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Center for Educational Informatics

A group of middle school students working together.

Mar 21, 2025

Mining Data to Boost Collaborative Learning in Educational Games

NC State University researchers are applying data mining techniques to make educational games more responsive in real time, improving how students develop collaborative problem-solving skills.
James Lester standing behind computer modeled illustration of molecular structures.

Oct 28, 2021

A new way to learn

In Crystal Island: EcoJourneys, a narrative-based virtual learning environment designed by researchers in NC State’s Department of Computer Science (CSC), middle school students travel to a fictional island in the Philippines. While there, they encounter a dilemma: a local fish farm is reporting that tilapia are becoming sick at an alarming rate. It’s a complex…

Nov 11, 2020

Questions for Dr. James Lester

Dr. James Lester is a Distinguished University Professor in the Department of Computer Science and director of NC State’s Center for Educational Informatics (CEI). This year’s pandemic has increased demand for the kind of educational technology tools that are CEI’s specialty.
young people at computers

Apr 23, 2020

Improving AI’s ability to identify students who need help

Researchers have designed an artificial intelligence (AI) model that is better able to predict how much students are learning in educational games.
graphic illustrates how ai may help soldiers share information during training

Oct 2, 2019

How AI will help train the soldiers of the future

NC State and Army Futures Command are developing AI training tools to save lives in the field.
Possible next-generation heads-up display

Jul 25, 2019

Using virtual reality to create new tech for first responders

Virtual reality allows researchers to develop and test new technologies for first responders without putting lives at risk.