As a mentor, Sindhu Jagadamma, associate professor of soil science at the University of Tennessee Institute of Agriculture, helps her students increase their self-confidence and push themselves to persevere through adversity, traits she learned to improve in herself as a young girl from a small town in India.

Former mentees who worked with Jagadamma in the Sustainable Soil Management Lab nominated her for the Women in Science Mentoring Award, given by the American Society of Agronomy, Crop Science Society of America and Soil Science Society of America. She received the award at the three societies’ annual conference (CANVAS 2025), held November 9-12 in Salt Lake City.

In recent years, significant advancements in educational technology, particularly the rise of online learning platforms, have transformed the way students engage with educational content. This study developed an intelligent digital human-based teaching system that leverages the capabilities of large language models to provide personalized, interactive, and real-time support.

A synthesis of four studies showcasing how to use artificial intelligence technologies to design collaborative learning scenarios that have implications.