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Gamified Research Examines How Children Interact with AI
Aug. 7, 2025—Vanderbilt Researcher Uses Role-Playing Game to Explore How Kids Understand AI Artificial intelligence is transforming the world around us, but how do kids make sense of it? LIVE faculty member Dr. Golnaz Arastoopour Irgens is tackling that question through a creative and engaging approach: a role-playing game for fourth and fifth graders called S.P.O.T. (Solving...
MEd in Innovative Design and Technology in Education (IDeaTE)
May. 22, 2025—IDeaTE M.Ed. Program Overview Innovative Design and Technology in Education (IDeaTE) is a Master of Education degree program for students interested in learning how to create and study interactive learning environments leveraging learning theories, human-centered design, learning analytics, and learning technologies. The goals of the program are to gain knowledge and skills in: How people learn,...
Graduate Certificate in Learning Analytics (LA)
May. 22, 2025—Develop learning analytic skills in the areas of assessment, development, instruction, research, and policy to address issues in educating both typical and atypical learners by adding a Graduate Certificate in Learning Analytics to your professional masters degree program. Learning Analytics Certificate Overview The goal of learning analytics is to better understand and improve learning for...
Graduate Certificate in Emerging Learning Technologies and AI (ELT+AI)
May. 22, 2025—Combine deep attention to how people think and learn in real-world settings with skill in leveraging emerging technologies to design for impactful change by adding a Graduate Certificate in Emerging Learning Technologies and AI to your professional masters degree program. Certificate Overview Technology and artificial intelligence (AI) are ubiquitous in our lives and hold enormous...
LIVE MATHia & Metacognition Data Science Challenge
May. 6, 2025—Interested in data science or education technology? Join the LIVE MATHia & Metacognition Data Science Challenge this summer to analyze real-world student data, build predictive models, and compete for cash prizes. The program will run remotely from June 2 to August 1, offering ongoing mentorship and support throughout. Hosted by Drs. Cristina Zepeda and Kelley Durkin...
National AI Literacy Day Makes Its Mark
Apr. 7, 2025—What does “AI literacy” mean, and how do we teach it across disciplines? On March 28, 30 students and faculty from across the university gathered for Vanderbilt’s first ever National AI Literacy Day celebration, sponsored by and featuring members of LIVE, to discuss the meaning of “AI literacy” and explore how to teach it across...
LIVE’s Inaugural Ignite Tech Development Grant Winners Announced
Dec. 10, 2024—LIVE is thrilled to announce the inaugural winners of LIVE’s Ignite Tech Development Grant. Awardees receive dedicated development time from LIVE’s Research Engineer or Computer Science Post-Doc to help them turn their new learning technology ideas into reality. The 3 winners were selected based on the novelty, impact, feasibility, and sustainability of their proposed tools....
LIVE welcomes Dr. Xi Kang to talk about the future of AI in the Workplace
Oct. 9, 2024—Last week we were honored to welcome Dr. Xi Kang, Assistant Professor of Strategy at the Owen Graduate School of Management for her talk “AI Adoption in the Workplace and the Future of Work”. There is no doubt that AI is top of mind for leaders across all industries. We are all asking the same...
Investigating the Impact of Metacognitive Supports in MATHia
Aug. 29, 2024—Drawing from our past research in middle school classrooms (Zepeda et al., 2015; Zepeda et al., 2019), this project aims to investigate the impact of supporting middle school students’ metacognitive skills during mathematics learning within the UpGrade/MATHia platform on middle school students’ metacognitive skills, mathematics knowledge, and motivation. In particular, we focus on supporting three...
Advancing Quantum Education by Adaptively Addressing Misconceptions in Virtual Reality
Aug. 29, 2024—Quantum information science (QIS), which uses the laws of quantum physics to process and store information, is expected to broadly impact society through new developments in commerce, governance, privacy, employment, education, and other areas. Unfortunately, QIS is a challenging, interdisciplinary field to learn. The goal of this project is to advance QIS education by using...