Director
Philip I. Pavlik Jr., Professor
Director of the Optimal Learning Lab
Dr. Pavlik's work connects cognitive theory with educational software design, especially in the areas of memory modeling, adaptive practice, and model-based instructional decisions. His training includes dissertation work with John Anderson in Carnegie Mellon University's Psychology Department and work with Ken Koedinger in Carnegie Mellon's Human-Computer Interaction Institute.
Current Team
Current lab members
Hannah-Joy Simms
PhD student.
Rusty Haner
Master's student and contributor to MoFaCTS development.
Collaborators
Project collaborators
Luke G. Eglington
Collaborator on LKT modeling and related analytics work. Currently at Amplify.
Shelbi Kuhlmann, Assistant Professor
Collaborator on adaptive video work using a skinned MoFaCTS deployment.
Alumni
Completed students
PhD alumni
Meng Cao, Wei Chu, Jaclyn Maass, Kenneth Barideaux, Chanda Murphy, Henry Hua
Master's alumni
Blake Telfer, Kaitlyn Peperone, Clayton Estey, Shardae Dawkins, Adam Boyd