How can students learn effectively—and independently—with AI?
Designing supports for goal setting, productive dialogue, evidence checking, and reflection.
AI in Education · Learning Sciences · AR
Hainachuan Huang
Building AI that helps learners think—not just answer.
I connect K–12 classrooms, learning research, and the design of deployable Generative AI and AR systems.
- Master's
- M.Ed. in Science and Technology Education Beijing Normal University · Faculty of Education · 2022–2024 A+ Education discipline — highest national tier (MOE) ↗
- Bachelor's
- B.Sc. in Educational Technology (Teacher Education) Guangzhou University · 2017–2021
- Based in
- Shenzhen, Guangdong, China
Research directions
Three questions guiding my doctoral research
How can human–AI learning be assessed fairly?
Making learning processes visible through trace data, formative feedback, and evidence beyond final answers.
How can adults and institutions guide AI use?
Developing practical, evidence-based guidance for teachers, parents, and schools, with attention to equitable access.
Research approach
- Learning Technology Design & Development
- School-Based Intervention Research
- Mixed-Methods Educational Research
Publications
Selected publications
SSCI journal articleCited by 8Lead student contributor
Generative AI + AR: a novel embodied conversational agent in an interactive learning environment
Interactive Learning Environments2026
DOI ↗Research design, system development, school implementation, quantitative and qualitative analysis, and initial manuscript drafting.
Best Full Paper AwardIEEE ICALT 2025
Beyond the Screen: Enhancing Augmented Reality Collaborative Inquiry with Social Scripts
IEEE International Conference on Advanced Learning Technologies (ICALT)2025
DOI ↗Conference paperFirst author
Effects of AR Educational Games on Spatial Ability of Primary School Students
15th International Congress on Advanced Applied Informatics Winter (IIAI-AAI-Winter)2023
DOI ↗Book chapterFirst author
Design Everything for Smart Education (DESE): A Diverse Learning Space Initiative
Empowering Educational Innovation Through Design: Volume Two · Springer2026
DOI ↗Book chapterFirst author
Study on the Influence of Different Spatial Ability Students in AR Geography Teaching
Methodologies and Intelligent Systems for Technology Enhanced Learning · Springer2024
DOI ↗Conference paperCo-author
The Impact of Mobile AR Application on Learning Motivation in Biological Learning Based on The ARCS Model
International Symposium on Educational Technology (ISET)2024
DOI ↗Selected Research & Production
Research, systems, and creative work
Selected systems, field implementations, design projects, and AI-assisted films—shown with original project evidence where available.
Flagship research
Generative AI + AR Learning Environment
Independently designed and developed an embodied Generative AI + AR system—registered by Beijing Normal University as Dialogue Hall of Fame Software 1.0—and led its four-week school implementation and mixed-methods analysis.
Registered software · SSCI journal
Academic recognition
ICALT 2025 Best Full Paper Award
Co-author of “Beyond the Screen: Enhancing Augmented Reality Collaborative Inquiry with Social Scripts,” recognised as the Best Full Paper at IEEE ICALT 2025.
Co-author · Best Full Paper Award
Independent development
Spatial Memory King AR Game
An AR educational game developed from learning design and interaction design through software implementation and testing.
Unity · Vuforia
Educational design
Design Everything for Smart Education
A team initiative turning everyday environments into interactive learning spaces; documented in a first-authored Springer chapter.
Silver Award · First-authored chapter
Geography prototype
AR geography learning
AR Geography Learning System
Contributed to an interactive 3D map prototype for learning administrative regions and spatial relationships; related research was published as a first-authored Springer chapter.
Contributor · First-authored research
Physics prototype
AR physics simulation
AR Motion Simulation
Contributed to an AR prototype that visualises motion parameters, trajectories, and graphs in real time.
Contributor · Physics learning
AI and social impact
Public-Health Film on Leprosy
Independently created as a public-health communication project, from research and scriptwriting through final AI-assisted film production.
Independent · End-to-end production
Interaction design
Awakening Hammer — Ritual of Qi
A team concept combining serious play, a responsive object, and health-behaviour prompts for sedentary users.
Dutch Design Week 2025
AI visual art
The Time Trimmer
A team-produced AI visual-art film recognised in the AI Visual Art Film category.
VACAT 2025 Bronze AwardExperience
Across research, classrooms, and applied AI
Research implementation, K–12 teaching, software development, and large-scale AI curriculum design.
Education
Master of EducationBeijing Normal University · 2022–2024
Bachelor of Science in Educational TechnologyGuangzhou University · 2017–2021
2025–2026
Director of AI Film Production
Early-stage education venture
Led Generative AI workflow design, curriculum development, teaching, and learning operations for an AI comic-drama course portfolio serving approximately 2,000 learners per month.
Jan–Jun 2025
Research Assistant
Thrust of Computational Media and Arts, Information Hub · HKUST(GZ) · Supervisor: Tengjia Zuo, Assistant Professor
Contributed to empirical research on serious games and game-based learning through experiment implementation, data collection and preparation, literature review, and the drafting and revision of working manuscripts.
2022–2024
Research and Development in AI and AR Education
Beijing Normal University
Designed learning systems, coordinated school implementation, and conducted quantitative and qualitative analysis.
2023
Science and Information Technology Teacher
BNU Experimental Primary School
Designed and taught primary science and information technology lessons and implemented classroom-based AR and Generative AI research.
2020–2021
Information Technology Teacher
Luoxi Secondary School, Guangzhou
Taught junior- and senior-secondary information technology, including introductory Python programming.
Contact
Seeking PhD supervision and open to research collaboration.
I welcome conversations about AI in Education, school-based research, and doctoral opportunities.
hhnc@mail.bnu.edu.cn ↗