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Stella George

Associate Professor, SCIS, Associate Professor, SCIS

    Available to supervise

    1999 …2025

    Research activity per year

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    Research Interests

    Dr George’s research focusses on the impact of AI on society and education and, the use of digital technologies in education. Her other interests include public education about AI; cross-disciplinary education and educational resources; and project management.

    Personal profile

    Stella George, BSc.(hons), Ph.D. is research and teaching faculty in the School of Computing and Information Systems at Athabasca University. She joined the School of Computing and Information Science at Athabasca University in 2019. Dr George’s research focusses on the impact of AI on society and education and, the use of digital technologies in education. Dr George gained her PhD from the University of Exeter, UK in 1995 and worked in the application of AI to banks, credit card organizations and stock exchanges world wide. Her other interests include public education about AI, cross-disciplinary education and project management.

    Education/Academic qualification

    PhD, University of Exeter

    … → 1995

    Available supervisor for the following programs

    • Doctor of Business Administration (DBA)
    • Doctor of Education in Distance Education

    Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals

    In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):

    1. SDG 4 - Quality Education
      SDG 4 Quality Education
    2. SDG 8 - Decent Work and Economic Growth
      SDG 8 Decent Work and Economic Growth
    3. SDG 9 - Industry, Innovation, and Infrastructure
      SDG 9 Industry, Innovation, and Infrastructure
    4. SDG 16 - Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions
      SDG 16 Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions

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    • Governance supports for smart education with generative AI

      George, S., 2025, Proceedings - 2025 IEEE Smart World Congress, SWC 2025, 2025 IEEE Ubiquitous Intelligence and Computing, Autonomous and Trusted Computing, Digital Twin, Metaverse, Scalable Computing and Communications. p. 365-370 6 p. (Proceedings - 2025 IEEE Smart World Congress, SWC 2025, 2025 IEEE Ubiquitous Intelligence and Computing, Autonomous and Trusted Computing, Digital Twin, Metaverse, Scalable Computing and Communications).

      Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceedingPublished Conference contributionpeer-review

    • TWO-EYED SEEING: VR LEARNING WITH INDIGENOUS RELEVANCE

      Soosay, T. & George, S., 2024, Proceedings of the 21st International Conference on Cognition and Exploratory Learning in the Digital Age, CELDA 2024. Sampson, D. G., Ifenthaler, D., Ifenthaler, D., Isaias, P., Isaias, P. & Rodrigues, L. (eds.). p. 379-384 6 p. (Proceedings of the 21st International Conference on Cognition and Exploratory Learning in the Digital Age, CELDA 2024).

      Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceedingPublished Conference contributionpeer-review

    • Preparing Lifelong Learners for a Diversifying Economy Through Micro-Credentials and Laddering at Athabasca University

      Zenteno, S., Scott, J., Munyikwa, K., MacLeod, D., Kumar, V., George, S., Rae, M. & Kristin, M., Sep 2022, Lifelong Learning,Micro-Credentials,Artificial Intelligence (AI),Online Learning.

      Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceedingPublished Conference contributionpeer-review

      Open Access
    • Socio-technical Infrastructure Norms for Fair Use of Artificially Intelligent Education Companions: A Work in Progress

      George, S., 28 Nov 2022, 30th International Conference on Computers in Education Conference, ICCE 2022 - Proceedings. Iyer, S., Shih, J.-L., Shih, J.-L., Chen, W., Chen, W., Khambari, M. N. M., Abdul Aziz, N. A., Chang, M., Diwakar, A., How, S. P., Jiang, B., Kaewsa-Ard, A., Kim, M. S., Lai, C.-L., Lee, V. Y. A., Liu, L. Y., Ogata, H., Omar, M. K., Shu, H., Song, Y. & Yun, W. (eds.). p. 456-461 6 p. (30th International Conference on Computers in Education Conference, ICCE 2022 - Proceedings; vol. 2).

      Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceedingPublished Conference contributionpeer-review

      1 Citation (Scopus)
    • Towards interactive and collaborative online learning environments: Tutoring at a distance online with text-based conversational agents

      George, S. & Heller, R., 27 Apr 2021, Conversational Agents as Online Learning Tutors. p. 153-180 28 p.

      Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceedingChapterpeer-review