Engaging Learning Lab - University of Florida

Check out Patriel's page here: faculty.eng.ufl.edu/engaging-learn…

Patriel Stapleton is a HCC PhD student and NSF Graduate Research Fellow in our lab. She recently passed her qualifying exam. She is the project lead for the SimCoast research project, a game-based learning system teaching environmental science. #UFGSAW

Check out Ashish’s page here: faculty.eng.ufl.edu/engaging-learn…

Ashish Aggarwal is a CS PhD student and a lecturer in @UF_EngED. He teaches Intro to CS to CS and engineering students. His work focuses on studying the scaffolds and policies that promote mastery learning for novice programmers. @ashishjuit #UFGSAW

Check out David's page here: faculty.eng.ufl.edu/engaging-learn… Read his SIGCSE abstract here: sigcse2025.sigcse.org/details/sigcse…

David Magda is a HCC PhD student. He recently passed his qualifying exam on discrete mathematics in UGRAD CS ED. He also presented a paper at SIGCSE 2025 around students’ thoughts on discrete math. #UFGSAW

Check out Amanpreet's page here: faculty.eng.ufl.edu/engaging-learn… Read his SIGCSE abstract here: sigcse2025.sigcse.org/details/sigcse…

Amanpreet Kapoor is a HCC PhD student and a lecturer in @UF_EngED teaching DSA. He recently successfully defended his doctoral dissertation. He also presented a paper at SIGCSE 25 focused on NeuRL, a no-code app for RL & neural networks. @kapo_or #UFGSAW

This week is UF’S 10th year celebrating Graduate Student Appreciation Week! We are excited to recognize and thank our amazing graduate students in the lab! Stay tuned this week as we highlight each graduate student and their contributions. @UFCISE #UFGSAW #GSAW

Please join the Engaging Learning Lab in congratulating Dr. Amanpreet Kapoor for his successful defense of his dissertation! @kapo_or @UFCISE

This demo features Marc Diaz, Dustin Karp, Prayuj Tuli, and Amanpreet Kapoor presenting EduGator, an AI-enabled tool that helps computing instructors deliver educational content. View the tool here: edugator.app. If you’re attending SIGCSE, join us! #SIGCSE2025

This session features Christina Gardner-McCune presenting AI4K12, which provides practical guidance & resources for integrating AI education into K-12 classrooms. You can learn more about the project at ai4k12.org. If you’re attending SIGCSE, join us! #SIGCSE2025

This session features Scott Siegel, Amanpreet Kapoor, and Parisa Rashidi presenting their paper on NeuRL, a free no-code application with real-time exploration of RL & neural networks. You can view NeuRL at neu-rl.netlify.app. If you’re attending SIGCSE, join us! #SIGCSE2025

Members of the Engaging Learning Lab are in Pittsburgh this week to present sessions at #SIGCSE2025! This session features David Magda & Christina Gardner-McCune presenting their paper on students’ thoughts towards the study of discrete math. If you’re attending SIGCSE, join us!

Today @kapo_or will be presenting his dissertation proposal which will highlight the difference between computer science students who secure internships and those who do not. He aims to decrease barriers and increase student competitiveness for internships and full-time CS jobs.

Read more about his findings here: Who Participates and Preparation Practices: kapooramanpreet.github.io/documents/rese… Barriers to Participation: dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/33… Factors Influencing Participation: kapooramanpreet.github.io/documents/rese…

During @kapo_or’s dissertation proposal he will discuss the factors that contribute to whether or not a CS student will participate in an internship.

Concerns about the low number (40%) of CS students participating in internships, led @kapo_or to explore the processes students engage in to get internships and the barriers that were stopping them from participating. @UFCISE @UF_Eng_Ed

Amanpreet @kapo_or’s dissertation proposal’s RQs focus on CS students and their involvement in internships. He will share his current findings and future research plan on how to get more students involved and how we can better prepare students for employment. @UF_Eng_Ed @UFCISE

This week, Amanpreet @kapo_or will be presenting his dissertation proposal, which focuses on the difference between computer science students who secure internships and those who don't. He aims to gain knowledge that will increase student competitiveness for employment outcomes.