Meagan Postema

The National AI Institute for Adult Learning and Online Education (AI-ALOE) is a research institute funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) and Accenture through NSF. Led by the Georgia Institute of Technology, AI-ALOE will develop an AI-based transformative model for online adult learning. This model simultaneously uses AI for… Read More

PhoneIoT is a free mobile app for iOS and Android that allows you to connect your device to NetsBlox and access its sensors and display from your NetsBlox projects. This enables students to create things like tilting controls for a game (accelerometer), tracking your device’s position on a map (location),… Read More

NetsBlox is a visual programming language and cloud-based environment that enables novice programmers to create networked programs such as multi-player games. NetsBlox opens up the internet with its vast array of public domain data sources and services making it possible to create STEM projects, such as displaying seismic activity anywhere on Earth using an interactive Google Maps background. Similarly, weather, air pollution, and many other data sources such as the Open Movie Database and the Sloan Digital Sky Server are available. NetsBlox also supports collaborative editing similar to Google Docs. netsblox.org [LabPeople tag="NetsBlox PI" style="grid"] [LabPeople tag="NetsBlox Personnel" style="grid"] External Collaborators Brian Broll, Angel AI Core Publications C Brady, B Broll, G Stein, D Jean, S Grover, V Cateté, T Barnes, Á Lédeczi. Block-based abstractions and expansive services to make advanced computing concepts accessible to novices. Journal of Computer Languages 73, 101156. G Stein, I Gransbury, D Jean, M Hill, V Catete, S Grover, T Barnes, B Broll. Engaging Female High School Students in the Frontiers of Computing. 2022. ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition. Funding Sources Read More

Creation of an AI Agent with a focus on Ethics [LabPeople tag=”AI Ethics Agent PI” style=”grid”] [LabPeople tag=”AI Ethics Agent Personnel” style=”grid”]… Read More

City Settlers is a multiplayer city management game/simulation intended to convey complex ideas embedded in enacted social play configurations and moves around sustainable development. Additionally, we are currently extending it through multimodal data platforms for supporting rich real time teacher and learner orchestration tools, as well as pathways to support… Read More

SportSense is aimed at introducing physical computing, data science and AI concepts in sports contexts. Spanning partnerships with schools and out-of-school community spaces like public parks, sports camps, and STEM summer programs, we developed tools and curricula for youth to engage with sports through a computing lens, and learn to… Read More

The question of how generative Artificial Intelligence (AI) will reshape communication is causing questions and concerns across the field of education, particular literacy and writing classrooms. This work builds upon this developing field by exploring how preservice teachers in literacy education courses multimodally compose with generative AI and their perspectives… Read More

In this project, we are developing driving simulation scenarios that can be used to help train new drivers with Autism. These scenarios create a range of settings where consideration of other drivers beliefs and actions are increasingly necessary. We are testing the degree to which these scenarios are associated with… Read More

One of the best ways of helping students learn is to have them experience realistic simulations of the situations they will confront in practice. Simulation learning is particularly important in medical settings where students can practice skills without risking patient safety. However, one of the consistent challenges in simulation… Read More

LIVE, the Learning Innovation Incubator at Vanderbilt University, and Metro Nashville Public Schools (MNPS) have been selected as Phase 1 winners in the Learning Landscapes Challenge. Their project, supported by the Siegel Family Endowment and the Walton Family Foundation, focuses on improving college and career advising by integrating AI technology… Read More