VISTA Lab

2025

Journal

Empowering preservice teachers’ AI literacy: Current understanding, influential factors, and strategies for improvement

Authors: Bo Pei, Jie Lu, Xilong Jing

Computers and Education: Artificial Intelligence, 2025.

Conference

Enhancing Mastery-Based Learning: An Analytical Approach to Providing Actionable Support

Authors: Thomas Joyce, Bo Pei, Alison Cheng, Alex Ambrose, Brian Mulholland

Cultivating Flourishing Practices and Environments by Embracing Positive Education, IGI Global Scientific Publishing, 2025.

Book Chapter

Understanding Students’ Learning Motivations in Online Learning Settings: From a Quantitative Perspective

Authors: Bo Pei

IntechOpen, 2025.

Book Chapter

Predicting Response Latencies on Test Questions Based on Features of the Questions

Authors: M. Denner, X. Xu, T. Ober, Bo Pei, Y. Cheng

Machine Learning in Educational Sciences, Springer, 2025.

Conference

Viz4Edu: An LLM-Powered Adaptive Learning Platform for Data Visualization

Authors: Xilong Jing, Bo Pei

Proceedings of Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference, 2025.

2024

Journal

LearningViz: a dashboard for visualizing, analyzing and closing learning performance gaps—a case study approach

Authors: Bo Pei, Y. Cheng, A. Ambrose, E. Dziadula, W. Xing, J. Lu

Smart Learning Environments, 11(1), 1-25.

Journal

The dynamics of role evolution in online learning communities

Authors: W. Xing, Bo Pei, W. Zhu, H. Li, R. Guo

Distance Education, 1-25.

Journal

Commentary: A Data-Driven Analysis of Recent Job Posts to Evaluate the Foundational Competencies

Authors: Y. Cheng, Bo Pei, A. Filonczuk, A. Le

Educational Measurement: Issues and Practice, 43(3), 39-44.

Journal

Learning Consistent Semantic Representation for Chest X-ray via Anatomical Localization in Self-supervised Pre-training

Authors: Surong Chu, Xueting Ren, Guohua Ji, Juanjuan Zhao, Jinwei Shi, Yangyang Wei, Bo Pei, Yan Qiang

IEEE Journal of Biomedical and Health Informatics, 2024.

Journal

The Efficacy of Artificial Intelligence-Enabled Adaptive Learning Systems From 2010 to 2022 on Learner Outcomes: A Meta-Analysis

Authors: X. Wang, R. Huang, M. Sommer, Bo Pei, P. Shidfar, M.S. Rehman, A. Ritzhaupt, F. Martin

Journal of Educational Computing Research, 2024.

Conference

Examining Student Learning Engagement in Canvas to Support Personalized Learning

Authors: Z. Zhang, Bo Pei, J. Hatten, Z. Zhou

IEEE Frontiers in Education Conference (FIE), 2024.

Conference

Advancing Engineering and Computing Education through the Lens of Learning Analytics

Authors: Z. Zhang, J. Lu, Bo Pei, Y. Huang

IEEE Frontiers in Education Conference (FIE), 2024.

Conference

Live Coding Prompts Engagement, But Not Necessarily Grades

Authors: H. Du, D. Udokop, Bo Pei

ACM Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education, 2024.

Journal

Towards transparent and trustworthy prediction of student learning achievement by including instructors as co-designers: a case study

Authors: X. Duan, Bo Pei, G.A. Ambrose, Y. Cheng, C. Wang

Education and Information Technologies, 2024.

2023

Journal

Towards transparent and trustworthy prediction of student learning achievement by including instructors as co-designers: a case study

Authors: X. Duan, Bo Pei, G.A. Ambrose, Y. Cheng, C. Wang

Education and Information Technologies, 2023.

Conference

Live Coding Prompts Engagement, But Not Necessarily Grades

Authors: H. Du, D. Udokop, Bo Pei

56th ACM Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA.

Journal

Integrating infrared technologies in science learning: An evidence-based reasoning perspective

Authors: Bo Pei, W. Xing, G. Zhu, K. Antonyan, C. Xie

Education and Information Technologies, 28(7), 8423-8443.

Journal

A Descriptive and Historical Review of STEM + C Research: A Bibliometric Study

Authors: H. Du, W. Xing, Bo Pei, Y. Zeng, J. Lu, Y. Zhang

In J. Uhomoibhi (Ed.), Computer Supported Education. CSEDU 2022. Communications in Computer and Information Science, vol 1817. Springer, Cham.

Book Chapter

Enhancing Mastery-Based Learning: An Analytical Approach to Providing Actionable Support

Authors: T. Joyce, Bo Pei, A. Cheng, A. Ambrose, B. Mulholland

In Cultivating Flourishing Practices and Environments by Embracing Positive Education (pp. 79-118). IGI Global Scientific Publishing.

Journal

Learning Consistent Semantic Representation for Chest X-ray via Anatomical Localization in Self-supervised Pre-training

Authors: Surong Chu, Xueting Ren, Guohua Ji, Juanjuan Zhao, Jinwei Shi, Yangyang Wei, Bo Pei, Yan Qiang

IEEE Journal of Biomedical and Health Informatics, 2023.

2022

Journal

Integrating infrared technologies in science learning: An evidence-based reasoning perspective

Authors: Bo Pei, W. Xing, G. Zhu, K. Antonyan, C. Xie

Education and Information Technologies, 1-21.

Conference

A Descriptive and Historical Review of STEM + C Research: A Bibliometric Study

Authors: H. Du, W. Xing, Bo Pei, Y. Zeng, J. Lu, Y. Zhang

In International Conference on Computer Supported Education (pp. 1-25). Springer, Cham.

2021

Journal

An Interpretable Pipeline for Identifying At-Risk Students

Authors: Bo Pei, W. Xing

Journal of Educational Computing Research, 60(2), 380-405.

Journal

Academic development of multimodal learning analytics: a bibliometric analysis

Authors: Bo Pei, W. Xing, M. Wang

Interactive Learning Environments, 31(6), 3543–3561.

Journal

Automatic text generation using deep learning: providing large-scale support for online learning communities

Authors: H. Du, W. Xing, Bo Pei

Interactive Learning Environments, 1-16.

2019

Journal

Using Automatic Image Processing to Analyze Visual Artifacts Created by Students in Scientific Argumentation

Authors: Bo Pei, W. Xing, H. S. Lee

British Journal of Educational Technology, 50(6), 3391-3404.

Journal

Using learning analytics to support students’ engineering design: The angle of prediction

Authors: W. Xing, Bo Pei, S. Li, G. Chen, C. Xie

Interactive Learning Environments, 1-18.

Journal

Time Really Matters: Understanding the Temporal Dimension of Online Learning Using Educational Data Mining

Authors: H. Tang, W. Xing, Bo Pei

Journal of Educational Computing Research, 57(5), 1326-1347.

Journal

Beyond Positive and Negative Emotions: Looking into the Role of Achievement Emotions in Discussion Forums of MOOCs

Authors: W. Xing, H. Tang, Bo Pei

The Internet and Higher Education, 43, 100690.

Journal

Exploring the Interaction between Emotional Dynamics and Idea Improvement across Knowledge Building Spaces

Authors: G. Zhu, W. Xing, S. Costa, M. Scardamalia, Bo Pei

User Modeling and User-adapted Interaction, 29(4), 789-820.

Book Chapter

The exploration of automated image processing techniques in the study of scientific argumentation

Authors: Bo Pei, H. Zhao, W. Xing, H. S. Lee

In Cognitive computing in technology-enhanced learning (pp. 175-190). IGI Global.

2018

Journal

Exploring the temporal dimension of forum participation in MOOCs

Authors: H. Tang, W. Xing, Bo Pei

Distance Education, 39(3), 353-372.

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