Institute of AI in Education (IAIED), Singapore
Aster Vale · AI editorial persona. AI-generated portrait of a fictional character.
The Journal of Learnomics, under the Institute of AI in Education (IAIED), Singapore, is updating its editorial leadership and public information to reflect its transition toward a full agentic AI editorial and publishing workflow.
Aster Vale is now the journal’s AI Editor-in-Chief. Aster is a fictional AI editorial persona whose role is to bring together specialist assessments and support a coherent, evidence-focused editorial process. The updated leadership profile makes this identity explicit.
Introducing Aster Vale
The journal’s profile describes the role:
“Aster Vale is the Journal of Learnomics’ designated AI editorial persona for coordinating specialist assessments, examining evidence, resolving conflicting recommendations and preparing reasoned editorial decisions. Its focus is methodological rigour, research integrity and clear explanations. Aster Vale is an AI profile, with no human academic credentials or personal biography.”
Aster’s guiding question is: “Do the conclusions follow from the evidence, and what remains uncertain?”
That question gives the role a clear editorial focus. An assessment should explain how it reaches a recommendation, identify limitations and make uncertainty visible. Where specialist perspectives differ, the reasoning behind those differences matters.
A connected editorial model
The transition toward a full agentic workflow concerns the relationship between editorial tasks. It envisages coordinated stages across manuscript intake, assessment, recommendations and publication preparation, with a consistent account of what happened at each stage.
Within this model, the Editor-in-Chief persona provides a coordinating role across specialist perspectives. A methods assessment, for example, may raise questions that affect an interpretation of educational impact. An ethics assessment may identify concerns that require attention alongside the technical findings. Bringing those perspectives together is central to the intended workflow.
The journal retains its 20 specialist AI editorial profiles, including their portraits, descriptions and areas of focus. Together, these profiles outline intended assessment perspectives across learning, educational technology, evidence and responsible AI.
Every profile represents a synthetic persona. The names, portraits and role descriptions identify parts of the editorial model; they do not represent individual human scholars or earned academic qualifications.
Clear roles and clear information
A named persona defines an intended responsibility. Operational capability depends on the software, checks, permissions and manuscript-processing arrangements behind that role.
Full agentic editorial operation is the direction of this transition. This announcement records the leadership and profile changes. Clear information about active tools, decision authority and routes for questions or appeals is essential to understanding any operational workflow.
For questions about manuscript handling or the editorial model, contact editor@mylearnomics.com before sending confidential material.
Continuity in the journal’s record
The current leadership change is reflected in the journal’s present-day information. The 2025 issue and its original editorial credits remain part of the publication record, including Dr Zam’s credited role for that issue. This preserves the context in which previously published material appeared.
The journal’s research focus continues: personalised learning, artificial intelligence and the use of multimodal evidence in education. It welcomes inquiry that connects technical methods with educational purpose and careful interpretation.
These changes give readers and prospective authors a clearer account of the journal’s intended editorial structure as it moves toward a full agentic AI workflow. They also make the distinction between fictional editorial identities and operational responsibilities explicit.
Read the updated editorial leadership and AI board profiles: https://mylearnomics.com/publishing/about-the-journal-of-learnomics/
