Michael Lee

Lee, Michael (2020). Auto-Generated Game Levels Increase Novice Programmers' Engagement. Journal of Computing Sciences in Colleges (CCSC), 36(3), 68-77.

Shen, Ruiqi, & Lee, Michael, & Wohn, Donghee (2020). Programming Learners' Perception of Interactive Computer Tutors and Human Teachers. International Journal of Emerging Technologies in Learning, 15(9), 123-142.

Lee, Michael (2020). (Re)Engaging Novice Online Learners in an Educational Programming Game. Journal of Computing Sciences in Colleges, 35(8),

Lee, Michael, & Chiou, Joseph (2020). Animated Hints Help Novices Complete More Levels in an Educational Programming Game. Journal of Computing Sciences in Colleges, 35(8),

Shen, Ruiqi, & Wohn, Donghee, & Lee, Michael Programming Learners' Perception of Interactive Computer Tutors and Human Teachers. International Journal of Emerging Technologies in Learning (iJET),

Shen, Ruiqi, & Wohn, Donghee, & Lee, Michael Comparing Interactive Computer Tutors and Human Teachers for Learning Programming. International Journal of Emerging Technologies in Learning (iJET), 15(9), 123-142.

Lee, Michael (2019). Increasing Minority Youths' Participation in Computing Through Near-Peer Mentorship. Journal of Computing Sciences in Colleges, 35(3),

Jernigan, William, & Horvath, Amber, & Lee, Michael, & Burnett, Margaret, & Cuilty, Taylor, & Kuttal, Sandeep, & Peters, Anicia, & Kwan, Irwin, & Bahmani, Faezeh, & Ko, Andrew (2017). General principles for a Generalized Idea Garden. Journal of Visual Languages & Computing, 39, 51–65.

Virtual Collaboration Training for Freshman Undergraduate STEM Students
IEEE Integrated STEM Education Conference (ISEC), 2020

Learners' Perspectives on Learning Programming from Interactive Computer Tutors in a MOOC
IEEE Visual Languages and Human-Centric Computing,

Middle School Students Learn Binary Counting Using Virtual Reality
IEEE Integrated STEM Education Conference (ISEC),

A Qualitative Study of User Participation and Challenges in a Social Shopping Context
ACM Theory-Informed User Modeling for Tailoring and Personalizing Interfaces,

Understanding User Participation and Interaction in Online Shopping Communities from the Social and Relational Perspectives
Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences, January (1st Quarter/Winter) 2020

Exploring Differences in Minority Students' Attitudes Towards Computing After a One-Day Coding Workshop
ACM Innovation and Technology in Computer Science Education (ITiCSE), July (3rd Quarter/Summer) 2019

CodeSport: Increasing Participation in Programming Using Coding Tournaments As an Alternative To Hackathons
ACM Global Computing Education Conference, May 2019

Comparison of Learning Programming Between Interactive Computer Tutors and Human Teachers
ACM Global Computing Education Conference, May 2019

Learning, Education, and HCI
ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems Extended Abstracts (CHI), May 2019

Personalizing User Interactions in a Social Shopping Context and Open Challenges
ACM Theory-Informed User Modeling for Tailoring and Personalizing Interfaces, March 2019

Personalizing VR Educational Tools for English Language Learners
ACM Theory-Informed User Modeling for Tailoring and Personalizing Interfaces, March 2019

Tamagotchi++: A Serious, Personalized Game To Encourage Healthy Behavior
ACM Theory-Informed User Modeling for Tailoring and Personalizing Interfaces, March 2019

Integration of Virtual Reality in Secondary STEM Education
IEEE Integrated STEM Education Conference (ISEC), March 2019

Encompassing English Language Learners in Virtual Reality
ACM Artificial Intelligence & Virtual Reality (AIVR), December 2018

Shopping As a Social Activity: Understanding People's Categorical Item Sharing Preferences on Social Networks
ACM Theory-Informed User Modeling for Tailoring and Personalizing Interfaces, March 2018

Predicting Abandonment in Online Coding Tutorials
IEEE Symposium on Visual Languages and Human-Centric Computing (VL/HCC), July (3rd Quarter/Summer) 2017

Personalizing Online Educational Tools
ACM Theory-Informed User Modeling for Tailoring and Personalizing Interfaces (HUMANIZE), March 2017

A principled evaluation for a principled idea garden
IEEE Symposium on Visual Languages and Human-Centric Computing (VL/HCC), October (4th Quarter/Autumn) 2015

Comparing the effectiveness of online learning approaches on CS1 learning outcomes
ACM International Computing Education Research Conference (ICER), July (3rd Quarter/Summer) 2015

SIG: Gender-Inclusive Software: What We Know About Building It
ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems Extended Abstracts (CHI), April (2nd Quarter/Spring) 2015

A Demonstration of Gidget, A Debugging Game for Computing Education
IEEE Symposium on Visual Languages and Human-Centric Computing (VL/HCC), 2014

Challenging stereotypes and changing attitudes: the effect of a brief programming encounter on adults’ attitudes toward programming
ACM Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education (SIGCSE), 2014

Gidget: An Online Debugging Game for Learning and Engagement in Computing Education
IEEE Symposium on Visual Languages and Human-Centric Computing (VL/HCC), 2014

Principles of a Debugging-First Puzzle Game for Computing Education
IEEE Symposium on Visual Languages and Human-Centric Computing (VL/HCC), 2014

Github developers use rockstars to overcome overflow of news
ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI), 2013

How can a social debugging game effectively teach computer programming concepts?
International Computing Education Research Conference (ICER), 2013

In-game assessments increase novice programmers’ engagement and level completion speed
ACM International Computing Education Research Conference (ICER), 2013

Investigating the role of purposeful goals on novices’ engagement in a programming game
IEEE Symposium on Visual Languages and Human-Centric Computing (VL/HCC), 2012

Representations of user feedback in an agile, collocated software team
ACM/IEEE International Workshop on Cooperative and Human Aspects of Software Engineering (CHASE), 2012

Social debugging game for learning & engagement
IEEE Symposium on Visual Languages and Human-Centric Computing (VL/HCC), 2012

A case study of post-deployment user feedback triage
ACM/IEEE International Workshop on Cooperative and Human Aspects of Software Engineering (CHASE), 2011

Personifying programming tool feedback improves novice programmers’ learning
ACM International Computing Education Research Workshop (ICER), 2011

Children’s storytelling and programming with robotic characters
ACM Conference on Creativity & Cognition (C&C), 2009

Multimodal programming environment for kids: a thought bubble interface for the Pleo robotic character
ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI), 2009