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Alison Irvine
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Director, Advance Research
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I am a human factors psychologist. I conduct research and answer interesting questions at Instructure. While I'm part of the Advance Development team, I get to collaborate with the Academic Strategy team often.
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Educators are navigating a shift in how students learn, create, and demonstrate knowledge. Artificial Intelligence is evolving from science fiction villain to everyday collaborator, challenging tradit...
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The Advance Development team is looking for educators interested in judging the effectiveness of an instructional tool. This research seeks to gather experimental evidence for generative AI’s...
The Academic Strategy team is conducting a survey on OER, and your insights are invaluable in helping to define the value and importance of accessible and innovative learning materials. By taking par...
Motivated by curiosity, both young monkeys and children are drawn to objects they haven’t encountered before. The drive to explore unfamiliar things is one of many motivations unrelated to satisfying ...
A comparison of AI-generated rubrics to those created by humans, specifically focusing on Coverage, Fairness, Quality, and Usefulness, found that AI performed well in producing practical and impart...
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Thanks so much for sharing this. It’s encouraging to hear about more research connecting AI literacy with higher levels of learning. That really resonates with what I’ve been trying...
At 17,000 feet above sea level, the air contains only half the oxygen you’re breathing right now. For most of us, every step would feel like trudging through mud. But Sherpas move through this thin ai...
Educators are navigating a shift in how students learn, create, and demonstrate knowledge. Artificial Intelligence is evolving from science fiction villain to everyday collaborator, challenging tradit...
Course design isn’t what it used to be—and that’s a good thing. As AI, accessibility, and student expectations evolve, so must the courses we create. Whether you’re working to better support instruct...
For institutions considering faculty and student engagement with AI, each day without clear guidance means decisions are being made in individual classrooms without institutional support. Some faculty...
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