Ola Erstad

5.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
67 papers, 1.8k citations indexed

About

Ola Erstad is a scholar working on Education, Information Systems and Sociology and Political Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Ola Erstad has authored 67 papers receiving a total of 1.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 39 papers in Education, 23 papers in Information Systems and 16 papers in Sociology and Political Science. Recurrent topics in Ola Erstad's work include Digital literacy in education (18 papers), Innovative Education and Learning Practices (15 papers) and Literacy, Media, and Education (15 papers). Ola Erstad is often cited by papers focused on Digital literacy in education (18 papers), Innovative Education and Learning Practices (15 papers) and Literacy, Media, and Education (15 papers). Ola Erstad collaborates with scholars based in Norway, United Kingdom and Finland. Ola Erstad's co-authors include Joke Voogt, Chris Dede, Punya Mishra, Julian Sefton‐Green, Øystein Gilje, Kenneth Silseth, Johan van Braak, Bram Pynoo, Norbert Fraeyman and Jo Tondeur and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Computers & Education and Teaching and Teacher Education.

In The Last Decade

Ola Erstad

65 papers receiving 1.6k citations

Hit Papers

Challenges to learning and schooling in the digital netwo... 2013 2026 2017 2021 2013 100 200 300
What are hit papers?

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.

  1. Challenges to learning and schooling in the digital networked world of the 21st century
    2013 333 citations Ola Erstad et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Ola Erstad Norway 22 1.1k 798 341 275 246 67 1.8k
Yoram Eshet‐Alkalai Israel 19 1.2k 1.1× 897 1.1× 442 1.3× 137 0.5× 404 1.6× 50 2.3k
Joan E. Hughes United States 17 1.1k 1.0× 431 0.5× 437 1.3× 153 0.6× 383 1.6× 46 1.7k
Julian Sefton‐Green Australia 21 919 0.8× 397 0.5× 741 2.2× 575 2.1× 215 0.9× 79 2.0k
Judi Harris United States 22 1.8k 1.7× 576 0.7× 328 1.0× 120 0.4× 501 2.0× 138 2.4k
Cathy Lewin United Kingdom 18 1.1k 1.0× 451 0.6× 427 1.3× 65 0.2× 252 1.0× 71 1.6k
Natalie Pareja Roblin Netherlands 15 1.8k 1.7× 779 1.0× 235 0.7× 95 0.3× 447 1.8× 25 2.4k
Ruben Vanderlinde Belgium 30 2.0k 1.9× 771 1.0× 402 1.2× 63 0.2× 386 1.6× 116 2.8k
Leanna Archambault United States 22 1.9k 1.7× 646 0.8× 320 0.9× 131 0.5× 439 1.8× 92 2.4k
Daniel Churchill Hong Kong 23 990 0.9× 721 0.9× 355 1.0× 90 0.3× 376 1.5× 64 1.7k
Rosamund Sutherland United Kingdom 23 1.2k 1.1× 266 0.3× 272 0.8× 85 0.3× 405 1.6× 80 1.7k

Countries citing papers authored by Ola Erstad

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Fields of papers citing papers by Ola Erstad

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Ola Erstad

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Ola Erstad. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Ola Erstad based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Ola Erstad. Ola Erstad is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Erstad, Ola, et al.. (2025). Paths towards transformative agency - Creating repertoires for socio-educational change. Acta Psychologica. 255. 104894–104894. 3 indexed citations
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Leander, Kevin M., Hans Christian Arnseth, Kenneth Silseth, & Ola Erstad. (2025). “It becomes like a source, just like reading the textbook”: towards an expanded GenAI-informed multiliteracies model. Pedagogies An International Journal. 1–19.
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Erstad, Ola, et al.. (2024). Social and Emotional Modes of Learning Within Digital Ecosystems: Emerging Research Agendas. Technology Knowledge and Learning. 29(4). 1751–1766. 3 indexed citations
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Erstad, Ola, Kristinn Hegna, Sonia Livingstone, Oana Negru‐Subtirica, & Mariya Stoilova. (2024). How digital technologies become embedded in family life across generations: scoping the agenda for researching ‘platformised relationality’. Families Relationships and Societies. 13(2). 164–180. 2 indexed citations
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Erstad, Ola & Kenneth Silseth. (2023). Rethinking the boundaries of learning in a digital age. Learning Media and Technology. 48(4). 557–565. 6 indexed citations
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Erstad, Ola, et al.. (2020). Educational practices to transform and connect schools and communities. Comunicar. 29(66). 9–20. 34 indexed citations
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Morrison, Andrew, et al.. (2019). Investigating design-based learning ecologies. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 6(1). 6.1–6.30. 2 indexed citations
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Erstad, Ola, et al.. (2018). Teachers, tools and accountable practices. Engaging with a wiki blog as a learning resource. Learning Culture and Social Interaction. 22. 100245–100245. 4 indexed citations
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Erstad, Ola, Øystein Gilje, Julian Sefton‐Green, & Hans Christian Arnseth. (2016). Learning identities, education, and community: young lives in the cosmopolitan city. Deakin Research Online (Deakin University). 14 indexed citations
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Arnseth, Hans Christian, Ola Erstad, Libor Juhaňák, & Jiří Zounek. (2016). Pedagogika a nové výzvy výzkumu ICT: role digitálních technologií v každodenním životě a učení mládeže. Studia paedagogica. 21(1). 87–87. 2 indexed citations
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Smørdal, Ole, Gunnar Liestøl, & Ola Erstad. (2016). Exploring situated knowledge building using mobile augmented reality. 11(1). 26–43. 12 indexed citations
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Liestøl, Gunnar, Ole Smørdal, & Ola Erstad. (2015). STEM LEARNING BY MEANS OF MOBILE AUGMENTED REALITY. EXPLORING THE POTENTIAL OF AUGMENTING CLASSROOM LEARNING WITH SITUATED SIMULATIONS AND PRACTICAL ACTIVITIES ON LOCATION. EDULEARN15 Proceedings. 6515–6522. 3 indexed citations
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Tondeur, Jo, Koen Aesaert, Bram Pynoo, et al.. (2015). Developing a validated instrument to measure preservice teachers’ ICT competencies: Meeting the demands of the 21st century. British Journal of Educational Technology. 48(2). 462–472. 207 indexed citations
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Erstad, Ola, et al.. (2014). The connected child: tracing digital literacy from school to leisure. Pedagogies An International Journal. 10(2). 113–127. 29 indexed citations
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Álvares, Cláudia, Gustavo Cardoso, Peter Dahlgren, et al.. (2014). Media in Europe : New questions for research and policy. 4 indexed citations
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Erstad, Ola. (2013). The Agency of Content Creators: Implications for Personal Engagement and Media Industries. 20(2). Varia, 419–23. 1 indexed citations
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Sefton‐Green, Julian, Helen Nixon, & Ola Erstad. (2009). Reviewing Approaches and Perspectives on “Digital Literacy”. Pedagogies An International Journal. 4(2). 107–125. 96 indexed citations
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Erstad, Ola, et al.. (2009). Exploring ‘learning lives’: community, identity, literacy and meaning. Literacy. 43(2). 100–106. 33 indexed citations
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Erstad, Ola. (2008). La digital literacy nella scuola: l'esperienza norvegese. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 1 indexed citations
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Erstad, Ola & Øystein Gilje. (2008). Regaining Impact. Nordicom review/NORDICOM review. 29(2). 219–230. 9 indexed citations

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