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  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
2,105 Views
26 Pages

25 March 2025

Reconfigurable Intelligent Surfaces (RISs) and Non-Orthogonal Multiple Access (NOMA) have emerged as key technologies for next-generation (6G) wireless networks, attracting significant attention from researchers. As an advanced extension of RISs, Sim...

  • Article
  • Open Access
8 Citations
2,916 Views
31 Pages

10 June 2024

Speech emotion recognition (SER) is a technology that can be applied to distance education to analyze speech patterns and evaluate speakers’ emotional states in real time. It provides valuable insights and can be used to enhance students’...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
1,287 Views
20 Pages

3 March 2025

This study applies deep learning predictive networks and multi-objective decision-making algorithms to the context of innovation and entrepreneurship education, aiming to explore the characteristics of students in different majors regarding innovatio...

  • Article
  • Open Access
27 Citations
7,524 Views
16 Pages

27 October 2017

While there is little doubt that social networks are essential for processes of implementing social innovations in community education such as Climate Change Education (CCE) or Education for Sustainable Development (ESD), scholars have neglected to a...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
2,299 Views
17 Pages

Smart Methods to Deal with COVID-19 at University-Level Institutions Using Social Network Analysis Techniques

  • Rauf Ahmed Shams Malick,
  • Syed Kashir Hasan,
  • Fahad Samad,
  • Nadeem Kafi Khan and
  • Hassan Jamil Syed

17 March 2023

The current global health crisis is a consequence of the pandemic caused by COVID-19. It has impacted the lives of people from all factions of society. The re-emergence of new variants is threatening the world, which urges the development of new meth...

  • Review
  • Open Access
137 Citations
35,377 Views
13 Pages

Social Media Use in Higher Education: A Review

  • Georgios Zachos,
  • Efrosyni-Alkisti Paraskevopoulou-Kollia and
  • Ioannis Anagnostopoulos

5 November 2018

Nowadays, social networks incessantly influence the lives of young people. Apart from entertainment and informational purposes, social networks have penetrated many fields of educational practices and processes. This review tries to highlight the use...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
3,076 Views
22 Pages

12 July 2022

Today, students at universities in advanced countries typically enroll in colleges, such as the College of Education, which offer interdisciplinary programs for undergraduates in their first and second years, allowing them to explore personal interes...

  • Article
  • Open Access
11 Citations
6,396 Views
15 Pages

6 January 2020

This study investigates how students and researchers shape their knowledge and perception of educational topics. The mindset or forma mentis of 159 Italian high school students and of 59 international researchers in science, technology, engineering a...

  • Article
  • Open Access
12 Citations
5,538 Views
20 Pages

Moving (Reflexively within) Structures. The Governance of Education for Sustainable Development in Germany

  • Mandy Singer-Brodowski,
  • Janne von Seggern,
  • Anika Duveneck and
  • Nadine Etzkorn

1 April 2020

The educational governance discourse aims at capturing how different actors, participating in a specific political process, coordinate their actions while working together within multi-actor policy networks. In Germany, such multi-actor policy networ...

  • Article
  • Open Access
16 Citations
4,089 Views
17 Pages

Gamifying Massive Online Courses: Effects on the Social Networks and Course Completion Rates

  • Luis de Marcos-Ortega,
  • Antonio Garcia-Cabot,
  • Eva Garcia-Lopez,
  • Raul Ramirez-Velarde,
  • Antonio Moreira Teixeira and
  • José-Javier Martínez-Herráiz

12 October 2020

This paper analyzes the effects of gamification in the social network of a massive online course. An educational social-networking platform gathered information about the contributions of participants and about the social networks that were formed du...

  • Article
  • Open Access
18 Citations
5,646 Views
13 Pages

27 January 2022

Disaster reduction and prevention have become urgent issues worldwide. Disaster education is an effective way to deal with frequent global disaster risks, carry out disaster prevention and relief measures in a timely manner, and reduce disaster losse...

  • Article
  • Open Access
17 Citations
5,238 Views
16 Pages

Use of Twitter as an Educational Resource. Analysis of Concepts of Active and Trainee Teachers

  • Lina Higueras-Rodríguez,
  • Marta Medina-García and
  • Mª del Carmen Pegalajar-Palomino

5 August 2020

The use of innovative tools is a key element in the improvement of the educational process, and consequently, the use of social networks as a means of training to improve not only the learning of students, but also to improve the expectations of the...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
2,518 Views
23 Pages

3 August 2025

It is well-established that principal leadership significantly influences student learning in developed countries, yet much less is known about how leadership practices manifest in complex systems like China’s, where rapid modernization interse...

  • Article
  • Open Access
11 Citations
3,732 Views
18 Pages

7 January 2023

With the development of education informatization and the accumulation of massive educational resources and teaching data in urban environments, educational knowledge graphs that provide good conditions for developing data-driven intelligent educatio...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
2,884 Views
20 Pages

24 February 2023

The purpose of formal education is to increase students’ abilities, and its content is to impart knowledge through various courses. Thus, it is essential to accurately identify the relationship between knowledge and students’ ability incr...

  • Systematic Review
  • Open Access
10 Citations
6,053 Views
44 Pages

Potentials in Using VR for Facilitating Geography Teaching in Classrooms: A Systematic Review

  • Klára Czimre,
  • Károly Teperics,
  • Ernő Molnár,
  • János Kapusi,
  • Ikram Saidi,
  • Deddy Gusman and
  • Gyöngyi Bujdosó

The application of virtual reality (VR) in geography education is regarded as a progressive and proactive method that has still not gained sufficient attention in the educational policy in Hungary. The aim of our review is to find the ways and means...

  • Article
  • Open Access
20 Citations
1,785 Views
15 Pages

A Novel Influence Analysis-Based University Major Similarity Study

  • Ningqi Zhang,
  • Qingyun Li,
  • Sissi Xiaoxiao Wu,
  • Junjie Zhu and
  • Jie Han

21 March 2024

In the field of education, investigating the relationships between different majors in universities is an important topic in current educational research. The application of social networks from informatics provides new opportunities and potentials f...

  • Article
  • Open Access
20 Citations
15,063 Views
21 Pages

Influencers have positioned themselves as opinion leaders capable of influencing large social groups, extending their presence to areas such as education. Instagram is one of the most consolidated social networks focused on the image where citizens i...

  • Editorial
  • Open Access
5 Citations
4,003 Views
7 Pages

Science education research is, in many ways, involved with exploring relational aspects of diverse elements that affect students’ learning outcomes; at one end, the elements may be concepts to be learned, and at the other end, the relations bet...

  • Article
  • Open Access

A DEMATEL–ANP-Based Evaluation of AI-Assisted Learning in Higher Education

  • Galina Ilieva,
  • Tania Yankova,
  • Margarita Ruseva and
  • Stanislava Klisarova-Belcheva
Computers2026, 15(2), 79;https://doi.org/10.3390/computers15020079 
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1 February 2026

This study proposes an indicator system for evaluating AI-assisted learning in higher education, combining evidence-based indicator development with expert-validated weighting. First, we review recent studies to extract candidate indicators and organ...

  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
5,716 Views
20 Pages

Educational achievement plays a significant role in the labour market, benefiting individuals and society. Graduating from high school is a key step towards better employment opportunities and a prerequisite for higher education attainment. In 2023,...

  • Systematic Review
  • Open Access
4 Citations
3,455 Views
22 Pages

This paper explores: How has wisdom pedagogy research emerged in higher education during 1980–2022? This study is the first to explore the emergence of wisdom pedagogy research in higher education applying Bipartite network analysis for detecti...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
3,311 Views
17 Pages

Comparing Friends and Peer Tutors Amidst COVID-19 Using Social Network Analysis

  • Nurul Zahirah Abd Rahim,
  • Nurun Najwa Bahari,
  • Nur Syaza Mohd Azzimi,
  • Zamira Hasanah Zamzuri,
  • Hafizah Bahaludin,
  • Nurul Farahain Mohammad and
  • Fatimah Abdul Razak

20 February 2023

COVID-19 has drastically changed the teaching patterns of higher education from face-to-face to online learning, and it has also affected students’ engagement socially and academically. Understanding the nature of students’ engagement dur...

  • Article
  • Open Access
8 Citations
5,349 Views
10 Pages

30 January 2024

Although the modern education system is highly developed, educators have never stopped looking for new ways to improve it. After entering the 21st century, more and more educational data are stored, and data mining techniques have developed rapidly....

  • Tutorial
  • Open Access
10 Citations
6,500 Views
28 Pages

Educational stakeholders would be better informed if they could use their students’ formative assessments results and personal background attributes to predict the conditions for achieving favorable learning outcomes, and conversely, to gain aw...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
3,935 Views
21 Pages

‘No One Is Left Behind?’: A Mixed-Methods Case Study of Equity and Inclusion in Physical Education Teacher Education

  • Eugénio Paiva Pereira Ribeiro,
  • Isabel Maria Ribeiro Mesquita and
  • Cláudio Filipe Guerreiro Farias

Equity and inclusion are requisites of high-quality Physical Education (PE). However, there is a substantial gap in understanding PE Teacher Education’s (PETE) effectiveness in preparing Preservice Teachers (PSTs) to implement equity-driven ped...

  • Article
  • Open Access
29 Citations
9,557 Views
16 Pages

16 October 2014

Predicting student academic performance with a high accuracy facilitates admission decisions and enhances educational services at educational institutions. This raises the need to propose a model that predicts student performance, based on the result...

  • Article
  • Open Access
9 Citations
5,327 Views
26 Pages

A Network Theory Approach to Curriculum Design

  • John O’Meara and
  • Ashwin Vaidya

15 October 2021

In this paper we hypothesize that education, especially at the scale of curriculum, should be treated as a complex system composed of different ideas and concepts which are inherently connected. Therefore, the task of a good teacher lies in elucidati...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
2,310 Views
24 Pages

From Knowledge to Action: How Portuguese Higher Education Students Engage with Circular Economy Principles

  • Ana Pardal,
  • Anabela Moreira,
  • Cristina Galacho,
  • Dina Mateus,
  • Laura Viegas,
  • Marcelo Gaspar,
  • Margarida Ribau Teixeira,
  • Vitor Manteigas and
  • Maria Alzira Pimenta Dinis

7 April 2025

This study investigates the perceptions and practices of Portuguese higher education students regarding the circular economy (CE), emphasising their knowledge, attitudes, and behaviours toward sustainable resource management. Carried out by the Worki...

  • Article
  • Open Access
9 Citations
3,596 Views
14 Pages

In this article we discuss, as a proof of concept, how a network model can be used to analyse gaze tracking data coming from a preliminary experiment carried out in a biodiversity education research project. We discuss the network model, a simple dir...

  • Communication
  • Open Access
1 Citations
1,352 Views
9 Pages

14 January 2025

In further understanding the importance of the informal/formal nexus, it is posited that they can co-exist, as explained in the case description example of a Youth Professional Practitioner Network (YPPN). It posits the influence of ‘informal e...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
4,968 Views
12 Pages

Developing a Sustainable Online Platform for Language Learning across Europe

  • Alexander Mikroyannidis,
  • Maria Perifanou and
  • Anastasios A. Economides

In this paper, we present a sustainable approach for addressing the language skills gap among EU citizens, which significantly hinders their mobility across the EU and their participation in education, in training, as well as in youth programmes. Our...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
1,716 Views
20 Pages

A Fuzzy-Neural Model for Personalized Learning Recommendations Grounded in Experiential Learning Theory

  • Christos Troussas,
  • Akrivi Krouska,
  • Phivos Mylonas and
  • Cleo Sgouropoulou

23 April 2025

Personalized learning is a defining characteristic of current education, with flexible and adaptable experiences that respond to individual learners’ requirements and approaches to learning. Traditional implementations of educational theories&m...

  • Article
  • Open Access
10 Citations
5,077 Views
16 Pages

30 April 2021

Studying the attention of “artificial intelligence + education” in ethnic areas is of great significance for China for promoting the integrated development of new educational modes and modern technology in the western region. Guizhou province is an a...

  • Case Report
  • Open Access
9 Citations
3,233 Views
18 Pages

15 August 2020

Educating students to understand the dynamics of complex systems and acting with responsibility and equality in their professional/private life is pivotal. Implementing social changes in higher engineering education institutions is a challenge. This...

  • Feature Paper
  • Article
  • Open Access
1,061 Views
14 Pages

Action and Reaction, Social Response to the Development of an Education Law, the Case of Spain

  • Abraham Bernárdez-Gómez,
  • María Luisa Belmonte,
  • José María Álvarez Martínez-Iglesias and
  • Martina Ares-Ferreirós

The subsequent research has been grounded in the recently enacted education legislation, the Organic Law amending the Organic Law on Education (LOMLOE, by its acronym in Spanish), within the Spanish educational context. The development of this resear...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1,837 Views
11 Pages

2 March 2022

Understanding the difference between the viewpoints of experts and the public and communicating are very important processes to prevent wasteful conflicts and achieve successful implementation of new policies. This study compares the structures of pe...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
2,649 Views
17 Pages

In universities that require students to reside in dormitories, there are two types of social networks—study/classroom-based and social/dorm room-based. The academic streaming system may disrupt study/classroom connections, but its impact on st...

  • Article
  • Open Access
19 Citations
5,741 Views
21 Pages

A Scalable Architecture for the Dynamic Deployment of Multimodal Learning Analytics Applications in Smart Classrooms

  • Alberto Huertas Celdrán,
  • José A. Ruipérez-Valiente,
  • Félix J. García Clemente,
  • María Jesús Rodríguez-Triana,
  • Shashi Kant Shankar and
  • Gregorio Martínez Pérez

21 May 2020

The smart classrooms of the future will use different software, devices and wearables as an integral part of the learning process. These educational applications generate a large amount of data from different sources. The area of Multimodal Learning...

  • Article
  • Open Access
37 Citations
9,552 Views
18 Pages

The Influence of Digital Tools and Social Networks on the Digital Competence of University Students during COVID-19 Pandemic

  • Javier Rodríguez-Moreno,
  • Ana María Ortiz-Colón,
  • Eulogio Cordón-Pozo and
  • Miriam Agreda-Montoro

The pandemic caused by COVID-19 has generated a transformation in students’ competences and university education, especially in the use of digital tools. This study aims to analyze the use of digital tools and social networks of university students d...

  • Article
  • Open Access
82 Citations
10,283 Views
16 Pages

9 February 2018

Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) is an innovative method in modern education, especially important for autonomous study and the sharing of global excellent education resources. However, it is not easy to implement the teaching process according to...

  • Article
  • Open Access
138 Citations
18,530 Views
27 Pages

21 April 2020

Higher education institutions (HEIs) could act as pivotal change agents for sustainable development (SD) in times of global climate action. However, HEIs have to respond to increasingly complex demands simultaneously, such as massification, globaliza...

  • Article
  • Open Access
27 Citations
6,909 Views
20 Pages

29 June 2022

Student performance prediction has attracted increasing attention in the field of educational data mining, or more broadly, intelligent education or “AI + education”. Accurate performance prediction plays a significant role in solving the...

  • Article
  • Open Access
592 Views
18 Pages

26 November 2025

The project-based learning model in journalism and communication faces challenges of sparse multimodal behavior data and delayed teaching interventions, making it difficult to perceive student states and optimize decisions in real-time. This study ai...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1,473 Views
10 Pages

The Use of Artificial Neural Networks in Simulation of Mobile Ground Vehicles

  • Haldun Göktas,
  • Abdullah Çavusoğlu,
  • Baha Şen and
  • İhsan Toktaş

In this study, we have developed a platform which incorporates Artificial Neural Networks (ANNs) in simulating body dynamics of mobile ground vehicles (e.g. cars). This is a part of our research project in which we plan to provide a platform for educ...

  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
7,077 Views
17 Pages

10 September 2021

The activity area-based curriculum model (AACM) is used in the Finnish basic education to support pupils—most of whom have profound intellectual and multiple disabilities (PIMD)—who could benefit more from skills that advance independent life coping....

  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
3,598 Views
14 Pages

Graph Neural Network for Senior High Student’s Grade Prediction

  • Yang Yu,
  • Jinfu Fan,
  • Yuanqing Xian and
  • Zhongjie Wang

12 April 2022

Senior high school education (SHSE) forms a connecting link between the preceding junior high school education and the following college education. Through SHSE, a student not only completes k-12 education, but also lays a foundation for subsequent h...

  • Article
  • Open Access
33 Citations
5,508 Views
19 Pages

11 October 2022

With the development of university campus informatization, effective information mined from fragmented data can greatly improve the management levels of universities and the quality of student training. Academic performances are important in campus l...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
1,295 Views
32 Pages

19 March 2025

How can we encourage individuals to engage with beneficial ideas, while eschewing dark ideas such as science denial, conspiracy theories, or populist rhetoric? This paper investigates the mechanisms underpinning individuals’ engagement with ide...

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