Research & Scholarship
Where Practice Meets Inquiry
My research questions come out of practice—from courses, faculty conversations, and classrooms—and the answers go straight back into it.
Research Interests
Areas of inquiry
Current Research
Questions I'm working on now
Active strands connecting instructional design practice, emerging technology, and language education.
AI, Instructional Design, and Educator Practice
How generative AI is changing the work of instructional designers and faculty—what it accelerates, what it obscures, and what professional judgment it still requires.
Quality and Learner Experience in Online Programs
Connecting course-quality frameworks to the experience learners actually have across a program rather than within a single course.
Technology and African Language Learning
Computer-assisted language learning for African languages, including materials development, platform localization, and equitable digital access.
Professional Engagement
Scholarship grows through community
Conference participation and professional associations create space to test ideas, learn across disciplines, and connect educational questions to broader cultural and global contexts.
My engagement with the Kenya Scholars & Studies Association is part of that continuing commitment to scholarly dialogue, cultural connection, and shared professional learning.
Selected Publications
Publications
Selected peer-reviewed scholarship connecting instructional design, educational technology, and African-language education.
2022
Instructional Design in a Time of Crisis: Experiences of Instructional Designers and Faculty as “First Responders”
Mose, P.O.
Journal of Educational Technology Systems, 51(1), 5–27
Mose, P.O. (2022). Instructional Design in a Time of Crisis: Experiences of Instructional Designers and Faculty as “First Responders.” Journal of Educational Technology Systems, 51(1), 5–27.
2017
Rethinking African Languages Pedagogy in the Age of Technology
Mose, P.O., & Lubua, F.
The Literature of Language and the Language of Literature in Africa and the Diaspora
Mose, P.O., & Lubua, F. (2017). Rethinking African Languages Pedagogy in the Age of Technology. In D. Maganda (Ed.), The Literature of Language and the Language of Literature in Africa and the Diaspora (pp. 173–188). Adonis & Abbey Publishers.
Conference Scholarship & Projects
Academic projects and contributions
Grant-supported programs, platform localization, and applied academic work. Conference presentations are listed in full on the Speaking page.
Swahili Language Pack for Moodle
Maintainer since 2011, coordinating contributors, reviewing and approving translated strings, and sustaining Swahili language resources in the Moodle open-source ecosystem.
STARTALK Program Participation
Participation in grant-supported language program work focused on critical-language teaching and teacher development.
Fulbright-Hays Initiatives
Participation in grant-supported international education and language initiatives.
Handbook of Computer-Assisted Language Learning in African Languages
Book project in progress with F.G. Lubua, focused on computer-assisted language learning across African-language contexts.
CALL for Digitally Under-Resourced African Languages
Research in progress on instructional design principles, challenges, and opportunities for digitally under-resourced African languages.
Technology-Enhanced Assessment for African Languages
Research in progress on assessment design for African languages from K–12 through higher education.