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.
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This network shows the impact of papers produced by Jon Dron. Nodes represent research fields, and links connect fields that are likely to share authors. Colored nodes show fields that tend to cite the papers produced by Jon Dron. The network helps show where Jon Dron may publish in the future.
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Dron, Jon, et al.. (2017). Engagement with Robots: Building a Social, Self-paced, Online Robotics Course. E-Learn: World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education. 365–372.1 indexed citations
Hartnett, Maggie, Alison St. George, & Jon Dron. (2014). Exploring Motivation in an Online Context: A Case Study. Contemporary issues in technology and teacher education. 14(1). 31–53.15 indexed citations
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Anderson, Terry & Jon Dron. (2012). Learning Technology through Three Generations of Technology Enhanced Distance Education Pedagogy.. AUSpace (Athabasca University). 15(2).60 indexed citations
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Hartnett, Maggie, Alison St. George, & Jon Dron. (2011). Being Together: Factors That Unintentionally Undermine Motivation in Co-located Online Learning Environments. 15(1). 1–16.12 indexed citations
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Andone, Diana & Jon Dron. (2007). Digital Students and Social Software. EdMedia: World Conference on Educational Media and Technology. 2007(1). 1718–1724.1 indexed citations
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Dron, Jon & Terry Anderson. (2007). Collectives, Networks and Groups in Social Software for E-Learning. E-Learn: World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education. 2007(1). 2460–2467.68 indexed citations
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Dron, Jon. (2007). Designing the Undesignable: Social Software and Control.. Educational Technology & Society. 10(3). 60–71.69 indexed citations
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Andone, Diana, et al.. (2007). E-learning environments for digitally-minded students. University of Brighton Repository (University of Brighton). 18(1). 41–53.27 indexed citations
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Andone, Diana, Jon Dron, & Lyn Pemberton. (2006). A dual device scenario for digital students - Dimple. 201–207.2 indexed citations
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Dron, Jon. (2005). A Succession of Eyes: Building an E-learning City. E-Learn: World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education. 2005(1). 2900–2908.1 indexed citations
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Dron, Jon. (2005). E-learning and the building habits of termites. Journal of educational multimedia and hypermedia. 14(4). 321–342.6 indexed citations
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Dron, Jon, et al.. (2004). The evaluation of forms of assessment using n-dimensional filtering. International journal on e-learning. 3(4). 21–28.1 indexed citations
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Dron, Jon. (2004). Termites in the Schoolhouse: Stigmergy and Transactional Distance in an E-learning Environment. EdMedia: World Conference on Educational Media and Technology. 2004(1). 263–269.5 indexed citations
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Dron, Jon. (2003). The Blog and the Borg: a Collective Approach to E-Learning. E-Learn: World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education. 2003(1). 440–443.23 indexed citations
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Dron, Jon, et al.. (2002). Evaluating assessment using n-dimensional filtering. E-Learn: World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education. 2002(1). 268–274.7 indexed citations
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Dron, Jon, et al.. (2001). Footpaths in the stuff swamp. World Conference on WWW and Internet. 323–328.14 indexed citations
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Dron, Jon, et al.. (2000). CoFIND: steps towards a self-organising learning environment. World Conference on WWW and Internet. 2000(1). 146–151.11 indexed citations
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