Developers of an NIU initiative that empowers K-12 students with rigorous and inclusive learning in the era of artificial intelligence took their message April 7 to a key audience. Aspiring superintendents. NIU College of Education faculty Eric Junco and Razak Dwomoh were
Read moreCynthia Taines authors book examining ‘equality across the educational divide’
Cynthia Taines, associate professor in the Department of Leadership, Educational Psychology and Foundations, recently answered questions from the Ed News about her book titled “The Metropolitan Community: Partnering for Equality Across the Educational Divide.” Published by Myers Education Press, the book “tells
Read moreCansu Tatar teams with NIU colleague to design, deliver ‘Secure-AI’ curriculum for Marmion Academy high schoolers
Networking, anyone? When Department of Educational Technology, Research and Assessment colleagues Cansu Tatar and Michael Tscholl were measuring how well students at DeKalb’s St. Mary Catholic School understood artificial intelligence, they also met the teachers. And when one of those teachers took
Read moreAI project at St. Mary School advancing to examine teaching ability of chatbots
Michael Tscholl’s long-term project at DeKalb’s St. Mary Catholic School has entered its next phase. Last year’s study by Department of Educational Technology, Research and Assessment researchers focused on 50 students in sixth-, seventh- and eighth-grades to measure their comprehension of AI
Read moreTalking head: LILT researcher merges ChatGPT, Furhat for improved learning
With a background in computer engineering, Mobin Hossein Panahi brings coding and programming skills to his pursuit of an M.S.Ed. in Instructional Technology at NIU. But can Panahi equip a “social robot” to not only employ AI to respond to spoken questions
Read moreLindsay Harris to advance neuroscience of literacy while Senior Faculty Fellow
Lindsay Harris earned a bachelor’s degree in English literature from Ohio State, and having enjoyed her coursework in Japanese, she secured a sweet job near Tokyo. An exchange program managed jointly by the local government of Saitama prefecture and the state of
Read moreMWERA researchers present work, gain new ideas, build professional networks
Twenty-eight students, faculty and alumni of the NIU College of Education attended the 47th annual meeting of the Mid-Western Educational Research Association. Held Nov. 5 to 7 in Milwaukee, the conference focused on “Navigating the Future: Harnessing Artificial Intelligence in Education for
Read moreDouble-alumna Cynthia Kilmer chosen for Teach Plus Illinois Policy Fellowship
Cynthia Kilmer, a double-alumna of the NIU College of Education, has been named a 2025-26 Teach Plus Illinois Early Childhood Educator Policy Fellow. According to the Teach Plus website, the program selects outstanding teachers to “develop their leadership abilities and learn to
Read moreCongratulations!
Congratulations to these members of the NIU College of Education family! Andrea Trudeau, Ph.D. Instructional Technology, ’24, received the NIU Graduate Council’s most outstanding dissertation of 2024-2025 in the Art, Humanities, Social Science and Education. Trudeau titled her doctoral dissertation “Modern-Day Storytelling
Read moreEducate Global trip to Indonesia offers rich experiences in cultural awareness
Before Daisy Cruz went on the Summer 2025 Educate Global trip to Indonesia, she considered herself “a very shy person.” Now the senior Elementary Education major classifies that as “stepping into her voice.” “My biggest reason why I wanted to experience this
Read moreWei-Chen Hung celebrates NSF grant powering study of innovative pedagogy to boost preparation of STEM teachers
Wei-Chen Hung is among the recipients of a $2 million grant-funded project toward “Examining the Application of the IFLIP Pedagogy in STEM and Pre-service Science and Math Teacher Education by Institutional Context.” The dollars from the National Science Foundation’s Institutional and Community
Read moreMerritt speaker A.G. Rud to explore importance of discerning fact, fiction
For A.G. Rud, the view beyond his window is alarming. Rud sees George Orwell’s dystopian “1984” coming to fruition. He sees “a landscape of information, misinformation and disinformation.” He sees “authoritarian regimes disposing of information that’s not complimentary of them.” And that,
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