Full Project Library

All Major Work

Filter by category and capability. This library includes all substantial projects from Belle Li’s portfolio source content.

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Capability

A) Product / Training Operations

HiLink LMS: Build + Curriculum Production System

Role: Product Manager & Curriculum Coordinator

Co-led LMS product and curriculum operations, coordinating a 3-person design team and 5-person curriculum team.

Evidence: 300+ learning materials delivered; cross-functional workflow stabilized.

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Trello Workflow Automation for Curriculum & Design Teams

Role: Workflow Designer & Implementation Lead

Built Trello-based automation for task flow, ownership, and visibility; standardized handoff and review logic.

Evidence: Improved coordination efficiency; workflow adopted across company teams.

Content Ops

Cyber Lab LMS Optimization + Onboarding Tutorials

Role: Instructional & Research Manager

Conducted competitor analysis, interviews, and user activity analysis to identify high friction tasks and build targeted tutorials.

Evidence: Improved onboarding clarity and product adoption communication.

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B) Course & Program Design

Foundations of Safe and Inclusive Yoga Teaching (Rise 360)

Role: End-to-End eLearning Designer & Developer

Independently designed and developed a 10-module professional eLearning course in Articulate Rise 360 — covering safety protocols, cueing, sequencing, and scenario-based decision-making for new yoga instructors. Built companion flashcard and study pack in YouMind.

Evidence: Live published course; full ADDIE cycle; scenario-based interactions; practicum rubric for transfer.

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EDCI 557 (Purdue): Strategic Assessment & Evaluation Redesign

Role: Co-Instructor + Instructional Designer

Redesigned assignment scaffolds, rubrics, pacing, and facilitation for asynchronous graduate learners; produced 13 support videos.

Evidence: Reduced onboarding confusion and improved progression signals.

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EDCI 676 (Purdue): Literature Review Course Design Support

Role: Co-Instructor

Built milestone-based supports for evidence synthesis and scholarly writing in a graduate literature review course.

Evidence: Stronger alignment between research question, literature, and argument.

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Indiana University: Tutor Program Leadership at Scale

Role: Visiting Faculty, Pedagogy Specialist & Tutor Coordinator

Recruited, trained, and supervised 200+ tutors while supporting curriculum evaluation and instructional improvement.

Evidence: Large-scale tutor capacity built with structured quality support.

Content OpsEvaluation

Beijing Normal University: Online/Hybrid Teacher Professionalism Course

Role: Co-Teacher

Co-designed graduate online/hybrid learning with reflective practice and instructional technology integration.

Evidence: Practice-oriented teacher development in international contexts.

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ConnectEd: Meta-Analysis Instruction Support

Role: Associate Instructor

Delivered online synchronous instruction and learner support for meta-analysis, evidence interpretation, and method application.

Evidence: Strengthened learner ability to evaluate research quality and findings.

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C) AI-Enabled Learning Innovation

PeteChat: Designing a Guardrailed AI Tutor for Higher Education

Role: Core Design & Research Team Member

Built a course-aligned AI learning assistant using design-based research — engineered with assessment-aware guardrails, Socratic hint-first dialogue, and instructor-facing configuration tools. Deployed to Purdue undergraduates in ECE 20875.

Evidence: $84,787 Purdue Innovation Hub grant; 4 iterative phases; 8 design decisions from stakeholder evaluation; expanding campus-wide.

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AI-Supported Feedback & Revision Workflow

Role: AI Workflow Designer + Instructor-Researcher

Designed a human-in-the-loop cycle: Draft → AI formative feedback → guided revision → human validation.

Evidence: Faster feedback cycles and improved revision quality.

AI IntegrationEvaluation

TIC App: Next-Gen Chinese Character Learning for Heritage Speakers

Role: Instructional Designer & Researcher

Designed and built a typing-based iOS app that integrates Sound-Form-Meaning into a single learning chunk — using Pinyin input, spaced retrieval cycling, and AI-generated real-context sentences to address the cognitive load of Chinese character acquisition for heritage and CFL learners.

Evidence: Live on the Apple App Store; DBR methodology; research-grounded design targeting a gap no existing tool had filled.

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Q-Chat by Quizlet: Design-Based Exploration

Role: Design-Based Researcher + Co-Author

Evaluated conversational AI tutoring interactions for vocabulary learning and pedagogical alignment.

Evidence: Produced actionable implications for AI tutor integration.

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Low-Income Learners: Afterschool ChatGPT Writing Support

Role: Research and Design Contributor

Built an AI-assisted writing support structure in afterschool settings with process tracking for performance and learner affect.

Evidence: Documented writing gains and learner empowerment indicators.

AI IntegrationEvaluation

AI-Integrated SDL Framework + PA-SDA Measurement Work

Role: First-Author Framework and Measurement Researcher

Developed a conceptual AI-integrated self-directed learning framework and validated PA-SDA measurement scale.

Evidence: Decision-ready constructs for design and rigorous AI-learning evaluation.

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D) Research-to-Practice Assets

What Makes AI-Assisted Writing "Authentic"? A Q-Methodology Study

Role: First Author

Identified four empirically distinct instructor orientations toward writing authenticity in AI-mediated contexts — with direct implications for assessment rubric design, faculty development, and institutional AI policy. Study uses Q-methodology with 25 university instructors across 13 Chinese provinces.

Evidence: Manuscript under peer review; 4 retained factors; findings extend existing authenticity theory in AI-mediated educational contexts.

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Systematic Reviews to Design Principles Playbooks

Role: Lead Evidence Synthesizer + Translational Writer

Produced systematic reviews on GenAI and learning outcomes, then translated findings into practical principle sets.

Evidence: Reusable evidence maps for faster instructional decision-making.

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IU Chinese Flagship (COVID): Remote Tutoring Ecosystem Case

Role: Program Contributor, Educator, and Case Co-Author

Documented blended support models and tutor training logic for emergency remote and hybrid language learning.

Evidence: Transferable implementation lessons for sustainable remote tutoring.

Content OpsEvaluation

Online Teacher PD for Cultural/Linguistic Responsiveness

Role: Systematic Review Author

Synthesized studies to identify design patterns that improve inclusivity in online teacher professional development.

Evidence: Actionable guidance for inclusive program decisions.

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NSF T3-CIDERS: Train-the-Trainer Learning Design Support

Role: Evaluation, Instructional Design, and Material Development Contributor

Designed evaluation instruments, instructional materials, and transfer-support resources for a multi-institution NSF train-the-trainer program preparing educators to bring cyberinfrastructure skills into cybersecurity classrooms. Led DBR documentation across four iterative cycles.

Evidence: Published at PEARC '25; 8 refined design principles; DBR manuscript in preparation for BJET/ETR&D.

Content OpsEvaluation

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PeteGPT (RAG Learning Assistant) Collaboration

Role: Design Collaborator

Contributed to RAG learning assistant framing with emphasis on source grounding, responsible AI use, and academic integrity.

Evidence: Practical pattern for integrity-oriented AI support in learning contexts.

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