Learning Innovation Seminar
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From Research to Real-World Impact: SANDI’s Journey
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Wednesday February 25 | 12p-1p | 1400 18th Ave S Rm A2009
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This seminar unpacks the black box of what it takes to move a research innovation from the lab into the world through the journey of SANDI, a research-backed driver readiness learning platform designed to support safe, confident mobility for neurodiverse learners. Bringing together research and entrepreneurial perspectives, the session will examine the handoffs, tensions, and tradeoffs encountered as SANDI moves from the academic ecosystem into market realities, from prototype validation and market discovery to funding, pricing, and launch. Pizza lunch provided.
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To preview SANDI before the session, check out two short demos here and here.
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Dr. Golnaz Arastoopour Irgens awarded Jan Hawkins Award by AERA Division C
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LIVE is very excited to announce that faculty member Dr. Golnaz Arastoopur Irgens will receive the 2026 Jan Hawkins Award for Early Career Contributions to Humanistic Research and Scholarship in Learning Technologies. This prestigious award recognizes a body of early-career scholarship that advances innovative ways of understanding and designing learning technologies while centering the meaning-making and priorities of young people and educators to drive system-level improvements responsive to today’s evolving educational landscape.
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Dr. Arastoopur Irgens’ scholarship exemplifies the award's vision. Her research integrates the design of inclusive digital learning environments with sophisticated analytic approaches to examine how young learners develop both technical understanding of AI systems and critical awareness of their social and ethical implications. Using design-based research and participatory methods, she works with teachers, students, and community partners to co-design learning experiences that position students as active designers and creators, grounded in the realities of local educational contexts. Taken together, her research agenda reflects a sustained commitment to advancing technology-supported approaches to learning while remaining closely attuned to the educational settings in which those technologies are designed, enacted, and experienced.
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New Publication by LIVE Researchers
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Analyzing Embodied Learning in Classroom Settings: A Human-in-the-loop AI Approach for Multimodal Learning Analytics
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A team of LIVE researchers and collaborators including doctoral students Joyce Fonteles, Clayton Cohn and Efrat Ayalon, along with Drs. Gautam Biswas, Noel Enyedy and many others, recently published an exciting new approach to multimodal learning analytics in Learning and Instruction. Their work introduces a human-in-the-loop AI framework that combines multimodal learning analytics,
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deep learning, and large language models to better understand self-regulated learning (SRL) and socially shared regulation of learning (SSRL) in embodied classroom environments. The goal is to support richer, more scalable analyses of complex learning interactions that unfold through movement, talk, and collaboration.
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Upcoming Affiliated Events
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College of Connected Computing
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AI Days from Vanderbilt Data Science
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March 4-5, 2026 at the Holiday Inn Vanderbilt
AI Days 2026 is a two-day conference built around applying generative AI and agentic systems to research and academic work.
Through rich workshops, research showcases, and cross-disciplinary sessions, attendees will explore practical approaches to integrating AI into their scholarly workflows, across fields, not just within them.
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AI Days 2026: Come with Ideas. Leave with Solutions.
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Share Your Research with the City
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Tech Me Out with Pint of Science
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Interested in bringing your research to a public audience over a drink and good conversation?
Pint of Science is seeking faculty and postdoctoral scholars to speak at this year's bar-based evening event in Nashville.
The Tech Me Out stream welcomes work on innovations in learning technologies, AI, data and analytics, and more
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Submit your speaker interest form by March 2 at 11:59 pm. For any questions, please reach out to Jennifer James, in the Department of Physics & Astronomy.
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| March 4
How Domain-General Associative Learning Can Explain (what appear to be) Sophisticated Cognitive Capacities in Infants
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Deon Benton, Dept of Psychology & Human Development
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| March 18
The CCC: Radical Collaboration for Innovation Across Disciplines
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Matthew Roberson-Johnson, Dean of the College of Connected Computing
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| Explore the Spring 2026 LIVE Learning Innovation Seminar Series at the link below
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You can find the latest information about the LIVE Learning Innovation Incubator and our Learning Innovation Series on our website. Got this announcement forwarded to you? Sign-up for our mailing list to receive invitations to our events and find out about our latest initiatives.
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email us - LIVE@vanderbilt.edu
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1400 18th Avenue South | Suite 3002 | Nashville, TN 37212 US
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