nagashima [at] cs.uni-saarland.de

NEWS 🎉

(Apr 2023) Starting a new role as a Visiting Professor at Hokkaido University in Japan!

(Mar 2023) Gave a talk at CAIS in Bochum

(Feb 2023) Gave a talk at ETH Zürich (FLI Colloquia)

(Dec 2022) Launched the “Future+Learning” working group with Lis Sylvan and Sandra Cortesi @BKC Harvard

(Nov 2022) Moved to Germany to start my TT position at Saarland University!

(June 2021) Our ISLS paper was nominated for Best Design Paper!

(April 2021) We were at the ED Games Expo! Here’s our entry.

(Dec 2020) Won the Fred Mulder Open Education Practice Award!

(Nov 2020) Gave a talk at Keio Univ.

(Nov 2020) Won an AECT award!

(Nov 2020) Presented at OpenEd20

(Oct 2020) Made a tape diagram template (available under CC-BY-NC)

Research

Understanding and supporting self-regulated learning with technology

I work with educators and children to co-design effective learning activities and technologies to understand and support meaningful metacognitive learning (e.g., self-regulated learning, informed choice-making during learning). My research has discovered, among others:

  • Students whose choices were supported (through self-reflection on their own choice-making behaviors) in intelligent tutoring software choose to use an instructional aid less frequently yet more strategically, and learned greater domain knowledge and skills
Supporting students' self-regulated choice making

Cognitive understanding of human learning & instruction to support it

I design effective instructional techniques using adaptive technologies to support students’ cognitive learning in STEM domains, and use participatory and learning analytics approaches to understand how learning happens. My research has discovered, among others:

  • A scaffolded self-explanation activity with diagrams in intelligent tutoring software supports effective and efficient algebra learning
  • A playful learning experience with drag-and-drop interaction and gamification features in intelligent tutoring software supports engaging and effective algebra learning during remote schooling
Engaging and effective math learning
Anticipatory diagrammatic self-explanation
Visualizing students' errors in algebra with diagrams
Diagrammatic self-explanation
Pedagogical Affordance Analysis

Researcher-practitioner ecosystem

I envision the future of learning research where we will have an ecosystem that systematically allows researchers and practitioners (e.g., educators, parents, and children) to jointly conduct learning research that informs both learning theories and practice.

Rethinking classroom studies during a pandemic

Design and evaluation of learning analytics tools

I work with educators and students to co-design and evaluate reflection tools (e.g., learning analytics dashboards) to support teaching and learning

Student-facing learning dashboard with contextual information
Dashboard for supporting teaching in MOOC

Open Educational Resources (OER)

I work with policy researchers, education researchers, and practitioners to develop policies, strategies, and materials that promote equitable access to education.

Global Open Policy Report
Research, Advocacy, Consulting on OER