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
Dr. Deblina Pakhira, Research Manager at Digital Promise, talks with Dr. James Lester, Principal Investigator and Director of the EngageAI Institute and a faculty member in Computer Science and Director of the Center for Educational Informatics at North Carolina State University, and Dr. Jonathan Rowe, Managing Director of the EngageAI Institute, and also a senior research scientist in the Center for Educational Informatics at North Carolina State University.
Jeremy Roschelle chatted with Ole Molvig and Collin Lynch about ethical considerations associated with designing and using artificial intelligence (AI) in education, in the context of their shared work at the Engage AI Institute.
In this post, Dr. Quinn Burke, Director of Computational Thinking Research at Digital Promise, talks with Dr. David Touretzky, Professor in the Computer Science department and the Center for the Neural Basis of Cognition at Carnegie Mellon University. Throughout their conversation, they discuss what education systems are currently in place within K-12 schools and the importance of teaching students about the disruptive technologies that are already present in their daily lives.
Pati Ruiz, Senior Research Scientist on Digital Promise’s Learning Sciences Research team, interviews Cindy Hmelo-Silver and Tiffany Barnes about how equity will be woven into the Engage AI Institute’s work.
Judi Fusco, Director of Emerging Technologies and Learning Sciences at Digital Promise, chats with David Crandall, Professor of Computer Science and Director of the Luddy Center for Artificial Intelligence at Indiana University Bloomington, to get to know each other as they work across the boundaries of disciplines in The National Science Foundation AI Institute for Engaged Learning.
Josh Weisgrau, Digital Promise’s Chief Learning Officer for Experience Design, chats with Krista Glazewski, Department Chair and Professor of Instructional Systems Technology at University of Indiana, and Corey Brady, Assistant Professor of the Learning Sciences at Vanderbilt University, on connections between the potential for applications of AI in K-12 education that might be deliberately designed to support learner variability and equitable outcomes for learners.
Jeremy Roschelle, executive director of Digital Promise’s Learning Sciences Research, chats with Gautam Biswas and Mohit Bansal on their work in developing artificial intelligence (AI) agents and the power of emerging technologies that can develop narratives.
Deblina Pakhira, research manager of Digital Promise’s Learning Sciences Research, chats with Anne Leftwich and Min Chi about their visions for how artificial intelligence (AI) will be studied and implemented, as well as how AI can support educators, including their work at the Engage AI Institute.