Presentations

Invited panels/seminars/keynotes (last two years)

  • Baran, E. (2025, December 5). Human Centered AI in Education: From Values to Practice [Keynote Presentation]. Eurasian Conference on Human Computer Interaction.
  • Baran, E. (2025, October 23). Human-Centered AI in Education: A Vision for Transformative Partnerships. College of Health and Human Sciences Dean’s Advisory Council, Ames. Iowa. 
  • Baran, E., & Ziba, M. (2025, October 7). Critical AI in Education Pathways: Empowering Educators to Navigate AI Literacy, Ethics, and Pedagogical Practices. Translational AI Center Seminar Series, Ames, Iowa.
  • Baran, E. (2025, October 10). Whose Voice is it Anyway? (AI and student learning). CELT Teaching with Technology Community of Practice Seminar, Online, Ames, Iowa.
  • Baran, E., Ziba, M., & Dilek, M. (2025, April 4). AI in Education: Conversations, Opportunities, and Co-Discovery, School of Education, Ames, Iowa.
  • Baran, E. (2025, April 16). Critical AI in Education: Empowering Educators to Navigate AI Literacy, Ethics, and Pedagogical Practices. CELT Seminar, Ames, Iowa.
  • Baran, E. (2024, June 1). International research projects and experiences [Invited Seminar].  Gazi University Faculty of Education, Turkey, Seminar Series.
  • Baran, E. (2024, April 12). Human-centered design as a new lens for educational technology and STEM education research [Invited Seminar].  Brussels Institute for Teacher Education at Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium.
  • Baran, E. (2024, March 22). Publishing in high impact journals [Invited Seminar]. Gazi University Faculty of Education, Turkey, Seminar Series.

Conference presentations (last two years)

  • Dilek, M., Baran, E., Canbazoglu-Bilici, S., & Yilmaz, S. (2025, April). Design Thinking in Action: Applications for Teacher Professional Development. American Educational Research Association (AERA) Annual Meeting, Denver, CO.
  • Dilek, M., Ziba, M., & Baran, E. (2025, March). Unlocking AI literacy, unlocking educator agency: A critical co-discovery approach to AI literacy. Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference, Orlando, FL, United States:
  • Salazar Morales, A., & Baran, E. (2024, July). Using self-determination theory to design user interfaces for instructor dashboards [Paper Presentation]. The HCI International 2024 Conference, Washington DC.
  • Aleman, E., Dilek, M., & Baran, E. (2024, June). Generative AI as a mirror: Educators Exploring and challenging dominant discourses about the future of AI in education [Paper Presentation]. International Conference of the Learning Sciences (ICLS), Buffalo, NY.
  • Baran, E., AlZoubi, D., & Salazar, K. (2023, March). Design and implementation of an automated classroom analytics system [Poster Presentation]. Society for Information Technology and Teacher Education (SITE) Conference, New Orleans, LA.
  • Aleman, E., Baran, E., Zarecor, K., & Salazar, A. (2023, April). Identifying stem community assets through collaborative cartography: A co-discovery experience in a rural meatpacking town [Paper Presentation]. American Educational Research Association (AERA) Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL.
  • AlZoubi, D., & Baran, E. (2023, April). A closer look into classroom analytics: Unfolding instructors’ dashboard use and sensemaking processes [Paper Presentation]. American Educational Research Association (AERA) Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL.
  • AlZoubi, D., & Baran, E. (2023, April). Designing an instructor dashboard using a human-centered approach: An illustrative study [Paper Presentation]. American Educational Research Association (AERA) Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL.