Biography

Niu Xiaojie is an Assistant Professor at the Institute of Advanced Studies in Education, Shandong University. She earned her Bachelor's, Master's, and Ph.D. degrees from the School of Educational Technology at Beijing Normal University. During her doctoral studies, she participated in a joint training program at the Centre for Change and Complexity in Learning (C3L), University of South Australia, and was a visiting scholar at the Santa Fe Institute in the United States. Her research focuses on artificial intelligence in education, learning analytics, and computational social science. She has published over 20 papers in authoritative CSSCI and SSCI journals both in China and abroad. Adopting an interdisciplinary research perspective that integrates systems science, artificial intelligence, and pedagogy, she conducts systematic studies on new patterns of learning interactions, revealing the evolutionary mechanisms of learning interactions from a dynamic perspective. Her work provides theoretical foundations and practical solutions for building intelligent, open, and flexible digital learning environments. She has also engaged in academic exchanges in the United States, Italy, Finland, Australia, and other countries.


Education Background
  • 2022-09-2025-10
    Beijing Normal University
    Curriculum and Teaching Theory
    Postgraduate (Doctoral)
  • 2023-09-2024-01
    University of South Australia
    Education
    Jointly-trained doctoral student
  • 2019-09-2022-06
    Beijing Normal University
    Education Science
    Postgraduate (Master's Degree)
  • 2015-09-2019-06
    Beijing Normal University
    Education Science
    Undergraduate (Bachelor’s degree)
Social Affiliations
  • 2026-03 — Now
    Part-time Distinguished Research Fellow, Beijing Academy of Educational Sciences
  • 2025-12 — Now
    2026 Global Chinese Conference on Computers in Education (GCCCE) - English Paper Track PC member
  • 2025-12 — Now
    Serves as a reviewer for the International Society of the Learning Sciences 2024 Conference, the Learning Analytics & Knowledge Conference 2025, and journals such as *Education and Information Technologies*, *Systems Research and Behavioral Science*, *International Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning*, and *Journal of Open Learning Research*.
  • 2025-09 — 2025-10
    Served as a member of the Organizing Committee for the 2025 Academic Annual Conference of the Learning Sciences Branch of the Chinese Association of Higher Education.
  • 2023-12 — Now
    Served as a member of the international learning analytics community, the Society for Learning Analytics Research (SoLAR).
  • 2025-06 — Now
    Served as a member of The International Society of the Learning Sciences.
Publication
Research direction
Papers

(1)牛晓杰. Enhancing Automated Text Coding in Online Learning Research: A Systematic Calibration Framework for Large Language Models .IEEE Transactions on Learning Technologies .2026

(2)Xiaojie Niu. Knowledge Diffusion and Convergence in Open Learning Environments as a Social Contagion .Interactive Learning Environments .2025 ,33 (2):1101-1117

(3)Su Cai. Interaction analysis of teachers and students in inquiry class learning based on augmented reality by iFIAS and LSA .Interactive Learning Environments .2023 ,31 (9):5551-5567

(4)Xiaojie Niu. How learners’ achievement goal motivation influences their metacognitive skills in online social annotations context? .Innovations in Education and Teaching International .2024 ,62 (6):1702-1718

(5)牛晓杰. 近20年在线学习环境研究评述——基于LDA和DTM的动态分析 .中国远程教育 .2021 ,2021 (7):25-35+44

(6)张婧婧. 学习科学的学习观与方法论:范式与实践 .电化教育研究 .2025 ,45 (6):23-33

(7)张婧婧. 在线学习环境的智能进阶:融合知识生成的“观点—角色—共同体”框架设计 .远程教育杂志 .2025 ,43 (05):67-79

(8)张婧婧. 异步在线学习中的“准”同步视频交互实验研究 .远程教育杂志 .2021 ,39 (03):52-64

(9)张婧婧. 学习科学中“4E+S”认知理论模型的内涵与应用 .现代教育技术 .2021 ,31 (08):23-31

(10)张婧婧. 联通主义学习交互的动态演化机制研究 .中国远程教育 .2024 ,44 (08):42-54

(11)牛晓杰. AI Multi-Agent Enhanced Online Learning Communities: An Analysis of Collective Knowledge Construction .2026 American Educational Research Association Annual Meeting (AERA 2026)

(12)牛晓杰. Online Learning Strategy Transition in Blended Courses: Learning Analytics Based on Two Cases in Higher Education .. In Proceedings of the 19th International Conference of the Learning Sciences-ICLS 2025 :1247-1251

(13)牛晓杰. The Impact of Productive Failure on Learning Performance and Cognitive Load: Using Hypervideo to Facilitate Online Interactions .2021 International Conference on Advanced Learning Technologies (ICALT)

(14)牛晓杰. A Comparative Study on Achievement Degree of Teaching Objectives based on an Interactive AR Physical-Simulation Experimental Procedure .Proceedings of the 26th International Conference on Computers in Education (ICCE).

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