Society for Information Technology and Teacher Education (SITE): http://site.aace.org/conf/. (Present).
The International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE): http://www.iste.org/. (Present).
Member, American Society for Quality Education (ASQ). (2006 – Present).
Member, International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE). (2006 – Present).
Member, Texas Computer Education Association (TCEA). (2006 – Present).
Member, Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education (AACE). (2005 – Present).
Member, Association for Educational Communications and Technology (AECT). (2003 – Present).
Member, Sloan-Consortium (Sloan-C). (2002 – Present).
Member, Professional and Organizational Development Network in Higher Education (POD). (2001 – Present).
Member, American Educational Research Association (AERA). (1998 – Present).
The AERA TICL Outstanding International Research Collaboration Team Award, The American Educational Research Association. (April 2017 – April 2017).
AERA 2009 Division C New Faculty Mentoring Program Award, AERA (American Educational Research Association). (2009 – 2009).
The 36th Carnegie Symposium on Cognition Travel Fellowship Award, Carnegie Symposium on Cognition. (2009 – 2009).
UNT Honors Day recognition, nominated by students as a source of support and inspiration, University of North Texas. (2009 – 2009).
UNT Pursuit of Extramural Support Travel (PEST) Program Award, University of North Texas. (2009 – 2009).
Doctoral Advisory Committee Chair, Learning Technologies. (2019 – Present).
Doctoral Advisory Committee Chair, Learning Technologies. (2018 – Present).
Dissertation Committee Chair, Learning Technologies. (2014 – Present).
Dissertation Committee Co-Chair, Learning Technologies. (2014 – Present).
Dissertation Committee Chair, Learning Technologies. (2013 – Present).
Dissertation Committee Chair, Learning Technologies. (2012 – Present).
Doctoral Advisory Committee Chair, Learning Technologies. (2021).
Doctoral Advisory Committee Chair, Learning Technologies. (2019 – 2020).
Dissertation Committee Chair, Learning Technologies. (2019).
Dissertation Committee Chair, Learning Technologies. (2019).
Dissertation Committee Chair, Learning Technologies. (2015 – 2019).
Dissertation Committee Chair, Learning Technologies. (2018).
Dissertation Committee Chair, Learning Technologies. (2018).
Dissertation Committee Member, Information Science. (2018).
Dissertation Committee Member, Learning Technologies. (2018).
Dissertation Committee Chair, Learning Technologies. (2017).
Dissertation Committee Chair, Learning Technologies. (2017).
Dissertation Committee Chair, Learning Technologies. (2017).
Dissertation Committee Member, Learning Technologies. (2017).
Dissertation Committee Member, Learning Technologies. (2017).
Dissertation Committee Member, Learning Technologies. (2017).
Dissertation Committee Chair, Learning Technologies. (2016).
Dissertation Committee Chair, Learning Technologies. (2016).
Dissertation Committee Member, Learning Technologies. (2016).
Dissertation Committee Member, Learning Technologies. (2016).
Dissertation Committee Member, Learning Technologies. (2016).
Dissertation Committee Member, Learning Technologies. (2016).
Dissertation Committee Member, Learning Technologies. (2016).
Dissertation Committee Chair, Learning Technologies. (2015).
Dissertation Committee Chair, Learning Technologies. (2015).
Dissertation Committee Member, Teacher Education and Administration. (2015).
Dissertation Committee Member, Teacher Education and Administration. (2015).
Dissertation Committee Member, Learning Technologies. (2014).
Dissertation Committee Member, Information Science. (2014).
Dissertation Committee Member, Learning Technologies. (2013).
Dissertation Committee Member, Learning Technologies. (2013).
Dissertation Committee Member, Learning Technologies. (2013).
Dissertation Committee Member, Learning Technologies. (2013).
Dissertation Committee Member, Information Science. (2013).
Dissertation Committee Member, Learning Technologies. (2013).
Dissertation Committee Member, Information Science. (2013).
Dissertation Defense Committee Chair, Learning Technologies. (2013).
Dissertation Committee Member, Learning Technologies. (2012).
Dissertation Committee Chair, Learning Technologies. (May 2012).
Dissertation Committee Chair, Learning Technologies. (2011).
Dissertation Committee Member,"College of Education(as major advisor for minor degree)," Counseling and Higher Education. (2011).
Dissertation Committee Chair,"Faculty Members’ Readiness for E-learning in the College of Basic Education in Kuwait," Learning Technologies. (2010 – 2010).
Dissertation Committee Member,"An experimental Study on Situated and Dynamic Learning Assessment Environment," Learning Technologies. (2010 – 2010).
Dissertation Committee Member,"Making the Connection: How Mentors Choose Protégés in Protégé Academic Mentoring Relationships," Learning Technologies. (2010).
a source of support and inspiration by doctoral students, UNT. (April 2017 – Present).
Thank a Teacher - 2020, UNT Thank a Teacher. (2020).
Thank a Teacher - 2019, UNT Thank a Teacher. (2019).
Thank a Teacher - 2017, UNT Thank a Teacher. (2017).
Thank a Teacher - 2016, UNT Thank a Teacher. (2016).
Nominated for: Top finalist for the 2016 ‘Fessor Graham Award!, UNT ‘Fessor Graham Award!. (2016).
Thank a Teacher - 2015, UNT Thank a Teacher. (2015).
Thank a Teacher - 2014, UNT Thank a Teacher. (2014).
Thank a Teacher - 2013, UNT Thank a Teacher. (2013).
Thank a Teacher - 2012, UNT Thank a Teacher. (2012).
Lin, L. (Leader), NSF Cyberlearning Makerspace Workshop, NSF Cyberlearning Makerspace Workshop, National Science Foundation (NSF), Washington, DC, United States of America. (2019 – 2019).
Lin, L. (Author & Presenter), UT Dallas Center for Brainhealth Lecture Series, Intersections of the Brain and Technology, UT Dallas Center for Brainhealth, UT Dallas Center for Brainhealth, Dallas, TX, United States of America. (2021).
Lin, L. (Author & Presenter), AECT Annual Conference - 2021, Creating Space for Academic Writing, AECT, Chicago, IL, (+hybrid). USA, United States of America. (2021 – 2021).
Lin, L. (Author & Presenter), AERA Annual Conference - 2021, ETR&D Journal Publishing Considerations, AERA, Virtual, United States of America. (2021).
Lin, L. (Author & Presenter), ZOOM Academic Salon - 2020, Responsible Scholar: Time, patience, and positive attitude towars research and critiques, Beijing Normal University, Hybrid+, China. (2020).
Lin, L. (Leader), Johnson, T. (Discussant), Young, P. (Discussant), Natividad, G. (Discussant), Ilgaz, H. (Discussant), AERA Annual Conference 2020, Educational Technology Research and Development [Invited Roundtable]., AERA, San Francisco, CA, United States of America. (2020).
Lin, L. (Chair), NSF Cyberlearning Conference - 2019, Invited Chair for Expertise Exchange in Cyberlearning, National Science Foundation (NSF), Washington, DC, United States of America. (2019 – 2019).
Lin, L. (Author & Presenter), Hangzhou Normal University Summer Session - 2019, "Situated Innovation" a Keynote address at Hangzhou Normal University, Hangzhou Normal University, Hangzhou, China, China. (2019 – 2019).
Lin, L. (Chair), AERA Conference 2019, ETR&D Publishing Processes and Considerations, American Educational Research Association (AERA), Toronto, Canada, Canada. (2019 – 2019).
Lin, L. (Author & Presenter), Cook, L. (Author & Presenter), UT Dallas Center for Brainhealth Lecture Series, Your Brain on Tech: Promises and Perils of Technology Use in the Developing Brain, UT Dallas, United States of America. (2018).
Lin, L. (Author & Presenter), Shanghai - Shangrao Education Forum between East China Normal University and Shangrao Normal College, Multimedia, Media Multitasking and Deep Learning, Shangrao College, China, China. (2017).
Lin, L. (Author & Presenter), Media Multitasking and Multimedia Learning, Hong Kong Baptist University, Hong Kong, China, Hong Kong. (2017).
Lin, L. (Author & Presenter), Research Methods and Types of Research Evidence in Learning, Hong Kong Baptist University, Hong Kong. (2017).
Lin, L. (Author & Presenter), Self-directed and life-long learning in online and blended learning environments, Ningxia University, Ningxia, China, China. (2017).
Lin, L. (Author & Presenter), Multiple online pathways towards self-directed and life-long learning, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, China, China. (2016).
Lin, L. (Author & Presenter), the International Chinese Educational Technology Forum, The impact of multimedia and multitasking on learning, AECT SICET, Webinar, United States of America. (2016).
Lin, L. (Author & Presenter), The impact of media multitasking on learning, note-taking, and collaborative problem-solving, Tsinghua University, Beijing, Beijing, China, China. (2016).
Lin, L. (Author & Presenter), Digital media multitasking in learning, Hangzhou Normal University, Hangzhou, China, China. (2015).
Lin, L. (Author & Presenter), New media, cognitive load, media multitasking, and learning, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China, China. (2015).
Parsons, T. (Author & Presenter), Lin, L. (Author & Presenter), BrainHealth Frontiers Lunch Lecture Series, Simulation Technologies for Research, Intervention, and Learning, UT Dallas, United States of America. (2014).
Lin, L. (Author & Presenter), International Conference of Innovative Technologies (ICTL 2021), Bridging Human Intelligence and Artificial Intelligence for Education and Future Workforce, International Conference 0f Innovative Technologies, Virtual, United States of America. (2021).
Lin, L. (Author & Presenter), National Science Foundation funded Workshop, Addressing digital Inequity, National Science Foundation (NSF), Washington, DC - virtual, United States of America. (2021).
Lin, L. (Author & Presenter), 3rd Pan Pacific Technology-Enhanced Language Learning Conference - 2020, Critical Thinking, Technologies, and Workforce, PPETLL, Hybrid+, Taiwan. (2020).
Lin, L. (Author & Presenter), ECNU Summer Conference 2020, "talkSTEM, walkSTEM: Students as Change Agents for STEM Learning.", East China Normal University, Shanghai, China - hybrid+, China. (2020).
Lin, L. (Chair), SICET-EITT Convention 2019, SICET President Keynote Plenary Session - 2019, SICET-EITT, Biloxi, MS, United States of America. (2019 – 2019).
Lin, L. (Chair), AECT-SICET Conference 2019, AECT and AECT - SICET (Association of Education Communications and Technology - Society of International Chinese in Educational Technology). Las Vegas, NV, USA, AECT - SICET, Las Vegas, NV, USA, United States of America. (2019 – 2019).
Spector, J. M. (Author & Presenter), Lin, L. (Author & Presenter), Gu, X. (Author), Liu, D. (Author), Bhagat, K. (Author), AECT, Developing Inquiry and Critical Thinking Skills for the Next Generation., Kansas City, MO, United States of America. (2018).
Bonk, C. (Chair), Lin, L. (Moderator), Zhang, K. (Panelist), Gao, F. (Panelist), Dennen, V. (Panelist), Hilton, J. (Panelist), Wiley, D. (Panelist), Zhu, M. (Panelist), Sari, A. (Panelist), Martin, F. (Panelist), Budhrani, K. (Panelist), AECT, Systematic Reviews of the Research on Emerging Online Technologies: What’s Been Done; What’s To Come., Kansas City, MO, United States of America. (2018).
Morel, G. (Coordinator/Organizer), Keahey, H. (Panelist), Natividad, G. (Panelist), Spector, J. M. (Coordinator/Organizer), Lin, L. (Panelist), AECT Keynote Panel Session 2018, A Panel Discussion of Research Trends over the Last Twenty Years., AECT, Kansas City, MO, United States of America. (2018).
Warren, S. J. (Panelist), Moore, S. (Panelist), Beck, D. (Panelist), Leary, H. (Panelist), Tilberg-Webb, H. (Panelist), Lin, L. (Moderator), Association for Educational Communications and Technology Annual Meeting, Ethical Issues in Practical Problems: Implications for Design, Decision Making, and Leadership, Association for Educational Communications and Technology, Chicago, United States of America. (2021 – 2021).
Lin, L. (Author & Presenter), AECT Annual Conference - 2020, Presidential Panel Co-sponsored by RTD. Big research and development challenges in Educational Technology: a Multidimensional perpsective on challenges that have key importance now and in the future., AECT, Hybrid, United States of America. (2020).
Lin, L. (Chair), AECT Annual Convention Awards - 2020, ETR&D 2019 - 2020 Distinguished Development Award Presentations, AECT and ETR&D, Hybrid, United States of America. (2020).
Lin, L. (Chair), Bonk, C. (Co-Chair), Spector, J. M. (Panelist), Ifenthaler, D. (Panelist), Ge, X. (Panelist), Kowch, E. (Panelist), Lee, J. (Panelist), Han, X. (Panelist), Association for Educational Communication and Technology, SICET-Confucius and Socrates? Cultural Perspectives for Leading, Mentoring, Learning, and Change., AECT, Jacksonville, FL, United States of America. (2017 – 2017).
Lin, L. (Panelist), Yuen, A. (Panelist), Chen, L. (Panelist), Chen, T. (Panelist), HKAECT x AECT 2017 Summer International Research Symposium New Ecology for Education: Communication X Learning, HKAECT x AECT 2017: Present and Future of Educational Communication and Technology, HKAECT x AECT 2017, Hong Kong, China, Hong Kong. (2017).
Albert, M. (Author & Presenter), Lin, L. (Author & Presenter), Spector, J. M. (Author & Presenter), AECT Conference 2021, Bridging Human Intelligence and Artificial Intelligence. Book share session., AECT, Chicago, IL (+hybrid), USA, United States of America. (2021).
Nunna, V. (Author & Presenter), Lin, L. (Author & Presenter), Albert, M. (Author & Presenter), AECT Conference 2021, Connecting students and faculty research efforts through Research and Projects Portal (RAPP)., AECT, Chicago, IL (+hybrid), United States of America. (2021).
Cockerham, D. P. (Author & Presenter), Ndolo, S. (Author & Presenter), Lin, L. (Author & Presenter), AECT Conference 2021, Reimagining online education for teens: Building motivation through a technology-immersed inquiry based learning design., AECT, Chicago, IL (+hybrid), United States of America. (2021).
Dhimolea, T. (Author & Presenter), Kaplan-Rakowski, R. (Author & Presenter), Lin, L. (Author & Presenter), European Association of Computer Assisted Language Learning - 2021, "Trends in High-Immersion Virtual Reality Use for Language Learning: A Systematic Review", EUROCALL, (+hybrid), United States of America. (2021).
Ali, Z. (Author & Presenter), Meng, N. (Author & Presenter), Lin, L. (Author & Presenter), 2020 Association of Education Communications and Technology (AECT), Key Lessons Learned from Integrated Problem Based Learning: A Case Study in an Undergraduate Cohort Degree Program, Online, United States of America. (2020 – 2020).
Cockerham, D. P. (Author), Lin, L. (Author), Tyler-Wood, T. L. (Author), AERA Annual Conference 2020, A Tale of Two Schools: Potential Policy Impacts on Teen Smartphone Usage [Roundtable Session]., AERA, San Franciso, CA, United States of America. (2020).
An, Y. (Author & Presenter), Bonk, C. (Author & Presenter), Lin, L. (Author & Presenter), Zhu, M. (Author & Presenter), AECT Annual Meeting 2019, Exploring Instructors' Perspectives on the Use of Gamification in MOOCs., AECT, Las Vegas, NV, United States of America. (2019).
Kaplan-Rakowski, R. (Author & Presenter), Lin, L. (Author), Computer-Assisted Language Instruction Consortium (CALICO), Immersive 3D visualizations impede vocabulary learning: Evidence from a large-scale experimental study, CALICO, Montréal, Canada, Canada. (2019).
Cockerham, D. P. (Author & Presenter), Chang, Z. (Author & Presenter), Lin, L. (Author & Presenter), Annual Conference of AECT 2018, Effect of background music on spatial tasks., AECT, Kansas City, MO, United States of America. (2018).
Deng, L. (Author & Presenter), Ku, K. (Author & Presenter), Lin, L. (Author & Presenter), Annual Conference of the AECT 2018, Examining the dynamic process of multitasking with mobile phone., AECT, Kansas City, MO, United States of America. (2018).
Fu, C. (Author & Presenter), Leng, J. (Author & Presenter), Lin, L. (Author & Presenter), Annual Conference of the AECT 2018, Fostering knowledge construction with collaborative writing and multimedia mind mapping tools: A crossover study., AECT, Kansas City, MO, United States of America. (2018).
Ghani, U. (Author & Presenter), Zhai, X. (Author & Presenter), Ding, D. (Author & Presenter), Usman, M. (Author & Presenter), Lin, L. (Author & Presenter), Annual Conference of the AECT 2018, Relationship of Students' Knowledge Hiding Behavior and Supervisors' Interactional Justice: Moderating role of Professional Commitment., AECT, Kansas City, MO, United States of America. (2018).
Yang, X. (Author & Presenter), Lin, L. (Author & Presenter), Yang, X. (Author & Presenter), Cheng, P. (Author & Presenter), Ren, Y. (Author & Presenter), Annual Conference of the AECT, Understanding teacher thinking and learning through teacher-created knowledge products and transactions., AECT, Kansas City, MO, United States of America. (2018).
Ma, S. (Author & Presenter), Lin, L. (Author & Presenter), International Conference of the Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education, An Interest-Driven Teaching Model to Improve Students' Motivation for Learning, AACE, Washington, DC, USA, United States of America. (2018).
Cockerham, D. P. (Author & Presenter), Chang, Z. (Author & Presenter), Schellen, M. (Author & Presenter), Lin, L. (Author & Presenter), AERA Annual Conference, Do differences in background musical tempo and pitch impact cognitive task performance?, AERA, San Antonio, TX, USA, United States of America. (2017).
Schellen, M. (Author), Lin, L. (Author & Presenter), American Educational Research Association (AERA), Effect of chats on high school students' comprehension and memory., AERA, San Antonio, Texas, United States of America. (2017 – 2017).
Yang, X. (Author), Lin, L. (Author & Presenter), Yang, X. Z. (Author), Association for Educational Communication and Technology, Learning to Sketch-note: A Comparative Study of Participants' Characteristics in a Chinese and an American Sketch-noting Workshop., AECT, Jacksonville, FL, United States of America. (2017 – 2017).
Yang, X. Z. (Author), Lin, L. (Author & Presenter), Yang, X. (Author), International Mobile Learning Festival, The potential impact of different social media applications between China and the U.S. on learning., IMLF, Hong Kong, China, China. (2017 – 2017).
Cockerham, D. P. (Author & Presenter), Lin, L. (Author & Presenter), Schellen, M. (Author & Presenter), Chnag, Z. (Author & Presenter), Summer International Research Symposium AECT 2017, The impact of music tempo and pitch on cognitive task., AECT, Hong Kong, Hong Kong. (2017).
Cockerham, D. (Author), Lin, L. (Author & Presenter), Chang, Z. (Author & Presenter), Schellen, M. (Author), the 13th International Conference on Knowledge Management (ICKM), Cross-sectional Studies of the Impacts of Background Sounds on Math and Language Performance, University of North Texas, United States of America. (2017).
Cockerham, D. (Author), Lin, L. (Author & Presenter), Schellen, M. (Author), Chang, Z. (Author), the Association for Educational Communication and Technology, Do fast and high pitch music backgrounds help people complete their tasks more accurately?, AECT, Jacksonville, FL, United States of America. (2017).
Yang, X. (Author & Presenter), Lin, L. (Author & Presenter), Yang, X. (Author & Presenter), The International Mobile Learning Festival - Hong Kong, China, The potential impact of different social media applications between China and the U.S. on learning., ECNU, Hong Kong, China, Hong Kong. (2017).
Ifenthaler, D. (Author & Presenter), Lin, L. (Author & Presenter), Mills, L. (Author), Bellini-Mularski, N. (Author), Mah, D. (Author), American Educational Research Association (AERA), A longitudinal perspective on multitasking and collaborative problem-solving., AERA, United States of America. (2016).
Cockerham, D. (Author & Presenter), Chang, Z. (Author), Lin, L. (Author & Presenter), Natividad, G. (Author), American Educational Research Association (AERA), Impact of the listening environment upon children's cognitive skills acquisition., AERA, Washington, DC, United States of America. (2016 – 2016).
Sheffield, A. (Author), Lin, L. (Author & Presenter), Ye, Y. (Author), Association for Educational Communication and Technology, Parent-child co-play and the effect on the parent-child relationship: A study in China., AECT, Las Vegas, NV, United States of America. (2016 – 2016).
Cockerham, D. (Author & Presenter), Chang, Z. (Author), Schellen, M. (Author), Lin, L. (Author), 2015 Annual SIG IS Cognitive Research Exchange Workshop., Impact of the listening environment upon cognitive task performance., University of North Texas, Fort Worth, Texas, United States of America. (2015).
Crosslin, M. (Author & Presenter), Lin, L. (Author), American Educational Research Association (AERA), Understanding instructional designs and teaching Strategies of massive open online courses., AERA, Chicago, IL, United States of America. (2015 – 2015).
Ye, Y. (Author & Presenter), Lin, L. (Author), American Educational Research Association (AERA), Online social interaction: the influence of locus of control, loneliness, and subjective well-being on undergraduate students' preference for online social interaction in China., Philadelphia, PA, United States of America. (2014 – 2014).
Cockerham, D. P. (Author & Presenter), Lin, L. (Author & Presenter), Tyler-Wood, T. L. (Author & Presenter), AECT Annual Convention 2020, Exploring Communication in our Digital Culture: Teens with Learning Disabilities., AECT, United States of America. (2020).
An, Y. (Author & Presenter), Zhu, M. (Author & Presenter), Bonk, C. (Author & Presenter), Lin, L. (Author & Presenter), AERA Annual Convention 2020, Exploring Instructor Perceptions and Practices Related to the Gamification of MOOCs [Poster Session]., AERA, San Francisco, CA, United States of America. (2020).
Lin, L. (Author & Presenter), Technology, Mind and Society (TMS), Understanding creativity, attention, flow, feedback, and learning using an integrated system of electroencephalography and immersive virtual reality., American Psychology Association (APA), Washington, DC, United States of America. (2019).
Ma, S. (Author & Presenter), Spector, J. M. (Author & Presenter), Lin, L. (Author & Presenter), Annual Conference of the AECT 2018, Comparative study on students' perspective of using social media as learning resources platform between the US and China., SCITE-AECT, Kansas City, Kansas, USA, United States of America. (2018).
Gu, X. (Author & Presenter), Zhang, T. (Author), Lin, L. (Author), Cockerham, D. (Author), National Convention and Expo of the Society of Health and Physical Educators (SHAPE America), Gender and race differences among children’s anthropometrics and mental health., Boston, MA, United States of America. (2017 – 2017).
Chang, Z. (Author & Presenter), Lin, L. (Author), Cockerham, D. (Author), Natividad, G. (Author), Arthur Sackler Colloquia of the National Academy of Sciences., Can listening background affect one's math performance?, Digital Media and Developing Minds., Irvine, CA, United States of America. (2015 – 2015).
Cockerham, D. (Author & Presenter), Grimes, R. (Author), Schwartz, M. (Author), Chang, Z. (Author), Blair, C. (Author), Lin, L. (Author), International Media Brain and Education Society (IMBE), Can a museum-university collaboration based on Mind, Brain and Education principles increase public engagement in science?, University of North Texas, Fort Worth, Texas, United States of America. (2014 – 2014).
Lin, L. (Author & Presenter), NSF Cyberlearning Expertise Exchange, NSF Cyberlearning Expertise Exchange (Chair and Presenter): Emotion and Affect in Learning with Artificial Beings and Immersive VR (with Yanghee Kim), National Science Foundation (NSF), Washington, DC hybrid+, United States of America. (2019).
Parsons, T. (Author & Presenter), Lin, L. (Author & Presenter), Gamino, J. (Author & Presenter), Allen, J. (Author & Presenter), 2014 International Mind, Brain Education Society (IMBES) Conference: Collaboration, advancement, and translation in Mind, Brain, and Education, the Ecological Validity in Research: Virtual Environments for Assessment, Intervention, Training, and Learning, IMBES, Fort Worth, Texas, United States of America. (2014).
Yang, X. (Author & Presenter), Lin, L. (Author & Presenter), Yang, X. (Coordinator/Organizer), The Association for Educational Communications & Technology Conference 2019, Sketchnoting: Evolution of Notetaking in Digital Age?, AECT, Las Vegas, NV, United States of America. (2019).
Cyberlearning 2017 award, Cyberlearning CIRCL. (2017 – Present).
Cyberlearning 2016 travel award, Cyberlearning CIRCL. (2016 – Present).
National Living Lab award, National Living Lab. (2016 – Present).
Smart and Connected Communities for Learning: A Cyberlearning Innovation Lab award, CIRCL Innovation Lab. (2016 – Present).
Best paper and best paper presentation, CELDA 2015. (2015 – Present).
Invited judge for the Verizon Innovation App Challenge, The Claiden School. (2015 – Present).
InHouse article entitled: “Can playing video games be good exercise?” http://inhouse.unt.edu/can-playing-video-games-be-good-exercise, UNT. (July 8, 2014 – Present).
“UNT faculty conducting video game study at Fort Worth Museum of Science and History:” http://news.unt.edu/news-releases/unt-faculty-conducting-video-game-study-fort-worth-museum-science-and-history, UNT. (May 8, 2014 – Present).
Researcher-in-residence Award, Hong Kong Baptist University. (June 2, 2017 – June 18, 2017).
http://www.fwmuseum.org/rlc-researcher-spotlight-0, Fort Worth Museum of Science and History. (2014 – 2015).
Committee Member, Executive Committee. (2017 – 2020).
Committee Member, Graduate Curriculum committee. (2017 – 2020).
Committee Member, Scholarship Committee. (2017 – 2019).
Chairperson, LT Department PAC. (2016 – 2019).
Member, Faculty Senate. (September 2016 – September 2019).
Committee Member, Academic Affairs Committee. (2015 – 2017).
Member, Dept. of Linguistics PAC. (2015 – 2017).
Committee Member, PAC. (2015 – 2016).
Co-Chair, Research, Development and Evaluation of Advanced Learning Technologies UNT-I GRO Global Discovery Workshop. (2015).
Committee Member, Senate Group II Workload Committee. (2009 – 2012).
Other, College of Information Executive Committee. (2009 – 2009).
Committee Member, College of Information Graduate Student Affairs Committee. (2009 – 2009).
Committee Member, College of Information Technology Committee. (2009 – 2009).
Committee Member, Learning Technologies Award Committee. (2009 – 2009).
Committee Member, College of Information Ad Hoc Working Committee on RPTC. (2008 – 2008).
Other, LT Staff Award. (2008 – 2008).
Committee Member, New Faculty Search Committee. (2008 – 2008).
Other, Program Curriculum Redesign. (2008 – 2008).
Other, College of Education Scholarship Committee. (2007 – 2008).
Editor, Journal Editor, Educational Technology Research and Development. (2018 – Present).
Task Force Member, Cyberlearning Conference 2017 / CIRCL. (2017 – Present).
Track Organizer, The 18th IEEE International Conference on Advanced Learning Technologies (ICALT). (2017 – Present).
Editorial Review Board Member, Journal of Educational Technology Development and Exchange (JETDE). (2016 – Present).
Reviewer, Grant Proposal, NSF, Washington D.C., Washington D.C.. (2016 – Present).
Reviewer, Conference Paper, Association of Education Communications and Technology (AECT). (2015 – Present).
Reviewer, Journal Article, Computer in Human Behavior. (2015 – Present).
Reviewer, Journal Article, Personality and Individual Differences. (2015 – Present).
Task Force Member, Children and Screens: The Institute for Digital Media and Child Development (http://www.childrenandscreens.org/). (2014 – Present).
Board of Advisors, Fort Worth Museum of Science and History Research Learning Center, Fort Worth, Texas. (2014 – Present).
Editor, Associate Editor, International Journal of Smart Technology and Learning (IJSmartTL). (2014 – Present).
Reviewer, Journal Article, Internet and Higher Education. (2012 – Present).
Reviewer, Journal Article, Journal of Computing in Higher Education. (2012 – Present).
Reviewer, Journal Article, Journal of Technology in Higher Education. (2012 – Present).
Reviewer, Journal Article, Computers and Education. (2009 – Present).
Reviewer, Journal Article, Educational Technology Research and Development (ETR&D). (2009 – Present).
Reviewer, Journal Article, Journal of Research on Technology in Education. (2009 – Present).
Editorial Review Board Member, Journal of Research on Technology in Education (JRTE). (2009 – Present).
Other, SITE (Society for Information Technology and Teacher Education) SIG in Distance/Flexible Education. (2009 – Present).
Reviewer, Conference Paper, Society for Information Technology and Teacher Education (SITE). (2009 – Present).
Editorial Review Board Member, Society for Information Technology and Teacher Education Book. (2008 – Present).
Reviewer, Conference Paper, American Education Research Association. (1999 – Present).
Officer, President/Elect/Past, AECT SICET, Las Vegas, NV. (2018 – 2019).
Officer, Vice President, AECT SICET. (2018 – 2019).
Program Coordinator, AECT SICET. (2017 – 2019).
Program Organizer, ICITL International Conference of Innovative Technologies and Learning. (2018 – 2018).
Committee Member, HKAECT x AECT 2017 Summer International Research Symposium. (2017).
Task Force Chair, ICALT Track Program Chair for Track 10: Motivational and Affective Aspects in Technology-Enhanced Learning (MA-TEL@ICALT 2017). (2017).
Officer, Other Officer, The Southlake Library Board, Southlake, Texas. (2015 – 2017).
Workshop Organizer, Research, Development and Evaluation of Advanced Learning Technologies, UNT-I GRO Global Discovery Workshop. (2015).
Chairperson, American Education Research Association Instructional Technology Special Interest Group (AERA-IT SIG). (2014 – 2015).
Chairperson, American Education Research Association Instructional Technology Special Interest Group. (2013 – 2015).
Committee Member, Keller ISD (Independent School District) Technology Committee. (2008 – 2015).
Discussant, 2014 International Mind, Brain Education Society (IMBES) Conference. (2014).
Program Coordinator, The 14th IEEE International Conference on Advanced Learning Technologies (ICALT2014). (2014).
Discussant, The 2014 International Mind, Brain Education Society (IMBES) Conference Symposium on “Pedagogy and Neuroscience”. (2014).
Workshop Organizer, iConference 2013. (2013).
Other, AERA conference MCC SIG business meeting. (2009 – 2009).
Reviewer, Grant Proposal, NIH (National Institutes of Health) Plain Language Award Program, Chinese-Language Health Communications. (2009 – 2009).
Other, AERA (American Education Research Association) Media, Culture, and Curriculum. (2007 – 2009).
Other, AERA conference MCC SIG business meeting and presentation sessions. (2008 – 2008).
Other, National Virtual University Conference, Columbia University. (2001 – 2001).
Nominated for: The Presidential Special Recognition Award for Service, UNT. (2017 – Present).
source of support and inspiration by three doctoral students independently, UNT Honors Day. (2016 – Present).
Researcher Highlight of the Fort Worth Museum of Science and History Newsletter, Fort Worth Museum of Science and History. (2014 – Present).