Publications

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

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

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

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

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

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

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