Beijing Normal University School of Educational Technology, Faculty of Education
ORCID: 0000-0002-6053-8991
Research Interests
Learning science
Online education
CSCL
Professional Affiliations
- Assistant Dean of the School of Educational Technology
- Member of International Society of the Learning Sciences (ISLS)
- Member of American Educational Research Association (AERA)
Academic Honors
- Beijing Normal University "Zhongying Young Scholar"
Professional Experience
2022 - Present
Associate Professor, Master‘s Supervisor, Assistant Dean of the School of Educational Technology
Teaching and research in digital learning, learning sciences, and human-AI collaborative teaching and learning. Leading over 10 research projects including the General Program of the National Natural Science Foundation of China, with over 80 publications in SSCI/CSSCI/EI-indexed journals.
2020 - 2022
Lecturer
Teaching and research in educational technology.
2018 - 2019
Joint Ph.D. Training
Sponsored by the China Scholarship Council, joint training at the Embodied Design Research Laboratory, focusing on cognition and development.
2015 - 2020
Ph.D.
Ph.D. in Educational Technology. Doctoral dissertation received the Outstanding Doctoral Dissertation Award in the 4th National Empirical Research in Education.
Biography
Dr. Cixiao Wang is an Associate Professor at the Faculty of Education, Beijing Normal University, and serves as Assistant Dean of the School of Educational Technology. She holds a Ph.D. in Educational Technology from Peking University, with joint Ph.D. training at UC Berkeley. Her research interests include learning science, online education, and computer-supported collaborative learning (CSCL). She has led over 10 research projects, including a General Program of the National Natural Science Foundation of China, and has published more than 80 papers in SSCI/CSSCI/EI-indexed journals. She is the recipient of the Beijing Normal University Zhongying Young Scholar award.
Awards & Recognition
- First Prize of Teaching Paper at the 14th Beijing University Young Teachers‘ Teaching Skills Competition
- First Prize of the First Beijing Normal University Artificial Intelligence Teaching Competition (Teacher Track)
- Third Prize and Best Teaching Plan Award at the 18th Beijing Normal University Young Teachers’ Teaching Skills Competition (Humanities and Social Sciences Group)
- Fourth National Outstanding Empirical Research Achievement Award in Education
- Outstanding Doctoral Dissertation Award in the 4th National Empirical Research in Education
- Digital Education Innovation Achievement Award
- Outstanding Author of “Top Ten Figures” by Modern Educational Technology
- International Forum on Educational Technology 2017优秀论文一等奖
- First Prize of Excellent Paper at International Forum on Educational Technology 2017
- 开放学习论坛征文一等奖
- First Prize of Open Learning Forum Paper Competition
- Best Report Paper Award at Tsinghua University Future Education Forum
Publications & Representative Works
Complete Bibliography
2025
A role recognition model based on students‘ social-behavioural–cognitive-emotional features during collaborative learning
Interactive Learning Environments
2025
A dual-cycle peer evaluation model to enhance student feedback literacy: a three-round empirical educational study
Assessment & Evaluation in Higher Education
2024
Who will participate in online collaborative problem solving? A longitudinal network analysis
Interactive Learning Environments
2024
Who will work together? Factors influencing autonomic group formation in an open learning environment
Interactive Learning Environments
2023
Tablet-to-student ratio matters: Learning performance and mental experience of collaborative inquiry
Interactive Learning Environments
2022
Comparison of the effects of 1:1 and 1:M CSCL environments with virtual manipulatives
Interactive Learning Environments
2021
Exploring behavioural patterns of virtual manipulatives supported collaborative inquiry learning: Effect of device-student ratios and external scripts
Journal of Computer Assisted Learning