Lauren J. Woo, Ph.D.

My research combines my interests in preparation for online teaching and creative education. I have examined the impact of recent technological changes, with a focus on the continued growth of online education and the dispersion of generative artificial intelligence tools. The following overarching questions have guided my research:

How have gaps in preparation for online teaching impacted educational stakeholders? What types of efforts have teacher education programs made to address these gaps?
How can teacher education programs creatively build on their efforts to address gaps in preparation for online teaching and to prepare for larger technological changes?

If you would like access to any of the publications listed below, please email me at lauren.woo@asu.edu.

Select Publications: Preparation for Online Teaching

Peer-Reviewed Articles

Woo, L. J., Archambault, L., & Borup, J. (2025). Exploring the evolution of field experiences in P-12 online settings: A systematic review of studies from 2007-2022. Journal of Research on Technology in Education, 57(2), 375–392.

https://doi.org/10.1080/15391523.2023.2237612

*Awarded the 2024 Association for Educational Communications and Technology Graduate Student Empirical Journal Article Award

Woo, L., & Archambault, L. (2023). Examining the remote teaching experiences of international educators during the COVID-19 pandemic. Journal of Online Learning Research, 9(1), 15–38.

https://www.learntechlib.org/primary/p/221179/

*Awarded the 2023 Association for Educational Communications and Technology Graduate Student Qualitative Research Award

Book Chapters

Woo, L. J., Archambault, L., & Borup, J. (2023). Supporting the pedagogical needs of preservice teachers during a time of crisis: Providing online modules to address teaching at a distance. In A. Zimmerman (Ed.), Research, practice, and innovations in teacher education during a virtual age (pp. 53–78). IGI Global.

https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-6684-5316-2.ch004

Peer-Reviewed Conference Proceedings

Woo, L. & Archambault, L. (2025). A nationwide reexamination of PK-12 online field experiences in the United States. In R. Jake Cohen (Ed.), Proceedings of Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference (pp. 1244–1249). Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education.

https://www.learntechlib.org/primary/p/225659/

Select Publications: Generative Artificial Intelligence & Creative Education

Peer-Reviewed Articles

Henriksen, D., Mishra, P., Woo, L., & Oster, N. (2025). The education doctorate in the context of generative artificial intelligence: Epistemic shifts and challenges to practical wisdom. Impacting Education: Journal on Transforming Professional Practice, 10(1), 73–79.

https://doi.org/10.5195/ie.2025.485

Editorially-Reviewed Articles

Mishra, P., Henriksen, D., Woo, L., & Oster, N. (2025). Control vs. agency: Exploring the history of AI in education. TechTrends.

https://doi.org/10.1007/s11528-025-01064-2

Henriksen, D., Woo, L., & Mishra, P. (2024). Unlocking creativity: Dr. Anna Abraham on interdisciplinarity, AI, and human innovation. TechTrends, 68, 847–853.

https://doi.org/10.1007/s11528-024-01002-8

Woo, L. J., Henriksen, D., & Mishra, P. (2023). Literacy as a technology: A conversation with Kyle Jensen about AI, writing and more. TechTrends, 67, 767–773.

https://doi.org/10.1007/s11528-023-00888-0

Henriksen, D., Woo, L. J., & Mishra, P. (2023). Creative uses of ChatGPT for education: A conversation with Ethan Mollick. TechTrends, 67, 595–600.

https://doi.org/10.1007/s11528-023-00862-w

Warr, M., Mishra, P., Henriksen, D., & Woo, L. J. (2023). A chat about GPT3 (and other forms of alien intelligence) with Chris Dede. TechTrends, 67, 396–401.

https://doi.org/10.1007/s11528-023-00843-z

Select Publications: Creative Education

Editorially-Reviewed Articles

Henriksen, D., & Woo, L. J. (2023). Pedagogical practices that support teaching and learning for creativity. Pedagogical Dialogue Journal, 2, 52–65.

Henriksen, D., & Woo, L. J. (2023). Critical platform literacies through a design lens: Technological affordances and the zone of possibilities. Literacy Learning: The Middle Years, 31(2), 22–25.

Woo, L. J., & Henriksen, D. (2023). The critical role of teachers in educational design processes. Teachers College Record.

https://journals.sagepub.com/page/tcz/collections/commentaries

Book Chapters

Henriksen, D., Woo, L. J., & Mishra, P. (2024). Working with constraints: Creativity through repurposing. In D. A. Tillman (Ed.), Exploring perspectives on creativity theory and research in education (Vol. 8, pp. 3–22). Springer.

https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-55416-2_1

Henriksen, D., Woo, L. J., & Mishra, P. (2023). Designing for creative learning environments: Putting pedagogical principles into action. In R. E. West & H. Leary (Eds.), Foundations of learning and instructional design technology (2nd ed.). EdTech Books.

https://edtechbooks.org/foundations_of_learn/designing_creativity