I am the head of the McLearn Lab at Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA, USA. My lab's research is in the Learning Sciences, particularly in educational technology, digital learning games, intelligent tutoring systems, collaborative learning, and e-learning principles. My 1999 Ph.D. is from the Intelligent Systems Program at the University of Pittsburgh.

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  • NEW!  McLaren, B.M. (2024). Decimal Point: A decade of learning science findings with a digital learning game. In: Ilic, P., Casebourne, I., Wegerif, R. (eds) Artificial Intelligence in Education: The Intersection of Technology and Pedagogy. Intelligent Systems Reference Library, vol 261. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-71232-6_9  Springer Verlag Germany.  Part of the "Artificial Intelligence-Enhanced Software and Systems Engineering" (AI-SSE) Series   [  pdf  ]
  • NEW!  Carnegie Mellon University HCII Seminar Talk:  "Decimal Point: A Decade of Learning Science Findings with a Digital Learning Game", February, 2024  [  Watch the Presentation  ]
  • Best Paper Award at the Eighteenth Annual European Conference on Technology Enhanced Learning (ECTEL 2023).  Paper titled "Evaluating ChatGPT’s decimal skills and feedback generation to students’ self-explanations in a digital learning game"  [ See LinkedIn announcement ]  [  pdf  ]
  • Decimal Point - Learning decimals with a digital learning game

My personal interests include hiking, biking, volleyball, and reading. Also, I love travelling and a glass of good red wine.





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Bruce M. McLaren: bmclaren@cs.cmu.edu