Murai, Y., Kim, Y. J., Chang, S., Martin, E., Rosenheck, L., & Kirschmann, P. (2020, April). How do you know they are learning?: Perspectives of maker educators on assessment. Paper will be presented at Annual Meeting of American Educational Research Association, San Francisco, CA.

Murai, Y., Gabaree, L., Presicce, C., Rodeghiero, C., & Ahmad, Y. (2020, April). Participants facilitating an online learning community: Three case studies. Paper will be presented at Annual Meeting of American Educational Research Association, San Francisco, CA.

Murai, Y., McConachie, K., Schmidt, P. (2019, October) Towards design patterns for participatory online events. Paper presented at 26th Conference on pattern languages of programs, Ottawa, Canada.

Kim, Y. J., Murai, Y., Chang, S., & Reich, J. (2019, October) What maker assessment should look like: A closer look at the design process. Poster presented at Connected Learning Summit 2019, Irvine, CA.

Murai, Y., Rodeghiero, C., Burd, L., Gabaree, L., Presicce, C., Muthui, M., & Ahmad. (2019, October) Cultivating creative learning communities across contexts: Opportunities and challenges, and potential paths. Symposia organized at Connected Learning Summit 2019, Irvine, CA.

Tirthali, D. & Murai, Y. (2019, October) Don't just say thank you: Exploration of types of posts inspiring and hindering deep conversations online. Paper will be presented at Annual Conference of the Association of Internet Researchers, Brisbane, Australia.

Muramatsu, H., Murai, Y., Hiraoka, S., Gomi, N., Takamasa, S., Koiwa, T., Katsura, K., Matsuzaka, S., & Yoda, T. (2019, September) Teacher training program for programming education incorporating creative learning. Paper presented at Technology Education New Zealand Conference, Oakland, New Zealand.

Murai, Y., Patch, N., Choe, E., McConachie, K., & Schmidt, P. (2019, April). Modeling social participation: Design implications from analysis of online teacher professional development workshops. Paper presented at Annual Meeting of American Educational Research Association, Toronto, Canada.

Murai, Y. & Tirthali, D. (2019, April). Discussion prompts and social interaction: Social network perspective on weekly interaction in a massive open online course. Paper presented at Annual Meeting of American Educational Research Association, Toronto, Canada.

Gabaree, L., Murai, Y., & Presicce, C. (2019) Learning Creative Learning: Connecting creative educators around the world. Poster presented at the annual conference of International Society for Technology in Education.

Murai, Y., Muramatsu, H., Gomi, N., & Katsuramoto, K. (2018) Programming education as creative learning: Challenges and opportunities. Brief paper presented at the annual conference of Japan Society for STEM Education, Tokyo, Japan.

Chang, S., Kim, Y. J., Kirschmann, P., & Murai, Y. (2018, August) Embedded assessment for maker-centered classrooms. Workshop performed at Connected Learning Summit, Cambridge, MA.

Gabaree, L., Murai, Y., Presicce, C., & Tsur, M. (2018, August) Learning Creative Learning: How we keep tinkering with MOOCs. Spotlight presentation presented at Connected Learning Summit, Cambridge, MA.

Gabaree, L., Presicce, C., Murai, Y., & Tsur, M. (2018, August) Designing for Multiple Pathways in Online Learning Experiences. Brief paper presented at Connected Learning Summit, Cambridge, MA.

Murai, Y., Choe, E., Patch, N., McConachie, K., & Schmidt, P. (2018, August) Unhangout for Educators: Best practices for participant-driven online workshops. Spotlight presentation presented at Connected Learning Summit, Cambridge, MA.

Murai, Y., McConachie, K., Schmidt, P., & Choe, E. (2018, April). Participant-driven online live workshops as teacher learning opportunities. Poster presented at Annual Meeting of American Educational Research Association, New York, NY.

Murai, Y., McConachie, K., & Schmidt, P. (2017, October). Making online professional development program accessible to educators worldwide. Individual Talks Panel performed at Digital Media and Learning Conference 2017, Irvine, CA.

Murai, Y. (2017, October). Creative learning through programming education. Talk and workshop performed at Create Future of Education Forum, Tokyo, Japan.

Murai, Y. (2017, October). Creative learning for identity development. Talk and workshop performed at UNESCO Asia Preparing Teachers for Global Citizenship Education, Tokyo, Japan.

Murai, Y. (2016, April). Role of web-based tools in the development of intrinsic motivation and sense of community in online and face-to-face environments. Poster presented at Annual Meeting of American Educational Research Association, Washington, DC.

Murai, Y. (2015, June). Intrinsic motivation and sense of belonging in online classroom environment. Full-Paper presented at World Conference on Educational Multimedia, Hypermedia and Telecommunications 2015, Montreal, Canada.

Murai, Y. (2014, April). Multimodal interactions and motivational development in online music sharing communities. Roundtable “Multimodal interactions and learner engagement in online communities” with Conover, A. and Park, A. performed at Annual Meeting of American Educational Research Association, Philadelphia, PA.

Murai, Y. (2013, June). Discursive acts of support in online forum after natural disaster. Paper presented at Teachers College Education Technology Conference, New York, NY.

Miyakita, G., Murai, Y., & Okawa, K. (2010, June). Performing arts education on the global space: Theatre education session between Japan and Thailand. Brief-paper presented at World Conference on Educational Multimedia, Hypermedia and Telecommunications 2010, Toronto, Canada.

Murai, Y. & Okawa, K. (2009, June). Charity chorus concert by university chorus groups in Asian universities on multiple-sited distant learning platform. Brief-paper presented at World Conference on Educational Multimedia, Hypermedia and Telecommunications 2009, Honolulu, HI.