{"id":52,"date":"2026-03-03T21:05:02","date_gmt":"2026-03-03T21:05:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/epicncl\/?page_id=52"},"modified":"2026-08-12T15:36:42","modified_gmt":"2026-08-12T14:36:42","slug":"abdullah-alnassir","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/epicncl\/abdullah-alnassir\/","title":{"rendered":"Abdullah Alnassir"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Biography<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-social-links is-layout-flex wp-block-social-links-is-layout-flex\"><li class=\"wp-social-link wp-social-link-linkedin  wp-block-social-link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/abdullah-alnassir-0a06a4178\/\" class=\"wp-block-social-link-anchor\"><svg width=\"24\" height=\"24\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.1\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" aria-hidden=\"true\" focusable=\"false\"><path d=\"M19.7,3H4.3C3.582,3,3,3.582,3,4.3v15.4C3,20.418,3.582,21,4.3,21h15.4c0.718,0,1.3-0.582,1.3-1.3V4.3 C21,3.582,20.418,3,19.7,3z M8.339,18.338H5.667v-8.59h2.672V18.338z M7.004,8.574c-0.857,0-1.549-0.694-1.549-1.548 c0-0.855,0.691-1.548,1.549-1.548c0.854,0,1.547,0.694,1.547,1.548C8.551,7.881,7.858,8.574,7.004,8.574z M18.339,18.338h-2.669 v-4.177c0-0.996-0.017-2.278-1.387-2.278c-1.389,0-1.601,1.086-1.601,2.206v4.249h-2.667v-8.59h2.559v1.174h0.037 c0.356-0.675,1.227-1.387,2.526-1.387c2.703,0,3.203,1.779,3.203,4.092V18.338z\"><\/path><\/svg><span class=\"wp-block-social-link-label screen-reader-text\">LinkedIn<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n\n<li class=\"wp-social-link wp-social-link-github  wp-block-social-link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/AAlnassir\" class=\"wp-block-social-link-anchor\"><svg width=\"24\" height=\"24\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.1\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" aria-hidden=\"true\" focusable=\"false\"><path d=\"M12,2C6.477,2,2,6.477,2,12c0,4.419,2.865,8.166,6.839,9.489c0.5,0.09,0.682-0.218,0.682-0.484 c0-0.236-0.009-0.866-0.014-1.699c-2.782,0.602-3.369-1.34-3.369-1.34c-0.455-1.157-1.11-1.465-1.11-1.465 c-0.909-0.62,0.069-0.608,0.069-0.608c1.004,0.071,1.532,1.03,1.532,1.03c0.891,1.529,2.341,1.089,2.91,0.833 c0.091-0.647,0.349-1.086,0.635-1.337c-2.22-0.251-4.555-1.111-4.555-4.943c0-1.091,0.39-1.984,1.03-2.682 C6.546,8.54,6.202,7.524,6.746,6.148c0,0,0.84-0.269,2.75,1.025C10.295,6.95,11.15,6.84,12,6.836 c0.85,0.004,1.705,0.114,2.504,0.336c1.909-1.294,2.748-1.025,2.748-1.025c0.546,1.376,0.202,2.394,0.1,2.646 c0.64,0.699,1.026,1.591,1.026,2.682c0,3.841-2.337,4.687-4.565,4.935c0.359,0.307,0.679,0.917,0.679,1.852 c0,1.335-0.012,2.415-0.012,2.741c0,0.269,0.18,0.579,0.688,0.481C19.138,20.161,22,16.416,22,12C22,6.477,17.523,2,12,2z\"><\/path><\/svg><span class=\"wp-block-social-link-label screen-reader-text\">GitHub<\/span><\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-1 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>I&#8217;m a second-year PhD researcher in the Department of Educational Practice in Computing. My research looks at how generative AI is changing the way STEM students learn, specifically how it affects their learning behaviour, academic performance, and decision-making, across both secondary and higher education. I&#8217;m especially interested in the nature of AI in education: how it can genuinely help students while also risking over reliance and weaker critical thinking.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"640\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/epicncl\/files\/2026\/08\/AB.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-372\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/epicncl\/files\/2026\/08\/AB.jpeg 640w, https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/epicncl\/files\/2026\/08\/AB-300x300.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/epicncl\/files\/2026\/08\/AB-150x150.jpeg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Projects<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>My main PhD project examines generative AI&#8217;s impact on STEM learners.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Publications<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Visit my <a href=\"https:\/\/scholar.google.com\/citations?hl=en&amp;user=KxxQtNIAAAAJ\">Google Scholar Page<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Biography I&#8217;m a second-year PhD researcher in the Department of Educational Practice in Computing. My research looks at how generative AI is changing the way STEM students learn, specifically how it affects their learning behaviour, academic performance, and decision-making, across both secondary and higher education. I&#8217;m especially interested in the nature of AI in education: &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/epicncl\/abdullah-alnassir\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Abdullah Alnassir<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6508,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-52","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/epicncl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/52","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/epicncl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/epicncl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/epicncl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6508"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/epicncl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=52"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/epicncl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/52\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":378,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/epicncl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/52\/revisions\/378"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/epicncl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=52"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}