Digital Literacy Open access 30 May 2006 216
45 Algorithmic resistance: media practices and the politics of repair Julia Velkova, Anne Kaun · Information Communication & Society Open access 26 Aug 2019 214
46 Technology and the character of contemporary life: A philosophical inquiry Paul T. Durbin, Flash Fiasco · Continental Philosophy Review Mar 1988 206
47 Automation, APIs and the distributed labour of platform pedagogies in Google Classroom Carlo Perrotta, Kalervo Ν. Gulson, Ben Williamson et al. · Critical Studies in Education 9 Dec 2020 203
48 Teacherbot: interventions in automated teaching Siân Bayne · Teaching in Higher Education Open access 16 Apr 2015 199
49 China’s Internationalized Higher Education During Covid-19: Collective Student Autoethnography Michael Adrian Peters, Hejia Wang, Moses Oladele Ogunniran et al. · Postdigital Science and Education Open access 8 May 2020 192
50 Education in a post-truth world Michael Adrian Peters · Educational Philosophy and Theory Open access 8 Jan 2017 192

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