● MLTI Lab / School of Education and Human Development / University of Virginia
Making multimodal participation visible
with learning analytics & AI.
DIRECTED BY
Hakeoung Hannah Lee
Assistant Professor · School of Education and Human Development
RESEARCH FOCUS
Learning Sciences
AI-Enhanced Multimodal Learning Analytics
STEM Education
Sociocultural Perspectives on Learning
Participatory Design
CURRENTLY
Recruiting Ph.D. students for Fall 2027. Open to collaboration with K–12 partners, learning scientists, STEM education researchers, and AI developers.
FEATURED
PUBLICATION
PUBLICATION
Learning and Instruction · Special Issue on MMLA · 2026
Toward an inclusive understanding of collaborative learning using MMLA: Exploring multimodal participation dynamics by gender and linguistic diversity.
Lee, H. H., Sung, J., Celedón-Pattichis, S., & Pattichis, M. S. (2026). Learning and Instruction, 102, Article 102317. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.learninstruc.2026.102317
DOI ↗PDF ↓
Current projects
02 / ACTIVE GRANTS
01 /
Multimodal STEM+AI Classrooms
A Sociocultural Inquiry into Participatory Design for Collaborative Learning
UVA IDEAs (Innovative, Developmental, Exploratory Awards)
$10,000
03.2026 / 03.2027
02 /
Multimodal Futures
Responsible AI for Equitable, Multilingual STEM Education Across Global Contexts
UVA Global Programs of Distinction (CGII)
$70,000
08.2026 / 07.2027
Oct 2026
Asilomar 2026 invited presentation
AI/ML with Python in secondary mathematics. Pacific Grove, CA.
Aug 2026
UVA Global Programs Grant
$70k for Multimodal Futures.
Jun 2026
ICOLSEI 2026
Modular AI-era course design with LLM multi-persona simulation. Seoul.
Jun 2026
Three papers at ISLS 2026
ISLS annual meeting, CSCL, and ICLS.
Apr 2026
CHI 2026
Scaling course-specific AI tutors.
Apr 2026
AERA 2026
Multimodal participation analysis in CSCL. Los Angeles, CA.
Apr 2026
KAERA 2026 mentoring session
Invited mentoring session on the job market. Los Angeles, CA.
Mar 2026
UVA IDEAs Award
$10k for Codesigning Multimodal STEM+AI Classrooms.
Mar 2026
Paper in Learning and Instruction
Vol. 102. Special issue on MMLA in ecological settings.