A Multiphase Investigation of Learner Agency
Our Staff
Liza Loop, Vision Keeper
Liza founded LO*OP Center, Inc. in 1975 to provide a nonprofit home for innovative educational project led by herself and others. The ULA Study is planned to begin in the fall of 2024.
Stefano Ferilli, AI Lead
Skilled in Electronic Document Processing and Digital Libraries, Education, Process Mining, Ambient Intelligence, Bioinformatics, Dr. Ferilli can execute the technical development of ULA and KEPLAIR.
Jenn Price, role
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Phase 1
ULA Research activities:
- Literature Review
- A preliminary draft of the ULA Glossary and Schema
- Practitioner Meetings & Interview with diverse learners
- Protocol Analysis
- Development of prototype online tool for interview delivery, data collection and analysis
- Plugin version of tool for Learning Management Systems
- Open source anonymized data sets for ongoing research
Phase 2
Field Trials and Validation of Learner Agency Interview Tool:
- Produce stand alone online ULA tool
- Field test with schools, higher ed students, and independent learners
- Valid instrument statistically
Phase 3
Integration and Dissemination:
- Produce plugin version of ULA tool for use with major digital learning management systems (LMSs)
- Integrate ULA tool into KEPLAIR
- Train educators and researchers on ULA tool use
- Develop culture specific versions of ULA interview for international use
ULA is a subproject of KEPLAIR
Knowledge-based
Environment for
Personalized
Learning using an
Artificially
Intelligent
Recommender
or KEPLAIR
KEPLAIR is an online tool for independent learners that recommends learning activities that feel like fun while leading to learner chosen goals.
Learning Ecosystem
KEPLAIR's designers see the learning ecosystem in terms of the four corners of the pyramid shown below. Learner agency is both a characteristic of an individual to be included in the "learner's profile" and a social component of the "learner's environment"
Visit KEPLAIR.live for more information