Presentations and Panels
Presentations and Panels
2024
Using Artificial Intelligence to Enhance Human Intelligence. Keynote at Learning Analytics and Knowledge conference (LAK24), Kyoto, Japan.
Empowering Educators to Teach with and About AI. Panel at SXSW Edu, Austin, TX.
AI: Avoiding the Next Digital Divide. Panel at SXSW Edu, Austin, TX.
AI-Based Assessment. Buros Center for Testing panel.
AI in Education. Technical Issues in Large Scale Assessment (TILSA) collaborative for Council of Chief State School Officers panel.
AI is Lava. Panel at Common Sense Media Summit on America's Kids and Families, San Francisco, CA.
2023
Implementation of AI Tools in Education at Scale. Invited talk at Generative AI in Education workshop, NeurIPS 2023, New Orleans, LA
AI in Teaching and Learning. Invited talk at 13th Annual Leadership Southern Nevada Leadership Summit, Leadership Institute of Nevada, Las Vegas, NV.
Empowering Education: Unleashing the Power of Generative AI in Teaching and Learning. Panel at Empowering Learners in the Age of AI, Tempe, AZ.
AI in the Future of Education: Industry Perspectives. Panel at Trustworthy AI Lab for Education Summit, South Bend, IN.
Charting the Course for Generative AI in Education. Panel at American Enterprise Institute, Washington, DC.
Connecting Families to the Future of Learning. Panel at Connecting Families to the Future of Learning event, Phoenix, AZ.
AI and Education in Practice. Fireside chat at University of Notre Dame, South Bend, IN.
Promises and Pitfalls of AI. Keynote at Academy of Financial Services conference, Phoenix, AZ.
Building AI Applications at Scale. Keynote at AI x Education Generating the Future of Education with AI Conference.
Practical Implications for AI Teaching and Learning. Keynote at National Assessment Governing Board Quarterly Meeting
How to Make AI a Teaching and Learning Partner. Presentation at EdWeek K-12 Essentials Forum.
Generative AI and Data in U.S. K-12 Education. Panelist at American Association of School Administrators.
The Past, Present, and Future of Technology in the Mathematics Classroom. Presentation at Florida Council of Teachers of Mathematics, Orlando, FL.
Learning and Assessment in the Age of AI. Presentation at Association of Test Publishers EdTech and Computational Psychometrics Summit.
Building AI Applications Based on Learning Research, Presentation at Global Research Alliance for AI in Education (GRAILE).
ChatGPT, AI, and how schools should be thinking about digital learning. Keynote address at Education Week Leadership Summit.
Khanmigo: OpenAI's GPT-4 and Scaling AI Offerings. Fireside chat at ASU+GSV
AI in Education Workshop. Presenter at University of Florida
Education and the New AI. Panel at University of Notre Dame.
2022
Solutions for Math Success: Start with Comprehensive K-8 Policy. Panel at Excel in Ed National Summit on Education.
Navigating Digital Learning. Keynote at International Technology, Education, and Development Conference.
Innovative Assessments: Transformative Measures for Growth and Efficiency. League of Innovative Schools Spring Convening.
Learning in the time of COVID: The importance of teacher diversity in student learning. Panelist at EdTrust roundtable.
Teacher in the Loop: Integrating teachers into learning analytics. Frontiers in Educational Technology seminar series.
2021
New Educational Responsibilities in the Digital Era. Presidential Panel at the American Education Research Association Annual Meeting.
The Future of K-12 Assessment: Is there one? Panel at National Council for Measurement in Education annual conference.
Predicting the future for assessment and learning. Closing Panel at Association of Test Publishers Innovations in Testing Conference.
Education panelist. USC OWN IT Women's Leadership Summit.
2020
A World of Assessment Without Tests. Keynote at Beyond Multiple Choice. (Video published in eLearn Magazine)
Lessons for Lockdown: Educational Technology. Presentation at Lessons from Lockdown Conference.
Empowering Families for Student Success and Wellness in a COVID-19 Era. Panel at NAACP Maryland Beyond Back to School Forum.
Closing learning gaps. Panel at EdPalooza.
YouTube content for remote learning. Panelist at ASU+GSV Summit.
Equity and technology for educational progress. Panel at Association of Test Publishers EdTech and Computational Psychometrics Summit.
Using educational assessments to educate: A conversation with Ed Gordon. Panel at National Council for Measurement in Education.
2019
Educating Learners for Tomorrow. Presentation to the International School Leaders Conference, Windsor, UK.
Lessons Learned in Game-Based Assessment Design. Presentation at National Science Foundation symposium on Game Based Assessment, Minneapolis, MN.
Katula, P., DiCerbo, K., & Cameron, D. (2019). Science simulations to address assessment challenges. Presentation at the Council of Chief State School Officers National Conference on Student Assessment, Orlando, FL.
Cameron, D. & DiCerbo, K. (2019). Promises and challenges of simulation-based assessment. Presentation at IMS Global Learning Impact Leadership Institute, San Diego, CA.
Choi, J., DiCerbo, K., Ventura, M., Lai, E., Wood, J., & Iverson, J. (2019). Measuring proficiency using interactive simulation data: Empirical comparison of evidence aggregation methods. Paper presented at the 2019 National Council on Measurement in Education Annual Meeting, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Lai, E. & DiCerbo, K. (2019). Comparing two approaches to recovering levels of a learning progression in math. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Education Research Association, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
2018
DiCerbo, K. E. (2018). Controversy and Consensus in Personalized Learning. Keynote at the London Festival of Learning, London, UK.
Belenky, D. & DiCerbo, K. E. (2018). The Business Case for Learning Science. International Conference of the Learning Sciences, London, UK.
DiCerbo, K. E., & Belenky, D. (2018). Iterative Design of a Dashboard to Inform Instructional Choices. American Education Research Association, New York, NY.
What is research saying about personalized learning? (2018). Panel at Learn Launch. Boston, MA.
2017
DiCerbo, K. E. (2017). Lessons Learned and Future Directions for Game-Based Assessment. Educational Technology and Computational Psychometrics Symposium, Iowa City, IA.
DiCerbo, K. E. (2017). Designing Engaging Games for Learning AND Assessment. Serious Play, Washington, DC.
DiCerbo, K. E. (2017). Digital Games and the Future of Assessment: Design Steps and Case Studies. Association of Test Publishers Innovations in Assessment Conference, Scottsdale, AZ.
DiCerbo, K. E. (2017). Learning and Performance Assessments in Computerized Environments. Association of Test Publishers Innovations in Assessment Conference, Scottsdale, AZ.
Planning for Impact: Research and Product Development (2017). Panel at Education Impact Summit. San Francisco, CA.
Is Gaming a Psychometrically Valid Option for High Stakes Testing? (2017). Panel at Association of Test Publishers Innovations in Assessment Conference, Scottsdale, AZ.
2016
DiCerbo, K. E. (2016). Assessment without Tests. ResearchED. Washington, DC.
DiCerbo, K. E. & Kobrin, J. (2016). Communicating assessment results based on learning progressions. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Education Research Association, Washington, D.C.
Lai, E., Kobrin, J., & DiCerbo, K. E. (2016). Developing and piloting the Insight Learning System. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the National Council for Measurement in Education, Washington, D.C.
Xu, Y., Levy, R., DiCerbo, K., Lai, E., & Holland, L. (2016). Developing Bayes Nets for modeling student cognition in digital and nondigital assessment environments. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the American Education Research Association, Washington, D.C.
Who Says What’s “Educational”? The Role of Research in Learning Games. (2016). Panel at Revolutionary Learning, New York, NY.
Mastery Doesn’t Require a Bubble Sheet. (2016). Panel at Games for Change Festival, New York, NY.
How Publishers Foresee the Evolution of Educational Technology. (2016). Panel for The Center for Innovative Research in CyberLearning’s Partnership series.
2015
DiCerbo, K. E. (2015). What information is in the information trail? Paper presented at the American Psychological Association Annual Convention, Toronto, CA.
DiCerbo, K. E. (2015). Beyond Assessment: Data to Insight. National Center for Education Research and Technology. Pasadena, CA.
DiCerbo, K. E. (2015). Game-based assessment. American Board of Pediatrics Future of Testing Conference. Durham, NC.
DiCerbo, K. E., Crowell, C., & John, M. (2015). Alice in Arealand. Worked example presented at Games+Learning+Society Conference, Madison, WI.
DiCerbo, K. E., Kline, E., & Riconscente, M. (2015). Teacher portal design: Making game-based learning visible to educators. Paper presented at Games+Learning+Society Conference, Madison, WI.
Owen, V. E. & DiCerbo, K. E. (2015). Adventure on the red planet: mining multiple learner pathways in Mars Generation One. Paper presented at Games+Learning+Society Conference, Madison, WI.
DiCerbo, K. E. (2015). Using action sequences as evidence of proficiency. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Chicago, IL.
Dhaliwal, T. & DiCerbo, K. E. (2015). Presenting assessment data to inform instructional decisions. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Chicago, IL.
DiCerbo, K. E., Castellano, K., Jia, Y., Mislevy, R. J., & Lin, J. (2015). Analysis approaches for modified and original game-based assessment. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the National Council on Measurement in Education, Chicago, IL.
Castellano, K., Hoffman, E., Bauer, M., Bertling, M., Kitchen, C., Jackson, T., Oranje, A., DiCerbo, K., Corrigan, S. (2015). Game-Based Formative Assessment for Argumentation: Mars Generation One: Argubot Academy. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Chicago, IL.
Games Panel at the 2015 NAEP Innovations Symposium: New Assessment Environments (2015). Washington, D.C.
Challenges to System-Wide Change Panel at Microsoft Education Global Forum (2015). Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
2014
DiCerbo, K. E. (2014). Digital Oceans In Education. International Society for Technology in Education. Atlanta, GA
DiCerbo, K. E. (2014). Invisible Assessment in the Digital Ocean. Education Writers Association National Conference. Nashville, TN.
DiCerbo, K. E. & Stephenson, S. (2014). Uncovering the Unexpected. Paper presented at Games+Learning+Society Conference. Madison, WI.
DiCerbo, K. E., Stephenson, S., & Dapkiewicz, B. (2014). Looking for Evidence: Telemetry and Data Mining in Game-Based Assessment. Paper presented at annual meeting of the National Council on Measurement in Education, Philadelphia, PA.
DiCerbo, K. E. (2014). Detecting Game Player Goals in Log Data. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Philadelphia, PA.
Xu, Y., DiCerbo, K. E., & Levy, R. (2014). Modeling Log Data from an Online Game Using Exploratory Approaches. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the National Council on Measurement in Education, Philadelphia, PA.
2013
DiCerbo, K. E. (2013). Personalized Learning: The Promise of Ongoing Diagnosis and Adaptation. Invitational Symposium on Science Assessment, Educational Testing Service. Washington, DC.
DiCerbo, K. E. & Kidwai, K. (2013). Detecting Player Goals from Game Log Files. Poster presented at the Sixth International Conference on Educational Data Mining, Memphis, TN.
DiCerbo, K. E. (2013). Evidence identification and accumulation from log file data. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the National Council on Measurement in Education, San Francisco, CA.
Behrens, J. T., DiCerbo, K. E., Robinson, D., & Murphy, D. (2013). A Communication Framework for Score Reporting. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the National Council on Measurement in Education, San Francisco, CA.
“Beyond the Construct: New Forms of Measurement” Panel in Big Data: New Opportunities for Measurement and Data Analysis session (2013) at National Council on Measurement in Education Conference, San Francisco, CA.
“Diving Into Data” (2013). Panel on reporting on educational data and research organized by the Education Writers Association, Austin, TX.
2012
Behrens, J. T., DiCerbo, K. E., & Ferrara, S. (2012). Intended and Unintended Deceptions in the Use of Simulations. Invitational Research Symposium on Technology Enhanced Assessments, Educational Testing Service, Washington, DC. Available: http://www.k12center.org/events/research_meetings/tea.html
Behrens, J. T., Mislevy, R. J., DiCerbo, K. E., & Frezzo, D. C. (2012). Pattern Based Activity for Assessment In Simulated Environments. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology, San Diego, CA.
DiCerbo, K.. E. (2012). The digital ocean: Games and invisible assessment. Gates Foundation. Seattle, WA.
DiCerbo, K. E., & Frezzo, D. C. (2012). Validity of Inferences from Game Play: An Examination of Cognitive Processes. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Vancouver, BC.
DiCerbo, K. E. & Behrens, J. T. (2012). From Technology Enhanced Assessment to Assessment Enhanced Technology. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the National Council on Measurement in Education, Vancouver, BC.
Calico, T., & DiCerbo, K. (2012). Making Inferences from Log File Data. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the National Council on Measurement in Education, Vancouver, BC.
Frezzo, D. C., Behrens, J. T., DiCerbo, K. E., & Chen, M. (2012). An Extensible Micro-World for Assessment of Activities in the Data Networking Professions. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the National Council on Measurement in Education, Vancouver, BC.
DiCerbo, K. E., Behrens, J. T., Frezzo, D. C., & West, P. (2012). Games and simulation in assessment. Association of Test Publishers Innovations in Testing Conference, Palm Springs, CA.
“What Next Generation Large-scale Assessments Can Learn from Advanced Assessments” Colloquium (2012) organized by the National Center for Improvement of Educational Assessment, Boulder, CO.
2011
Behrens, J. T., Frezzo, D. C., & DiCerbo, K. E. (2011). Intrusive and Unobtrusive Assessment of Entrepreneurial and Technical Skills through Simulation and Gaming. National Academy of Sciences, Irvine, CA.
DiCerbo, K. E. & Behrens, J. T. (2011). Technology-enhanced assessments in the Cisco Networking Academy. Exploratory Seminar on Technology Enhanced Assessments, Educational Testing Service, Princeton, NJ.
DiCerbo, K. E., Chen, M., Frezzo, D. C., & Behrens, J. T. (2011). Assessment without suffering: Enjoyment not considered cheating. Serious Play Conference, Redmond, WA.
DiCerbo, K. E., Liu, J., Rutstein, D. W., Choi, Y., & Behrens, J. T. (2011). Visual Analysis of Sequential Log Data from Complex Performance Assessments. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, New Orleans, LA.
2010 and earlier
Behrens, J. T. & DiCerbo, K. E. (2010). A High Tech Industry View of Assessment. Computers and their Impact on State Assessment Conference, College Park, Maryland.
DiCerbo, K. E., West, P., Frezzo, D. C., & Behrens, J. T. (2010). Experimental Exploration of a Complex Simulated Environment. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Denver, CO.
DiCerbo, K. E., Kovac, R., West, P., Frezzo, D. C., & Behrens, J. T. (2010). Individual Practice and Collaborative Inquiry: Instructional configurations in a simulation environment. Paper presented at the International Conference on Networking and Services, Cancun, MX.
DiCerbo, K. E. (2009). Communicating with Instructors about Complex Data Analysis. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, San Diego, CA.
Frezzo, D. C., Behrens, J. T., Mislevy, R. J., West, P., & DiCerbo, K. E. (2009). Psychometric and evidentiary approaches to simulation assessment in Packet Tracer software. Paper presented at the Paper presented at the International Conference on Networking and Services, Valencia, Spain.
DiCerbo, K. E. (2008). Understanding what Students Understand: Knowledge Structures of Computer Networking Students. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, New York, NY.
DiCerbo, K. E. & Behrens, J. T. (2008). Keystone Concepts: Big Ideas in Computer Networking. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, New York, NY.
DiCerbo, K. E., & Darling, H. (2007). Who Are They and Why Aren’t They Finishing?: Answering Dropouts. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Chicago, IL.
Collison, T. A., Cumberland, A., DiCerbo, K., Kovalski, T., & Stockford, S. (2004) Student Success in the Cisco Networking Academy Program. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Evaluation Association, Atlanta, GA.
DiCerbo, K. E., & Barona, A. (2004). Tests of English Language Proficiency, Intelligence, and Academic Achievement. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the National Association of School Psychologists, Dallas, TX.
DiCerbo, K. E., Ganesh, T. G., & Stockford, S. M. (2002). Exploring Notions about Electronic Journals as Social and Cognitive Tools. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, New Orleans, LA.
Albers, C. A., Benavides, A. H., Blanchard, J. S., & DiCerbo, K. E. (2002). The Effects of a Modified Administration Format on the Standardized Test Performance of Third Grade Students. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, New Orleans, LA.
MacSwan, J., Mahoney, K. S., Thompson, M. S., Stockford, S. M., & DiCerbo, K. E. (2002). Effective Programs for English Learners: A Longitudinal Study of Academic Achievement of Children in Bilingual and ESL Programs. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, New Orleans, LA.
DiCerbo, K. E., & Barona, A. (2002). Assessment of Depression in Hispanic Children. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the National Association of School Psychologists, Chicago, IL.
DiCerbo, K. E., Stanley, E., & Blanchard, J. (2001). Attention and Standardized Reading Test Performance: Implications for Accommodation. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the National Association of School Psychologists, Washington, DC.
DiCerbo, K. E., & Leavy, A. (2001). Reviewing the Reviewers. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Seattle, WA.
Blanchard, J., DiCerbo, K. E., Oliver, J., Albers, C. (2001). Can divided-time administration raise test scores? The relationship between attention and standardized reading comprehension tests. Paper presented at the Scientific Study of Reading Conference, Boulder, Colorado.
Thompson, M., Stockford, S., & DiCerbo, K. E. (2001). Statistical Models for Complex Data: Modeling Student Outcomes. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Seattle, WA.
Thompson, M. S., DiCerbo, K., Mahoney, K., & MacSwan, J. (2001). ¿Exito en California? A critical appraisal of achievement trajectories under Proposition 227. Presented at the annual meeting of the National Association for Bilingual Education, Phoenix, Arizona.
DiCerbo, K. E. (2000). Ethnic differences in variability in cognitive ability test scores. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, New Orleans, LA.
DiCerbo, K. E., Oliver, J., Albers, C., Blanchard, J., & Noley, G. (2000). Reduction of test time: Effects on standardized reading comprehension test scores on Native American 3rd grade students. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, New Orleans, LA.
Oliver, J., DiCerbo, K. E., Albers, C., Blanchard, J., & Benavides, A. (2000). Reduction of test time: Effects on standardized reading comprehension performance of 3rd grade bilingual Hispanic students. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, New Orleans, LA.
DiCerbo, K. E., & Barona, A. (1999). The Relationship Between the Differential Ability Scales and the Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children – Third Edition: A Concurrent Validity Study. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the National Association of School Psychologists, Las Vegas, NV.