Prerna Ravi
@PrernaRavi1
PhD Student @MIT @MIT_CSAIL | @gtcomputing alum | Human-AI Interaction, AI-Mediated Collaboration, AI Education | prev. intern @Microsoft, @GoogleAI
Thrilled to share that our paper has received an Honorable Mention Recognition🏆 at #CHI2025! Read more here: arxiv.org/pdf/2502.09799 :)
Excited to share that our paper "Co-designing Large Language Model Tools for Project-Based Learning with K-12 Educators" has been accepted to #CHI2025! This work was part of my S.M. thesis, which I completed @MIT_CSAIL in September 2024. More details coming soon!
Frequently Asked Questions chi2026.acm.org/authors/freque… #acmchi #chi2026
🏆 Our ACM @LearningAtScale paper below was recognized with a Best Paper Nomination today! #Learningatscale. We draw on established pedagogical feedback theories to demonstrate null effects with #AIED interventions targeting personalization. Paper: dl.acm.org/doi/abs/10.114…
Our paper "Beyond AI Feedback: How Metacognitive Requirements in Practice Exams Transform Student Learning Behaviors" was accepted @LearningAtScale '25! We show how metacognitive scaffolds may be more impactful than AI feedback mechanisms in higher-ed exam tools. Stay tuned!
Open Call for Reviewers: CHI 2026 Student Research Competition chi2026.acm.org/2025/07/07/ope… #acmchi #chi2026
I will be at #ISLS in Helsinki, Finland this upcoming week presenting our latest work on analyzing team collaboration behaviors and discourse patterns in synchronous settings. Would love to connect with folks interested in #CSCL, #CSCW, and #AIED spaces!

Pre-print for this paper is out now! arxiv.org/abs/2505.13381
Our paper "Beyond AI Feedback: How Metacognitive Requirements in Practice Exams Transform Student Learning Behaviors" was accepted @LearningAtScale '25! We show how metacognitive scaffolds may be more impactful than AI feedback mechanisms in higher-ed exam tools. Stay tuned!
We are co-organizing an informal lunch tomorrow for folks interested in AI Education work at #CHI2025. Let us know if you would like to join (reply here or DM!)
This is happening today at 2:10 pm after lunch! Stop by the Classroom Technology Session: programs.sigchi.org/chi/2025/progr… Outside of the AI Education space, I am also excited to chat about Human-AI Interaction tools for group collaboration and distributed creativity :) #CHI2025
Thrilled to share that our paper has received an Honorable Mention Recognition🏆 at #CHI2025! Read more here: arxiv.org/pdf/2502.09799 :)
☀️ Our amazing team of student volunteers is all set and excited for the conference kickoff! #CHI2025
✨️🏆️ Congratulations to every author awarded Best Paper or Honorable Mention at #CHI2025! Looking forward to celebrating with you in Yokohama shortly! 🎡 Check out the award recipients here: buff.ly/FHtp6Ku
Some numbers at #CHI2025 5675 attendees and 5020 papers submitted and 1249 accepted. By general chairs of @acm_chi
Excited to see you all at #CHI2025 starting this weekend in Japan. Would love to see familiar faces during our session on Tuesday, April 29 at 2:10pm: programs.sigchi.org/chi/2025/progr… I would also love to chat about AI-Supported Team Collaboration, Group Creativity, and AI+Education. Hmu!
Thrilled to share that our paper has received an Honorable Mention Recognition🏆 at #CHI2025! Read more here: arxiv.org/pdf/2502.09799 :)
Our paper "Beyond AI Feedback: How Metacognitive Requirements in Practice Exams Transform Student Learning Behaviors" was accepted @LearningAtScale '25! We show how metacognitive scaffolds may be more impactful than AI feedback mechanisms in higher-ed exam tools. Stay tuned!

📢 Excited to share our new paper: Challenges and Paths Towards AI for SWE We discuss: 🛠️ 6 sub-tasks needed for SWE 🤖 9 challenges of today's AI in SWE 🔮 9 future directions to address the challenges w/ collaborators from MIT, Berkeley, Cornell, Stanford, and UPenn ⬇️ (1/n)
"You can’t just learn how to craft a prompt for an #AI chatbot w/o first having the experience, exposure and, yes, education to know what the heck you are doing" Exactly the pt I make when expert coders share examples of "vibe coding" apps as a 10-yr old w no coding experience…
Good news! Our paper "Scratch Copilot: Supporting Youth Creative Coding with AI" got accepted to @IDC_ACM ! We present Scratch Copilot, the first AI-powered assistant specifically designed for Scratch that provides real-time support for ideation, code generation, and debugging…
Our paper '“How can we learn and use AI at the same time?”: Participatory Design of GenAI with High School Students' got accepted to @IDC_ACM ! We co-create GenAI tools and policies with K12 students—a group rarely included in prior EdTech co-design work. Pre-print coming soon!

School teachers don’t need to recruit students into CS: An alternative model for K-12 computing education - new blog post on CSTA Standards Development computinged.wordpress.com/2025/03/23/an-…
📖 What thought-provoking books explore AI and education? We asked our deans @cynthiabreazeal and Christopher Capozzola to share some of their favorites. Start reading: bit.ly/43SOxtG
📢 Looking for current research on #HCI + #AI? Here's a collection of 200+ #CHI2025 preprints, collected via arXiv and your suggestions: medium.com/human-centered…