By Megan Humburg, Jessica McClain, Wendy Walter Key Ideas Artificial intelligence (AI) in education is advancing at a rapid pace, and as these technologies improve, teachers and students are exploring what potential AI might have for classroom learning. At the EngageAI Institute, we want students in our communities to have opportunities to play an active … Read more
By Judi Fusco and Jeremy Roschelle Throughout this article, Judi Fusco and Jeremy Roschelle discuss what the educational research community observed in 2023 regarding how students and educators were impacted by this generative artificial intelligence technologies. Read on to see their conversation. Judi Fusco: Over the past year, a lot of people wanted to talk … Read more
By Sarah K. Burriss and Halim Acosta The EngageAI Institute grad student series features conversations and interviews with graduate students and postdoctoral scholars who are currently doing research within the Institute. Check out more blogs in the series here! What progress have you made with your current research project(s) with the Institute? Halim Acosta (HA): … Read more
By Sarah K. Burriss and EngageAI Staff Key Ideas In late 2022, the White House released the Blueprint for an AI Bill of Rights. This document is an important first step in responding to the increasing presence and impact of AI systems in our daily lives, and we wanted to share and discuss it with … Read more
By Pati Ruiz Key Ideas “There seems to be collective buy-in that AI has great potential for disrupting the outdated narrative of education. However, over and over it has been highlighted that teachers need to have professional learning on AI. We need support across the educational landscape to grow teacher capacity around AI.” – EngageAI … Read more
By Megan Humburg and Fahmid Morshed Fahid The EngageAI Institute scholar blog series features conversations and interviews with graduate students and postdoctoral scholars who are currently doing research within the Institute. Check out more blogs in the series here! What progress have you made with your current research project(s) with the Institute? Megan Humburg (MH): … Read more
By Jeremy Roschelle Key Ideas: On August 9, 2023, the National Science Foundation funded EngageAI Institute invited a national group of 80 educational practitioners, researchers, developers and funders to a day-long forum held at the Computer History Museum in Mountain View, California. As the day began, educators voiced excitement, uncertainty, and risk about Artificial Intelligence … Read more
By Megan Humburg1, Ph.D., and Dalila Dragnić-Cindrić2, Ph.D. 1Indiana University; 2 Digital Promise Key ideas: Our teams at the EngageAI Institute are working to build a narrative-centered, AI-driven educational game where students can investigate scientific problems by exploring a game world, chatting with different characters, and gathering evidence to solve a mysterious illness outbreak. As … Read more
By Jeremy Roschelle Jeremy Roschelle chats with Satabdi Basu and Nikhil Kandpal about what people need to know about large language models and the opportunities or challenges that they present for education. Key Ideas: Introductions Satabdi Basu: I’m a computer scientist by training, and I work as a computer science education researcher at SRI International. I think about the challenges … Read more
Jeremy Roschelle and Pati Ruiz present on “Understanding and Leading with AI for Teaching and Learning” at the Spring 2023 League of Innovative Schools convening.