Ai-Chu Elisha Ding

Dr. Ai-Chu Elisha Ding teaches graduate courses for the Learning Design and Technology program. Her research examines the innovative and equitable technology integration and professional development in K-12 education. Specifically, she has focused on supporting multilingual learners (MLs) and struggling learners in STEM education through innovative technologies and pedagogies such as virtual reality (VR), game-based learning (GBL), and artificial intelligence (AI). She is specifically interested in looking into the multimodal and translanguaging affordances of emerging technologies for supporting MLs. She has also worked closely with both pre-service and in-service teachers on their professional development and technology integration. Her past grant project sponsored by the Indiana Department of Education provide support to middle school STEAM teachers on designing and incorporating GBL along with using VR and block programming to enhance student collaboration and multimodal meaning making. She is currently the chair of the Technology as Agent of Change for Teaching and Learning (TACTL) SIG for the American Educational Research Association (AERA).