Jia Li
PhD
Associate Professor
Faculty of Education
Contact information
Education Building - Room 522
Downtown Oshawa
11 Simcoe Street North
Oshawa, ON
Bio
Dr. Jia Li is an Associate Professor at the Faculty of Education, University of Ontario Institute of Technology, and currently also a John A. Sproul Research Fellow at UC Berkeley. She was a Canada-U.S. Fulbright Scholar at the Harvard Graduate School of Education. She received her doctoral degree from the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, University of Toronto, and conducted her postdoctoral research at Queen’s University. Her research focuses on data-driven innovative instruction using new technologies for language and literacy development. This includes interventions that enhance K-12 and undergraduate students’ reading and writing skills and vocabulary knowledge in an academic context.
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Courses taught
Master of Education
- Educational Technology & Communication - EDUC5102G
- Research Methods - EDUC5002G
- Technology Diffusion in Education - 5105G
Research and expertise
- Culturally responsive pedagogy and literacy instruction for Indigenous youth
- Language and cultural awareness among diverse youth across Canada and the US
- Language and literacy development and assessment for linguistically diverse learners
- Mobile technologies, social networking media and instructional design
- Quantitative studies and mixed methods
- Technology-assisted language and literacy acquisition
- Teaching English as a second language across curriculum and bilingual education
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- Li, J., & Cummins, J. (2019). Effect of using texting on vocabulary instruction for English learners. Language Learning & Technology, 23(2), 43-64
- Li, J., & Deng, Q. (2018). What influences the effect of texting-based instruction on vocabulary acquisition? Learners’ behavior and perception. Computers & Education, 125, 284-307.
- Li, J., Kay, R., & Markovich, L. (2018). Student attitudes toward blended learning in adult literacy and basic skills college programs. Canadian Journal of Learning and Technology, 44(2).
- Kay, R., Goulding, H., & Li, J. (2018). Assessing the impact of a virtual lab in an allied health program. Journal of allied health, 47(1), 45-50.
- Kay, R., Benzimra, D., & Li, J. (2017). Exploring factors that influence technology-based distractions in bring your own device classrooms. Journal of Educational Computing Research, 55(7), 974-995.
- Li, J., Snow, C., Jiang, J., & Edwards, N. (2015). Technology use and self-perceptions of English language skills among urban adolescents. Computer Assisted Language Learning, 28(5), 450-478.
- Li, J., Snow, C., & White, C. (2015). Urban adolescent students and technology: Access, use and interest in learning language and literacy. Innovation in Language learning and teaching, 9(2), 143-162.
- Li, J., Snow, C. E., & White, C. (2015). Teen culture, technology and literacy instruction: Urban adolescent students’ perspectives. Canadian Journal of Learning and Technology
- Li, J. (2010). Learning vocabulary via computer-assisted scaffolding for text processing. Computer Assisted Language Learning, 23(3), 253-275.
