Dr. LI Na is an Associate Professor, Acting Head, and Director of the MSc Digital Education Programme in the Department of Educational Studies at the Academy of Future Education (AoFE), Xi’an Jiaotong-Liverpool University (XJTLU). She also serves as Co-Director of the Research Centre for AI and Education within the AoFE. A Senior Fellow of Advance HE (SFHEA), Dr. Li is widely recognised for her leadership in digital education and for her interdisciplinary research at the intersection of technology and learning. 

She holds editorial roles with several top SSCI Q1 journals: Triage Editor for the British Journal of Educational Technology (BJET) and Associate Editor for the Australasian Journal of Educational Technology (AJET), European Journal of Education (EJED), and Humanities and Social Sciences Communications (Springer Nature). She is also Lead Guest Editor for BJET’s 2024–2025 special issue on AI and emotions in education, and Guest Editor for Developing Academic Practice on AI in teaching and learning.

Dr. Li earned her PhD in Education from the University of Liverpool, jointly supervised with XJTLU, and was the first PhD graduate from AoFE, receiving awards for both thesis excellence and academic performance. Her research focuses on Virtual Learning Environments (VLE/LMS), Artificial Intelligence in Education (AIED), and Digital Game-Based Learning (DGBL). Three of her papers were listed in XJTLU’s September 2025 ESI Top Cited/Hot Paper ranking.

Her innovations include the Digital Escape Room, which won the 2023 Advance HE Global Impact Award and was featured in the EDUCAUSE Horizon Report, and an interest-based algorithm for capstone project selection, published in Computers in Human Behavior. She also developed the Fishbone Digital Learning Design Method and proposed the four-stage model of edtech adoption (Habituation–Meaning-Making–Objectification–Sedimentation), offering new perspectives on technology integration in education.
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Google Scholar citation 1289, H-index 14 (by Oct 31 2025)

中文简介

       李娜博士现任西交利物浦大学未来教育学院教育研究系主任、副教授、博士生导师，并担任数字化教育专业主任及人工智能与教育研究中心联席主任，英国国际高等教育资深会士 (SFHEA) 。

       李博士在学术出版领域担任重要角色，是SSCI一区顶刊《英国教育技术期刊》(British Journal of Educational Technology) 的分类主编，同时担任《澳洲教育技术期刊》(Australasian Journal of Educational Technology)、《欧洲教育期刊》(European Journal of Education) 及《自然》旗下《人文社科通讯》(Humanities and Social Sciences Communications) 副主编。她还主编了《英国发展学术实践期刊》(Developing Academic Practice) AI教与学专刊及《英国教育技术期刊》AI与情绪教育研究专刊。近期专著：《教育何为：发现自我，成为自我》（席酉民、韩巍、李娜主编，北京大学出版社，2024年8月），以师门教育生态探索技术时代的人文价值，书中撰写个人教育叙事《时光漫步》，呼吁和提倡尊重个体的独特性。

       作为西交利物浦大学未来教育学院首位博士毕业生，李博士获利物浦大学教育学博士学位，并荣获西浦未来教育学院优秀博士论文奖和优秀博士生奖。她的主要研究方向聚焦于：虚拟学习环境 (VLE/LMS)；人工智能赋能教育 (AIED)；数字游戏化教学 (DGBL)。

       李博士自2006年起即深耕信息技术行业实践与数字化教育教学研究，2022年博士毕业以来持续在国内外核心期刊、出版社及学术会议发表高质量成果，谷歌学术 H 指数为 14，总被引量达 1289次。其中3篇论文入选西交利物浦大学2025年9月ESI顶级被引/热点论文排行榜。主导开发“数字密室”跨学科教学工具，融合H5P与Moodle技术提升在线学习参与度，获英国高等教育协会（Advance HE）2023年全球最具影响力奖（全球仅15项），并被EDUCAUSE Horizon Report收录为国际标杆案例。设计基于兴趣的毕业设计选题算法，显著提升学生成绩及格率与完成率，成果发表于中科院一区全球心理学顶刊《人类行为中的计算机》(Computers in Human Behavior)。创立“鱼骨数字学习设计法”，指导硕博研究生近100名。提出“习惯化-意义化-客观化-沉淀化”四阶段模型，揭示教育技术普及瓶颈在于“意义化”缺失，并通过“云测验”等案例验证个人差异化与集体共识的双重意义构建路径。更多详情请参阅李娜博士的科研简历：
https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Na-Li-120

AI and Education: https://connect.xjtlu.edu.cn/group/aied/research

Digital Game-Based Learning (DGBL): https://connect.xjtlu.edu.cn/user/na-li/educause-exemplar-xjtlu-digital-escape-room

• Acting Head of Department of Educational Studies, Academy of Future Education, Xian Jiaotong-Liverpool University - June 1st, 2025 - present
• Co-Director of the Research Centre for AI and Education, Academy of Future Education, Xian Jiaotong-Liverpool University - Dec, 2023 - present
• Associate Professor, Director of MSc Digital Education Programme, Module Leader of EDS431,433, Department of Educational Studies (EDS), Academy of Future Education, Xian Jiaotong-Liverpool University - June, 2023 - present
• Associate Professor, Deputy Director of MSc Digital Education Programme, Module Leader of EDS431,433, Department of Educational Studies (EDS), Academy of Future Education, Xian Jiaotong-Liverpool University - March -May, 2023
• Associate Professor, Module Leader of EDS431,433, Department of Educational Studies (EDS), Academy of Future Education, Xian Jiaotong-Liverpool University - 2022 to 2023
• Assistant Professor of Practice, Educational Developer, Module Leader, and TEL Team Leader at Educational Development Unit (EDU), Academy of Future Education, Xian Jiaotong-Liverpool University - 2021 to 2022
• Senior Educational Technologist, CET, Xian Jiaotong-Liverpool University - 2019 to 2021
• Educational Technologist, EDU, ILEAD, Xian Jiaotong-Liverpool University- 2015 to 2019
• Team Leader of Application Team, MITS, Xian Jiaotong-Liverpool University -2012 to 2015
• Department Manager and Project Manager, Digital China Information Service Company LTD.- 2008 to 2012
• Senior System Designer,  Research and Development Centre Director Assistant, BenQ Co., LTD- 2006 to 2008

• Module leader for EDS 431 Designing Digital Education Curriculum
• Module leader for EDS 433 Designing and Practicing Digital Education
• Lecturer for XPU001 Essentials of AI (student number for each session: 4500)
• Academic Supervisor and Practice Supervisor for EDS 436 Syntegrative Learning
• Dissertation Supervisor for EDS 437 Research Project
• Practice Supervisor for EDS406 Educational Internship
• Academic advisor for EDS MA/MSc students
• Lecturer for ILEAD External Teaching and Learning Programmes
• Lecturer for IMDP Programme
• Module leader for PGC 404 Using Technology to Enhance Learning and Teaching
• Lecturer for GCR001-Global Citizenship and Research-led Learning: Sustainable Development (student number for each session: 6000)
• Lecturer for Developing Global Citizenship: Reflection and response to the epidemic caused by novel coronavirus (student number for each session: 6000)
• Lecturer for EDU CPD Programme
• Lecturer for XJTLU Educational Technologies Workshops
• Lecturer for PG CPS Programme (participant number for each session: 200)
• Guest lecturer for EDS432 Education in a Digital Society
• Guest lecturer for EDS402-Entrepreneurship, Educational Innovation, and International Education
• Guest lecturer for EDD programme
• PGR Tutoring at University of Liverpool
• Guest lecturer at the University of the Free State
• Guest lecturer at Teacher Development Center of Suzhou Industrial Park Education Department 苏州工业园区教育局教发中心讲座：5G+智慧教育https://tdc.sipedu.org/xwdt/content_769977

• 2024 XJTLU Honoured Staff in Academic Year 2023-2024
• 2024 AOFE All-Round Academic Excellence in Academic Year 2023-2024
• 2024 Outstanding Academic Papers in Natural Science for the Year 2022-2023 in Suzhou 苏州市自然科学优秀学术论文
• 2024 Suzhou Computer Society Outstanding Academic Papers Second Prize for the Year 2022-2023 苏州市计算机学会优秀论文二等奖
• 2024 Suzhou Artificial Intelligence Society Annual "Outstanding Individual Award" 苏州市人工智能学会2024年年度“先进个人奖”
• 2023 EDUCAUSE Exemplar for 2023 EDUCAUSE Horizon Report | Teaching and Learning Edition
• 2023 AOFE Staff Excellence in Learning and Teaching in Academic Year 2022-2023
• 2023 AY2021-2022 Winner of Awards of Thesis Writing and Academic Performance, Academy of Future Education, Xian Jiaotong-Liverpool University
• 2023 Advance HE Global Impact Grants 2023-2024
• 2022 Advance HE Global Impact Grants 2022-2023
• 2022 Researcher.Life Gold Ambassador
• 2021 Jiangsu Province Social Science Application Research Excellent Project 2021年度“江苏省社科应用研究精品工程”优秀成果二等奖 (This was the first time that a scholar from XJTLU has received this accolade)
• 2021 Best Poster and Oral Presentation Award at Xian Jiaotong-Liverpool University Postgraduate Research Symposium
• 2021 Senior Trainer at ILEAD, XJTLU
• 2020 Best Presentation at the 4th International Conference on Education and Distance Learning
• 2019 Best Staff Members in ILEAD
• 2018 Excellent exemplar of Certified Projects Data Analyst (CPDA)
• 2018 Excellent Oral presentation certificate in 2018 International Conference on Distance Education and Learning
• 2017 Fellowship of the Advance HE
• 2017 HEA-associated Certificate in Professional Studies (CPS) programme (Merit)
• 2010 Excellent Project Team in Digital China
• 2009 Excellent Project Manager in Digital China
• 2007 Excellent Staff Member in BenQ