Director
Ji Hyun Yu, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Learning Technologies, University of North Texas
I study how students keep ownership of their reasoning when AI can produce the work for them. I design and build the lab's platforms myself, and I run them in UNT courses so the evidence comes from real coursework.
- Editorial board, Educational Technology & Society and Interdisciplinary Journal of Problem-Based Learning
- Facilitator, AMIS Community of Research
- Lead, AI + Learning Analytics concentration, LTEC M.S.
- Affiliated faculty, Data Science
Doctoral students
Fengjiao Tu
Information Science, UNT
MOOC engagement trajectories, self-regulated learning, predictive modeling
Paulina Romero
Learning Technologies, UNT
AI adoption in higher education, educator perspectives on AI tools
Liu Dong
Learning Design and Technology, Purdue University
Learning analytics, AI in education, online learning, and computer-supported collaborative learning
Chi-Jia Hsieh
Learning Design and Technology, Purdue University
Student wellness and sense of belonging, positive education, well-being, and instructional design
Collaborating faculty
Haihua Chen, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Data Science, UNT
Data quality, data-centric AI, AI testing, legal AI, health informatics
Junhua Ding, Ph.D.
Dean, School of Computing, University of Wyoming
DS/CS education, data augmentation and evaluation of biomedical image data, data driven software systems
Kinshuk, Ph.D.
Dean, Anuradha and Vikas Sinha College of Artificial Intelligence and Advanced Analytics, UNT
Learning analytics, mobile learning, personalized learning, adaptivity
Xiaohui Yuan, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Computer Science and Engineering, UNT
Artificial intelligence, machine learning, computer vision, pattern recognition, image processing
Gahangir Hossain, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Data Science, UNT
Cybersecurity education, AI for cybersecurity, cognitive neuroscience, machine learning, recommender systems
Sunnie Watson, Ph.D.
Professor, Learning Design and Technology, Purdue University
Engagement, global initiatives, learning design and technology
Hazra Imran, Ph.D.
Associate Teaching Professor, Khoury College of Computer Sciences, Northeastern University
AI Agents for Personalized Interaction, Gamified Educational Systems, AI-Driven Pathways