Batzaya (Zack) Batsaikhan, MSc

Batzaya (Zack) Batsaikhan, MSc, is a Graduate Research Associate at the Center on Education and Training for Employment. Zack is working with Dr. Ana-Paula Correia on a conceptual AI and Education project and developing plans to create an AI Education Institute at CETE. Previously, he collaborated with Traci Lepicki, Dr. Gabrielle Johnson, and other team members on Advancing Ohio’s English Learners (AOEL), DACUM, and Ohio’s Parent Mentor Project. Additionally, he contributed to the design and development of the “Quality Assurance in Ohio Adult Protective Services” online training module and its videos.

Zack is currently a Ph.D. Candidate in Learning Technologies at The Ohio State University. He is a member of the Learning and Experience Design research group that investigates learning design processes and pedagogies to create deep learning in applied contexts. He received his M.Sc. in Human-Computer Interaction from Iowa State University on a Fulbright Scholarship and holds a Bachelor’s in Information Technology from the Mongolian University of Science and Technology. His current research interests include minimizing smartphone overuse and excessive screen time, human-computer interaction (UX/UI), learning experience design, and the UX of Artificial Intelligence.

He is a Forbes Mongolia 30 Under 30 honoree, a Fulbright Scholar, a Rumsfeld Fellow, and an alumnus of the World Economic Forum’s Global Shapers.