Education

2015.09-2019.11     Doctoral study (major in Educational science), Faculty of Psychology and Educational science, Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB) , Brussels, Belgium

2020.05-2022.05     Postdoctoral researcher, Faculty of Education, Beijing Normal University

2022.07-now      Lecturer, Faculty of Education, Beijing Normal University

Academic Output

[1]  Kai Wang, Chang Zhu (2019). MOOC-integrated flipped learning in higher education: students’ participation, experience and learning performance. International Journal of Educational Technology in Higher Education. SSCI-indexed

[2] Kai Wang, Chang Zhu, Jo Tondeur (2021). Using micro-lectures in Small Private Online Courses: What do we learn from student’s behavioral intentions? . Technology，Pedagogy and Education.  SSCI-indexed

[3] Kai Wang, Chang Zhu, Shihua Li, Guoyuan Sang (2022). Using Revised Community of Inquiry Framework to Scaffold MOOC-based Flipped Learning. Interactive learning environment. SSCI-indexed

[4]Yang D, Chen P, Wang H, Wang K and Huang R (2022) Teachers' autonomy support and student engagement: A systematic literature review of longitudinal studies. Front. Psychol. 13:925955. （corresponding author） SSCI-indexed

[5] Kai Wang, Guoyuan Sang, Ching Sing Chai, Liang, J.-C.(2023), Exploring Teachers’ Behavioral Intentions to Design Artificial Intelligence Assisted Learning in Chinese K-12 Education. Technology，Pedagogy and Education. SSCI-indexed

[6]Wang, K.; Sang, G.-Y.; Huang, L.-Z.; Li, S.-H.; Guo, J.-W (2023). The Effectiveness of Educational Robots in Improving Learning Outcomes: A Meta-Analysis. Sustainability, 15, 4637. SSCI-indexed

[7]Sang, G., Wang, K., Li, S., Xi, J., & Yang, D. (2023). Effort expectancy mediate the relationship between instructors’ digital competence and their work engagement: evidence from universities in China. Educational technology research and development, 1-17.（corresponding author） SSCI-indexed

[8]Huang, L., Wang, K., Li, S., & Guo, J. (2023). Using WeChat as an educational tool in MOOC-based flipped classroom: What can we learn from students’ learning experience?. Frontiers in Psychology, 13.（corresponding author） SSCI-indexed

[9] Joanna Mrowiec-Denkowska,Yujuan Chen, Fryderyk Zoll, Kai Wang (2018). Challenges of Chinese and the EU universities in mobility cooperation: HEIs managerial administrative staff perspective.

[10] Lei Zhang, Hui Zhang, Kai Wang (2020), Media Literacy Education and Curriculum Integration: A Literature Review. International Journal of Contemporary Education.

[11] Wang, K., Shen, L., Duan, B., Zhang, C., & Yuan, X. (2026). The more capability, the better behavioural intention? Empirical evidence on the relation between institutes’ artificial intelligence capability and pre-service teachers’ behavioural intentions to design artificial intelligence assisted teaching. Asia Pacific Journal of Education, 1-22.SSCI-indexed
[12] Wang, J., Sang, G., Wang, K., Hu, H., & Ruan, Q. (2026). How AI-PCK predicts AI-assisted instruction intention: a study with pre-service teachers in China. Journal for the Study of Education and Development, Infancia y Aprendizaje, 49(1), 95-120. （corresponding author）SSCI-indexed
[13] Zhang, C., Hu, M., Wu, W., Chen, Y., Wang, K., Gao, T., & Fu, Q. (2026). AI versus teacher feedback in developing pre-service teachers’ teaching self-efficacy: A Quasi-experimental study in simulated teaching. Teaching and Teacher Education, 172, 105355. SSCI-indexed
[14] Wang, K., Duan, B., Li, X., & Xue, Y. (2025). A profile analysis of computer-supported collaborative learning motivation in Chinese higher education: integrating achievement goal and expectancy-value perspectives. Interactive Learning Environments, 1-23.SSCI-indexed
[15] Wang, K., Ye, Z., Li, Z., Li, S., & Yuan, X. (2025). Predicting Teachers’ Continuance Intention to Teach Online: The Role of Technostress, Intrapersonal and School Environmental Factors. SAGE Open, 15(3), 21582440251359832.SSCI-indexed
[16] Wang, K., Cui, W., & Yuan, X. (2025). Artificial intelligence in higher education: The impact of need satisfaction on artificial intelligence literacy mediated by self-regulated learning strategies. Behavioral Sciences, 15(2), 165.SSCI-indexed
[17] Huang, L., Ruan, Q., & Wang, K. (2025). The Development and Psychometric Properties of a Doctoral Student Agency Scale. Behavioral Sciences, 15(12), 1715. SSCI-indexed
[18] Wang, K., Chai, C. S., Liang, J. C., & Sang, G. (2024). Exploring teachers’behavioural intentions to design artificial intelligence-assisted learning in Chinese K–12 education. Technology, Pedagogy and Education, 33(5), 629-645.SSCI-indexed
[19] Wang, K., Ruan, Q., Zhang, X., Fu, C., & Duan, B. (2024). Pre-service teachers’ GenAI anxiety, technology self-efficacy, and TPACK: Their structural relations with behavioral intention to design GenAI-assisted teaching. Behavioral sciences, 14(5), 373.SSCI-indexed

Research area

In more recent work, I am especially interested in exploring the interplay among Teacher education, Educational innovations, Pedagogical design, MOOCs, Self-regulated learning,  Digital literacy and Flipped learning.

E-mail: wangkai1991@bnu.edu.com

ORCID ID:0000-0002-3795-4719