technological innovations for inclusive learning & teaching

Khushbu Kshirsagar

Portrait of Khushbu Kshirsagar

Khushbu is a doctoral student in Learning Sciences at Northwestern University. Her work lies at the intersection of mechanical design, mathematics, and art, focusing on informal learning spaces such as museums, playgrounds, and everyday public environments. Khushbu is passionate about encouraging creative exploration and accessibility through her designs; reimagining where and how learning happens, and about designing tools that support playful, curiosity-driven interactions beyond traditional classrooms.

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Publications (5)

Kshirsagar, K., Quiterio, A., & Smith, M. (2025). MorphBlox: Bridging Play and Mathematics through Kinetic Tessellations. Proceedings of the Nineteenth International Conference on Tangible, Embedded, and Embodied Interaction (TEI '25).

Kshirsagar, K., Worsley, M., & Azmandian, M. (2025). StoryBit Boards: Crafting Interactive Narratives in Paper-Based Games with Micro:bits. Proceedings of the ACM SIGCHI Annual Symposium on Computer-Human Interaction in Play Companion (CHI PLAY '25), pp. 302-304.

Kafai, Y., Shapiro, R. B., Jetzinger, F., Michaeli, T., Tedre, M., Vartiainen, H., Iivari, N., Musaeus, L. H., Iversen, O. S., Ali, S., Bodon, H., Butler, M., Kshirsagar, K., Smith, M., Quiterio, A., Worsley, M., Kumar, V., Morales-Navarro, L., Noh, D., ... Philip, T. M. (2025). Youth as Designers of Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning Technologies: What Do We Know About the Opportunities and Challenges of K-12 Students Creating Their Own Applications? Proceedings of the 19th International Conference of the Learning Sciences (ICLS 2025), pp. 2260-2268. ISLS.

DOI

Kshirsagar, K., Horn, M. S., & Worsley, M. (2025). Curiosity Portals: Designing Entryways for Tangible Exploration. Proceedings of the 19th International Conference of the Learning Sciences (ICLS 2025), pp. 2813-2815. ISLS.

DOI

Kshirsagar, K. (2024). Tangible Mathematical Tinkering Toolkits as a Platform for Understanding Drivers and Trajectories of Curiosity based Exploration. Proceedings of the 2024 ACM Designing Interactive Systems Conference.