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Prior to becoming a Senior Research Fellow, for 22 years Chris Dede was the Timothy E. Wirth Professor in Learning Technologies. His fundamental interest is developing new types of educational systems to meet the opportunities and challenges of the 21st century. His research spans emerging technologies for learning, infusing technology into large-scale educational improvement initiatives, developing policies that support educational transformation, and providing leadership in educational innovation. Currently, Dede is a co-principal investigator of the NSF-funded National Artificial Intelligence Institute in Adult Learning and Online Education. He co-founded the Silver Lining for Learning initiative and developed a widely used Framework for scaling up educational innovations. From 2001 to 2004, he served as chair of the Learning & Teaching program at HGSE. Dede is an advisor to the digital puppeteering company Mursion, Inc., in which he has an equity stake.
Dr. Dede at the Harvard Graduate School of Education will serve as Principal Investigator, drawing on his research experience in the design and development of immersive STEM curricula, artificial intelligence (AI), and workforce development. He will provide leadership in design, implementation, and research phases of the project, including the strands on virtual learning assistants, virtual teaching assistants, data repositories, learning analytics, AI tools for teachers, teachable virtual assistants, and AI-augmented socio-technical systems. He will supervise all project work at Harvard with ultimate responsibility for the conduct of the design, implementation, and research activities, as well as for expenditure of grant funds. He will devote 2 calendar months to the project each year. Across the remaining years of the Institute, Dr. Dede will serve as a member of the ALOE Executive Committee, the ALOE Management Team, and the Learning and Education Team, as well as chairing the ALOE Project Review Team. In addition to general guidance about education as a sociotechnical system, he will provide specific expertise and support about: human-AI occupational partnerships for intelligence augmentation; AI enhancements to occupational simulations, such as digital puppeteering platforms; AI enhancement to immersive learning (AR, MR, VR, XR); successful, sustainable implementation of digital tools, media, platforms, and experiences in higher education, continuing education, workforce capacity building, and informal adult learning; emerging instructional strategies, tools, and media for adult online learning; and designing AI-based educational innovations for massive scale. In year 2 of the Institute, Dr. Dede will focus his efforts on applying the types of expertise listed above to: 1. virtual teaching assistants 2. engineering learning through A/B testing and learning analytics 3. AI tools for teachers 4. Educator capacity building for effective use of AI enhancements In his new role as Associate Director for Research at AI-ALOE, Dr. Dede will also provide guidance on all other year 2 initiatives of the Institute.
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