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Learning Differences Distinguished Lecture: Multimodal Technologies, Participatory Learning Ecologies, and Disrupting Inequities by and through Design
Gabriela Richard, PhD, is a researcher, designer, and expert in learning technologies, media, games, and play.
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Advances in Early Math Education: Critical Issues in Policy and Practice
A free one-day conference hosted by DREME and the Stanford Center on Early Childhood celebrating the progress made in the last decade in research and practice related to early math learning.
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The Unfinished Legacy of Brown v. Board of Education at 70
Charting a path forward on school integration and educational opportunity.
Past events
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ASU+GSV 2024
Join leaders and scholars from the Stanford Accelerator for Learning in San Diego this year.
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Film Screening of “Building Tomorrows: The Story of Sobral”
The story of how a rural municipality in Brazil achieved near-universal literacy.
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State of the Industry Panel: AI and AR, Supercharged
This panel discussion will share the latest trends of generative AI integration with augmented reality technology, supercharging the future of learning.
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Learning Differences Distinguished Lecture: Shifting the Paradigm for Supporting Students with Disabilities
Kristin Wright, Executive Director of Equity, Diversity, Early Intervention, and Support Services at the Sacramento County Office of Education, will share how we can move from legal adherence to a holistic, empowering model.
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Join us at SXSW EDU 2024
Four Stanford Accelerator for Learning leaders will be sharing expertise in Austin this year.
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Designing Your Own Chatbot to Support Teaching and Learning
Join this Accelerator Studio workshop to gain hands-on experience building a chatbot tailored to your interests and needs.
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Entrepreneur in Residence Discussion Series: Leadership Insights Across the Education Spectrum
In this session, we’ll hear from leaders across the education spectrum discuss the opportunities and challenges they faced when enacting change.
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Learning Differences Distinguished Lecture: Biocultural Myths About Poverty
Professor Lennard J. Davis of the University of Illinois at Chicago will share about his forthcoming book as part of a series exploring critical issues related to the inclusion of individuals with disabilities in our education system.
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Early Childhood and Social Entrepreneurship in South Africa: A Conversation with Sonja Giese
Join the Stanford Center on Early Childhood for an informal conversation and Q&A.
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AI + Education Summit: Advancing Human Learning with AI Technologies
Building on the success of its first edition in 2023, this in-person summit was hosted again by the Stanford Institute for Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence (HAI) and the Stanford Accelerator for Learning.
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Charting the Geographies of Inclusive Education: Toward Sustainable Research Partnerships — A Research Conference in Honor of Judith Heumann
The convening brought together scholars from the Global South who are working on advancing inclusive education.
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Early Childhood and Community Initiatives in New Zealand: A Conversation with Aimee Hadrup
Join the Stanford Center on Early Childhood for an informal conversation and Q&A.
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Digital Learning Design Challenge Info Session
The Learning Design Challenge, taking place in the winter and spring quarters, invites students to bring their creativity and innovation to help solve pressing real-world challenges faced by learners.
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Enhancing Reflective Practices with AI
This Accelerator Studio workshop explored how AI can augment the way we grow and learn.
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Info Session: Transformative Approaches to Ethnic Studies Seed Grant
The Stanford Accelerator for Learning seeks to fund exploratory projects, developing partnerships, and preliminary scholarship that are poised to make substantial impacts on how ethnic studies is taught and integrated into K-12 schooling across California.
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Accelerate Edtech Impact Summit
How can educational technology better leverage learning science? This half-day summit draws together leaders in research, education, and technology to discuss, learn, and advance equitable and effective solutions.
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Exploring Forms of Feedback with AI
In today's digital learning environment, feedback is pivotal to growth and improvement. But how can we harness the immense capabilities of generative AI tools like ChatGPT to provide optimal feedback?
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Future of Immersive Experiences Industry Panel
Panelists will share insights about the integration of AI and VR and the future of immersive experiences.
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VR as the Face of Generative AI
A workshop series for undergraduate, master's, and doctoral students and postdocs: Design and build learning experiences integrating Large Language Models and Virtual Reality open-source applications
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Entrepreneur in Residence Discussion Series: AI in Edtech, Part 2
The EIRs continue the conversation on AI’s impact on education nearly a year after the generative AI boom.
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Fireside Chat with Steve Youngwood
Join us for a lively discussion with the CEO of Sesame Workshop about their recent work in child wellbeing, inclusion, and refugee education.
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Beyond Chatbots: Exploring Different Ways Generative AI can Look and Function
This Accelerator Studio workshop highlighted practical use cases and tools to enhance project management, text summarization, and accessibility.
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Entrepreneur in Residence Discussion Series: AI in Edtech, Part 1
Current and former Entrepreneurs in Residence (EIRs) delve into the challenges, opportunities, and implications of AI in edtech.
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Leveraging Generative AI Tools to Support Teaching and Learning
The Accelerator Studio workshop introduced ways to think about generative AI in education contexts.
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Equity in Learning Design Workshop
The Equity in Learning Initiative of the Stanford Accelerator for Learning seeks to leverage decades of educational scholarship in race, inequality, and language in pursuit of more effective and equitable learning solutions.
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Cubberley Lecture Series presents: An Evening with Juliana Urtubey
How can we support students to flourish and succeed? How do we encourage a love of learning and cultivate students’ passions?
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AI+Education Summit: AI in the Service of Teaching and Learning
A daylong summit on how AI can be used to advance human learning through new pedagogies, new modalities of assessment, new foundational models, and more.
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Understanding Learning Differences in Context: What We Are Learning
The Learning Differences and Future of Special Education Initiative invites you to hear from researchers about their latest projects. Join online or in person on Nov. 14.
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Bay Area Superintendents Quarterly Convening with Sean Reardon
This meeting on Nov. 10 is one of a series of events that brings together public school district superintendents from San Mateo and Santa Clara Counties to share best practices and learn new approaches.
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New Pathways for Equity and Impact in Early Childhood
The Stanford Center on Early Childhood celebrated its launch with a convening of leaders in the field.
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Energizing the Potential of All Learners: Summit with the Yidan Prize Foundation
The 2022 Stanford Accelerator for Learning summit was an opportunity to strengthen partnerships and expand connections with education thought-leaders from around the world.
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2022 LDT Expo
See the exhibition of master’s projects created by students in the Learning, Design, & Technology Master’s Program in the Stanford Graduate School of Education.
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Stanford Graduate School of Education Cubberley Lecture Series Presents: An Evening With Geoffrey Canada
Join us for an evening of inspiration and conversation with education visionaries who think deeply about the important questions surrounding early childhood learning.
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Leveraging Social Media Approaches to Capture, Share, and Inspire Pedagogical Innovations
The Stanford Accelerator for Learning's new teacher engagement pilot connects invited teachers from across content areas and grade levels to collaborate with university faculty, researchers, and students who are committed to engaging with schools in deep and substantive ways.
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CANCELLED: Using AI to Augment and Improve the Learning Experience
The Stanford Transforming Learning Accelerator presents the Spring Lightning Talk Series. This series consists of two conversations on cutting edge research. Each session will examine research methods, breakthroughs, and opportunities to accelerate solutions to the most pressing challenges facing learners.
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Digital Learning Initiative Morning Mix
The morning mix is a place for the DLI community to come together, discuss issues around the research that is trying to be done, get feedback and find pathways forward for all of the projects.
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Bay Area Superintendents Convening – Session 2
This event brings San Mateo and Santa Clara county public school district superintendents together to share best practices and learn new approaches together.
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Science and Policy for Lifelong Learning
The Stanford Transforming Learning Accelerator presents the Spring Lightning Talk Series. This series consists of two conversations on cutting edge research. Each session will examine research methods, breakthroughs, and opportunities to accelerate solutions to the most pressing challenges facing learners.
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Achievement Unlocked: A Student-centered Approach to Promoting Motivation and Wellbeing
The Transforming Learning Accelerator's new teacher engagement pilot connects invited teachers from across content areas and grade levels to collaborate with university faculty, researchers, and students who are committed to engaging with schools in deep and substantive ways.
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Bay Area Superintendents Convening
This event brings San Mateo and Santa Clara county public school district superintendents together to share best practices and learn new approaches together.
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Implementing Comprehensive, Emergent Literacy Instruction for Neurodiverse Students with General Education Classrooms
The Stanford Transforming Learning Accelerator presents the Winter Lightning Talk Series. The series consists of three conversations that will focus on cutting edge research. Each session will examine research methods, breakthroughs, and opportunities to create new ways forward.
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Personalized Trajectories of Learning and Exploration: “Shaping” Life with Screenomics and Other Observational Paradigms
The Stanford Transforming Learning Accelerator presents the Winter Lightning Talk Series. The series consists of three conversations that will focus on cutting edge research. Each session will examine research methods, breakthroughs, and opportunities to create new ways forward.
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Starting with Sesame: Investigating Teaching and Learning in Early Childhood
The Stanford Transforming Learning Accelerator presents the Winter Lightning Talk Series. The series consists of three conversations that will focus on cutting edge research. Each session will examine research methods, breakthroughs, and opportunities to create new ways forward.
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Forum: Building an Applied Science to Support Working Learners
Hear and discuss highlights of a report to the National Science Foundation from 180 education leaders charged with developing a comprehensive research agenda.
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Teaching and Learning in the Metaverse
In this rapid fire session, Professor Jeremy Bailenson will discuss how virtual reality is being used for teaching and respond to your questions about research methods, breakthroughs, and opportunities.
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10th Annual Entrepreneurial Campus Demo Day
If you want inspiration to start your own company, get involved with a fast-growing startup or build your network in the Stanford entrepreneurship ecosystem, come learn from the best. Masks will be required and space is limited.
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Building an applied science to support working learners
With momentum gaining for pandemic recovery and to seriously combat inequality in America, this is a crucial time for the nation to invest in applied science to understand how best to provide opportunities for the millions of American adults seeking to improve their lives through learning. This session is the fourth of four in this series.
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Building an applied science to support working learners
With momentum gaining for pandemic recovery and to seriously combat inequality in America, this is a crucial time for the nation to invest in applied science to understand how best to provide opportunities for the millions of American adults seeking to improve their lives through learning. This session is the third of four in this series.
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Seed grant information session #2: Understanding learning differences in context
This information session will provide an overview of the project and answer questions from prospective applicants
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How might applied research serve working learners?
This is the second meeting in a series of weekly two-hour sessions on four consecutive Wednesdays in July that convenes researchers, practitioners, workforce advocates, and business leaders to frame a national agenda for an applied science to improve opportunities for working learners. The series is by invitation.
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Working collaboratively to serve working learners
This is the first event in a series of weekly two-hour sessions on four consecutive Wednesdays in July that convenes fellow researchers, practitioners, workforce advocates, and business leaders to frame a national agenda for an applied science to improve opportunities for working learners.
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Seed grant information session #1: Understanding learning differences in context
This information session will provide an overview of the project and answer questions from prospective applicants.
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2021 Spring Summit
How data, technology, and brain sciences are advancing learning.
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Transforming Learning Accelerator 2021 Spring Summit
This free, online summit brings together researchers from across the university who work to improve learning.