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. The focuse of these futures are efforts towards substantial and sustainable support for students' development across the formal education experience. You can click the references for direct downloads.
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
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In a world where GenAI continues to develop, how might teaching change and work toward a better student experience (Fryer, 2025)?
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What does the growing body of GenAI educational research have to say about the role of relatedness/attachment/involvement in classrooms (under review)?
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)?