Publications

Publications & Manuscripts

This page brings together current manuscripts, conference publications, and presentation-adjacent research records in a form that stays useful for academic applications and collaboration.

Publications & Manuscripts

This page brings together current manuscripts, conference publications, and presentation-adjacent research records in a form that stays useful for academic applications and collaboration.

ManuscriptUnder review

Cultivating Systems Thinking through Game-Making: A Systematic Review on Curriculum Design

Fan, S.

Manuscript under review · 2025

A systematic review examining how game making for learning curriculum can cultivate systems thinking through design, iteration, and participation.

ManuscriptUnder review

Meaning & Purpose, Curiosity & Exploration: Motivational Rhetorics in China and Ontario Math Curricula

Fan, S.

Manuscript under review · 2025

A comparative study of how motivational rhetorics are articulated in mathematics curricula in China and Ontario.

ManuscriptUnder review

Have We Solved Them Yet? A Historical Analysis of Recurring Problem Constructions in Seminal Learning Design and Technology Literature

Fan, S.

Manuscript under review · 2026

A historical analysis of how foundational texts in learning design and technology repeatedly construct a familiar set of educational problems across decades of scholarship.

Refereed conference proceedingPublished

Evaluation of Artificial Intelligence Tutoring System Based on the Octalysis Framework: Improving Motivational Design and Management within the System

Fan, S.

Proceedings of the International Conference on Game-Based Learning · 2020

Examines an AI tutoring system through the Octalysis framework to improve motivational design and management within the system.