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Mengxi Zhou @zhoum56.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

It's the ISLS Annual Meeting time! I will be presenting two pieces of my dissertation work on Wednesday at ISLS 2026. This time last year, I had just completed data collection, so it feels meaningful now to share this work. I look forward to learning from many inspiring scholars!

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Mengxi Zhou @zhoum56.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

Spring 2026 teaching evaluations are out. I was nervous to check them because this semester was so busy. I’m grateful to have concluded my fourth semester of teaching with a 5/5 evaluation as an outstanding instructor. Feeling thankful! :)

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Mengxi Zhou @zhoum56.bsky.social · 04/05/2026

PhD is done with an independent DBR dissertation, one 1st author journal in Cognition and Instruction, one 1st author journal in ILS, nine 1st author ISLS papers, and more... I think I did my best. Deeply grateful to @jdanish.bsky.social for his support and to to everyone who supported me.

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Mengxi Zhou @zhoum56.bsky.social · 02/05/2026

I attended the Indiana University Graduate School 2026 Award Ceremony for a small grant I received to support my dissertation work. IU’s campus is so beautiful this time of year!

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Mengxi Zhou @zhoum56.bsky.social · 21/04/2026

A beautiful sunny day in Bloomington today. I was glad to hold class outside and capture a few lovely moments with my students. I had wanted to do this for the past four semesters, but the weather never worked out quite right. Today was just wonderful. 😊

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Mengxi Zhou @zhoum56.bsky.social · 09/04/2026

I won’t be attending AERA in person, but I recommend the Friday 9:45 a.m. PST structured poster session, “How Data Science Education Can Enable Exploration of Real-World Phenomena.” My poster shares one piece of my dissertation on a humanistic approach to elementary data science through embodiment.

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Mengxi Zhou @zhoum56.bsky.social · 14/02/2026

When I was in self-doubt about the value of my dissertation, I received notifications today that one part of my dissertation was accepted as a long paper at the International Conference of the Learning Sciences, and another methodological poster was accepted as it is too!

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Mengxi Zhou @zhoum56.bsky.social · 04/02/2026

The collaboration with the Vanderbilt Computer Science team on interaction analysis and AI has led to a journal article in Learning and Instruction! Thanks to Joyce Fonteles for leading this amazing work!!! www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

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Analyzing embodied learning in classroom settings: A human-in-the-loop AI approach for multimodal learning analytics

Embodied learning enhances cognition and metacognition through physical activity, but analyzing students’ behaviors in dynamic classrooms from multimo…

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Mengxi Zhou @zhoum56.bsky.social · 29/05/2025

This paper started from my AERA 2022 paper (my first research idea since I joined IU). It accompanied me through coursework, qualify exam, dissertation proposal defense, and data collection. Thank you so much to @morganavickery.bsky.social @jdanish.bsky.social. The entire STEP team is amazing!

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Mengxi Zhou @zhoum56.bsky.social · 16/04/2024

The paper that I co-authored with I co-authored with @nmathayas.bsky.social @jdanish.bsky.social @ Morgan Vickery @ Selena Steinberg won the runner-up award for the best student paper in SIG learning Sciences and Advanced Technologies for Learning.

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Mengxi Zhou @zhoum56.bsky.social · 13/04/2024

Bye AERA2024. I met good people and saw interesting research!

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Mengxi Zhou @zhoum56.bsky.social · 13/04/2024

#AERA24 Sat, April 13, 1:15 pm, Pennsylvania Convention Center, Floor: Level 200, Exhibit Hall A "Exploring Students' Divergent Interpretations While Studying Ecosystems in an Embodied Mixed-Reality Environment (Poster 36)

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Mengxi Zhou @zhoum56.bsky.social · 13/04/2024

#AERA24 #AERASIGIT Sat, April 13, 9:35 to 11:05am, Pennsylvania Convention Center, Floor: Level 200, Exhibit Hall B "Elementary Students’ Reflection on Embodied and Digital Data Representations"

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Joshua Danish @jdanish.bsky.social · 03/04/2024

Blog post about some of our recent collaborations to use network visualization / data literacy with a history teacher and their students! digitalpromise.org/2024/04/03/u...

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Joshua Danish @jdanish.bsky.social · 06/12/2023

Super excited to share our new article, “Using network visualizations to engage elementary students in locally relevant data literacy” which can be found at www.emerald.com/insight/cont.... Huge congrats to @zhoum56.bsky.social on this incredibly 1st authored piece!

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Using network visualizations to engage elementary students in locally relevant data literacy |...

Using network visualizations to engage elementary students in locally relevant data literacy - Author: Mengxi Zhou, Selena Steinberg, Christina Stiso, Joshua A. Danish, Kalani Craig

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