AI Learning Futures
M2L members have been interested in AI as a learning partner long before tranformers made training possible (Fryer & Carpenter, 2006). This page describes the ongoing work and future plans of M2L for GenAI Futures that are a space for sustainable and substantial support for students' development across the formal education.
2005-2022
Early Efforts to Examine budding AI as a Language Learning partner
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Early questions regarding whether students might feel more secure and learn more with AI language learning partner (Fryer & Carpenter, 2006; Fryer, 2006; Fryer & Nakao, 2009).
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Can pre-GenAI stimulate and sustain student interest learning (Fryer et al. 2017; 2019)​
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Reviewing early AI efforts in Language learning (Huang, et al. 2022) and a broad array of potential paths forward for researchers and developers (Fryer et al., 2020).
2023~
Can Generative AI be used as a substantive tutor for university courses?
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How does course based GenAI tutors affect different types of students (Huang et al., under review)?
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A pilot implementing Course-based GenAI tutors as a source of student motivation and learning (Fryer & Theoni, under review).
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A large scale, longitudinal test of course-based, RAG-GenAI tutors, comparing online and offline course instructional modes (Theoni & Fryer, revising for resubmission)
2024~
Co-Piloting: The space where Teachers and AI meet to support student learning
2025~
What are the first principles limitations of AI for students and how might they be addressed?
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Can AI motivate students? Are we asking the right questions (Huang, et al, 2025)?
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Does the AI-In-Education movement understand what learning is (Dinsmore & Fryer, 2026)?