Welcome to the McLearn Lab

We are a research group at Carnegie Mellon University, led by Professor Bruce M. McLaren, that studies learning sciences, educational technology, digital learning games, intelligent tutoring systems, collaborative learning, and e-learning principles.

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News:

December 2025


Aditi Haiman gives a talk at ICCE 2025 in Chennai, India. She presented the paper titled: “Impact of digital learning game narratives on affective experiences and learning.”

December 2025
Professor McLaren does a live interview on South Korean radio on the topic of AI-powered toys.
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October 2025
News Article: CMU, Accenture Advance AI in Workforce Training
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October 2025


Professor McLaren gave a talk at the Edunext meeting in Bari, Italy on October 20, 2025 titled: "AI in Education: Six Approaches That Have Been Effective For Learning.” Edunext is a collective of over 30 universities in Italy who are charting out a new direction in higher education in the age of Gen AI.
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