![Roy Pea](https://mediax.stanford.edu/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/Roy_Pea_News-1013x650.jpg)
mediaX Faculty Director Awarded Honorary Doctorate for Contributions to Learning Sciences
The Open University has awarded Roy Pea, the David Jacks Professor of Education and Learning Sciences at Stanford Graduate School of Education, with an honorary doctorate degree.
![VR Environmental Education Ocean](https://mediax.stanford.edu/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/VR_Environmental_Education_News-1013x650.jpg)
VR Can be a Powerful Tool for Environmental Education
mediaX Thought Leaders Roy Pea, Jeremy Bailenson and Fiorenza Micheli have gone into a variety of educational settings, including high school classrooms, to test the impact on awareness and understanding of ocean acidification.
![AI Culture Presentations Main Image](https://mediax.stanford.edu/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/AI_Culture_Presentations_News-1013x650.jpg)
AI for Culturally Relevant Interactions Presentations are Available
Relive the talks featuring academia and industry thought leaders in the emerging arena of cultural and societal interactions with big data, machine learning and artificial intelligence.
![Jo Boaler Stanford Video](https://mediax.stanford.edu/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/Jo_Boaler_Stanford_Video_News-1013x650.jpg)
mediaX Thought Leaders Featured in New University Video
Allison Okamura, professor of mechanical engineering and Jo Boaler, professor of education are featured in the new Stanford University video: Stanford: Pursuing the Next Great Discovery.
![AI Interactions Forum](https://mediax.stanford.edu/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/AI_Interactions_News-1013x650.jpg)
mediaX Hosts AI for Culturally Relevant Interactions Forum
Industry trailblazers and Stanford cross-disciplinary thought leadership come together to move the human-AI relationship forward.
![Gordon Wetzstein New AI Camera](https://mediax.stanford.edu/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/Gordon_Wetzstein_AI_Camera_News-1013x650.jpg)
mediaX Thought Leader Leads Research to Create a Faster AI Camera
Gordon Wetzstein combines two types of computers to create a less energy-intensive image processor for more efficient image classification.
![LDT Expo 2018](https://mediax.stanford.edu/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/LDT_Expo_2018_News-1013x650.jpg)
2018 Learning, Design and Technology Expo Showcases Inventions to Improve Learning
Master’s Project provide the opportunity for LDT students to further develop and apply their learning.
![Sam Wineburg fake news research](https://mediax.stanford.edu/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/Sam_Wineburg_Time_News-1013x650.jpg)
mediaX Thought Leader Featured in Time Magazine Article
Professor Sam Wineburg and the Stanford History Education Group looks at how people are fooled by content they see and read on the internet.
![Doug James Computer Sound](https://mediax.stanford.edu/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/Doug_James_Sound_News-1013x650.jpg)
mediaX Thought Leader Helps Develop Realistic Sounds for Computer Animation
Professor Doug James helps create a new system which synthesizes synchronized sound at the push of a button.