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Idowu David Awoyemi

Instructional Technology Researcher specializing in artificial intelligence, extended reality, and learning analytics

I design intelligent learning environments that combine artificial intelligence, extended reality, and learning analytics to improve STEM education, workforce training, and learner performance.

Ph.D. Candidate in Instructional Technology, University of Alabama · Research Assistant, ADIE Lab

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What my research does.

I investigate how artificial intelligence and immersive technologies can reshape learning, from the design of the environment through to the evidence of what learners actually did.

Improve STEM learning

Immersive and AI-supported environments that make abstract STEM concepts tangible and practisable.

Personalize instruction

Adaptive, learner-centered designs that respond to prior knowledge, pace, and access needs.

Enhance workforce training

VR safety and skills training built for authentic performance and measurable transfer.

Advance learning analytics

Multimodal evidence, behavioral traces, eye tracking, physiological data, modeled to explain how learning unfolds.

Broaden participation

Inclusive design and teacher development that widen access to STEM and computing.

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Teaching Philosophy

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Recent Scholarship

Selected outputs from the current publication record.

For the full list, including conference presentations and proceedings, see the academic profile page or download the full CV.

2026

Published

From experience to action: Sequential dynamics of experiential learning in immersive virtual reality-supported safety training

Interactive Learning Environments, 1-20

2026

Published

Human-centered generative AI in education: Ethical challenges and equity-driven solutions

Ethics & Behavior, 1-27

2026

Published

Decoding immersive learning states: A reproducible microgenetic pipeline for behavioral data in virtual reality safety training

Behaviormetrika, 53, 739-768

2026

Published

Promoting elementary students' computer science conceptual knowledge and coding performance: A mixed methods case study

Journal of Research on Technology in Education

Education

Graduate training and academic formation.

Doctoral and prior degree work provide the foundation for current research and design practice.

Expected Spring 2027

Ph.D., Instructional Technology
The University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL

2025

Graduate Certificate in College Teaching
The University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL (12-credit, four-course sequence)

2019

M.Tech., Educational Technology
Federal University of Technology, Minna, Nigeria

2015

B.Tech., Mathematics Education
Federal University of Technology, Minna, Nigeria

Idowu David Awoyemi

What my research does.

Improve STEM learning

Personalize instruction

Enhance workforce training

Advance learning analytics

Broaden participation

Recognition, scholarship, and service at a glance.

Dissertation Fellowship

AECT Addie Kinsinger Leadership Development Internship Award

Most Outstanding Graduate Student in Research

Alabama Power Innovation and Technology Award

15 peer-reviewed journal articles

25 conference presentations

8 review appointments

7 funded research projects

About

Academic Profile

Research Projects

Teaching Philosophy

ID Portfolio

Contact and CV

Awards, fellowships, and major acknowledgements.

College of Education Dissertation Fellowship, The University of Alabama ($20,160)

College of Education Research Assistant Award, The University of Alabama ($4,500)

Google PhD Fellowship, institutional nominee, The University of Alabama

Most Outstanding Graduate Student in Research, Instructional Technology, The University of Alabama

Alabama Power Innovation and Technology Award ($3,000)

McJulien Graduate Student Scholarship Award ($500)

Selected outputs from the current publication record.

From experience to action: Sequential dynamics of experiential learning in immersive virtual reality-supported safety training

Human-centered generative AI in education: Ethical challenges and equity-driven solutions

Decoding immersive learning states: A reproducible microgenetic pipeline for behavioral data in virtual reality safety training

Promoting elementary students' computer science conceptual knowledge and coding performance: A mixed methods case study

Graduate training and academic formation.

Expected Spring 2027

2025

2019

2015