Apply Learning Research at Scale

Your learning environment must be cutting-edge, scalable, and inclusive. You need to navigate an array of educational buzzwords, multifaceted stakeholder interests, and a perpetually evolving technology and research scene.

Applied Learning Insights (ALI, or, as we prefer, "Ally") is your collaborative partner in making sense of it all. We work with you to apply learning science research at scale. ALI provides:

  • Cross-Industry Experience: Our founder, Phil Vahey, Ph.D., is a seasoned veteran with an extensive track record in leading large-scale research and educational software development across diverse sectors—startups, established corporations, nonprofits, foundations, and academia.

  • Immediate and Long-Term Impact: Expect immediate results, and a foundation for enduring success.

  • Targeted Solutions: We collaborate with you to develop equitable solutions tailored to the diverse needs of your learning population. For more details, see our Areas of Practice.

Let’s roll up our sleeves and work together to apply the best of learning sciences to your unique challenges.

Areas of Practice


Design consulting for equity

Feeling swamped by standard sets, the tangle of educational buzzwords and acronyms like SEL, CRE, and UDL, and the need to integrate the science of learning into your solution? ALI helps you create a streamlined, actionable set of design principles that result in student learning and engagement. Ready to untangle the complexities? Let's collaborate.


Support implementation research & design

Juggling diverse stakeholders, divergent workflows, and conflicting priorities in your implementation research project? ALI has experience facilitating collaboration that leads to equitable and effective learning solutions. Let's streamline your efforts and achieve those goals, together.


Create effective learning solutions

Struggling to make your EdTech initiative hit the mark? Wondering how to use the latest AI technologies in effective and innovative ways? Unsure how to even kick things off? ALI can help you design and deploy educational solutions that not only resonate with your target learners but also integrate into the larger educational ecosystem. Let's innovate together.


Continuous improvement

Encountering challenges in your journey toward becoming an adaptive learning organization? ALI employs a robust Theory of Change methodology to align your organizational processes, learning strategies, and incentive mechanisms with your short-term and long-term objectives. Let's work together to facilitate this organizational transformation effectively.


Proposal preparation and review

Your organization is sitting on a wealth of great ideas, but it isn’t clear which ones fit your current opportunities. ALI's Value Identification and Improvement Process harnesses your organization's collective intelligence to pinpoint and refine the most impactful opportunities. Let's turn potential into performance, together.


Distillation, presentation, and advising on learning research

Looking to get up to speed on the latest learning sciences and EdTech research and how it can be employed in your context? ALI distills cutting-edge research into actionable insights, empowering you to craft educational solutions that are not just effective but also equitable and scalable. Ready to unlock the power of the latest research? Let's collaborate.

Get in Touch

Interested in learning more about how Applied Learning Insights can help your organization? Email us at info@appliedlearninginsights.com, or click to get to our contact page.