My work is about giving people tools they can actually use—to ask better questions, to communicate with clarity, and to lead learning with confidence. When educators feel supported, students and communities benefit. That’s the long arc I’m committed to.
Dr. Jennifer Parker is an educator, researcher, author, and national presenter whose work sits at the forefront of adult learning, instructional coaching, educational technology, and AI literacy. With more than three decades in PK-20 education, she has become a trusted guide for institutions navigating the human side of technological change. She serves as a faculty development leader, instructional designer, coach, and consultant, helping organizations design clear, human-centered professional learning that honors adults’ time, expertise, and lived experience. Her work is grounded in andragogy and informed by years spent supporting educators through digital transformation, instructional coaching systems, and large-scale capacity-building initiatives.
Dr. Parker’s scholarship and thought leadership have been featured in The Teaching Professor, OLC Thought Leadership, Tech & Learning Magazine, All Things PLC, and the Journal of Applied Instructional Design. Her work focuses on coaching and facilitating adult learners, and she works with teams across higher education and K-12 systems to build professional learning cultures that are sustainable, collaborative, and future-ready.
She is well-known for her work in AI literacy. She is the creator of the FLUF(F) Test, a widely adopted framework for improving prompt design and critically evaluating generative AI outputs. Her research extends into modern adult learning identities through the EMP Model—which categorizes adults as Emerging, Mentee, or Peer learners—and the Four C’s approach (Co-Learning, Creation-Centered Learning, Critical Critique, and Career Connection), developed in collaboration with Dr. Stefani Boutelier and Dr. Madeline Craig. Their work, featured in The Teaching Professor and the Online Learning Consortium, has reshaped contemporary andragogy for AI-infused learning environments. They also co-developed the AI Balance Continuum, a facilitation tool that helps instructors and leaders meet adults where they are—whether AI-resistant, AI-curious, or AI-ready—while building psychological safety and responsible practice. She further supports institutions with the Human AI Competency Roadmap, a seven-question guide that frames ethical, reflective AI integration across classrooms and workplaces.
Her books reflect her commitment to practical, usable frameworks:
Dr. Parker’s scholarship and thought leadership have been featured in The Teaching Professor, OLC Thought Leadership, Tech & Learning Magazine, All Things PLC, and the Journal of Applied Instructional Design. Her work focuses on coaching and facilitating adult learners, and she works with teams across higher education and K-12 systems to build professional learning cultures that are sustainable, collaborative, and future-ready.
She is well-known for her work in AI literacy. She is the creator of the FLUF(F) Test, a widely adopted framework for improving prompt design and critically evaluating generative AI outputs. Her research extends into modern adult learning identities through the EMP Model—which categorizes adults as Emerging, Mentee, or Peer learners—and the Four C’s approach (Co-Learning, Creation-Centered Learning, Critical Critique, and Career Connection), developed in collaboration with Dr. Stefani Boutelier and Dr. Madeline Craig. Their work, featured in The Teaching Professor and the Online Learning Consortium, has reshaped contemporary andragogy for AI-infused learning environments. They also co-developed the AI Balance Continuum, a facilitation tool that helps instructors and leaders meet adults where they are—whether AI-resistant, AI-curious, or AI-ready—while building psychological safety and responsible practice. She further supports institutions with the Human AI Competency Roadmap, a seven-question guide that frames ethical, reflective AI integration across classrooms and workplaces.
Her books reflect her commitment to practical, usable frameworks:
- Making the Move with EdTech: 10 Strategies to Scale Up Your In-Person, Hybrid, and Remote Learning (2023), co-authored with Troy Hicks and Kate Grunow, helps educators upscale their favorite teaching strategies (e.g. gallery walks, exit tickets, etc.) with innovative uses of ed tech.
- The Coach’s Compass: Navigating Tiered Coaching in a PLC at Work (2026), co-authored with Tesha Ferriby Thomas, presents a guidebook for coaches to incorporate the MTSS-C tiered coaching model while managing the Coaching Quadrants of trust and relationships, goals and outcomes, teaching and modeling, and support and resources.