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Dr. Bex | Rebecca Nusbaum, Ed.D. AI-Leveraged Learning Strategist · Author · Educator
I help organizations and learners harness AI not as a shortcut but as a rocket-fueled expander of human potential. With 20+ years bridging EdTech, workforce development, and adult learning, I design systems where technology amplifies what humans do best: connect, collaborate, and grow together.
Explore my PACE model → | Portfolio → | Book (2026) →
AI Leveraged Learning
PACE
TheEcosystem
AI catapults 🚀 Vygotsky's (1978) Zone of Proximal Development (ZPD) seminal framework on learning from MKOs, More Knowledgeable Others.
AI-Leveraged learning is Personalized, Adaptive & Collaborative
- AI platforms can analyze learner interactions and performance data to dynamically group individuals with complementary skill sets, fostering peer-to-peer scaffolding within shared ZPDs.
- AI agents function as advanced MKOs, offering nuanced, adaptive feedback that evolves with the learner's progress, suggesting optimal challenges, and providing tailored hints or explanations precisely when and where they are needed.
AI extends collaborative learning beyond the limitations of human MKOs by offering continuous, scalable, and personalized support, effectively optimizing each learner's journey through their ZPD in a collective learning context.
Research
PACE model research
Rocky Mountain AI Interest Group (RMAIIG) Member Showcase:
white paper
Ed.D. EdTech dissertation
Dissertation: Examining the Experiences of Online Professional Development: A Teacher Education Twitter-Based Professional Learning Network (2020).
Themes of collaborative learning, Communities of Practice, microlearning, mentorship and coaching, Professional Development and Leadership Development, mLearning, eLearning, social constructionism, constructivism.
