Dr. Yang Yin Nicole is a Research Assistant Professor in the Department of Mathematics and Information Technology at The Education University of Hong Kong (EdUHK), Hong Kong SAR.

Dr Yang is an interdisciplinary researcher of cognitive science, language education, and educational technology. Her work bridges multiple disciplines, leveraging her diverse academic background to explore innovative approaches to teaching and learning in technology-enhanced environments. Drawing upon contemporary cognitive science and learning theories, her research explores the intersection of human cognition, AI, and instructional design to understand and enhance how people learn. Her interdisciplinary research advances emerging technology-driven education, with a focus on (1) AI-powered creative language learning systems that support metacognitive strategies. (2) cognitive mechanisms that drive human–computer collaboration; and (3) innovative learning design that integrates insights from cognition and technology to optimize learning outcomes (language education, STEM). Her work investigates how people learn language and other complex skills in technology-enhanced environments, with a special focus on the cognitive and metacognitive processes underlying such learning. She is particularly interested in how humans interact with AI, and emerging technologies to support self-regulated, and higher-order thinking.

Dr. Yang earned her Ph.D. in education from the Education University of Hong Kong, focusing on self-regulated learning in computer-assisted learning environments (e.g., language education). She also holds an MSc in Information Technology in Education from the University of Hong Kong, as well as a bachelor's degree in English education and linguistics. She is a visiting scholar of Paris-Saclay University in 2025, and the University of Munich in 2024.

Dr. Yang has published SSCI and top-tier journals, such as Computer-Assisted Language Learning, Educational Technology & Society, System, IEEE Transactions on Learning Technologies. She has also contributed book chapters and served as an editor for books and conference proceedings.

She was honored with the Outstanding Research Postgraduate Student Award from the Dean’s Research Fund 2023. and the Research Postgraduate Student Publication Award 2022/2023, Best Paper Presentation Awards on the 2nd Asia-Pacific Society for Computers in Education (APSCE) International Conference on Future Language Learning (2022), Platinum Awards @ 3MT® Competition (Platinum Prize, 1st Prize).

Academic Leadership & Service

· Chair of Teacher Forum at GCCCE 2025 & 2026 (Global Chinese Conference on Computers in Education)

· Programme committee member:

• International Conference of the Learning Sciences (ICLS)
• International Conference on Learning and Teaching (ICLT)
• International Conference on Computers in Education (ICCE)
• International Conference on Artificial Intelligence and Education
• International Conference on Metaverse and Artificial Companions in Education and Society
• Global Chinese Conference on Computers in Education
• European Association of Computer Assisted Language Learning
• International Conference on Computers in Education
• HKTEA Design Thinking Community of Practice
• AIED 2025

Please visit Dr Yang Yin Nicole’s academic website for more information:

• Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.com.au/citations?user=bjITS38AAAAJ&hl=en&inst=9002373801639654337
• ResearchGate: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Yin-Yang-32
• EDUHK Repository: https://repository.eduhk.hk/en/persons/yin-nicole-yang

Reviewers of International Journals

Computers & Education; British Journal of Educational Technology; Applied Linguistics; Computers and Education: Artificial Intelligence; Education and Information Technologies; IEEE Transactions on Learning Technologies; Review of Educational Research; System; Asia Pacific Journal of Education; Interactive Learning Environment; Journal of Computer-Assisted Learning; Journal of Computers in Education; Research in Science Education; Education, Technology & Society; Computers & Education: X Reality; Learning and Instruction; Educational Psychology; Thinking Skills & Creativity

Invited talks 

1. 2025.6 Young Scholars’ Forum, Harnessing Generative AI for English Writing to Cultivate Self-Regulated Learning in Future-Ready Education, EdUHK-THU Education Forum: Future Education and Learning
2. 2025.5 Sharing in The Paris Saclay Univeristy
3. 2025.5 AI Literacy in Practice: Preparing Educators and Learners for the Age of GenAI" Seminar by CUHK 
4. 2024.5 Conducting workshops in Capacity Building Program in Shenzhen on the topic of AI cutting-edge technology-empowered teaching and learning 
5. 2024.4 Sharing AI in education in the 29th Gala for the Chinese Gardeners  
6. 2024.7 Sharing in The University of Munich 
7. 2023.12 A CLEVER approach to facilitate senior secondary students’ argumentative writing by using ChatGPT. The Asia-Pacific International Schools Conference, Hong Kong. 
8. 2023.2 Developing and implementing a mobile app – “Vocab+” embedded with a self-regulation scheme to enhance students’ self-regulated vocabulary learning, The Education University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong. 
9. 2022.11 The myth of primary students’ self-regulated English vocabulary learning leveraged by the mobile app with a self-regulation scheme, Centre for Language Education and Assessment Research, Shanghai University of International Business and Economics, Shanghai. 

Seminars 

1. 2024.11 RoundTable – AI for Foes or Friends in Education (Lead: Umesh RAMNARAIN (University of Johannesburg, South Africa), Tin Tin SAMARTA (Ministry of Education, Singapore), Abu Bakr AZAM (Interdisciplinary Graduate College/NTU, Singapore), Ingrid WINKLER (SENAI University, Brazil), Felix Lena STEPHANIE (Nanyang Technological University, Singapore), YANG Yin Nicole (Education University of Hong Kong, China), CHAN Kuang Wen (Raffles Institution, Singapore)), AI in Education, Singapore.  
2. 2023.5 Panel Discussion, Spatial intelligence in Education, organised by MetaACES 2024 
3. 2022.10 Academic publications sharing experience, organised by The Education University of Hong Kong 
4. 2022.3 Faculty postgraduate research seminar, organised by The Education University of Hong Kong 
5. 2021.8 Technology-Enhanced Language Learning (TELL) members’ sharing in The 2nd TELL Workshop, organised by the Department of Mathematics and Information Technology, The Education University of Hong Kong 
6. 2020.11 Research sharing on faculty postgraduate research seminar, organised by Graduate School, The Education University of Hong Kong

• AI in Interdisciplinary Education: Exploring how artificial intelligence supports teaching and learning across domains such as language, culture, and cognition.
• Digital Literacy and Competency: Investigating how learners develop critical digital skills and competencies essential for navigating technology-rich environments.
• Second Language Acquisition: Examining cognitive, affective, and technological factors that influence the learning of a second language acquisition.
• Cognitive Science in Learning: Understanding the metacognitive, motivational, and behavioral strategies that learners use to manage their own learning processes, particularly in digital/ AI-assisted environments.
• Emerging Technologies and Pedagogical Innovation: Designing and evaluating technology-enhanced learning environments (e.g., mobile apps, generative AI, AR/VR) that foster engagement, creativity, and deeper learning.

• Emerging Technologies and Pedagogical Innovation
• Innovative Learning Experience Design
• Research Methods in Educational Technology/Language Education
• Digital Literacy and Competency
• AI and Humanities

Course Taught:

• INT 6066 Design of Innovative Learning Environments with Technology (Postgraduates)
• INT 8012 Technology, Education, Pedagogy (Doctoral students)
• INT 7011 Research on ICT in Education and Related Ethical Issues (Doctoral students)
• INT 6111 Metaverse in Education and Society (Postgraduates)
• INT 5046 Professional Development Programme on E-Learning in Primary / Secondary English Language (In-service teachers)
• INT 6113 Digital Literacy and Future Citizenship (Postgraduates)
• INT 4099 Emerging Technologies for Language Learning and Assessment (Undergraduates)