Eunice Eunhee Jang, PhD  

University of Toronto

Advancing Holistic Assessment of Young Learners’ Cognitive, Metacognitive, and Psychological Orientations Through Artificial Intelligence

The fundamental aspect of assessment and measurement lies in making sense of actions conditional upon latent mechanisms. Actions associated with learning reflect the confluence of learner traits and contextual factors. Technological advances afford a more holistic understanding of the learner as a whole. Building on such intricate understandings, BalanceAI engages students in multifaceted learning activities and provides automated feedback through transformative artificial intelligence-based technologies (https://www.oise.utoronto.ca/ejanglab/research/balanceai/).

In this talk, I introduce a series of research done by the IDELA research group using BalanceAI and discuss emerging issues critical for optimizing the integration of AI to education.

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Eunice Eunhee Jang is Professor at the Department of Applied Psychology and Human Development in Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, University of Toronto. With specializations in diagnostic language assessment, technology-rich learning and assessment, mixed methods research, and program evaluation, Dr. Jang has led high-impact provincial, national, and international research with various stakeholders. She is the author of the book, Focus on Assessment (Oxford University Press, 2014), which provides evidence-based assessment guidelines for K-12 language teachers. She is the co-author of the research monograph, OECD Reviews on Evaluation and Assessment in Education: Denmark with Shewbridge, Matthews, and Santiago. She is the recipient of the annual award for the most outstanding article of the year for a paper published in the Journal of Language Learning in 2013. Her current BalanceAI project examines ways to promote students’ cognitive and metacognitive development through innovative learning-oriented assessments based on machine learning applications (See https://www.oise.utoronto.ca/ejanglab/

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Eunice Eunhee Jang, PhD

Professor

Associate Editor, Language Assessment Quarterly

Department of Applied Psychology & Human Development

Ontario Institute for Studies in Education

University of Toronto

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