Education
Data Science for Social Good project aims to combine AI and history with ‘revolutionary’ role-playing experience
May. 24, 2023—Rising Vanderbilt University junior, Logan A’Hearn, knew he would be learning about the French Revolution when he registered for Dr. Holly Tucker’s EUS 2230W class, but he didn’t know he’d be living it and certainly didn’t know he’d spend his summer working to bring it to life with artificial intelligence. Dr. Holly Tucker, the Mellon...
Revolutionizing Learning Engagement through Technology: Talk to Einstein
Mar. 22, 2022—Looking to work with training transformers for revolutionizing learning engagement in the humanities? Read on to learn more about a novel application by Dr. Ole Molvig – assistant professor of History and founder of the Emergent Technology Lab at the Wond’ry! About Talk To Einstein is an experiment in algorithmically generated (or “synthetic”) media based...
Wearables for Teachers: Enabling Real-Time Instructional Feedback
Aug. 25, 2021—What can I do to provide the best instructional environment for my students? What actions can I take to more effectively manage my classroom and encourage constructive behavior in my students? Vanderbilt alum and Founder and CEO of The Behavior Company Dr. Alyssa Van Camp seeks to provide support to teachers through a wearable which...
Data Science for Social Good: GATEways to Gifted and Talented Education for All
Aug. 12, 2021—Millions of students are missing from Gifted and Talented Education (GATE) classrooms across the United States. What types of students are missing? How does this compare across individual states, counties, and districts, and what can be done at all municipal levels to combat these issues? Director of the Scholar Identity Institute and Vanderbilt Associate Professor...