Dr. David Guralnick’s Talk

Using Artificial Intelligence to Create Meaningful Learning Experiences

Advances in artificial intelligence (AI) provide the opportunity for the creation of new approaches to learning. Progressive educational methods such as personalized, project-based learning have been effectively used for many years, but are labor-intensive for teachers and expensive to provide. With the aid of artificial intelligence, we can create personalized, engaging, active, meaningful learning experiences that can easily scale up and be made available to large audiences.

Learning experiences that take advantage of AI can put learners in realistic environments where they can explore, make decisions, and receiving coaching guidance—for example, a student who wished to learn about ancient Greece could potentially explore a simulation of ancient Greece, with an AI coach guiding them. AI-based approaches to learning have the potential to create educational systems that foster creativity and critical thinking skills, and can change the structure of both traditional education and workplace learning. In this session, I’ll discuss how we can use AI to help us reimagine learning experiences to help us create personalized, active learning on a large scale.

About Dr. David Guralnick

David Guralnick envisions a new approach to education and workplace learning. His vision integrates progressive learning theory, advanced technology, and creative, entertaining storytelling to create learning experiences that help people learn to think critically, reflect, and make thoughtful decisions. David holds a Ph.D. from Northwestern University, where his work synthesized concepts from the fields of computer science and artificial intelligence, instructional design, and cognitive psychology. Over the past 30 years, he has designed and evaluated a variety of simulation-based training applications, performance support systems, online courses, mobile applications, and authoring tools for corporate, non-profit, and university audiences.

David holds a Ph.D. in computer science from Northwestern University, where his work synthesized concepts from the fields of computer science/artificial intelligence, instructional design, and cognitive psychology. Over the course of his thirty years in online learning, he has designed and developed simulation-based training applications, electronic performance-support systems, and specialized authoring tools which allow non-technical people, such as writers and trainers, to build e-learning sites.

Among David’s most notable achievements are the creation of the first learn-by-doing simulation for corporate training purposes and the first authoring tool for a non-technical audience that was specific to e-learning. He has been the recipient of over 200 e-learning design awards, and his work has been featured in Wired magazine, the Wall Street Journal, and Training magazine (as an Editor's Choice). He has been a regular speaker at both industry and academic events since 1991. He is also the author of the recent book How Organizations Can Make the Most of Online Learning.

David is the current President and CEO of Kaleidoscope Learning. He is also the current president of the International E-Learning Association; founder and chair of The Learning Ideas Conference; Editor-in-Chief of the International Journal on Advanced Corporate Learning; Chair of the International E-Learning Awards; and an Adjunct Professor at Columbia University.

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