Paul Prinsloo

4.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
115 papers, 2.2k citations indexed

About

Paul Prinsloo is a scholar working on Computer Science Applications, Education and Information Systems. According to data from OpenAlex, Paul Prinsloo has authored 115 papers receiving a total of 2.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 55 papers in Computer Science Applications, 51 papers in Education and 15 papers in Information Systems. Recurrent topics in Paul Prinsloo's work include Online Learning and Analytics (49 papers), Online and Blended Learning (20 papers) and Higher Education Practises and Engagement (17 papers). Paul Prinsloo is often cited by papers focused on Online Learning and Analytics (49 papers), Online and Blended Learning (20 papers) and Higher Education Practises and Engagement (17 papers). Paul Prinsloo collaborates with scholars based in South Africa, Norway and United Kingdom. Paul Prinsloo's co-authors include Sharon Slade, Mohammad Khalil, Michael Kwet, George Subotzky, Elizabeth Archer, Rogers Kaliisa, James E. Willis, Hélène Müller, Ashley Gunter and Parvati Raghuram and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, American Behavioral Scientist and British Journal of Educational Technology.

In The Last Decade

Paul Prinsloo

104 papers receiving 2.1k citations

Hit Papers

Learning Analytics 2013 2026 2017 2021 2013 100 200 300 400
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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.

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    2013 463 citations Sharon Slade, Paul Prinsloo profile →

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Paul Prinsloo South Africa 26 1.2k 770 403 351 219 115 2.2k
İsmail Çelik Finland 13 564 0.5× 431 0.6× 328 0.8× 299 0.9× 110 0.5× 46 1.3k
Fatma Gizem Karaoğlan Yılmaz Türkiye 26 741 0.6× 834 1.1× 351 0.9× 468 1.3× 300 1.4× 100 2.2k
Cecilia Ka Yuk Chan Hong Kong 25 805 0.7× 1.2k 1.6× 386 1.0× 655 1.9× 118 0.5× 90 3.2k
Ramazan Yılmaz Türkiye 27 861 0.7× 1.2k 1.5× 465 1.2× 543 1.5× 330 1.5× 97 2.6k
Diane Burke United States 15 509 0.4× 696 0.9× 838 2.1× 321 0.9× 278 1.3× 27 1.9k
Olga Viberg Sweden 19 674 0.6× 739 1.0× 665 1.7× 219 0.6× 198 0.9× 59 1.8k
Ismaila Temitayo Sanusi Finland 20 854 0.7× 353 0.5× 393 1.0× 353 1.0× 94 0.4× 95 1.7k
Victoria I. Marín Spain 17 1.5k 1.3× 1.2k 1.6× 1.2k 2.9× 741 2.1× 368 1.7× 110 3.8k
Dimitrios Vlachopoulos Netherlands 19 560 0.5× 941 1.2× 513 1.3× 270 0.8× 218 1.0× 66 2.0k
Xuesong Zhai China 15 291 0.2× 439 0.6× 231 0.6× 302 0.9× 222 1.0× 47 1.6k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Paul Prinsloo

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Paul Prinsloo

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Khalil, Mohammad & Paul Prinsloo. (2025). The lack of generalisability in learning analytics research: why, how does it matter, and where to?. 170–180. 3 indexed citations
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Kaliisa, Rogers, Ryan S. Baker, Barbara Wasson, & Paul Prinsloo. (2025). The Coming but Uneven Storm. Journal of Learning Analytics. 12(2). 140–157.
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Breines, Markus Roos & Paul Prinsloo. (2024). Doxa in international research collaboration: a critical collaborative autoethnographic account. International Journal of Research & Method in Education. 48(2). 123–137.
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Misiejuk, Kamila, et al.. (2024). Idiographic learning analytics: Mapping of the ethical issues. Learning and Individual Differences. 117. 102599–102599.
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Prinsloo, Paul & Rogers Kaliisa. (2024). Dimensions of privacy and its implications for learning analytics. Preliminary insights from/for African higher education. Learning Media and Technology. 50(4). 432–447. 1 indexed citations
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Prinsloo, Paul, Mohammad Khalil, & Sharon Slade. (2024). Vulnerable student digital well‐being in AI ‐powered educational decision support systems ( AI ‐ EDSS ) in higher education. British Journal of Educational Technology. 55(5). 2075–2092. 7 indexed citations
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Prinsloo, Paul, Mohammad Khalil, & Sharon Slade. (2023). Learning analytics as data ecology: a tentative proposal. Journal of Computing in Higher Education. 36(1). 154–182. 10 indexed citations
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Khalil, Mohammad, Paul Prinsloo, & Sharon Slade. (2023). Fairness, Trust, Transparency, Equity, and Responsibility in Learning Analytics. Journal of Learning Analytics. 10(1). 1–7. 9 indexed citations
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Prinsloo, Paul, Sharon Slade, & Mohammad Khalil. (2022). The answer is (not only) technological: Considering student data privacy in learning analytics. British Journal of Educational Technology. 53(4). 876–893. 38 indexed citations
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Thompson, Terrie Lynn & Paul Prinsloo. (2022). Returning the data gaze in higher education. Learning Media and Technology. 48(1). 153–165. 11 indexed citations
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Khalil, Mohammad, Paul Prinsloo, & Sharon Slade. (2022). In the nexus of integrity and surveillance: Proctoring (re)considered. Journal of Computer Assisted Learning. 38(6). 1589–1602. 25 indexed citations
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Prinsloo, Paul. (2019). Learning Analytics: Mapping a Critique and Agenda.. Journal of Learning Analytics. 6(3). 20–24. 3 indexed citations
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Archer, Elizabeth & Paul Prinsloo. (2019). Speaking the unspoken in learning analytics: troubling the defaults. Assessment & Evaluation in Higher Education. 45(6). 888–900. 21 indexed citations
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Madge, Clare, Markus Roos Breines, Mwazvita T. B. Dalu, et al.. (2019). WhatsAppuse among African international distance education (IDE) students: transferring, translating and transforming educational experiences. Learning Media and Technology. 44(3). 267–282. 63 indexed citations
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Prinsloo, Paul, et al.. (2018). The (d)(t)oxic lifeworld of early career postgraduate supervisors. Teaching in Higher Education. 24(4). 563–577. 4 indexed citations
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Prinsloo, Paul. (2017). Leaders in Distance Education on the African Continent. Journal of Learning for Development. 4(2). 1 indexed citations
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Prinsloo, Paul & Sharon Slade. (2016). Student Vulnerability And Agency In Networked, Digital Learning. Open Research Online (The Open University). 19(2). 2 indexed citations
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Prinsloo, Paul & Sharon Slade. (2014). Educational triage in higher open education: walking a moral tightrope. Open Research Online (The Open University). 412–420. 6 indexed citations
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Venter, Andrew D. & Paul Prinsloo. (2011). The paradox between technology adoption and student success : a case study. 33(1). 43–62. 2 indexed citations
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Prinsloo, Paul, et al.. (2009). Student performance in Introductory Microeconomics at an African open and distance learning institution. Africa Education Review. 6(1). 140–158. 10 indexed citations

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