2026 Gráinne Conole: Social Sciences and Humanities Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Social Sciences and Humanities	52	2420	2205	421	380	292	11836

Overview

Gráinne Conole is affiliated with the University of Leicester in the United Kingdom and has a research focus in the field of Computer Science, particularly within applications and information systems.

Their work covers several main topics, including:

E-Learning and Knowledge Management
Online Learning and Analytics
Educational Innovations and Technology

Conole's publication record includes a number of papers addressing educational challenges and developments, especially in relation to the COVID-19 pandemic. Notable recent papers include:

Responding to the Initial Challenge of the COVID-19 Pandemic: Analysis of International Responses and Impact in School and Higher Education, 2022, Sustainability
Impact of COVID-19 on Formal Education: An International Review of Practices and Potentials of Open Education at a Distance, 2022, The International Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning
How COVID-19 has an impact on formal education: A collective international evaluation of open education in distance learning, 2021, Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
Open Education and Open Science for our Global Society during and after the COVID-19 Outbreak, 2020, Data Archiving and Networked Services (DANS)
Open Education and Open Science for our Global Society during and after the COVID-19 Outbreak, 2020, Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)

Frequent venues for publishing include:

Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
Sustainability
The International Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning
Data Archiving and Networked Services (DANS)
ICERI proceedings

Conole has collaborated repeatedly with several researchers, including:

Christian M. Stracke
Daniel Burgos
Gema Santos-Hermosa
Aras Bozkurt
Jon Mason

The scope of Conole's research largely intersects the development and analysis of digital and open education, with a notable emphasis on responses and adaptations in formal education settings during global disruptions such as the COVID-19 pandemic. The analysis of international practices and potentials for open education at a distance features prominently in their work.

Best Publications

Designing for learning in an open world

Gráinne Conole;J. Michael Spector

955
Citations
'Disruptive technologies', 'pedagogical innovation': What's new? Findings from an in-depth study of students' use and perception of technology

Gráinne Conole;Maarten de Laat;Teresa Dillon;Jonathan Darby

691
Citations
A literature review of the use of Web 2.0 tools in Higher Education

Grainne Conole;Panagiota Alevizou

682
Citations
Mapping pedagogy and tools for effective learning design

G. Conole;M. Dyke;M. Oliver;J. Seale

640
Citations
MOOCs as disruptive technologies: strategies for enhancing the learner experience and quality of MOOCs

Gráinne Gráinne Conole

594
Citations
Student attitudes towards and use of ICT in course study, work and social activity: A technology acceptance model approach.

Rob Edmunds;Mary S. Thorpe;Gráinne Conole

535
Citations
What are the affordances of information and communication technologies

Grainne Conole;Martin Dyke

389
Citations
A review of computer-assisted assessment

Gráinne Conole;Bill Warburton

342
Citations
The Role of Mediating Artefacts in Learning Design

Gráinne Conole

244
Citations
Contemporary perspectives in e-learning research: themes, methods and impact on practice

Gráinne Conole;Martin Oliver

238
Citations
An empirically grounded framework to guide blogging in higher education

Lucinda Kerawalla;Shailey Minocha;Gill Kirkup;Gráinne Conole

232
Citations
The design of Cloudworks: Applying social networking practice to foster the exchange of learning and teaching ideas and designs

Gráinne Conole;Juliette Culver

224
Citations
E-Learning: The Hype and the Reality

Gráinne Conole

209
Citations
The Larnaca Declaration on Learning Design – 2013

James Dalziel;Grainne Conole;Sandra Wills;Simon Walker

205
Citations
Describing learning activities: Tools and resources to guide practice

Gráinne Conole

191
Citations
A new classification schema for MOOCs

G Conole

178
Citations
Los MOOCs como tecnologías disruptivas: estrategias para mejorar la experiencia de aprendizaje y la calidad de los MOOCs

Gráinne Conole

176
Citations
Listening to the learner voice: The ever changing landscape of technology use for language students

Gráinne Conole

163
Citations
Cloudworks: Social networking for learning design

Grainne Conole;Juliette Culver

150
Citations
Frameworks for Understanding the Nature of Interactions, Networking, and Community in a Social Networking Site for Academic Practice

Grainne Conole;Rebecca Galley;Juliette Culver

145
Citations
Innovating Pedagogy 2020: Open University Innovation Report 8

Agnes Kukulska-Hulme;Elaine Beirne;Gráinne Conole;Eamon Costello

124
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Martin Oliver University College London

Eileen Scanlon The Open University

Karen Littleton The Open University

Martin Weller The Open University

Sue Bennett University of Wollongong

Allison Littlejohn University College London

Amadeu M.V.M. Soares University of Aveiro

Bart Rienties The Open University

Pier Sandro Cocconcelli Catholic University of the Sacred Heart

Wolfgang Kneifel BOKU University

External Links

Personal website of Gráinne Conole

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