Chaewon Kim - Projects

Embracing Artificial Intelligence (AI) in Education

I participated in or led several research projects investigating the interplay of AI and education.

Na, H., Staudt Willet, B., He, D., Shi, H., Hur, J., & Kim, C. (2024). Initial discussions of ChatGPT in Education-related Subreddits. Journal of Research on Technology in Education, 1-18. https://doi.org/10.1080/15391523.2024.2338091.
Na, H., Staudt Willet, B., He, D., Kim, C., Shi, H., & Hur, J. (2024). Unpacking Discussions of ChatGPT in 20 Education-related Subreddits. American Educational Research Association (AERA), Philadelphia, U.S.A. (in-person)
Kim, C., & Wei, S. (2023). A Scoping Review for Exploring Side Effects of Implementing Chatbots in EFL Classrooms. Journal of Applied Instructional Design, 13(2), 3-6. https://doi.org/10.59668/1269.15623
Kim, C. (2022). Implementing machine learning to suggest learning methods according to the characteristics of elementary English learners. Educational Information Media Association, Seoul, South Korea (virtual)
🏆 Kim, C. (2021). Status of AI technology utilization in English conversation learning applications and implications for elementary English education. Educational Information Media Association, Seoul, South Korea (virtual) *Winner of Promising Young Scholar Paper Award

Teacher Education and Online Teaching

As a former elementary school teacher, I have been interested in how teachers managed the pandemic and strived to provide quality education regardless of the modality. The image on the left is me teaching a science class in 2016.

Kim, C., & Pratt, D. (2024, October). Connecting Pre-service Teachers’ Self-reflective Learning Practice and Self-efficacy. Association for Educational Communications and Technology (AECT). Kansas City, U.S.A. (virtual)
Kim, C., & Pratt, D. (2024). Are we ready? – Investigating educator’s post-pandemic readiness for the transition to online teaching. International Journal of Learning and Teaching, 10(4), 472-275. https://doi.org/10.18178/ijlt.10.4.472-475
Xu, J., & Kim, C. (2023). A Pilot Study on Graduate Teaching Assistants Teaching Preparation. American Educational Research Association (AERA), Chicago, U.S.A. (in-person)
Kim, C. (2021). Implementing online tools for improving English competencies of elementary EFL students. International Journal of Educational Media and Technology, 15(2), 43-53. ISSN: 2583-4517
🏆 Kim, C. (2020). Case analysis to explore elementary remote class types using a Korean e-learning site. Educational Engineering Association, Seoul, South Korea (virtual) *Winner of Promising Young Scholar Paper Award

Escape Rooms in Nursing Education

I designed and implemented escape rooms for nursing education, targeting nursing students, experienced nurses, and newly graduated nurses. There are five escape rooms that I have used in my research, each of which is themed around medication, safety regulation, low blood sugar, sepsis, and hypovolemia. I worked with teaching faculty members at the College of Nursing at FSU, who contributed as subject matter experts and strived to reinforce the theoretical and methodological rigor of the research in escape rooms. Related research on puzzles and educational escape rooms is also listed below.

Kim, C., & Ke, F. (In preparation). Identifying Debriefing Patterns for Escape Rooms in Nursing Education. Clinical Simulations in Nursing, (TBA).
Kim, C., Ke, F., & Brewer, V. (Under review). Escape Rooms as Formative Knowledge Assessment. Nurse Education Today, (TBA).
Kim, C., & Brewer, V. (Under review). Exploring Cognitive and Temporal Dynamics of Collaborative Problem-solving in Nursing Education Escape Rooms. Medical Science Educator, (TBA).
🏆 Kim, C. (2025, April). Gameful Experience of Escape Rooms: Insights from Multidimensional Scaling. American Educational Research Association (AERA), Denver, U.S.A. (in-person) *Nominated for AERA SIG-IT Best Student Paper Award
Kim, C., & Brewer, V. (2024, October). Redesigning Escape Rooms for First-year Nursing Students. Association for Educational Communications and Technology (AECT). Kansas City, U.S.A. (virtual)
Kim, C. (2024, October). A Scoping Review of Virtual Escape Rooms in Nursing Education. Association for Educational Communications and Technology (AECT). Kansas City, U.S.A. (virtual)
Kim, C., Na, H., Zhang, N., & Bai, C. (2024). Escape rooms for education: A meta-analysis. International Journal of Instruction, 17(4), 219-234. https://doi.org/10.29333/iji.2024.17413a
Kim, C., Gray, J., Brewer, V., Rahman, M. S., & Panday, S. (2024). Escape Rooms in Nursing Education: How GPA, Collaborative Problem Solving, and Gameful Experience are related. In Proceedings of the 18th International Conference of the Learning Sciences-ICLS 2024, pp. 1167-1170. International Society of the Learning Sciences.
Kim, C. (2024). A Problem, A Game, or A Toy? – A Conceptual Paper on Puzzle-based Learning. Korean-American Educational Research Association (KAERA), Philadelphia, U.S.A. (in-person)
Brewers, V., & Kim, C. (2024). Escape Rooms in Nursing Education. ISLT@50 Conference, Tallahassee, U.S.A. (in-person)

Digital Game-based Learning

I designed and developed a game, NutriQuest, to promote mindful and intuitive eating. I have participated in research involving other educational games, such as E-Rebuild, Physics Playground, and Syntence.

Kim, C., Park, S., Cardenas, K., Karabatman, H., Ke, F. (Under review). Exploring NutriQuest: A Game for Promoting Healthy Eating Habits. Simulation & Gaming. (TBA).
Park, S., Kim, C., (2024, November). NutriQuest: Pioneering Mindful and Intuitive Eating through Game-Based Learning for Young Adults. National Communication Association (NCA). New Orleans, U.S.A. (in-person)
Kim, C., Park, S., Cardenas, K., & May, C. (2024, October). NutriQuest- Designing and Developing a Game to Promote Healthy Eating Habits. Association for Educational Communications and Technology (AECT). Kansas City, U.S.A. (virtual)
Ji, H., Kim, C., & West, L. (2024). Exploring the role of facilitator talk moves in online game-based grammar training. International Journal of Information and Education Technology, 14(5), 668-674. https://doi.org/10.18178/ijiet.2024.14.5.2091
Kim, C., Ji, H., & West, L. (2024). Exploring Online Gamified Grammar Training: The Role of In-game and Facilitator Support. American Educational Research Association (AERA), Philadelphia, U.S.A. (in-person)
Kim, C., Park, S., Cardenas, K., & May, C. (2024). Designing and Developing a Game for Healthy Eating Habits. ISLT@50 Conference, Tallahassee, U.S.A. (in-person)
Kim, C., Sprenkle, S., & Fulwider, C. (2023). Unveiling the Measurement of Self-efficacy in Game-based Learning. Journal of Applied Instructional Design, 13(2), 271-275. https://doi.org/10.59668/1269.156252

Miscellaneous

The works listed below do not currently belong to any of my research areas but show the potential to expand my research scope. Most of these are to solve real-world problems by applying instructional design, which, actually, returns to my utmost research interest.

Na, H., Staudt Willet, B., Kim, C. (Under review). Investigating the Impact of AR Technologies on Geometric Learning in Primary School: A Comparison of Marker-based and Markerless AR. British Journal of Educational Technology, (TBA).
Zhang, N., Ke, F., Kim, C., Barrett, A., & Xu, J. (Under review). A Systematic Literature Review on Neurodiversity in Rural Areas: Challenges, Efforts, and Implications. Review of Research in Education, (TBA).
Na, H., Staudt Willet, B., & Kim, C. (2024, October). Learning Geometry through Different Types of Augmented Reality in Classrooms. Association for Educational Communications and Technology (AECT). Kansas City, U.S.A. (virtual)

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