Rene Kizilcec

Associate Professor directing the Cornell Future of Learning Lab and leading the National Tutoring Observatory, focusing on learning science, AI in education, and tutoring research; author of research published in Science and PNAS and principal investigator on the Million Tutoring Moves initiative.

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Dec 22, 2025 • 43min

Teaching AI to Teach: The National Tutoring Observatory’s Bold Mission with Rene Kizilcec

In this engaging conversation, Rene Kizilcec, an Associate Professor at Cornell and director of the Future of Learning Lab, explores the transformative power of AI in education. He discusses how the National Tutoring Observatory aims to build the largest dataset of tutoring interactions to identify effective teaching moves. Kizilcec emphasizes the need for robust benchmarks to measure AI tutoring quality and reveals insights on how questioning can enhance student engagement. He also shares innovative simulation-based learning projects at Cornell that hold great potential in education.

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