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Selected presentations

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Presentations

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  • Zhao, Y., Song, D., Nelson, K., & Zarutskie, P. (2026, June). Harnessing AI for Communication Skills Training in Medical Education: From Pilot Study to Practical Implementation. Presented at the 2026 Annual Conference of the International Association of Medical Science Educators (IAMSE). Augusta, Georgia.
  • *Sabanwar, V., Aldemir, T., Kilinc, S., Bicer, A., & Song, D. (2026, June). How middle school students engage in computational literacies in an agricultural class. Presented at the 2026 International Conference of the Learning Sciences (ICLS). Irvine, California.
  • Aldemir, T., Kilinc, S., *Sabanwar, V., Bicer, A., & Song, D. (2026, June). Disciplinary computational thinking in AI-mediated problem framing: A rural Ag-STEM context. Poster presented at the 2026 International Conference of the Learning Sciences (ICLS). Irvine, California.
  • Kilinc, S., Aldemir, T., *Sabanwar, V., Bicer, A., & Song, D. (2026, June). Planners and tinkerers: A comparative case study of K-12 students’ engagement with data practices in an Ag-STEM. Presented at the 2026 International Conference of the Learning Sciences (ICLS). Irvine, California.
  • Lee, K., Bagavathiannan, M. V., Bhandari, M., Calil, Y., Cason, J., Fares, A., Hardin, R., Landivar, J., Lee, C., Song, D., Tedeschi, L., & Zheng, M. (2026, May). ShaRE: Shared robotic ecosystem for smart and collaborative agriculture. Poster presented at the Ag for Health 2026 IHA Research Symposium, Texas A&M AgriLife Institute for Advancing Health Through Agriculture. College Station, Texas.
  • Kilinc, S., Aldemir, T., *Sabanwar, V., Bicer, A., & Song, D. (2026, April). Computational thinking and participation in rural Ag STEM: A comparative case study of two middle school teams. Presented at the 2026 American Educational Research Association (AERA) Annual Meeting. Los Angeles, California.
  • Kilinc, S., Aldemir, T., *Sabanwar, V., Bicer, A., & Song, D. (2026, April). The AI as cognitive mentor: Scaffolding student scientific inquiry through dialogue. Presented at the 2026 American Educational Research Association (AERA) Annual Meeting. Los Angeles, California.
  • *Sabanwar, V., Kilinc, S., Aldemir, T., Bicer, A., & Song, D. (2026, April). Teacher conceptualization of student challenges and solutions for CT in a non-CS classroom. Poster presented at the 2026 American Educational Research Association (AERA) Annual Meeting. Los Angeles, California.
  • **MacMiller, J., **Valdez, D., Lippert, A., & Song, D. (2026, March). Prehistoric Protocols: A work-in-progress VR learning environment with generative AI mentorship for undergraduate computer networks education. Paper presented at the 2026 American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE) Gulf Southwest Conference. College Station, Texas. https://doi.org/10.18260/1-2--58071
  • *Jain, A., Lippert, A., & Song, D. (2026, March). Enhancing inverse kinematics in simulated robotics arms: A PID-integrated cyclic coordinate descent approach for fault-resilient cyber-physical systems. Paper presented at the 2026 American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE) Gulf Southwest Conference. College Station, Texas. https://doi.org/10.18260/1-2--58045
  • Zhao, Y., Nelson, K., Song, D., & Zarutskie, P. (2026, March). Harnessing AI for communication training in medical education: Pilot to Practice. Presented at the 2026 Engage-Ed Conference. Sam Houston State University. Huntsville, Texas.
  • Song, D. (2025, Nov.). Advancing computer science (Python programming) instruction through process-based analytics. Workshop presented at the 16th Annual Education Technology Conference, Computer Science Education in K-12 Settings: Action in Practice. William Paterson University, Wayne, New Jersey.
  • Song, D., Lippert, A., Hwang, J., & Oh, E. (2025, Oct.). An AI-based feedback tool to improve students’ writing skills. Presented at the Annual Meeting of the 2025 Association for Educational Communications and Technology (AECT) International Convention. Las Vegas, Nevada.
  • Kilinc, S., Aldemir, T., *Sabanwar, V., Bicer, A., & Song, D. (2025, Oct.). Enhancing research questions and hypothesis development through AI chatbot assistance in rural agricultural education. Presented at the Annual Meeting of the 2025 AECT International Convention. Las Vegas, Nevada.
  • *Sabanwar, V., Aldemir, T., Kilinc, S., Bicer, A., & Song, D. (2025, Oct.). Exploring Computational Thinking (CT) skills in the era of GenAI in K-12 education. Presented at the Annual Meeting of the 2025 AECT International Convention. Las Vegas, Nevada.
  • Kilinc, S., Aldemir, T., *Sabanwar, V., Bicer, A., & Song, D. (2025, Aug.). AI chatbot coaching for elevating student research. Paper presented at the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) Conference on International Computing Education Research (ICER) 2025 (pp. 27–65). Charlottesville, Virginia. https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3702653.3744315
  • Williams, A., Smith, L., **Zardkoohi, A., *Choi, H., Song, D. & Lippert, A. (2025, Jul.). Algeverse: A virtual reality learning environment for black college students pursuing STEM degrees. Presented at the American Psychological Association (APA) 2025 Division 45 Research Conference, Ann Arbor, Michigan.
  • Song, D., & Lippert, A. (2025, Jun.). Improving engineering students’ writing skills through a text visualization tool. Presented at the 2025 American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE) Annual Conference, Montreal, Canada.
  • Zhao, Y., Nelson, K., Zarutskie, P., Olaiya, K., Song, D., *Castro, B., *Chiu, J., & *Ballard, I. (2025, Apr.). Exploration of utilizing artificial intelligence for medical students communication skills learning. Presented at the Educating Leaders 2025, American Association of Colleges of Osteopathic Medicine (AACOM), Arlington, Texas.
  • Song, D. (2024, Jul.). Development of a knowledge visualization system to improve learners’ writing skills. Presented at the 24th International Conference on Education Research (ICER). Seoul, South Korea.
  • *Castro, B., *Chiu, J., *Ballard, I., Olaiya, K., Song, D., Nelson, K., Zarutskie, P., & Zhao, Y. (2024, Mar.). Exploration of utilizing artificial intelligence for medical students communication skills learning. Presented at the 12th Annual Latino Medical Student Association (LMSA) Southwest Regional Conference Research Symposium. Houston, Texas.
  • Lippert, A., & Song, D. (2023, Nov.). Combining knowledge visualization and intelligent tutoring to support learning in STEM education: The development of KVIS (Knowledge Visualization Intelligent System). Presented at the 53rd Annual Meeting of the Society for Computation in Psychology. San Francisco, California.
  • Song, D. (2023, Oct.). Learners’ trust in AI-powered technology and learning performance. Presented at the 23rd International Conference on Education Research (ICER). Seoul, South Korea.
  • *Chiu, J., *Castro, B., *Ballard, I., Song, D., Olaiya, K., & Zhao, Y. (2023, Sep.). Evaluate perceived learning and confidence levels in delivering difficult news using artificial intelligence-based activity. Poster presented at the Annual Student Research Day, College of Osteopathic Medicine, Sam Houston State University. Huntsville, Texas.
  • Song, D., Oh, E., & Hong, H. (2022, Oct.). Scaffolding computer programming learners’ self-regulated learning in problem-solving. Presented at the Annual Meeting of the 2022 AECT International Convention. Las Vegas, Nevada.
  • Shin, Y., & Song, D. (2022, Apr.). Scaffolding computer programming learners’ self-regulated learning in problem-solving. Presented at the 2022 American Educational Research Association (AERA) Annual Meeting. San Diego, California.
  • *Fennelly-Atkinson, R., LaPrairie, K., & Song, D. (2022, Apr.). Online university programs and accessibility relationships. Presented at the 2022 American Educational Research Association (AERA) Annual Meeting. San Diego, California.
  • *Bui, N., & Song, D. (2021, Nov.). Predicting at-risk learners with explainable AI. Presented at the Annual Meeting of the 2021 AECT International Convention. Chicago, Illinois, and Virtual.
  • Song, D. (2021, Sep.). Initial findings: Educational big data analysis of student behaviors in a learning management system. Presented at the Digital Education Summit 2021, Sam Houston State University. Huntsville, Texas.
  • Song, D., Oh, E., & Hong, H. (2020, Nov.). The use of AI conversational systems for preservice teachers’ teaching simulation. Presented at the Annual Meeting of the 2020 AECT International Convention. Virtual.
  • *Bui, N., *Collier, J., *Guled, A., & Song, D. (2020, Nov.). The effects of conversational agents on human learning. Presented at the Annual Meeting of the 2020 AECT International Convention. Virtual.
  • *Willis, J., *Nicksic, K., & Song, D. (2020, Nov.). School districts’ Tweet content patterns related to technology and school performance. Presented at the Annual Meeting of the 2020 AECT International Convention. Virtual.
  • Song, D., & Oh., E. (2020, Apr.). Self-regulation scaffolding for online learners through a conversational virtual agent. [Paper session]. The 2020 American Educational Research Association (AERA) Annual Meeting. San Francisco, California. (Conference canceled)
  • Song, D. (2020, Mar.). AI agent-based scaffolding for online learners’ self-regulation. [Paper session]. The 2020 Society for Research on Educational Effectiveness (SREE) Conference. Crystal City, Virginia. (Conference canceled)
  • Oh, E., & Song, D. (2019, Oct.). Developing a second language speaking practice tool using voice recognition technology. Poster presented at the Annual Meeting of the 2019 AECT International Convention. Las Vegas, Nevada.
  • Song, D. (2019, Sep.). Learners’ interaction with data-driven learner-support systems. Presented at the Digital Education Summit 2019, Sam Houston State University. Huntsville, Texas.
  • Song, D. (2019, Jan.). The effects of using a chatbot system for pre-service teachers’ teaching practice. Presented at the 2019 Hawaii International Conference on Education. Honolulu, Hawaii.
  • Song, D., Oh, E., & Hong, H. (2018, Oct.). K-12 anti-bullying program with conversational agents: Possibilities and challenges. Presented at the Annual Meeting of the 2018 AECT International Convention. Kansas City, Missouri.
  • Song, D. (2018, Jan.). Student interaction in a learning management system and a conversational agent system. Presented at the Digital Education Summit 2018, Sam Houston State University. Huntsville, Texas.
  • Song, D., Oh, E., & Hong, H. (2018, Jan.). Learner participation in online graduate courses: System access and discussion quantity/quality. Presented at the 2018 International Conference on Technology in Education. Orlando, Florida.
  • Song, D., & Rice, M. (2017, Nov.). A potential use of a conversational agent in online courses: Focusing on learning by teaching. Presented at the Annual Meeting of the 2017 AECT International Convention. Jacksonville, Florida.
  • Song, D., Oh, E., & Rice, M. (2017, Jul.). Interacting with a conversational agent system for educational purposes in online courses. Paper presented at the 10th International Conference on Human System Interaction (pp. 78–82). Ulsan, South Korea: IEEE. http://doi.org/10.1109/HSI.2017.8005002
  • Song, D., & Rice, M. (2017, Mar.). Developing an intelligent agent for learning by teaching in online courses. Presented at the 2017 International Conference on Education. San Diego, California.
  • Song, D. (2017, Mar.). A conversational agent for more interactions through learning-by-teaching in online courses. Presented at the Digital Education Summit 2017, Sam Houston State University. Huntsville, Texas.
  • Song, D., & Kim, P. (2016, Oct.). Collaborative music classroom with mobile apps. Presented at the Annual Meeting of the 2016 AECT International Convention. Las Vegas, Nevada.
  • Song, D., & Oh, E. (2016, Jul.). Learning analysis of online courses in social sciences. Presented at the 2016 Annual Symposium on Management and Social Sciences. Seoul, South Korea.
  • Song, D. (2016, Mar.). Case study: Student analysis using Blackboard’s Course Reports. Presented at the 5th Annual Sam Houston State University (SHSU) Online Teaching & Learning Conference. Huntsville, Texas.
  • Song, D., Oh, E., & Lim, C. (2015, Nov.). The impact of retrieval on second language learning. Presented at the Annual Meeting of the 2015 AECT International Convention. Indianapolis, Indiana.
  • Song, D., & Glazewski, K. (2015, Apr.). Student-generated questioning in language education. Presented at the 2015 American Educational Research Association (AERA) Annual Meeting. Chicago, Illinois.
  • Song, D., Kim, J., & Kim, P. (2014, Nov.). Mobile language learning opportunity for children in Tanzania. Presented at the Annual Meeting of the 2014 AECT International Convention. Jacksonville, Florida.
  • Song, D. (2013, Mar.). A universally compatible clicker system: Web + Mobile App. Presented at the 2013 Instructional Systems Technology (IST) Conference. Bloomington, Indiana.
  • Song, D., Kim, P., & Karimi, A. (2012, Nov.). Inquiry-based learning environment using mobile devices in math classroom. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the 2012 AECT International Convention (pp. 386–392). Louisville, Kentucky: AECT. https://files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/ED546876.pdf#page=192
  • Song, D., Bonk, C. J., & Whiting, J. (2012, Nov.). Motivational and self-regulated learning factors of informal and extreme learning. Presented at the Third Annual Virtual Global Education Conference. Virtual.
  • Song, D., Levine, P., Kim, N. (2012, Oct.). SMILE (Stanford Mobile Inquiry-based Learning Environment) workshop for student-centered mobile learning experience. Workshop presented at the Annual Meeting of the 2012 AECT International Convention. Louisville, Kentucky.
  • Kim, P., Kim, N., Song, D. (2012, Sep.). Stanford Mobile Inquiry-based Learning Environment (SMILE) for the Seeds of Empowerment. Workshop presented at the 2nd International mEducation Alliance Symposium, The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID). Washington D.C.
  • Song, D., & Lee, J. (2012, Mar.). Has Web 2.0 revitalized informal learning?: Correlation between Web 2.0 level and extreme learning. Presented at the 2012 Instructional Systems Technology (IST) Conference. Bloomington, Indiana.
  • Whiting, J., Altuwaijri, A., Jung, E., Kim, M., Kim, S., Shin, S., Song, D., Tan, V., Xu, S., Min, M., Wang, T., & Bonk, C. (2012, Mar.). What’s all this talk about extreme learning?: A discussion with the extreme learning team. Presented at the 2012 IST Conference. Bloomington, Indiana.
  • Song, D., Karimi, A., & Kim, P. (2011, Dec.). Toward designing mobile games for visually challenged children. Paper presented at the IEEE International Conference on e-Education, Entertainment and e-Management (pp. 234–238). Bali, Indonesia: IEEE. http://doi.org/10.1109/ICeEEM.2011.6137794
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