Presentations

Invited panels/seminars (last four years)

  • 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.
  • Baran, E. (2022, August 5). Towards a human-centered approach to online learning and teaching research [Invited Panelist]. Open Distance & e-Learning (ODeL) e-Conference, UNESCO Chair on Open Distance Learning (ODL) and the University of South Africa, Online.
  • Baran, E. (2021, May 7). Teacher education in response to today's demands: How has preparing teachers online shifted teacher educators’ priorities and practices? [Invited Panelist]. University of Pennsylvania Graduate School of Education (GSE) Col[lab]oratory for Teacher Education, Online.
  • Baran, E. (2021, March 25). Human centered design approach towards online teaching in teacher education [Invited Panelist]. International Congress on Curriculum and Instruction Distance Teacher Education Panel, Online.
  • Baran, E. (2021). How has preparing teachers online shifted teacher educators' priorities and practices? The Collaboratory for Teacher Education at Penn GSE Virtual Conversations: Teacher Education in Response to Today's Demands, May 7, 2021.
  • Baran. E. (2021). Learning Technologies and Pedagogies. Design Dean's Charrette: Future of Design Education. April 17, 2021. 
  • Baran, E. (2021). Human Centered Design Approach towards Online Teaching in Teacher Education, Distance Teacher Education Panel, International Congress on Curriculum and Instruction, March 25, 2021.
  • Baran, E. (2021). Open Pedagogy in Action. Iowa OER Webinar Series, March 9, 2021 [Webinar recording] [Webinar Summary].

Conference presentations (last four years)

  • 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.
  • AlZoubi, D., & Baran, E. (2022, October). Using multimodal classroom analytics to unpack instructors’ sensemaking processes [Paper Presentation]. Association for Educational Communications & Technology (AECT) International Convention, Las Vegas, NV.
  • Karabulut-Ilgu, A., AlZoubi, D., & Baran, E. (2022, November). Community of inquiry in online and hybrid courses under COVID-19 outbreak restrictions [Paper Presentation]. Online Learning Consortium (OLC) Accelerate, Orlando, FL.
  • Baran, E., AlZoubi, D., Salazar, A. (2022, June). TEACHActive: A faculty professional development model with classroom sensing and machine learning [Poster Presentation]. National Science Foundation IUSE Summit. Washington, D.C.
  • Baran, E., AlZoubi, D., & Karabulut-Ilgu, A. (2022, April). Leveraging engineering instructors’ professional development with classroom analytics [Paper Presentation]. Society for Information Technology and Teacher Education (SITE) Conference, San Diego, CA.
  • Salazar, K., & Baran, E. (2022, April). Designing instructor dashboard interfaces: A self-determination theory approach [Poster Presentation]. Society for Information Technology and Teacher Education (SITE) Conference, San Diego, CA.
  • Karabulut Ilgu, A., AlZoubi, D. & Baran, E. (2021). Exploring Engineering Faculty's Use of Active Learning Strategies in their Teaching, ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, [Virtual], June 27-30, 2021.
  • Baran, E. & AlZoubi, D. (2021). Design Thinking in Teacher Education: Examining Preservice Teachers’ Perceptions and Conceptualizations of ‘Teachers as Designers’. American Educational Research Association Annual Meeting, [Virtual], April 9-12, 2021.
  • AlZoubi, D., Kelley, J., Baran, E., Gilbert, S.B., Jiang, S., & Karabulut-Ilgu, A. (2021). Designing the TEACHActive Feedback Dashboard: A Human Centered Approach.11th International Conference on Learning Analytics and Knowledge (LAK21), [Virtual].
  • AlZoubi, D., Kelley, J., Baran, E., Gilbert, S.B., Karabulut-Ilgu, A., & Jiang, S. (2021). TEACHActive Feedback Dashboard: Using Automated Classroom Analytics to Visualize Pedagogical Strategies at a Glance. Proceedings of the 2021 CHI Conference Extended Abstracts on Human Factors in Computing Systems, [Virtual].
  • Kelley, J., AlZoubi, D., Gilbert, S. B., Baran, E., Karabulut-Ilgu, A., & Jiang, S. (2021, October). University implementation of TEACHActive: An automated classroom feedback system and dashboard [Paper Presentation]. Human Factors and Ergonomics Society (HFES) Annual Meeting, Baltimore, MD.