Dr Roxanne Xiaoxuan FANG

Postdoctoral Fellow
Department of Family Medicine and Primary Care

  • B.M, M.Ed. (EdUHK), Ed.D. (EdUHK)

Roxanne obtained her doctoral degree from the Department of Curriculum and Instruction at the Education University of Hong Kong (EdUHK). She previously earned a Master of Education degree from EdUHK, specializing in curriculum, teaching, assessment, and educational management and leadership. Her primary research areas encompass AI in education, digital education, STEM education, and educational technology‐supported instructional design.

Key Research Areas
  • AI in education
  • Digital education
  • STEM education
  • Curriculum studies

Key Publications
Journal Articles
  1. Fang, X., Ng, D. T. K., & Yuen, M. W. (2024). Effects of geogebra-enhanced scratch computational thinking instruction on fifth-grade students’ motivation, anxiety, cognitive load. Education and Information Technologies. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10639-024-13052-9
  2. Fang, X., Guo, K., & Ng, D. T. K. (2024). Sudowrite: Co-writing creative stories with artificial intelligence. RELC journal. https://doi.org/10.1177/00336882241250109
  3. Fang, X.*, Ng, D. T. K., Leung, J. K. L., & Chu, S. K. W. (2023). A systematic review of artificial intelligence technologies used for story writing. Education and Information Technologies, 28(11), 14361-14397. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10639-023-11741-5
  4. Fang, X., Ng, D. T. K., Leung, J. K. L., & Xu, H. (2023). The applications of the ARCS model in instructional design, theoretical framework, and measurement tool: a systematic review of empirical studies. Interactive Learning Environments, 1-28. https://doi.org/10.1080/10494820.2023.2240867
  5. Fang, X.*, & Ng, D. T. K. (2023). Educational inequity in prolonged online learning among young learners: A two-year longitudinal study of Chinese cross-border education. Education and Information Technologies, 1-23. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10639-023-12331-1
  6. Ng, D. T. K., & Fang, X.* (2023). Inequity Issues in Online learning of Chinese Cross-border Students under the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Longitudinal Study at a Macro-level. Educational Technology & Society, 26(4). https://doi.org/10.30191/ETS.202310_26(4).0009
  7. Fang, X.*, Ng, D. T. K., Tam, W. T., & Yuen, M. (2023). Integrating computational thinking into primary mathematics: A case study of fraction lessons with scratch programming activities. Asian Journal for Mathematics Education, 2(2), 220-239. https://doi.org/10.1177/27527263231181963
  8. Ng, D. T. K., & Fang, X. (2023). How to use Zoom to collect data in mathematics educational research: A case study in assessing students’ online mathematics learning. Asian Journal for Mathematics Education, 2(3), 274-298. https://doi.org/10.1177/27527263231188638
Book Chapters
  1. Fang, X., Gao, L., & Xu, H. (2024). Digital Divide in Students’ Online Learning during the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Case Study of Hong Kong. In Xu, H. (Ed.) Curriculum Innovation in East Asian Schools: Contexts, Innovations and Impact. Routledge.
  2. Fang, X., & Deng, H. (2024). Using Generative AI tools to develop AI literacy in the context of human-AI collaborative writing among secondary students. In O'Dea, X. & Ng. D. (Eds) Effective Practices in AI literacy Education: Case Studies and Reflections. Emerald, 10.1108/978-1-83608-852-3
  3. Fang, X., & Du, C. (in press). A Systematic Review of Empirical Studies Promoting Generative AI Literacy in Primary and Secondary Education. In Ng, D. T. K., Chu, S. K. W., O'Dea, X., & Leung, J. K. L. (Eds) From AI Literacy to Generative AI Literacy: Theory, Policy and Practice. Springer.
Conference Papers
  1. Fang, X.*, & Deng, H. (2024). Using Generative AI to facilitate digital multimodal composing in EFL learning. In The 28th Global Chinese Conference on Computers in Education (GCCCE 2024), Southwest University, Chongqing, China.
  2. Fang, X.*, Zhao, Y., Tam, F., TSOI, F. W. L., & Chu, S. K. W. (2024). Reading Battle - A gamified platform that can change reluctant readers into book lovers! In International Congress on Educational Futures 2024 (ICEF 2024), The Education University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong.
  3. Xu, L., Lee, S. M. S., Bo, A. H. Y., Kim. H., Fang, X., & Chu, S. K. W. (2024). A Systematic Review on Digital Technologies Applied in Intergenerational Learning. In the 28th Conference of the Junior Researchers of EARLI (JURE 2024). University of Sevilla, Spain.
  4. Fang, X.*, & Chu, S. K. W. (2022). A Systematic Review of Artificial Intelligence Applications/Technologies Used for Story Writing. In International Conference and Institute on AI and Blockchain (ICAIB 2022) for Information and Library Science, Taipei, Taiwan.
  5. Fang, X.* (2021). Curriculum Reform in Primary Schools in China: A Multiple Intelligences Curricula Case Study. In 2021 2nd International Conference on Computers, Information Processing and Advanced Education (CIPAE 2021). Ottawa, Ontario, Canada