Publications

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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