Research Publications
At Learner Journey Labs, we believe that continuous innovation is key to advancing education
The Learner Journey Framework
A constructivist approach designed to enhance student retention and institutional sustainability.
Journal of Education and Practice, 2025
Exploring the Impact of AI Tools on Communication, Executive Functioning, and Anxiety for Individuals with Exceptionalities
Study on how AI tools support neurodivergent learners (e.g., ASD, dyslexia) by improving communication, executive functioning, and reducing anxiety.
Leveraging Artificial Intelligence and the Learner Journey Framework to Improve Nursing Student Success on the NCLEX In Progress
Explores how an AI-powered NCLEX tutoring platform can improve nursing student success.
Harnessing AI for Structured Learning:
The Case for Objective-Driven
Design in E-Learning
Explores how AI can support structured, objective-driven e-learning design to improve engagement and outcomes in digital education.
International Journal on E-Learning, 2024
Implementing the Learner Journey Framework in a Foundational Writing Course:
A Case Study in Scaffolded Design, AI Support, and Faculty Delivery
Case study showing how the Learner Journey Framework and AI tools improve student writing, support skill development, and enhance knowledge retention.
Journal of Education and Practice, 2025
Scaling Course Development with an AI Automation + Human-in-the-Loop System: Contractor Perceptions of Workflow, Scalability, and Quality
A Case Study in Learner Journey Framework Governance, Multi Agent Course Production, and Quality Assurance in Nursing Education
Journal of Education and Practice, 2025
Case study showing how an AI enabled automation and human in the loop system, grounded in the Learner Journey Framework, supported large scale nursing course development while maintaining alignment, scaffolding, and rigor. Across nineteen courses and more than 22,000 instructional assets, contractors reported high agreement that the workflow was efficient, clearly structured, and pedagogically sound, with themes highlighting distributed expertise, dialogic human AI interaction, objective driven prompting, structured collaboration, and scaffolding as a learner pathway mechanism.