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The Learning Informatics Lab is excited to announce the ImBlaze X CEHD LIL Graduate Research Competition 2025! The competition supports research ideas using data from high-school students’ real-world or work-based learning experiences.

In this talk, Dr. Liu discussed his approach to enhancing learning engagement and performance through SmartPal, a digital learning assistant that integrates with Canvas.

The Learning Informatics Lab recently hosted Karin de Langis from the University of Minnesota. In this talk, she discussed her work assessing the emergent cognitive abilities in large language models (LLMs).

In this talk, Dr. Kaur discussed her research on explainable AI and why it does not work in practice. She also shared design ideas—both completed and current work—to help people with varying expertise understand AI outputs.

Long before your baby can crawl or walk, they are learning about their world through their eyes! What your baby pays attention to depends on many interacting – and often, competing – processes.

In daily life, there are constant changes in the world around you and with that, changing demands on the brain and body. The skill of self-regulation enables us to adjust to those changes, modulating internal and external responses to different circumstances.

If we asked the general public about what makes the “best” type of learner, most people would describe a child who is attentive and able to concentrate for a long period of time. They may also describe children whois able to hold a lot of information in their mind and manipulate that information to critically think about and solve diverse sets of problems. These skills are typically referred to as executive functions and represents a person’s ability to exert control over their attention, behaviors, and thoughts.

The ability to engage with other people in real time is a foundational skill that begins in the first year of life. During this time, babies develop social abilities extraordinarily quickly. This study is interested in how the body and mind are linked in these early months to help support this progression.

A lot of research indicates that self-regulation is important for school success, social functioning, mental health, and positive behavioral outcomes in children. Additionally, self-regulation has been associated with better outcomes for children growing up in both high risk and low risk environments.