JSI

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AI for Learning and Work

Improving education outcomes through AI for learning and work

AI Tool Integration

We support educators and institutions in integrating AI tools for personalization, guidance, and skill development. This purposeful approach connects learning more directly to workforce outcomes while expanding digital and AI literacy.
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Jeff Goumas

Digital Learning Expert| Director, CrowdED Learning, Senior Technical Advisor

“We are all lifelong learners, and digital literacy is core to our learning. The professionals who work to improve all of our lives through education in this boundless landscape require evolving support, resources, and tools.”

Jeff Goumas on evolving support for the digital literacy landscape

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Priyanka Sharma

Lifelong and Digital Learning Expert | EdTech and Lifelong Learning Practice Director

“Lifelong learning is about building infrastructure for opportunity. By embedding digital tools and responsible AI into the core of education systems, we can create scalable pathways for every learner to thrive in a changing economy.”

Priyanka Sharma on ensuring technology opens doors rather than divides.

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Jen Vanek, PhD

Digital Learning Expert | Director, Digital Learning and Research

“Our research, the foundation for our technical assistance and professional development, explores promising interventions; our design-based methodology ensures the knowledge gleaned can be applied to improve the outcomes of the communities we serve.”

Dr. Jen Vanek sharing insights from Exploring the Potential of Pace AI in Adult ESOL Classrooms.

Our Partnership Approach

We partner with education and workforce systems to center learner needs first, then select or adapt fit-for-purpose tools. This ensures that technology is a tool for meaningful learning outcomes, not an end in itself.

AI Literacy and Learning Strategies

We provide training on AI literacy and flexible learning strategies for educators so they can confidently meet the evolving needs of every learner.
Building Generative AI Instructional Capacity in Texas

Through the GenAI Maker Space for Adult Educators, World Education equips teachers to navigate rapid technological shifts. In partnership with Texas A&M University, we co-design training curricula and facilitate cohorts to empower educators to responsibly leverage Generative AI (GenAI) to produce high-quality, standards-aligned instructional materials. Our team is developing a Replication Toolkit to support long-term sustainability and the state-wide rollout of these innovative educational strategies. The project’s course content has reached over 200 educators, building their skills to integrate emerging tools into their instruction.

Improving Digital Readability and Information Access Globally

Since 2019, World Education has partnered with Adobe and the Readability Consortium to advance digital text readability by tailoring environments to individual reading preferences. We coordinate the field testing of Adobe’s Liquid Mode in various settings, including adult literacy classrooms and vocational programs. Our team provides strategic advising on product development and creates onboarding resources to ensure the tool meets the unique needs of adult learners. The project has worked with over 500 learners and educators across the U.S. and over 1,000 end users in Malawi.

Advancing Digital Health Literacy and Local Health Communications in India

Building on World Education’s success in digitizing health aids, we partner with the JSI R&T India Foundation to advance digital transformation for community health in Gujarat. Through the Adobe Express Field Test, we support local staff and frontline workers in moving toward rapid, “just-in-time” content creation. Our team develops mobile-friendly posters and videos tailored for WhatsApp and offline use to make critical health information is accessible in low-tech environments. To date, the project has trained over 200 frontline workers and supervisors and engaged community members in user-centered design, ultimately reaching more than 2,500 adults and adolescent girls.

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Latest Insights

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Faster, Closer, Better: How GenAI Is Changing Health Education

Educators and health communicators used GenAI features within Adobe Express...
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World Education at COABE 2026: Digital Literacy, AI, and Professional Development

World Education, a JSI initiative, will be at the COABE...
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A Lifespan Approach to AI Literacy

AI literacy may be the defining skill-building opportunity of our...

Resource Spotlight

Recent advancements in generative AI (GenAI) highlight a pressing need for professional development (PD) among adult education and literacy (AEL) teachers. This report examines the GenAIMS (GenAI Maker Space) professional development (PD) initiative led by World Education, an initiative of JSI, for the Texas Center for the Advancement of Literacy and Learning (TCALL).
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