H. Chad Lane

Associate Professor of Educational Psychology and Informatics - University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, USA

Biography

H. Chad Lane is an Associate Professor of Educational Psychology and Informatics at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, USA. Prof. Lane's research focuses on the design, use, and impacts of intelligent technologies for learning and behavior change. This work involves blending techniques from the entertainment industry (that foster engagement) with those from artificial intelligence and intelligent tutoring systems (that promote learning), as well as running studies to better understand whether and how the resulting learning experiences impact learners. He has led a wide range of design-based research projects involving educational games, intelligent tutoring systems, and immersive technologies. His current work focuses on the uses of game and sensing technologies for science learning in informal learning contexts, such as in summer camps and museums. Prior to joining UIUC in early 2015, he was Director of Learning Sciences Research at the University of Southern California’s Institute for Creative Technologies where he led highly interdisciplinary efforts to create educational technologies in support of diverse topics such as science learning, intercultural competence, gardening/cooking, computer programming, and motivational interviewing. He has over 80 publications, has delivered talks around the U.S and Europe, has hands-on experiences in informal and formal learning contexts, and is an associate editor for several leading journals, including IEEE Transactions on Learning Technologies, the International Journal for Artificial Intelligence in Education, and Frontiers in Artificial Intelligence. He earned his PhD in Computer Science from the University of Pittsburgh in 2004 where he conducted his doctoral research in the Learning Research and Development Center (LRDC).