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Dr. Areej Mawasi

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Dr. Areej Mawasi is a Lecturer (tenure-track) in the Faculty of Science and Technology at Technion. She studies learners’ engagement and designs learning environments with tools like technologies, games, and hands-on artifacts. In her interdisciplinary research, she focuses on the intersection of learning sciences, technologies and digital media, design-based methods, and critical STEM (ethics, equity, and societal aspects of engagement with STEM). Areej research focuses on understanding the sociocultural and political dimensions of learning and designing interactive learning environments towards just ends, particularly with non-dominant communities and learners. She uses mixed methods and interaction analysis approaches to study learning processes and learner engagement. 

Areej was a Postdoc Research Associate (21-22) in learning sciences,  co-design methodology, AI technology literacies, and equity in NSF National AI Institute for Student-AI Teaming at CU Boulder Institute of Cognitive Science.  She earned her PhD in Learning, Literacies, and Technologies at Mary Lou Fulton Teachers College, Arizona State University in 2021 and her master’s degree at ASU MLFTC in Educational Technology where she was a Fulbright Scholar (2015-2017). In ASU, she worked at Center for Science and the Imagination, focusing on learning sciences and public engagement with science and technology, and design methods in the learning sciences.

2014 B.A. in Business Administration and Education. The Hebrew University of Jerusalem.

2017 M.Ed. in Educational Technology. Arizona State University.

2021 Ph.D. in Learning, Literacies, and Technologies. Arizona State University.

2022 Research Associate (Postdoc) in learning sciences, co-design methodology, AI technology literacies, and equity. NSF National AI Institute for Student-AI Teaming. Institute of Cognitive Science, University of Colorado Boulder.

For an updated list of publications, please see Dr. Mawasi Google Scholar profile here.

 

Peer-reviewed articles and chapters:

1. Ostman R., Nagy P., Mawasi A., Finn E., Wylie R. (2022). Exploring Responsible Research and Innovation in Museums through Hands-on Activities. Curator: The Museum Journal.

2. Nagy, P., Mawasi, A., Eustice, K., Cook-Davis, A., Finn, E., & Wylie, R. (2022). Increasing learners’ self-efficacy beliefs and curiosity through a Frankenstein-themed transmedia storytelling experience. British Journal of Educational Technology, 00, 1–19. h

3. Mawasi, A., Nagy, P., Finn, E., & Wylie, R. (2022). Narrative-based learning activities for science ethics education: an affordance perspective. Journal of Science Education and Technology, 31(1), 16-26.

4. Mawasi, A., Nagy, P., Finn, E., & Wylie, R. (2022). Using Frankenstein-themed science activities for science ethics education: An exploratory study. Journal of Moral Education, 51(3), 353-369.

5. Aguilera, E., Stewart, O. G., Mawasi, A., & Cortés, L. E. (2020). Seeing Beyond the Screen: A Multidimensional Framework for Understanding Digital-Age Literacies. In P. Sullivan, J. Lantz, & B. Sullivan (Eds.), Handbook of Research on Integrating Digital Technology with Literacy Pedagogies (pp. 1-31). Hershey, PA: IGI Global. doi:10.4018/978-1-7998-0246-4.ch001

 

Peer-reviewed conference proceedings (Full and short papers):

1. Mawasi A., Cortez A., McKoy A., Penuel W. (2022). “It disrupts power dynamics”: Co-Design Process as a Space for Intergenerational Learning with Distributed Expertise. 16th International Conference of the Learning Sciences – ICLS 2022 (pp. 925-928). International Society of the Learning Sciences, 2022.

2. Mawasi A. & Gee E. (2021) A Critical Approach for Youth Engagement in STEM through Game Design. In E. de Vries, J. Ahn, & Y. Hod (Eds.), 15th International Conference of the Learning Sciences – ICLS 2021 (pp. 549-552). International Society of the Learning Sciences, 2021.

3. Mawasi, A., Ahmed, I., Walker, E., Wang, S., Marasli, Z., Whitehurst, A., & Wylie, R. (2020). Using Design-Based Research to Improve Peer Help-Giving in a Middle School Math Classroom. In Gresalfi, M. and Horn, I. S. (Eds.), The Interdisciplinarity of the Learning Sciences, 14th International Conference of the Learning Sciences (ICLS) 2020, Volume 2 (pp. 1189-1196). Nashville, Tennessee: International Society of the Learning Sciences.

4. Mawasi, A., Nagy, P., & Wylie, R. (2020). Systematic Literature Review on Narrative-Based Learning in Educational Technology Learning Environments (2007-2017). In Gresalfi, M. and Horn, I. S. (Eds.), The

Interdisciplinarity of the Learning Sciences, 14th International Conference of the Learning Sciences (ICLS) 2020, Volume 3 (pp. 1213-1220). Nashville, Tennessee: International Society of the Learning Sciences.

5. Mawasi, A., Aguilera, E., Wylie, R., & Gee, E. (2020). Neutrality, “New” Digital Divide, and Openness Paradox: Equity in Learning Environments Mediated by Educational Technology. In Gresalfi, M. and Horn, I. S. (Eds.), The Interdisciplinarity of the Learning Sciences, 14th International Conference of the Learning Sciences (ICLS) 2020, Volume 3 (pp. 1617-1620). Nashville, Tennessee: International Society of the Learning Sciences.

6. Mawasi A., Wylie, R., & Gee, E. (2020). Learners’ Perceptions of Participating in STEM Hands-On Activities in an Out-Of-School Community-Based Organization Program. In Kalir, J. H. & Filipiak, D. (Eds.). (2020). Proceedings of the 2020 Connected Learning Summit (pp.92-100). Pittsburgh, PA: ETC Press.

7. Nagy, P., Mawasi A., & Wylie, R. (2020). Narrative-based Hands-On Activities for Science and Science Ethics Education: The Frankenstein200 Experience. In Kalir, J. H. & Filipiak, D. (Eds.). (2020). Proceedings of the 2020 Connected Learning Summit (pp.118-125). Pittsburgh, PA: ETC Press.

8. Ahmed, I., Mawasi, A., Wang, S., Wylie, R., Bergner, Y., Whitehurst, A., & Walker, E. (2019, June). Investigating Help-Giving Behavior in a Cross-Platform Learning Environment. In International Conference on Artificial Intelligence in Education (pp. 14-25). Springer, Cham.

9.Ahmed, I., Girotto, V., Mawasi, A., Whitehurst, A., Wylie, R., & Walker, E. (2019). Co-Design for Learner Help-Giving Across Physical and Digital Contexts. In 13th International Conference on Computer Supported Collaborative Learning (CSCL) 2019, Volume 2 (pp. 545-548). Lyon, France: International Society of the Learning Sciences.

 

 

• Sociocultural and ethical approaches in the Learning Sciences

• Co-design and participatory methodologies

• Critical STEM education

• AI literacies

• Interactive and collaborative engagement mediated by technologies

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