3 papers
cs.CY2026
Internet-Mediated Digital Informal Learning Portfolios in STEM Higher Education: A Computational Grounded Theory Study of Online Peer Advice Communities
Jianjun Xiao, Yuxi Long
Internet technologies have expanded higher education students' access to learning resources, peer guidance, and skill-development opportunities beyond formal curricula. Yet the way…
cs.CY2026
Designing Human-GenAI Interaction for cMOOC Discussion Facilitation: Effects of a Collaborative AI-in-the-Loop Workflow on Social and Cognitive Presence
Jianjun Xiao, Cixiao Wang
Connectivist MOOCs (cMOOCs) rely on learner-driven interaction, yet their intentionally light facilitation makes it difficult to design generative AI participation that is both sca…
cs.CY2026
Modeling Collaborative Problem Solving Dynamics from Group Discourse: A Text-Mining Approach with Synergy Degree Model
Jianjun Xiao, Cixiao Wang, Wenmei Zhang
Measuring collaborative problem solving (CPS) synergy remains challenging in learning analytics, as classical manual coding cannot capture emergent system-level dynamics. This stud…