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Vulic, J., Jacobson, M. J., & Levin, J. A. (2025). Computational educational research: An exploration of instructional frameworks. American Educational Research Association, Denver, CO. https://john-v-1.github.io/AERA2025/



Jacobson, M. J., Vulic, J., & Levin, J. A. (2024). Nexus for STEM problem solving and transfer research: Instruction first or Productive Failure first? In L. D. English & T. Lehmann (Eds.), Ways of thinking in STEM-based problem solving: Teaching and learning in a new era. Routledge.

Vulic, J., Jacobson, M. J., & Levin, J. A. (2024). Exploring education as a complex system: Computational educational research with multi-level agent-based modeling. Education Sciences, 14(5), article 551. https://doi.org/10.3390/educsci14050551



Vulic, J., Jacobson, M. J., & Levin, J. A. (2023, August 1). Computational educational research: A preliminary investigation [Proposal]. AERA 2024, Philadelphia, PA. https://drive.google.com/file/d/1fGhhQqIHQ1qSm7xfKBxIWYM-hsqhYOMj/view?usp=sharing

Jacobson, M. J., Levin, J. A., & Vulic, J. (2023, May 31). Computational experiments of learning mathematics by low SES students: An innovation for educational measurement and assessment? [Paper presentation]. The Sydney Educational Measurement and Assessment Symposium 2023, Sydney, Australia. https://tinyurl.com/jacobson-levin-vulic-cema-2023



Jacobson, M. J., Levin, J. A., & Kapur, M. (2019). Education as a complex system: Conceptual and methodological implications. Educational Researcher, 48(2), 112-119. https://doi.org/10.3102/0013189X19826958

White, I. M., Conner, L. N., & Levin, J. A. (2019). Unravelling the complexities of innovation adoption in higher education teaching practice through interpretive case-based modeling. Paper presented at the 2019 American Educational Research Association meetings. Toronto, Canada.



Levin, J. A., & Jacobson, M. J. (2017). Education as a complex system: Implications for educational research and policy. Paper presented at the 2017 American Educational Research Association meetings. San Antonio, TX.



Levin, J. A., & Ching, C. C. (2016). A multi-mediator framework for understanding teaching and learning in higher education classrooms.

White, D. G., & Levin, J. A. (2016). Navigating the turbulent waters of school reform guided by complexity theory. Complicity: An International Journal of Complexity and Education, 13(1), 43-80. https://doi.org/10.29173/cmplct24566



Levin, J. (2015). Weaving multiple discourse threads in online education.

Levin, J. (2015). Creating and evaluating multi-agent models of learning with qualitative and quantitative data.



Levin, J. A. (2014). Taxonomies of educational technology uses: Dewey, Chip & me. E-Learning and Digital Media, 11(5), 439-442. http://dx.doi.org/10.2304/elea.2014.11.5.439

Levin, J. A., Jacobson, M. J., & Markauskaite, L. (2014). Combining computational modeling, theory, and data: Steps toward a meta-model framework for the study of learning. Paper presented at the 2014 American Educational Research Association meetings. Philadelphia, PA. Available online at: http://tinyURL.com/LJM-AERA2014

Wung, J., Levin, J., Huang, C. J., Youngstrom, K., Testado, S. A., Khan, R., Jaeggi, S., Rosas Jr., M., Banchik, N. H., Szeto L. T., Van Densen, M. J., Paris, A., Lamanuzzi, G., Nguyen, M. A., Yoshihara, J., & Plascencia, M. I. (2014). Student-centered perspectives on learning in an increasingly online age: A 2020 vision for UC San Diego. La Jolla CA: University of California, San Diego. Available online at http://tinyurl.com/2020-UCSD

Halter, C., & Levin, J. (2014). Digital video projects of, by, and for new teachers: The multiple educational functions of creating multimedia. Journal of Educational Multimedia and Hypermedia, 23(1), 383-406.



Levin, J., & Halter, C. (2013). Creating and using multimedia as artifacts for mediating learning.

Halter, C., & Levin, J. (2013). Multi-mediator models of new teacher learning through creating multimedia. Paper presented at the 2013 American Educational Research Association meetings. San Francisco, CA. Available online at http://tinyurl.com/Halter-Levin-AERA2013-paper.

White, D. G., & Levin, J. A. (2013). Navigating the turbulent waters of school reform guided by Complexity Theory. Paper presented at the 2013 American Educational Research Association meetings. San Francisco, CA.



Levin, J., & Datnow, A. (2012). Multiple mediator models of educational reform: Organizational learning as persistent change. Paper presented at the 2012 American Educational Research Association meetings. Vancouver Canada.

Levin, J., & Datnow A. (2012). The principal role in data driven decision making: Using case study data to develop multi-mediator models of educational reform. School Effectiveness and School Improvement, 23(2), 179-201. https://doi.org/10.1080/09243453.2011.599394



Halter, C., & Levin, J. (2011). Digital video projects of, by, and for new teachers: The multiple educational functions of creating multimedia.

Levin, J. A., & Ching, C. C. (2011). A distributed activity perspective on teaching in higher education classrooms.

Levin, J. (2011). Interactivity in online education: The shape of synchronous text interaction and its implications.

Levin, J. A. (2011). Landmark representation and dynamic mediation.



Levin, J. A., & Datnow, A. (2010). The principal as agent of mediated educational reform: Dynamic models of case studies of data driven decision making. Paper presented at the annual meetings of the American Educational Research Association. Denver, CO.



Levin, J. A. (2009). Notes toward a landmark mediated geometry.



Levin, J. A., Burbules, N. C., & Bruce, B. C. (2005). From student work to exemplary educational resources: The case of the CTER White Papers. E-Learning, 2(1), 39-49.



Ching, C. C., Levin, J. A., & Parisi, J. M. (2004). Classroom artifacts: Toward a merging of the physicality, technology, and pedagogy of higher education. Education, Communication, and Information, 4(2/3) 221-235.



Levin, J., Carter Ching, C., & Parisi, J. (2003). Why classrooms? Case studies of the artifacts for learning in higher education. Paper presented at the 2003 American Educational Research Association Annual Meeting, Chicago IL, April, 2003.

Carter Ching, C., Levin, J. A., & Parisi, J. (2003). Artifacts of knowledge and practice in university teaching and learning. Paper presented at the 2003 American Educational Research Association Annual Meeting, Chicago IL, April, 2003.

Levin, J., & Bruce, B. (2003). Technology as media: A learner centered perspective. In Y. Zhao (Ed.), What should teachers know about technology? Perspectives and practices. Information Age Press (pp. 45-51).

Bruce, B., & Levin, J. (2003). Roles for new technologies in language arts: Inquiry, communication, construction, and expression. In the Handbook of Research on Teaching the English Language Arts (Eds., J. Flood, D. Lapp, J. Squire, & J. Jensen). Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.



Levin, S., & Levin, J. (2002). CTER OnLine: Impact on students, faculty, administration, and the community.

Levin, J. A., & Cervantes, R. (2002). Understanding the lifecycles of network-based learning communities. In K. A. Renninger & W. Shumar (Eds.), Building virtual communities: Learning and change in cyberspace. Cambridge University Press.

Chandler, M., Levin, J. A., & Levin, S. R. (2002). The evolution of an online community of distributed learners/teachers. Paper presented at the 2002 American Educational Research Association Annual Meeting New Orleans, LA, April, 2002.

Levin, J. A. (2002). A 2020 Vision: Education in the next two decades. Quarterly Review of Distance Education, 3(1), 105-114.



Clift, R. T., Mullen, L., Levin, J., & Larson, A. (2001). Technologies in contexts: Implications for teacher education. Teaching and Teacher Education, 17, 33-50.

Levin, J. A., & Bruce, B. C. (2001). Technology as media: The learner centered perspective. Paper presented at annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Seattle WA.

Levin, S. R., Levin, J. A., & Chandler, M. (2001). Social and organizational factors in creating and maintaining effective online learning environments. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Seattle WA.

Levin, S., Waddoups, G., Levin, J., & Buell, J. (2001). Highly interactive and effective online learning environments for teacher professional development. International Journal of Educational Technology, 2, 2. [online available at http://pages.ucsd.edu/~jalevin/IJET.html]

Levin, S. R., Levin, J. A., & Waddoups, G. L. (2001). CTER OnLine: Evaluation of an online master of education focusing on curriculum, technology and education reform. Published in the Proceedings of the Hawai'i International Conference on System Sciences, January 3-6, 2001, Maui, Hawaii.



Kauwell, D. A., Levin, J., Lee, Y. J., & Yu, H. J. (May 2000). Knowledge construction with visual representations of distributed information. Paper presented at The Ninth International World Wide Web Conference (WWW9), Amsterdam.

Waddoups, G., Levin, S., & Levin, J. (2000). Developing a community of practitioners via advanced technologies: The case studies of CTER Online. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association. New Orleans, LA.

Levin, S. R., Buell, J. G., & Levin, J. A. (2000). The TEbase initiative: Research, development and evaluation for educational reform. Journal of Computing in Teacher Education, 16(3), 6-11. (Selected for the 1999 SIGTE Research Award; presented at NECC '99).



Levin, J. A. (1999). Dimensions of network-based learning. International Journal of Educational Technology, 1(2).

Levin, J. A., & Kauwell, D. A. (1999). Visualization of web based information and sense making. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the AERA. Montreal, Canada.

Technology-based Tools for Learning: Analysis and synthesis in the 21st Century. AERA 1999 Symposium, Montreal Canada.

Levin, J., Levin, S. R., & Waddoups, G. (1999). Multiplicity in learning and teaching: A framework for developing innovative online education. Journal of Research on Computing in Education, 32(2), 256-269.

Levin, J. A., Stuve, M. J., & Jacobson, M. J. (1999). Teachers' conceptions of the Internet and the World Wide Web: A Representational Toolkit as a model of expertise. Journal of Educational Computing Research, 21(1), 1-23.

Sugimoto, T., & Levin, J. (1999). Multiple literacies and multimedia: A comparison of Japanese and American uses of the Internet. In C. Selfe & G. Hawisher (Eds.), Global Literacy Practices and the WWW: Cultural Perspectives on Information Distribution, Interpretation, and Use. Routledge Press.



Levin, J., Levin, S., Morritz, T., Waddoups, G., & Waugh, M. (1998). Technologies for systemic educational reform: A situated evaluation of Project LINCOL'N.

Levin, J., Buell, J., Waugh. M., Garrett, K., & Malczewski, E. (1998). Computer Supported Collaborative Evaluation: Teaching Teleapprenticeships and the Redesign of Teacher Education. Paper presented in the symposium on "Apprenticeships In Computer Supported Collaborative Learning Environments" at AERA '98, San Diego CA.

Levin, J., & Waugh, M. (1998). Teaching Teleapprenticeships: Frameworks for integrating technology into teacher education. Interactive Learning Environments, 6(1-2), 39-58.



Bruce, B. C., & Levin, J. A. (1997). Educational technology: Media for inquiry, communication, construction, and expression. Journal of Educational Computing Research, 17(1), 79-102.



Levin, J., & Thurston, C. (1996). Educational electronic networks: A review of research and development. Educational Leadership, 54(3), 46-50.

Thurston, C. O., Secaras, E., & Levin, J. A. (1996). Teaching Teleapprenticeships: An innovative model for technology integration in teacher education. Journal of Research on Computing in Education, 28(5), [Online] Also reprinted in Journal of Research on Computing in Education, 29(4), 385-391.

Thomas, L., Larson, A., Clift, R., & Levin, J. (1996). Integrating technology in teacher education programs. Action in Teacher Education, 17(4), 1-8.

Clift, R. T., Thomas, L., Levin, J., & Larson, A. (April, 1996). Learning in two contexts: Field and university influences on the role of telecommunications in teacher education. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association, New York.

Levin, J., Stuve, M. & Jacobson, M. J. (April, 1996). A comparison of mental models of networks among pre- and in-service teachers . Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association, New York.

Levin, J. A., & Miyake, N. (1996). Check connections, swap identical parts: Top-down hardware repair for novices. Learning and Leading with Technology, 238, 53-56.



Jacobson, M. J., & Levin, J. A. (1995). Conceptual frameworks for network learning environments: Constructing personal and shared knowledge spaces. International Journal of Educational Telecommunications, 1(4), 367-388.

Levin, J. A. (1995). Organizing educational network interactions: Steps towards a theory of network-based learning environments. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, San Francisco.

Levin, J. A., & Waugh, M. L. (1995). A College of Education of tomorrow: A process for facing the challenge of technology today. Journal of Computing in Teacher Education, 11(4), 19-22.



Waugh, M. L., Levin, J. A., & Smith, K. (1994). Organizing electronic network-based instructional interactions: Successful strategies and tactics, Part 1. The Computing Teacher, 21(5), 21-22.

Waugh, M. L., Levin, J. A., & Smith, K. (1994). Network-based instructional interactions, Part 2: Interpersonal strategies. The Computing Teacher, 21(6), 48-50.



Jacobson, M. J., & Levin, J. A. (1993). Network learning environments and hypertext: Constructing personal and shared knowledge spaces. Proceedings of the Tel-Ed'93 Conference on Global Connections, Austin, TX.



Levin, J., Kim, H., & Riel, M. (1990). Analyzing instructional interactions on electronic message networks. In L. Harasim (Ed.), Online education: Perspectives on a new medium. Praeger/Greenwood Press, Inc.

Lin, L., & Levin, J. (1990). Consistency vs. multiplicity in interface design: Limitations of single interface metaphors. Paper presented at the CHI'90 Conference, Seattle WA.



Levin, J. A., Rogers, A., Waugh, M., & Smith, K. (1989). Observations on educational electronic networks: Appropriate activities for learning. The Computing Teacher, 16(May), 17-21.



Waugh, M., Miyake, N., Cohen, M., & Levin, J. A. (1988). Problem solving interactions on electronic networks. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, New Orleans.



Riel, M. M., Levin, J. A., & Miller-Souviney, B. (1987). Learning with interactive media: Dynamic support for students and teachers. In R. Lawler & M. Yasdani (Eds.), Artificial intelligence and education: The broad view (pp. 117-134). Norwood, NJ: Ablex.



Levin, J. A., & Cohen, M. (1985). The world as an international science laboratory: Electronic networks for science instruction and problem solving. Journal of Computers in Mathematics and Science Teaching, 4, 33-35.



Malone, T. W., & Levin, J. (1983). Microcomputers in education: Cognitive and social design principles. ACM SIGCUE Outlook, 17(1), 6-20.

Petitto, A. L., & Levin, J. A. (1983). Dynamics of learning and mislearning in a simulated micro-world. Proceedings of the National Educational Computer Conference, 302-307.

Levin, J. A., Boruta, M. J., & Petitto, A. L. (1983). How do children think about numbers? Let us count the ways. In P. J. Hayes (Ed.), Proceedings of the Fifth Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society. Rochester, NY: University of Rochester.

Levin, J. A., & Boruta, M. J. (1983). Writing with computers in classrooms: "You get exactly the right amount of space!". Theory into Practice, 22(4), 291-295.

Black, S. D., Levin, J. A., Mehan, H., & Quinn, C. N. (1983). Real and non-real time interaction: Unraveling multiple threads of discourse. Discourse Processes, 6(1), 59-75.

Quinn, C. N., Mehan, H., Levin, J. A., & Black, S. D. (1983). Real education in non-real time: The use of electronic message systems for instruction. Instructional Science, 11(4), 313-327.



Levin, J. A. (1981). Estimation techniques for arithmetic: Everyday math and mathematics instruction. Education Studies in Mathematics, 12, 421-434.

Levin, J. A. (1981). Continuous processing with symbolic memory representations: An activation imagery theory.



Levin, J. A. (1980). Interpersonalized media: What's news? Byte, 5, 214-228.



Cole, M., Hutchins, E., Levin, J., & Miyake, N. (1979). Naturalistic problem solving and microcomputers: Report of a conference. (CHIP 86). La Jolla, CA: Center for Human Information Processing.



Levin, J. A., & Moore, J. A. (1977). Dialogue-Games: Metacommunication structures for natural language interaction. Cognitive Science, 1, 395-420. https://doi.org/10.1207/s15516709cog0104_2

Stevens, A. L., Levin, J. A., Olds, R. R., & Rumelhart, D. E. (1977). A computer system for automatically constructing stimulus material. Behavior Research Methods and Instrumentation, 9, 269-273. https://doi.org/10.3758/BF03202232



Levin, J. A. (1973). Network representation and rotation of letters. Unpublished paper. La Jolla, CA: Department of Psychology, University of California, San Diego.



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