C21U faculty leads VIP teams each semester in research areas applicable to educational technology and innovation.
Data-Driven Education VIP Course
The VIP program operates in a research and development context. Undergraduate students who join VIP teams earn academic credit for participating in design/discovery efforts that assist faculty and graduate students with research and development issues in their areas of expertise.
Goals
Our team couples data science with educational theory to research and improve educational content, instruction, and learning at Georgia Tech. We deliver on these goals by engaging with the Tech community, writing about and presenting our research, and developing web applications for learners and educators.
Through VIP, students will:
- Learn and practice professional skills;
- Make substantial contributions to the team project;
- Experience different roles on a large, multidisciplinary team.
Methods and technologies:
- Big Data
- Learning Analytics
- Educational Research
- Learning Science
- Social Statistics
- Hypothesis Testing
- Web Application Development
During the Fall 2025 semester, there will be four sub-teams:
- Just-in-Time Intervention: Focused on identifying and supporting at-risk students in large-scale online courses. It uses data analytics to predict student success and send timely alerts.
- Assessment Quality Assurance: The aim is to help instructors develop more effective assessment questions using NLP and ML tools to analyze and improve question quality.
- Discussion Forums: Dedicated to enhancing student engagement and fostering deeper conversations in online course discussion forums through NLP analysis and visualization tools.
- AI in Education: Exploring the application of AI technologies to support students and instructors, including developing tools like interactive chatbots for registration assistance.
