In Fall 2024, EdSurge Research partnered with Rethinking Schools, an education nonprofit and publisher focused on social justice and education, to conduct a participatory research project about how artificial intelligence is changing teaching and learning.
This research project explores the uses of technology in teaching and learning. By engaging educators, EdSurge Research seeks to uncover the unexpected positive and negative effects of technology on instruction, student engagement, accessibility, ethics and equity, and how innovation in schools can expand concepts of assessment and achievement.
Some of the questions that will be included in the research process will include:
- What is the role of technology in supporting student learning?
- How are teachers using technology to tailor instruction to better meet the needs of all students?
- How are teachers using tech to foster student engagement and motivation?
- How do we leverage the power of AI to better support teachers? Where is AI already having a positive impact on schools and making teachers' job more efficient?
- How are schools measuring whether they’re truly setting students up for success in life, beyond math and reading proficiency?
- What new tools and measures are being created to help teachers and educators understand their students’ growth more broadly?
- How can researchers, communities and educators all play a role in defining what success can and should look like in their own localities?
Through this research project, we hope educators, school leaders and tech advocates will discover new insights through our featured articles, related stories and ongoing coverage as we uncover the challenges and opportunities of AI in the classroom.
