1. Curricular Integration with Artificial Intelligence (2024 - )
Exploring innovative ways to integrate artificial intelligence into educational curricula, focusing on human-centered UX and personalized learning experiences.
Works:
Multimodal integration of AI as a learning technology requires careful design and scaffolding. We incorporated experiential learning activities as triangulation for AI-generated insights and multimodal GenAI tools to help students move ideas from concept to prototype.
[project site, LBW@CHI EA '25]
(work in progress) By analyzing students' ChatGPT prompt histories, we trace different types of cognitive engagement during complex brainstorming tasks—shifting the conversation from “AI erodes critical thinking” to evidence-based insights about how students engage with AI.
[project site, poster@CI'25]
Late Breaking Work Poster @ CHI 2025
2. (Interdisciplinary) Arts Education for Non-Arts Students (2024 - )
Poster @ ISAM 2025
Exploring how creative arts education can enhance learning outcomes in students from non-arts disciplines
Works:
We designed an immersive theater course where students became writers, designers, performers, and technical lead. Students co-created stories and spaces, transforming both the environment and themselves. Student reflections show signs of identity exploration, creative risk-taking, and emotional learning. [project site, poster@ISAM'25]
Recent Works
Extended Abstract
Nicole C. Wang. 2025. Scaffolding Creativity: Integrating Generative AI Tools and Real-World Experiences in Business Education. In Extended Abstracts of the CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI EA '25), April 26–May 01, 2025, Yokohama, Japan. ACM, New York, NY, USA, 9 pages. https://doi.org/10.1145/3706599.3720283
Posters
“AI as Cognitive Partner: Tracing Student Cognitive Engagement Through ChatGPT Prompt Histories.” - ACM CI'25 Poster and Demo Track, Aug 4-6, 2025, La Jolla, CA, USA.
“The Show Must Go On: Identity, Agency, and Collaboration in Interdisciplinary Theater-Making for Non-Arts students” - ISAM '25, Berkeley, CA, USA.