“Equity is not at the expense of innovation. Rather, it is at the heart of innovation”
Riiid participated in ASU+GSV Summit 21, one of the most renowned annual summits in the world for the leading minds in EdTech. This video shows the entire session entitled “Educator Insights About Human-Centered AI: 10 Tips from Learning Science”.
Moderated by Jim Larimore, Riiid’s Chief Officer for Equity in Learning, the session had a panel of some of the renowned researchers in education R&D, leaders in education and Learning Engineering, as well as a decorated data scientist.
The panelists discussed the right approaches to the R&D in Learning Science, as the field is becoming more and more braided with EdTech such as AI, key considerations to ensure equity in the EdTech solutions, and the difficulties yet significance of aligning different stakeholders along the process.
**Navigate the video with the information below:
00:00 Title
00:14 Opening Remarks (by Jim Larimore)
*Learning Science and Equity
02:22 Why we should care about learning science (Melina Uncapher)
06:41 How learning science contributes to equity issues (Cassandra Herring)
*Implementation of AI in real-world settings
11:06 Teachers' perspective: "Teachers-in-the-loop' (Michelle Barrett)
13:35 Developers' perspective: Aligning teachers and developers on EdTech usage (John Whitmer)
*The Challenges and Missions
22:34 Discomfort from teachers to engineers due to power differential in AI (Michelle Barrett)
24:26 Challenges of catering to the end users' needs (John Whitmer)
26:07 Challenges of establishing equity in school settings (Cassandra Herring)
28:41 Differences of experience and knowledge among the users (Melina Uncapher)
37:00 Closing comments from panelists
