Northern Illinois University
Department of Educational Technology, Research and Assessment
College of Education

Ying Xie, Ph.D.
Associate Professor

Research Interests

• Emerging technologies for reflective learning, knowledge integration and group cognition
• Robotics in K-12 STEM learning
• Technology-assisted language learning, mathematical problem posing, etc.

Education

The Pennsylvania State University (PSU), University Park, PA
Ph.D. in Instructional Systems
Minor: Educational Psychology

University of Science and Technology of China (USTC), P.R.China
B.S. in Computer Science
B.A. in Foreign Languages

Classes

• ETT 799: Doctoral Research and Dissertation
• ETT 798: Research Seminar in Instructional Technology
• ETT 743: Seminar Instructional Technology Problems
• ETT 742: Seminar in Instructional Technology Research
• ETT 741: Seminar in Instructional Technology Theory
• ETT 558: Instructional Video I
• ETT 536: Web-Based Learning
• ETT 529: Theories of Instructional Design and Technology
• ETT 501: Pro-seminar in Instructional Technology
• ETT 310: Instructional Design Models, Strategies and Tactics

Selected Papers

• Xie, Y., Chen, Y., and Ryder, L. (2021). Effects of mobile-based VR on Chinese L2 students’ oral proficiency. Computer Assisted Language Learning (CALL), 34(3), 225-245. 
• Hinderliter, H., Xie, Y., Ladendorf, K., and Muehsler, H. (2021). Path analysis of internal and external factors associated with parental satisfaction over K-12 online learning. Computers in the Schools, 38(4), 354-383.
• Ladendorf, K., Muehsler, H., Xie, Y., and Hinderliter, H. (2021). Teacher perspectives of self-efficacy and remote learning due to emergency school closings of 2020. Educational Media International, 58(2), 124-144.
• Xie, Y., and Lin, S. (2019). Using word cloud to support students’ knowledge integration from online inquiry: An investigation of the process and outcome. Interactive Learning Environments, 27(4), 478-496.
• Lin, S., and Xie, Y. (2019). College students’ use of self-generated tagclouds on knowledge integration: Evidence from reflections. Journal of Computing in Higher Education, 31(1), 56-80.
• Lin. S., and Xie, Y. (2017). Effects of Tagcloud-anchored group discussions on preservice teachers’ collaborative knowledge construction. Australasian Journal of Educational Technology, 33(2), 73-85 
• Xie, Y., and Lin, S. (2016). Tagclouds and group cognition: Effect of tagging support on students’ reflective learning in team blogs. British Journal of Educational Technology, 47(6),
• Ke, F., Xie, K., and Xie, Y. (2016). Game-based learning engagement: A theory- and data-driven exploration. British Journal of Educational Technology, 47(6), 1183-1201.
• Xie, Y., and Sharma, P. (2013). Examining students’ reflective thinking from keywords tagged to Blogs: Using map analysis as a content analysis method. Interactive Learning Environments, 21(6), 548-576. 
• Yang, C., and Xie. Y. (2013). Learning Chinese idioms through iPads. Language Learning & Technology, 17(2), 12–23. 
• Xie, Y., Coffland, D., and Yang, F. (2012). Effects of narrated heuristic feedback and gender on college students’ calculus problem solving performance. Journal of Computers in Mathematics and Science Teaching, 31(3), 311-330
• Xie, Y., and Sharma, P. (2011). Exploring evidence of reflective thinking in students’ artifacts of a blogging-mapping tool: A design-based research approach. Instructional Science, 39(5), 695-719 
• Xie, Y., Ke. F., and Sharma, P. (2010). The effect of peer-interaction styles in team blogging on students’ cognitive thinking and blog participation. Journal of Educational Computing Research, 42(4), 459-479.         
• Xie, Y., Ke. F., and Sharma, P. (2008). The effect of peer feedback for journaling on college students’ reflective thinking skills. The Internet and Higher Education, 11(1), 18-25.