Envisioning an Evidence-Based Educational System: Part 4

Susan Patrick and Erin Mote

Join the LEARN Network for a summer conversation series with education leaders to discuss a vision for an evidence-based education ecosystem. As part of this visioning, we’ll consider the entire ecosystem of actors, organizations, processes, and resources that work together to shape education.

Part 4, “Artificial Intelligence, Technology, and Scaling Evidence Use,” features SRI’s Susan Patrick and InnovateEDU’s Erin Mote for a discussion of how AI could act as a catalyst for building smarter systems for student learning. Learn more about the conversation below.

August 26, 3:30-4:30pm ET: Artificial Intelligence, Technology, and Scaling Evidence Use
Join renowned researcher, policymaker, and thought leader Susan Patrick to discuss how AI could act as a catalyst for building smarter systems for student learning, making research and evidence more accessible, supporting educators, and creating feedback to continuously improve teaching and learning.

Panelists

  • Susan Patrick, Senior Principal Education Researcher, SRI Education
  • Erin Mote, CEO and Founder, InnovateEDU

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About the Panelists

Susan Patrick

Susan Patrick is a Principal Senior Education Researcher at SRI where she provides strategic vision and leadership on digital learning, artificial intelligence, and technology policy. Prior to her time at SRI, Patrick served as President and CEO of Aurora Institute, a non-profit organization with the mission to drive the transformation of education systems and accelerate the advancement of breakthrough policies and practices to ensure high-quality learning for all. She is the former Director of the Office of Educational Technology at the U.S. Department of Education. Prior, Patrick served as legislative liaison for Governor Hull from Arizona. She served as legislative staff on Capitol Hill. She is a Pahara-Aspen Institute Fellow and an Eisenhower Fellow. She was named a 2024 Women in AI Fellow by EDSAFE AI, and was awarded the AECT System Change Leader Award 2020 for making significant contributions to the evolution of learning, demonstrating systems thinking and positive impact aligned to future-focused education.

Erin Mote

Erin Mote is the CEO and Founder of InnovateEDU. In this role, Erin leads the organization and its major projects, including its policy and strategy portfolio. She leads the organization’s work on creating uncommon alliances to create systems change – in special education, talent development, artificial intelligence, and data modernization. An enterprise architect, she created, alongside her team, two of InnovateEDU’s signature technology products – Cortex, a next-generation personalized learning platform, and Landing Zone – a cutting-edge infrastructure as a service data product. Erin is also the co-founder of Brooklyn Laboratory Charter School with her husband Dr. Eric Tucker. She is a recognized global leader in technology, mobile, and broadband and has focused much of her career on expanding access to technology in the US and abroad.

The LEARN Network is funded by the Institute of Education Sciences.  

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