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Jan Elen

Jan Elen

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Social Sciences and Humanities

D-Index
46
Citations
8943
World Ranking
3635
National Ranking
41

Overview

Jan Elen is affiliated with KU Leuven in Belgium and has contributed extensively to research in the fields of social sciences, computer science, and psychology. Their work focuses heavily on education, particularly at the intersection of technology and learning.

The primary areas of study for Jan Elen include:

  • Social Sciences
  • Computer Science
  • Psychology

They also delve into subfields such as education, computer science applications, developmental and educational psychology, information systems, and social psychology.

  • Education
  • Computer Science Applications
  • Developmental and Educational Psychology
  • Information Systems
  • Social Psychology

The main topics covered in their research reflect a focus on learning strategies and digital education environments:

  • Online and Blended Learning
  • Online Learning and Analytics
  • Educational Strategies and Epistemologies
  • Innovative Teaching and Learning Methods
  • Digital literacy in education
  • Education and Critical Thinking Development
  • Innovative Teaching Methods

Jan Elen has published in several outlets, with multiple contributions to the following venues:

  • Educational Technology Research and Development
  • Education and Information Technologies
  • Journal of Computing in Higher Education
  • International Journal of Designs for Learning
  • International Journal of Higher Education

Some recent papers include:

  • An overview of 25 years of research on digital personalised learning in primary and secondary education: A systematic review of conceptual and methodological trends (2021) - British Journal of Educational Technology
  • Determinants of instructors' educational ICT use in Ethiopian higher education (2021) - Education and Information Technologies
  • Research skills in upper secondary education and in first year of university (2020) - Educational Studies
  • Fostering students' motivation towards learning research skills: the role of autonomy, competence and relatedness support (2022) - Instructional Science
  • A structural equation model for determinants of instructors' educational ICT use in higher education in developing countries: Evidence from Ethiopia (2022) - Computers & Education

Jan Elen frequently collaborates with other researchers, including:

  • Annelies Raes
  • Fien Depaepe
  • Katie Goeman
  • Rani Van Schoors
  • Bekalu Ferede

Best Publications

  • Handbook of Research on Educational Communications and Technology

    J. Michael Spector;M. David Merrill;Jan Elen;M. J. Bishop

  • Effectiveness of Critical Thinking Instruction in Higher Education: A Systematic Review of Intervention Studies

    Dawit Tibebu Tiruneh;An Verburgh;Jan Elen

  • Measuring Critical Thinking in Physics: Development and Validation of a Critical Thinking Test in Electricity and Magnetism

    Dawit Tibebu Tiruneh;Mieke De Cock;Ataklti G. Weldeslassie;Jan Elen

  • What do adult patients with congenital heart disease know about their disease, treatment, and prevention of complications? A call for structured patient education

    P Moons;E De Volder;W Budts;S De Geest

  • Student-centred and teacher-centred learning environments: what students think

    Jan Elen;Geraldine Clarebout;Rebecca Léonard;Joost Lowyck

  • Assessing Epistemological Beliefs: Schommer’s Questionnaire Revisited

    Geraldine Clarebout;Jan Elen;Lieve Luyten;Hadewych Bamps

  • In search of attributes that support self-regulation in blended learning environments

    Stijn Laer;Jan Elen

  • Conceptualising, investigating and stimulating representational flexibility in mathematical problem solving and learning: a critical review

    Ana Acevedo Nistal;W. Van Dooren;G. Clarebout;J. Elen

  • Tool use in computer-based learning environments: towards a research framework

    Geraldine Clarebout;Jan Elen

  • The ‘research–teaching nexus’ and ‘education through research’: an exploration of ambivalences

    Maarten Simons;Jan Elen

  • Animated Pedagogical Agents: An Opportunity to be Grasped?

    Geraldine Clarebout;Jan Elen;W. Lewis Johnson;Erin Shaw

  • Developing Pedagogical Content Knowledge: Lessons Learned from Intervention Studies

    Marie Evens;Jan Elen;Fien Depaepe

  • Blended learning in adult education: towards a definition of blended learning

    Ruth Boelens;Stijn Van Laer;Bram De Wever;Jan Elen

  • Instructional conceptions: Analysis from an instructional design perspective

    Joost Lowyck;Jan Elen;Geraldine Clarebout

  • Review: Content Management Systems: Enriched learning opportunities for all?

    Griet Lust;Norma A. Juarez Collazo;Jan Elen;Geraldine Clarebout

  • Metacognitive instructional knowledge: cognitive mediation and instructional design

    Jan Elen;Joost Lowyck

  • The Relation between Self-Regulation and the Embedding of Support in Learning Environments

    Geraldine Clarebout;Holger Horz;Wolfgang Schnotz;Jan Elen

  • Regulation of tool-use within a blended course: Student differences and performance effects

    Griet Lust;Jan Elen;Geraldine Clarebout

  • Instructional design and the authoring of multimedia and hypermedia systems : Does a marriage make sense?

    Begona Gros;Jan Elen;Michael Kerres;Jeroen van Merrienboer

  • Designing Learning Environments for Critical Thinking: Examining Effective Instructional Approaches

    Dawit Tibebu Tiruneh;Mieke De Cock;Jan Elen

  • Handling complexity in learning environments : theory and research

    Jan Elen;Richard E. Clark;Instruction

  • Effectiveness of critical thinking instruction in higher education: A systematic review

    Dawit Tibebu Tiruneh;An Verburgh;Jan Elen

Frequent Co-Authors

Ton de Jong
Ton de Jong University of Twente
Johan van Braak
Johan van Braak Ghent University
Bert De Smedt
Bert De Smedt KU Leuven
Bert Reynvoet
Bert Reynvoet KU Leuven
Erik De Corte
Erik De Corte KU Leuven
Jo Tondeur
Jo Tondeur Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Jan Van Damme
Jan Van Damme KU Leuven
Erno Lehtinen
Erno Lehtinen University of Turku

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