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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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Research in One Minute

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.

Highlights

Recognition, scholarship, and service at a glance.

Dissertation Fellowship

Awarded 2026

AECT Addie Kinsinger Leadership Development Internship Award

2024

Most Outstanding Graduate Student in Research

Instructional Technology, 2025

Alabama Power Innovation and Technology Award

2025

22 peer-reviewed journal articles

Published, accepted, and under review

26 conference presentations

AERA, AECT, iLRN, and more

7 review appointments

Peer review across instructional technology and AI journals

4 funded research projects

Including NSF ITEST and university-funded work

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About

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Academic Profile

CV-driven publications, presentations, grants, service, and affiliations.

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Research Projects

Selected case studies showing how David designs, studies, and evaluates learning innovation.

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Teaching Philosophy

Research-informed teaching commitments, frameworks, and experience across instructional contexts.

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ID Portfolio

Instructional design artifacts, curriculum work, multimedia development, and doctoral coursework.

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Contact and CV

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Recent Recognition

Awards, fellowships, and major acknowledgements.

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Dissertation Fellowship ($20160)

2026

College of Education Research Assistant Award ($4500)

2026

Most Outstanding Graduate Student in Research (Instructional Technology)

2025

McJulien Graduate Student Scholarship Award ($500)

2025

Alabama Power Innovation and Technology Award ($3000)

2025

AECT Addie Kinsinger Leadership Development Internship Award ($1000)

2024

Recent Scholarship

Selected outputs from the current publication record.

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Under Review

Measuring How Students Rely on Generative AI in Academic Writing: Development and Multi-Source Validation of the Generative AI Reliance Types Scale (GenAI-RTS)

AI and Ethics

Recent
Under Review

A Systematic Review of Empirical Research on AI in K-12 STEM Education (2020-2025) through a Sociotechnical Lens (Manuscript Number: ETRD-D-26-01416)

Journal Article

2026
Published

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

Interactive Learning Environments, 1–20

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Under Review

Embodied Arts-Integrated AI Literacy: A Nested Mixed-Methods Study with K-12 Educators (Manuscript Number: TECH-D-26-00361)

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Education

Graduate training and academic formation.

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

Spring 2027

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

2025

Graduate Certificate in College Teaching
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