Publications

Journal articleAccepted

Why educators use but do not endorse artificial intelligence in higher education

Yu, J. H., Romero, P.*, Dunlap, M.*, & Warren, S.

Innovative Higher Education

Journal articleAccepted

Measuring cognitive presence in online discussions: Automated detection and instructional insights from a MOOC context

Yu, J. H., Tu, F.*, Chen, H., Ding, J., Hsieh, C-J.*, Dong, L.*, Kim, H., & Watson, S. L.

Educational Technology Research and Development

Journal articleAccepted

Verification without criteria: An Epistemic Network Analysis of metacognitive laziness in Generative AI research

Yu, J. H., Tu, F., Cheng, L., Li, S., & Zheng, Z.

Online Learning Journal

Journal articleAccepted

Sustaining subjective well-being in online graduate programs: Insights from repeated implementations of the Best Possible self-intervention

Hsieh, C-J.*, Dong, L.*, Duan, S., McNary, S.W., Watson, S.L., Jiang, S., Xu, F., & Yu, J. H.

Journal of American College Health

Conference presentation

Defensible but not owned: Behavioral traces of epistemic ownership in an AI-mediated deliberation environment [Workshop presentation]

Yu, J. H.

HAI-Agency Workshop, International Conference on Artificial Intelligence in Education (AIED 2026). Seoul, Korea

Conference presentation

Measuring cognitive presence in online discussions: Interpretable AI and instructional insights from a MOOC context [Poster presentation]

Tu, F., Yu, J. H., Chen, H., Ding, J., Dong, L., Hsieh, C.-J., Kim, H., & Watson, S. L.

ISLS Annual Meeting 2026, Irvine, CA, United States

Conference presentation

Validating new pathways to success: Active lurkers and selective completers in MOOCs [Poster presentation]

Yu, J. H., Wilhoit, H. Y.*, & Tu, F.*

16th International Conference on Learning Analytics and Knowledge (LAK26), Bergen, Norway

Journal article

Subjective well-being trajectories in an online graduate program: A five-year multi-cohort study of course-embedded Best Possible Self activities

Duan, S., McNary, S., Hsieh, C. J., Dong, L., Watson, S., Jiang, S., Xu, F. & Yu, J. H.

Journal of American College Health, 1-12

Journal article

Structured flexibility in Microcredentials: A temporal analysis of self-regulated achievement pathways

Yu, J. H., Tu, F.*, & Yelamar, K. S.

Computers & Education

Journal article

Linguistic patterns in reflective writing: Analyzing graduate students’ professional aspirations

Yu, J. H., Kim, H., Dong, L.*, Hsieh, C-J.*, Duan, S., & Watson, S.

Educational Technology Research and Development

Invited talk

When AI thinks for you, who are you becoming?

Yu, J. H.

Building Human-centered AI systems that push back. Educational Administration & Human Resource Development. Texas A&M

Invited talk

Designing for learning, not output

Yu, J. H.

UNT Learning Technologies Research Seminar

Conference presentation

Exploring professional identity development through BPS-based reflective writing in instructional design graduate course

Yu, J. H., Kim, H., Hsieh, C.-J.*, Dong, L.*, Duan, S., & Watson, S.

2025 Annual Conference of the Association for Educational Communications & Technology (AECT), Las Vegas, NV

Conference presentation

Investigating the higher education institutions’ guidelines and policies regarding the use of generative AI in teaching, learning, research, and administration

An, Y., Yu, J. H., & James, S.*

2025 Annual Conference of the Association for Educational Communications & Technology (AECT), Las Vegas, NV

Conference presentation

Enhancing online graduate student well-being: A five-year study of the Best Possible Self intervention

Duan, S., McNary, S., Hsieh, C.-J.*, Dong, L.*, Watson, S., Jiang, S., Xu, F., & Yu, J. H.

2025 Annual Conference of the Association for Educational Communications & Technology (AECT), Las Vegas, NV

Conference presentation

Understanding learner preferences: An epistemic network analysis of MOOC participation intentions

Hong, J.*, Tan, Y.*, & Yu, J. H.

Proceedings of the International Conference on Quantitative Ethnography 2025 (p. 100)

Conference presentation

The interrelationships between students’ social presence and cognitive presence in asynchronous online courses: An epistemic network analysis

Dong, L.*, Hsieh, C.*, Watson, S. L., Yu, J. H., Lowell, V.

Annual Conference of the American Educational Research Association (AERA), Denver, CO, United States. *Best Paper Award from the Online Teaching and Learning SIG

Conference presentation

The rise and fall of conversations: Tracing discussion engagement across MOOCs with Latent Growth Modeling [Conference poster]

Yu, J. H.

15th International Conference on Learning Analytics and Knowledge (LAK25), Dublin Royal Convention Centre, Dublin, Ireland

Conference presentation

The stayers, stragglers, and slippers: Tracking student journeys in MOOC certification programs [Conference poster]

Yu, J. H.

15th International Conference on Learning Analytics and Knowledge (LAK25), Dublin Royal Convention Centre, Dublin, Ireland

Journal article

Just seeing can be deceiving: GenAI-supported design case for critical visual literacy

Yu, J. H. & Rho, J.

International Journal of Design for Learning, 16(2)

Journal article

Identifying learner profiles and predicting performance in a digital textbook

Yu, J. H., Park, Y., & Kye, B.

Educational Technology International, 26(1), 1-35

Recipient of the Best Paper Award at the 40th Anniversary Korean Educational Technology Society.

Journal article

Revisiting the interrelationships between social presence and cognitive presence in asynchronous online courses: Insights from epistemic network analysis

Dong, L.*, Watson, S., Yu, J. H., & Lowell, V.

Online Learning Journal, 29(3), 417-448

Recipient of the Best Paper Award of Online Teaching and Learning SIG at the 2025 American Educational Research Association.

Journal article

Integrating care ethics in GenAI-enhanced instructional design: A framework for inclusive and equitable higher education practices

Olesova, L., Yu, J. H., & Garcia, B.

Journal of Applied Instructional Design. 14(3)

Journal article

Investigating the higher education institutions’ guidelines and policies regarding the use of Generative AI in teaching, learning, research, and administration

An, Y., Yu, J. H., & James, S.*

International Journal of Educational Technology in Higher Education, 22(1), 10

Conference presentation

Unveiling novice instructional designers’ professional identity: Exploring dispositions through future-oriented reflections

Duan, S., Watson, S. L., Dong, L.*, Hsieh, C.*, Jiang, S., Xu, F., Yu, J. H.

2024 Annual Conference of the Association for Educational Communications & Technology (AECT), Kansas City, MO, United States

Journal article

Integrating actionable analytics into learning design for MOOCs: A design-based research

Yu, J. H.

Journal of Computing in Higher Education, 1-39

Journal article

Trends in NLP for personalized learning: LDA and sentiment analysis insights

Yu, J. H., & Chauhan, D.*

Education and Information Technologies, 1-42

Journal article

Mapping academic perspectives on AI in education: trends, challenges, and sentiments in educational research (2018–2024)

Yu, J. H., Chauhan, D.*, Iqbal, R. A.*, & Yeoh, E.*

Educational Technology Research and Development, 1-29

Journal article

Instructional designers’ professional futures: Insights from Best Possible Self and epistemic network analysis

Yu, J. H., Dong, L.*, Hsieh, C-J.*, Tan, Y., Duan, S., & Watson, S.

Educational Technology Research and Development

Journal article

Unveiling novice instructional designers’ professional identity: Exploring dispositions through future-oriented reflections

Duan, S., Hsieh, C-J.*, Dong, L.*, Jiang, S., Xu, F., Watson, S., & Yu, J. H.

Higher Education

Report

Usability test results of the AI digital textbook prototype

Park, Y. & Yu, J. H.

(Research Material No. RM 2024-12). Korea Education and Research Information Service

Invited talk

Artificial intelligence in education

Yu, J. H.

Invited address delivered at the doctoral seminar. Department of Educational Technology. Ewha Womans University. Seoul, Korea

Journal article

Learning experience design as collective praxis: Two design cases from higher education

Yu, J. H.

Journal of Applied Instructional Design, 12(3), 59-83

Conference presentation

A systematic review of natural language processing applications in personalized learning

Yu, J. H.

2023 Annual Conference of the Association for Educational Communications & Technology (AECT), Orlando, FL

Conference presentation

Learning experience design as collective praxis: Two design cases from higher education

Yu, J. H.

2023 Annual Conference of the Association for Educational Communications & Technology (AECT), Orlando, FL

Conference presentation

Identifying learner profiles and predicting performance in a Digital Textbook: A case study of K-8 schools in South Korea

Yu, J. H., Park, Y., Kye, B.

Annual Conference of the Association for Educational Communications & Technology (AECT), Orlando, FL

Book chapter

Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Justice in Action: A Study of Learning Experience Designers’ Practices

Lachheb, A., Quintana, R. M., Yu, J. H., & Zamora, A. N.

Toward Inclusive Learning Design: Social Justice, Equity, and Community (pp. 197-215). Cham: Springer Nature Switzerland

Book chapter

Careers in higher education for non-faculty

Olesova, L., Garcia, B., & Yu, J. H.

Becoming an LIDT Professional. EdTech Books

Journal article

How difficult is the task for you?

Nawaz, S., Srivastava, N., Yu, J. H., Baker, R., Kennedy, G., Bailey, J.

Modeling and analysis of students' task difficulty sequences in a simulation-based POE environment. International Journal of Artificial Intelligence in Education. 1-30

Conference presentation

Establishing external non-credit pathways into academic programs: Key success factors, for presentation

Stone, D., Yu, J. H., & Hiltz, B.

2022 Annual Conference of the Association for Educational Communications & Technology (AECT), Las Vegas, NV

Journal article

Identifying subtypes of attitudinal learning among MOOCs learners: A latent profile analysis

Yu, J. H. & Watson, S. L.

Open Learning: The Journal of Open and Distance Learning

Journal article

Examining international students’ attitudinal learning in a higher education course on cultural and language learning

Watson, W. R., Watson, S. L., Fehrman, S. E., Yu, J. H., & Janakiraman, S.

Journal of International Students, 10(3)

Journal article

Preservice teachers’ technology integration attitude change in a course implementing digital badges

Watson, S. L., Yu, J. H., Alamri, H., & Watson, W. R.

Journal of Technology and Teacher Education, 28(1), 89-116

Journal article

Perceived attitudinal learning in a self-paced versus fixed-schedule MOOC

Watson, W. R., Yu, J. H., & Watson, S. L.

Educational Media International, 55(2), 170-181

Journal article

Attitudinal learning and its relation to gender, age, ethnicity, enrolment purpose, and most impactful learning activity in the science of happiness MOOC

Watson, S. L., Watson, W. R., Yu, J. H., Caskurlu, S., Janakiraman, S., & Fiock, H.

International Journal of Learning Technology, 13(4), 306-326

Journal article

Learner profiles of attitudinal learning in a MOOC: An explanatory sequential mixed-methods study

Watson, S. L., Watson, W. R., Yu, J. H., Almari, H., & Mueller, C.

Computers & Education, 114, 274-285

Journal article

Clustering blended learning courses by online behavior data: A case study in a Korean higher education institute

Park, Y, Yu, J. H. & Jo, I.

The Internet and Higher Education, 29, 1-11

Conference presentation

Profiles of attitudinal change among MOOC learners: A latent profile analysis

Yu, J. H. & Watson, S.

2016 Annual Conference of the Association for Educational Communications & Technology (AECT), Las Vegas, NV

Conference presentation

Learning with social media: Information evaluation and content creation

Yu, J. H. & Newby, T.

2016 Annual Conference of the Association for Educational Communications & Technology (AECT), Las Vegas, NV

Report

New schools for 21st-century learners: open learning spaces

Yu, J. H. & Kye, B.

Seoul, Korea: Korean Education Research Information Services

Report

Preparing 21st-century competencies: A case study of digital textbook in Korean elementary school

Kye, B., Yu, J. H., & Park Y.

Seoul, Korea: Korean Education Research Information Services

Invited talk

Cultivating digital educators: How learning analytics can empower teachers

Yu, J. H.

Invited address delivered at the international academic conference of 100th-anniversary commemoration of Ewha Teacher Education. Ewha Womans University. Seoul, Korea

Invited talk

Learner profile analysis to enhance adaptive learning experiences

Yu, J. H.

Invited address delivered at the international academic conference of 100th-anniversary commemoration of Ewha Teacher Education. Ewha Womans University. Seoul, Korea

Invited talk

Digital citizenship: Becoming a critical consumer, a constructive producer, and a social advocate

Yu, J. H.

Invited address delivered at the international academic conference of 100th-anniversary commemoration of Ewha Teacher Education. Ewha Womans University. Seoul, Korea

Journal article

Effects of engineering design-based science on elementary school science students’ engineering identity development across gender and grade

Capobianco, B. M., Yu, J. H., & French, B.

Research in Science Education, 45, 275-292

Conference presentation

Epistemic match and mismatch between teacher educators and pre-service teachers: Effects on learning engagement and intention of technology integration

Yu, J. H.

2015 Annual Conference of the Association for Educational Communications & Technology (AECT), Indianapolis, IN

Conference presentation

“Touch” to learn: A systematic literature review of touch user interface (TUI) design in educational practices from 2004 to 2014

Wu, D., Yu, J. H., & Ma, X.

Annual Conference of the Association for Educational Communications & Technology (AECT), Indianapolis, IN

Conference presentation

Design of online learning modules for a non-profit organization: A collaborative service-learning initiative

Earnshaw, Y., Engerman, J., Gentry, W., Hale, P., Maddrell, J., Rysavy, M., & Yu, J. H.

Annual Conference of the Association for Educational Communications & Technology (AECT), Indianapolis, IN

Conference presentation

A data-driven typology of blended learning models in higher education: Insights from ethnographic evidence

Yu, J. H., Park, Y., & Jo, I.

Annual Conference of the Association for Educational Communications & Technology (AECT), Indianapolis, IN

Report

Digital textbook and OER policies in the United States

Kye, B., & Yu, J. H.

Seoul, Korea: Korean Education Research Information Services

Journal article

Using the construct of care to frame engineering as a caring profession toward promoting young girls' participation

Capobianco, B. M., & Yu, J. H.

Journal of Women and Minorities in Science and Engineering, 20(1), 21-33

Conference presentation

The relationship between pre-service teachers’ personal epistemologies and perceptions of knowledge construction in online communities: A structural equation modeling

Yu, J. H., Ertmer, P., & Newby, T.

Annual Conference of the Association for Educational Communications & Technology (AECT), Jacksonville, FL

Conference presentation

Clustering instructional design models based on student learning behaviors in blended learning: Big data analytics in higher education

Yu, J. H., Park, Y., & Jo, I.

Annual Conference of the Association for Educational Communications & Technology (AECT), Jacksonville, FL

Conference presentation

Flipping the teacher education classroom to enhance engagement and learning transfer: A path analysis

Yu, J. H., & Newby, T.

Annual Conference of the Association for Educational Communications & Technology (AECT), Jacksonville, FL

Book chapter

Enhancing faculty readiness for teaching in flipped classrooms

Yu, J. H., Ertmer, P., & Newby, T.J.

B. Hokanson, A. Gibbsons, M. Tracey, & G. Clinton (Eds.), AECT 2014 Summer Research Symposium Book. New York: Springer

Conference presentation

Enhancing pre-service teachers’ engagement in a technology-supported flipped classroom

Newby, T. J., Yu, J. H., Koehler, A., & Besser, E.D.

Annual Conference of the Association for Educational Communications & Technology (AECT), Anaheim, CA

Journal article

A conceptual K-6 teacher competency model for teaching engineering

Yu, J. H., Luo, Y., Sun, Y., & Strobel, J.

Procedia-Social and Behavioral Sciences, 56(8), 243-252

Conference presentation

A model of engineering-related beliefs system: Epistemic, epistemological, and ontological beliefs

Yu, J. H. & Strobel, J.

Annual Conference of the Association for Educational Communications & Technology (AECT), Louisville, KY

Book chapter

Applying social network analysis and social capital in personal learning environments of informal learning

Chen, X., Choi, J. H. & Yu, J. H.

V. Dennen and J. Myers (Eds.) Virtual Professional Development and Informal Learning via Social Networks. New York, NY: IGI Global

Book chapter

Teaching assistants’ community of practice in facilitating pre-service teachers’ online learning in a blended course

Chen, X., Choi, J.H., Yu, J. H., & Newby, T.

H. Yang and W. Shuyan (Eds.) Cases on Formal, Non-Formal, and Informal Online Learning: Opportunities and Practices. New York: IGI Global

Journal article

Facilitating students’ global perspectives: Collaborating with international partners using Web 2.0 technologies

Ertmer, P., Newby, T.J., Yu, J. H., Liu, W., Tomory, A., Lee, Y., Sendurur, E., & Sendurur, P.

The Internet and Higher Education, 14(4), 256-261

Journal article

Students’ confidence and perceived value for participating in cross-cultural wiki-based collaborations

Ertmer, P., Newby, T.J., Liu, W., Tomorry, A. & Yu, J. H.

Educational Technology Research and Development, 59(2), 213-228

Conference presentation

A framework of virtual collaboration building interdisciplinary research

Yu, J. H., Luo, Y., Choi, J., Rajan, P., Nawaz, S., Strobel, J. & Radcliffe, D.F.

Annual Conference of the Association for Educational Communications & Technology (AECT), Jacksonville, FL

Conference presentation

Community of Inquiry in an education-based social network site

Yu, J. H., Kim, W., Yu, T., & Richardson, J.

AACE World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education (E-Learn), Honolulu, HI

Conference presentation

Effective strategies of social network sites (SNSs): Examining Mixable through the Community of Inquiry framework

Yu, J. H., Kim, W., Yu, T., & Richardson, J.

Annual Conference of the Association for Educational Communications & Technology (AECT), Jacksonville, FL

Conference presentation

Defining teams in team science: The case of engineering education research teams

Rajan, P., Nawaz, S., Yu, J. H., Luo, Y., Choi, J., Radcliffe, D.F., & Strobel, J.

Annual Conference of the Science of Team Science Conference, Chicago, IL

Conference presentation

Facilitating students’ global perspectives: Collaborating with international partners using Web 2.0 technologies

Ertmer, P., Newby, T.J., Yu, J. H., Liu, W., Tomory, A., Lee, Y., Sendurur, E., & Sendurur, P.

Annual Conference of the Association for Educational Communications & Technology (AECT), Anaheim, CA

Conference presentation

Transforming students’ international experiences through the use of Web 2.0 tools

Ertmer, P., Newby, T.J., Yu, J. H., Liu, W., Tomory, A., Lee, Y., Sendurur, E., & Sendurur, P.

Annual Conference of the American Educational Research Association (AERA), Denver, CO

Conference presentation

Using Web 2.0 applications to engage students in international experiences

Ertmer, P., Newby, T. J., Liu, W., Tomory, A., & Yu, J. H.

Annual Conference of the Association for Educational Communications & Technology (AECT), Louisville, KY

Conference presentation

Development of Augmented Reality (AR) application system in e-learning environments

Yu, J. H.

Annual Conference of the AACE World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education (E-Learn), Honolulu, Hawaii

Conference presentation

An exploration of the educational value of the Augmented Reality (AR) technology, Presented at the Annual Conference of the Korean Association for Educational Information & Media (KSET)

Park, B.H., Yu, J. H.

Seoul, South Korea