William Cain

Assistant Professor - Learning, Design, & Technology

Coordinator - LDT Master of Science Degree
Coordinator - LDT Online Instruction Certificate Program
Adjunct Faculty – School of Computing

School of Computing Faculty Fellow 2024-2025
Daniels Fund Faculty Fellow 2023-2025
Entrepreneurship Faculty Fellow - Center for Principle-Based Leadership & Ethics 2024-2025
University of Wyoming Presidential Faculty Fellow 2023-2024
Learning Actively Mentoring Program (LAMP) Fellow 2023-2024

Email: wcain@uwyo.edu
Phone: (307) 766-6819
Office: Education 337
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Teaching

Master of Science

• LDTE 5010 Elements of Design
• LDTE 5202 Technology and the Mind
• LDTE 5120 Managing Design and Technology
• LDTE 5210 Learning Experience Design

Doctoral

• LDTE 5700 Issues, Practices, and Research in Learning, Design, and Technology
• LDTE 5750 Tech Innovations: Present and Future
• LDTE 5760 Instructional Design Applications

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Biography

Dr. William Cain is an accomplished scholar and educator specializing in Learning, Design, and Technology. Currently serving as both a Daniels Fund Ethics Initiative Fellow and an Entrepreneurship Faculty Fellow, he is dedicated to advancing ethical practices in AI and technology integration within educational environments. Dr. Cain is actively engaged in crafting innovative frameworks for embedding ethical considerations into graduate programs, particularly focusing on the use of generative AI in learning experience design.

His work includes collaborations with industry partners and academic institutions to ensure that AI ethics modules remain aligned with evolving industry standards. Dr. Cain is currently a key contributor to the University of Wyoming's School of Computing's NSF proposal titled "Science, Technology, and Experiential Learning with Wyoming Data," which aims to enhance the state's workforce data literacy.

In his teaching, Dr. Cain is committed to fostering a deep understanding of both theoretical and practical aspects of Learning, Design, and Technology, preparing students to navigate and influence the future of education with ethical and innovative solutions.

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Education

Ph.D. Michigan State University - East Lansing, MI
M.A. Michigan State University - East Lansing, MI (transfered to Ph.D.)
B.A. The University of Texas at Austin - Austin, TX

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Recent Publications

• Cain, W. (2024). Prompting change: Exploring prompt engineering in large language model AI and its potential to transform education. TechTrends, 68(1), 47–57. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11528-023-00896-0
• Cain, W. (2023). AI emergence in education: Exploring formative tensions across scholarly and popular discourse. Journal of Interactive Learning Research, 34(2), 239–273. https://www.learntechlib.org/primary/p/222352/
• Cain, W. (2023). GPTeammate: A design fiction on the use of variants of the GPT language model as cognitive partners for active learning in higher education. Proceedings of the 2023 Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference (SITE), 1293–1298. Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education (AACE). https://www.learntechlib.org/primary/p/221996/
• Jacobs, F., Cain, W., Lu, R., & Daugherty, A. (2022). Case study: Teaching with Industry (TWI) using new videoconferencing technology and innovative classroom setups. Education Sciences, 12(2), Article 2. https://doi.org/10.3390/educsci12020128

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Professional Affiliations

• Society for Information Technology and Teacher Education
  • SIG Chair – Creativity (2017-2023)
  • SIG Chair – Teaching & Learning with Emerging Technologies (2014-2017)
• Association for Computing Machinery – SIGCHI
• American Educational Research Association (AERA)
• American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE)

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