Song, Donggil

Educational Background

- Extended Reality (XR) for Human Learning and Performance
- Human-Centered Virtual and Augmented Reality Systems
- Human-AI Collaboration in Immersive Environments

Excellence in Research Award, Sam Houston State University - 2022
Reviewer Excellence Award, Educational Technology Research and Development - 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018
The Best Paper – R.W. Buddy Burniske Award. International Division, Association for Educational Communications and Technology - 2021
Young Researcher Award. Association for Educational Communications and Technology - 2017

Song, D. (2025). How learners’ trust changes in generative AI over a semester of undergraduate courses. International Journal of Artificial Intelligence in Education, 35, 1445-1464.
Chiu, J., Castro, B., Ballard, I., Nelson, K., Zarutskie, P., Olaiya, K., Song, D., & Zhao, Y. (2025). Exploration of the role of ChatGPT in teaching communication skills for medical students: A pilot study. Medical Science Educator, 35, 1871-1882.
Willis, J., Nicksic, K, Zientek, C., & Song, D. (2025). An analysis of school districts’ social media content patterns related to technology and their school performance. Educational Media International, 62(2), 197-214.
Bui, N., Collier, J, Ozturk, Y. E., & Song, D. (2025). The effects of conversational agents on human learning and how we used them: A systematic review of studies before generative AI. TechTrends, 69, 628-644.
Song, D., Oh, E., & Hong, H. (2022). The impact of teaching simulation computing with a conversational virtual agent with different attitudes on preservice teachers’ efficacy. Educational Technology & Society, 25(3), 46-59.