Campus
- Mississauga (UTM)
Fields of Study
- GIS, Spatial Analysis & Modelling
Areas of Interest
GIS education, CS education, pedagogical research
Biography
My research interest and teaching include topics at the spatial data science, geographic information system (GIS), spatial database, data structure, and the intersection of computer science and GIS. My pedagogical research focuses on interdisciplinary learning and science of learning. I have published on journals such as Active Learning in Higher Education, and Technology, Knowledge and Learning, as well as in conference proceedings such as SIGCSE and ITiCSE.
Publications
da Silveira Fleck, A., Zhu, T. Impact of Embedded Learning Strategy Activities: Student Engagement and Performance. Technology, Knowledge, and Learning (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10758-023-09715-0
Hisey, F., Zhu, T., He, Y. (2022) Use of interactive storytelling trailers to engage students in an online learning environment. Active Learning in Higher Education. https://doi.org/10.1177/14697874221107574
Ly, A., Zhu, T., and Petersen, A. (2024). Evaluating Storytelling Videos Using YouTube Analytics. In Proceedings of the 55th ACM Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education V. 2 (SIGCSE 2024). Association for Computing Machinery, New York, NY, USA, 1730–1731. https://doi.org/10.1145/3626253.3635503
Singh, I. Zhu, T., Petersen, A. (2024). Do Storytelling Videos Help Students Learn Abstract Concepts? Proceedings of the 2024 Innovation and Technology in Computer Science Education V. 2 (ITiCSE 2024). July 8--10, 2024, Milan, Italy, https://doi.org/10.1145/3649405.3659499