Colin Milligan

2.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
42 papers, 1.7k citations indexed

About

Colin Milligan is a scholar working on Developmental and Educational Psychology, Computer Science Applications and Communication. According to data from OpenAlex, Colin Milligan has authored 42 papers receiving a total of 1.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 18 papers in Developmental and Educational Psychology, 17 papers in Computer Science Applications and 15 papers in Communication. Recurrent topics in Colin Milligan's work include Innovative Teaching and Learning Methods (18 papers), Knowledge Management and Sharing (14 papers) and Online Learning and Analytics (13 papers). Colin Milligan is often cited by papers focused on Innovative Teaching and Learning Methods (18 papers), Knowledge Management and Sharing (14 papers) and Online Learning and Analytics (13 papers). Colin Milligan collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Italy and New Zealand. Colin Milligan's co-authors include Allison Littlejohn, Anoush Margaryan, Nina Hood, Paul Sharples, Scott Wilson, Mark Johnson, Oleg Liber, Ruth Thomas, Donatella Persico and David G. Watson and has published in prestigious journals such as Nucleic Acids Research, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and Progress in Neurobiology.

In The Last Decade

Colin Milligan

39 papers receiving 1.6k citations

Hit Papers

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

Learning in MOOCs: Motivations and self-regulated learning in MOOCs

2015 397 citations Allison Littlejohn, Nina Hood et al. The Internet and Higher Education profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Colin Milligan United Kingdom	18	1.1k	884	528	191	178	42	1.7k
Donatella Persico Italy	18	465 0.4×	664 0.8×	494 0.9×	240 1.3×	109 0.6×	86	1.2k
Sunnie Lee Watson United States	21	735 0.7×	1000 1.1×	474 0.9×	306 1.6×	64 0.4×	75	1.8k
Vic Lally United Kingdom	15	299 0.3×	663 0.8×	476 0.9×	142 0.7×	193 1.1×	63	1.1k
Elena Barberà Spain	23	608 0.6×	934 1.1×	261 0.5×	402 2.1×	84 0.5×	122	1.6k
Huang‐Yao Hong Taiwan	23	290 0.3×	1.1k 1.3×	857 1.6×	266 1.4×	115 0.6×	63	1.7k
Christopher Hoadley United States	21	390 0.4×	987 1.1×	880 1.7×	377 2.0×	283 1.6×	79	2.1k
Vanessa P. Dennen United States	23	389 0.4×	1.3k 1.4×	676 1.3×	296 1.5×	310 1.7×	84	1.9k
Jon Dron United Kingdom	18	611 0.6×	941 1.1×	528 1.0×	398 2.1×	202 1.1×	85	1.6k
Rena M. Palloff United States	10	509 0.5×	2.0k 2.2×	1.0k 1.9×	292 1.5×	331 1.9×	15	2.5k
Keith Pratt	10	508 0.5×	2.0k 2.2×	1.0k 1.9×	291 1.5×	331 1.9×	12	2.5k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Colin Milligan

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All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

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Milligan, Colin, et al.. (2025). Empowering Future Innovators: A TRIZ-Integrated Design Thinking Approach to Engineering Prototyping and Entrepreneurship in Oman. International Journal of Learning Teaching and Educational Research. 24(2). 322–351.

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Milligan, Colin, et al.. (2023). Measuring Self-Regulated Learning in the Workplace. SSRN Electronic Journal.

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Wilson, Scott, et al.. (2018). Personal Learning Environments: Challenging the dominant design of educational systems. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 33 indexed citations

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Milligan, Colin, et al.. (2016). [Abstract] How Health professionals regulate their learning in Massive Open Online Courses.. Figshare.

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Milligan, Colin, Allison Littlejohn, & Nina Hood. (2016). Learning in MOOCs: A Comparison Study. Figshare. 15–26. 4 indexed citations

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Milligan, Colin & Allison Littlejohn. (2016). How health professionals regulate their learning in massive open online courses. The Internet and Higher Education. 31. 113–121. 88 indexed citations

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Hood, Nina, Allison Littlejohn, & Colin Milligan. (2015). Context counts: How learners' contexts influence learning in a MOOC. Computers & Education. 91. 83–91. 165 indexed citations

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Milligan, Colin, et al.. (2015). Measuring self‐regulated learning in the workplace. International Journal of Training and Development. 19(1). 32–52. 69 indexed citations

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Milligan, Colin, Allison Littlejohn, & Anoush Margaryan. (2014). Workplace Learning in Informal Networks. Journal of Interactive Media in Education. 2014(1). 6–6. 27 indexed citations

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Milligan, Colin, et al.. (2014). Self-regulated learning in the financial services industry. Open Research Online (The Open University). 1 indexed citations

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Milligan, Colin, et al.. (2014). PL-MOOC Semi-structured interview script. Figshare. 1 indexed citations

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Milligan, Colin & Allison Littlejohn. (2014). Professional Learning in Massive Open Online Courses. Open Research Online (The Open University). 5 indexed citations

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Milligan, Colin & Allison Littlejohn. (2014). Supporting professional learning in a massive open online course. The International Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning. 15(5). 113 indexed citations

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Milligan, Colin, Anoush Margaryan, & Allison Littlejohn. (2013). Goal-setting behaviour in massive open online courses. Figshare. 2 indexed citations

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Milligan, Colin, Anoush Margaryan, & Allison Littlejohn. (2013). Learning at transition for new and experienced staff. Journal of Workplace Learning. 25(4). 217–230. 6 indexed citations

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Littlejohn, Allison, et al.. (2011). Collective Learning in the Workplace: Important Knowledge Sharing Behaviours. International Journal of Advanced Corporate Learning (iJAC). 4(4). 26–26. 28 indexed citations

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Margaryan, Anoush, et al.. (2009). Self-regulated learning and knowledge sharing in the workplace. Open Research Online (The Open University). 11 indexed citations

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Milligan, Colin. (1999). Delivering Staff and Professional Development Using Virtual Learning Environments. 5 indexed citations

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Watson, David G., et al.. (1993). The determination of biogenic amines in four strains of the fruit flyDrosophila melanogaster. Journal of Pharmaceutical and Biomedical Analysis. 11(11-12). 1145–1149. 18 indexed citations

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Milligan, Colin & Kim Kaiser. (1993). ‘Site-selected’ mutagenesis of aDrosophilagene using the I factor retrotransposon. Nucleic Acids Research. 21(5). 1323–1324. 6 indexed citations

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