Category: Centers

Group photo of ELRC staff at their yearly retreat.

ELRC reflects on 2024 successes, plans for 2025

The College of Education’s Evaluation and Learning Research Center held a yearly staff retreat to reflect upon their 2024 accomplishments and plan for 2025.

Bill Watson standing at a podium in front of an AI/Data Science presentation.

College AI initiative revolutionizes P-12 learning

Purdue University’s College of Education drives a transformation in P-12 learning through its AI and Data Science Research Initiative, focusing on how AI can enhance personalized learning, support educators and reshape pedagogy for future careers.

F. Richard Olenchak

Olenchak named research director for world’s largest data set on gifted children

F. Richard Olenchak was appointed the new director of research for the Gifted Development Center/Institute for the Study of Advanced Development (GDC/ISAD).

Phil VanFossen and six ELRC staff members standing in the main lobby of Beering Hall. They are holding a plaque inscribed with the Kellogg Award.

Kellogg Foundation awards McDavid 2024 Community Engagement Scholarship award

The W.K. Kellogg Foundation honored Lindley McDavid, senior evaluation and research association with the Evaluation and Learning Research Center, with a 2024 W.K. Kellogg Foundation Community Engagement Scholarship Awards at an awards ceremony in Portland, OR. McDavid received the award...
A conference attendee holding a brochure and looking to his side.

Purdue CATALYST hosts “Generational Advances through STEM Education” Jan. 16

The College of Education’s Center for Advancing the Teaching and Learning of STEM organized and hosted the tenth annual Indiana STEM Education Conference, “Generational Advances through STEM Education”, on January 16, 2025.

Bill Watson conversing with two conference attendees.

Watson: How AI could benefit education

WFYI’s Lee Gaines interviewed Prof. Bill Watson about how artificial intelligence could benefit teachers and students, the challenges it poses, and how it could transform the educational landscape.