Dr. Lei’s scholarship focuses on how information and communication technology can help prepare a new generation of citizens for a globalizing and digitizing world. Specifically, her research interests include technology integration in schools, social-cultural and psychological impact of technology, technology in informal learning settings, emerging technologies for education, and technology supported subject learning.
Research Focus: instructional design, development and evaluation; educational technology; artificial intelligence technologies in education; digital citizenship; education equity
Dr. Jing Lei has coauthored three books including The Digital Pencil: One-to-One Computing for Children (2008), The Handbook of Asian Education: A Cultural Perspective (2010), and Never Send a Human to Do a Machine’s Job: Correcting the Top Five Edtech Mistakes (Corwin, 2015), with a fourth book forthcoming, A Global Analysis of AI Policies and Practices (Emerald). She has published more than 80 journal articles and book chapters, presented over 100 articles at national and international conferences, and given more than 40 keynote or special guest speeches.
She received research funding from The Kauffmann Foundation (2008-2010), The National Science Foundation (2010-2013), and the International Research & Exchanges Board (IREX) (2018-2019). She has served as a review expert of the National Science Foundation, a reviewer and/or an editor for several academic journals. Her research has been featured by influential media such as USA Today, US News & World Report, and Education Week.
Dr. Lei teaches courses in technology integration, instructional design, development and evaluation.