News Highlights
Congratulations to Dr. Hong Shui!
In June 2024, Dr. Hong Shui successfully defended her dissertation titled, “Tackling the Alignment Problem: Design a Learning Analytics Dashboard to Support Teacher Inquiry.” Family members, colleagues, faculty, and both current and former classmates joined together virtually as she presented her dissertation research.
Congratulations to Dr. Catherine Clements!
In May 2024, Dr. Catherine (Kate) Clements successfully defended a dissertation titled, “Virtual Exchanges as an Emancipatory Practice.” Family members, colleagues, faculty, and both current and former classmates joined together virtually to support Kate’s research presentation.
The Institute of Educational Policy recently organized a professional development workshop for Greek-speaking teachers and educators focused on the use of Artificial Intelligence in the classroom, it’s current possibilities, and its future potential. The Institute is a research and innovation office that supports Greece’s Ministry of Education. Dr. Veletsianos was one of four global experts invited to contribute to the event, along with Dr. Mangina (Ireland), Dr. Mavrikis (UK), and Dr.
Learning Technologies PhD candidate Jennifer Englund was involved in a collaborative effort to understand student use, awareness, and concerns of Generative Artificial Intelligence at the University of Minnesota. The effort was led by two groups: Academic Technology Support Services and Usability Services.
LT faculty member, Dr. Angel Pazurek, and Ph.D. candidate, Robert Kreml, were invited as international guest speakers in the graduate course, Qualitative Methods on Educational Research, in the Institute for Educational Development at The Aga Khan University (AKU-IED) in Karachi, Pakistan.
During last year’s state legislative session, the Computer Science Education Advancement Program (Statute 120B.241 [2023]) was established.