Teacher learning in the age of AI.

My research and presentations grow out of teaching and working with teachers: how they learn to use AI, and what support they need to bring it into practice.

Conference presentation

GAELDH 2025

Wuhan, China · October 2025 · Presenter

Digital Intelligence Integration: A Leadership-Driven Pathway for AIGC-Empowered Teacher Professional Development (An Autoethnographic Case Study)

Presented at the 2nd Global Education Leadership Conference (GAELDH 2025), co-hosted by Central China Normal University and The Education University of Hong Kong.

Invited talk

V International Engineering Week 2026

Corporación Universitaria Minuto de Dios (UNIMINUTO, Colombia) · November 2026 · Invited speaker

Same Tools, Different Classrooms: How Institutions Shape AI Adoption in Chinese Education

A talk for engineering students and faculty on why the same AI tools are used so differently in public schools, international schools, and private training centers in China, with examples of tools built for teachers and design lessons for engineers.

Research writing

Papers in progress

Lin, K.

A Leadership-Driven Framework for Teacher Professional Development in Generative AI Integration: An Autoethnographic Case Study.

Manuscript in preparation

Lin, K.

Performative, Pragmatic, and Panoptic: The Institutional Divergence of AI Adoption in China’s Educational Ecosystem.

Manuscript in preparation

Public talk

Sharing classroom practice

Grok Bot Meetup Guangzhou · Guangzhou · 13 September 2026 · Invited speaker

A “lazy” teacher’s guide to Grok Bot

A classroom teacher’s account of using Grok Bot for everyday teaching and work, with repetitive tasks delegated to AI.

Talk record (Chinese) →Community sessions →