To aid in AL-ALOE’s role as a nexus for the fields of adult learning, online education, and artificial intelligence, the Institute hosted two invitational research outreach workshops in December 2023 and January 2024. The first workshop centered on cutting-edge developments in both foundational and use-inspired AI, particularly for enhancing online occupationally-focused learning for adults. The second centered on specific ways AI can improve online learning to help the entry, upskilling, and reskilling of the next generation of American workers.
Each workshop included an overview of the AI-ALOE institute, opportunities and challenges in adult online learning, and emerging AI developments and tools. The goal of the workshops was to foster innovation and collaboration by briefing small groups (15-20) of experts in specific topics about the work of AI-ALOE, then offering participants the opportunity to become affiliated AI-ALOE Research Fellows.
The workshops resulted in AI-ALOE adding a very distinguished group of 27 Research Fellows in Artificial Intelligence and in Online Learning. They have some opportunities to participate in our events, seminars, and workshops. Additionally, a dedicated Slack channel serves the nexus for the research fellows, fostering an environment conducive to idea exchange, project exploration, and collaborative research endeavors in AI and education. Discussions with that group about mutual topics of interest are ongoing.
AI-ALOE Research Fellows
![Laura Allen Laura Allen](https://aialoe.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/Laura-Allen-1.png)
Laura Allen
University of Minnesota
![Marti Cleveland-Innes](https://aialoe.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/Marti-Cleveland-Innes.png)
Marti Cleveland-Innes
Athabasca University
![Shayan Doroudi](https://aialoe.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/Shayan-Doroudi.png)
Shayan Doroudi
University of California-Irvine
![Effat Farhana Effat Farhana](https://aialoe.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/Effat-Farhana.jpg)
Effat Farhana
Vanderbilt University
![Margarita Gonzalez](https://aialoe.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/Margarita-Gonzalez.png)
Margarita Gonzalez
Georgia Tech Research Institute
![DJ Jeffries](https://aialoe.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/DJ-Jeffries.jpg)
DJ Jeffries
Columbia University
![Juho Kim Juho Kim](https://aialoe.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/Juho-Kim.jpg)
Juho Kim
Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology
![Rene Kizilcec Rene Kizilcec](https://aialoe.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/Rene-Kizilcec-2023-scaled-1.jpg)
Rene Kizilcec
Cornell University
![Amruth Kumar](https://aialoe.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/Amruth-Kumar.jpg)
Amruth Kumar
Ramapo College of New Jersey
![Barbara Lockee](https://aialoe.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/Barbara-Lockee.png)
Barbara Lockee
Virginia Tech
![Duri Long Duri Long](https://aialoe.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/Duri-Long.png)
Duri Long
Northwestern University
![Allison Littlejohn](https://aialoe.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/Allison-Littlejohn.png)
Allison Littlejohn
University College London
![Patrick Lowenthal](https://aialoe.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/Patrick-Lowenthal.png)
Patrick Lowenthal
Boise State University
![Jennifer Ma](https://aialoe.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/Jennifer-Ma.jpg)
Jennifer Ma
Harvard University
![Katie McCarthy Katie McCarthy](https://aialoe.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/Katie-McCarthy.jpeg)
Katie McCarthy
Georgia State University
![Danielle McNamara](https://aialoe.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/Danielle-McNamara.png)
Danielle McNamara
Arizona State University
![Leire Nuere](https://aialoe.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/Leire-Nuere.png)
Leire Nuere Salgado
Universidad Francisco de Vitoria
![Mitchell Peters](https://aialoe.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/Mitchell-Peters.png)
Mitchell Peters
Universitat Oberta de Catalunya
![Mairead Pratschke](https://aialoe.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/Mairead-Pratschke.png)
Mairead Pratschke
The University of Manchester
![Rebecca Quintana](https://aialoe.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/Rebecca-Quintana-1.png)
Rebecca Quintana
University of Michigan
![Ansaf Salleb-Aouissi Ansaf Salleb-Aouissi](https://aialoe.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/Ansaf-Salleb-Aouissi.png)
Ansaf Salleb-Aouissi
Columbia University
![Peter Shea](https://aialoe.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/Peter-Shea.png)
Peter Shea
Middlesex Community College
![Norm Vaughan](https://aialoe.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/Norm-Vaughan.png)
Norm Vaughan
Mount Royal University
![George Veletsianos George Veletsianos](https://aialoe.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/George-Veletsianos-1.png)
George Veletsianos
University of Minnesota
![Elizabeth Tighe Elizabeth Tighe](https://aialoe.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/Elizabeth-Tighe.jpg)
Elizabeth Tighe
Georgia State University
![Leo Ureel](https://aialoe.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/Leo-Ureel.png)
Leo C. Ureel II
Michigan Technological University
![Xiaoming Zhai](https://aialoe.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/Xiaoming-Zhai.jpg)
Xiaoming Zhai
University of Georgia