Publication

CS Teacher Identity and Professional Development

• Morrison, B., Ni, L., Guzdial, M. 2012. Adapting the disciplinary commons model for high school teachers: improving recruitment, creating community. In Proceedings of the Ninth Annual International Conference on International Computing Education Research (ICER '12). ACM, New York, NY, USA, 47-54. PDF.
• Ni, L., Guzdial, M.(2012). Who am I? Understanding high school computer science teachers’ professional identity. In the Proceedings of the 43th ACM Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education (Raleigh, NC, USA, February 29 - March 3, 2012). SIGCSE'12. ACM, New York, NY, USA, 499-504. PDF.
• Ni, L., Guzdial, M., Tew, A. E., Morrison, B., Galanos, R. (2011). Building a community to support HS CS teachers: the Disciplinary Commons for Computing Educators. In Proceedings of the 42th ACM Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education (Dallas, Texas, USA, March 9-12, 2011). SIGCSE'11. ACM, New York, NY, 553-558.PDF.
• Ni, L., Guzdial, M. 2011. Prepare and support computer science teachers: understanding CS teachers’ professional identity. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research, New Orleans, Louisiana,USA.PDF.
• Ni, L., Guzdial, M., Tew, A. E., McKlin, T. (2011). A regional professional development program for computing teachers: the Disciplinary Commons for Computing Educators. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research, New Orleans, Louisiana,USA. PDF.

Computing Curriculum Innovation and Teacher Change

• Touretzky, D., Marghitu, D., Ludi, S., Bernstein, D, & Ni, L. 2013. Accelerating K-12 computational thinking using scaffolding, staging, and abstraction. In Proceedings of the 44th ACM Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education (Denver, CO, USA, March 6-9, 2013). SIGCSE'13. ACM, New York, NY,609-614.
• Ni, L., McKlin,T., Guzdial, M. (2010). How do computing faculty adopt curriculum innovations?: the story from instructors. In Proceedings of the 41th ACM Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education (Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA, March 10-13, 2010). SIGCSE'10. ACM, New York, NY, 544-548. PDF.
• Ni, L. (2009). What makes CS teachers change?: factors influencing CS teachers' adoption of curriculum innovations. In Proceedings of the 40th ACM Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education (Chattanooga, TN, USA, March 04 - 07, 2009). SIGCSE '09. ACM, New York, NY, 544-548. PDF.
• Summet, J., Kumar, D., O'Hara, K., Walker, D., Ni, L., Blank, D., and Balch, T. (2009). Personalizing CS1 with robots. In Proceedings of the 40th ACM Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education (Chattanooga, TN, USA, March 04 - 07, 2009). SIGCSE '09. ACM, New York, NY, 433-437.PDF.
• Bruckman, A., Biggers, M., Ericson, B., McKlin, T., Dimond, J., DiSalvo, B., Hewner, M., Ni, L., and Yardi, S. 2009. "Georgia computes!": improving the computing education pipeline. In Proceedings of the 40th ACM Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education (Chattanooga, TN, USA, March 04 - 07, 2009). SIGCSE '09. ACM, New York, NY, 86-90. PDF.

Learning Sciences and Technology & Educational Technology

• Ni, L., Xu, M. (2005). Discussion on web-based adaptive learning system. Introduction of Educational Technology, 1, 28-29.
• Ni, L., Xu, M. (2004). An example of Webquest on Synthetic and Practical Activity Curriculum for students in junior middle school. China Educational Technology, 4, 34-37.
• Ni, L., Jiang, B. (2002). Excellent programs on science and education in need, Chinese TV, complemented issue, 39-41.