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Viral Communications

People and intelligent machines in a creative, symbiotic loop

#design #virtual reality #computer vision +45 more
Accepting Applicants
Research
Lifelong Kindergarten

Engaging people in creative learning experiences

#robotics #design #human-computer interaction +36 more
Not Accepting Applicants
Project Research

OctoStudio

OctoStudio transforms how children use mobile devices, enabling them to create their own stories and games anytime anywhere. Children …

in Lifelong Kindergarten · Media Lab Research Theme: Cultivating Creativity
Natalie Rusk · Kreg Hanning +13 more
#robotics #design #artificial intelligence +7 more
Project Research

Impact.AI: K-12 AI Literacy

Today’s artificial intelligence (AI) technologies are changing how many people play, work, learn, and govern themselves. Due to this rapid …

in Personal Robots · Media Lab Research Theme: Life with AI
Randi Williams · Cynthia Breazeal +1 more
#artificial intelligence #kids #learning + teaching +1 more
Project Research

Data Activism Program

Thank you for your interest in our  Data Activism program. All available spots for this program have been filled. If you would li…

in Personal Robots · Media Lab Research Theme: Life with AI
Matthew Taylor · Raechel Walker +2 more
#data #kids #learning + teaching +1 more
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Media Lab Research Theme: Life with AI

Life with AI | Designing the future of smart systems to improve the human experience

#robotics #design #human-computer interaction +65 more
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Media Lab Research Theme: Future Worlds

Future Worlds | Design and action for the future we want to live in

#robotics #design #social networks +76 more
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Media Lab Research Theme: Decentralized Society

Decentralized Society | Architecting the new internet for the good of the people

#robotics #social networks #human-computer interaction +20 more
Project Research

Design Justice Project at MIT

​We take as a starting point for our work the recent scholarship by Sasha Costanza-Chock, Design Justice, in which she described design jus…

in Personal Robots · Media Lab Research Theme: Future Worlds · Media Lab Research Theme: Cultivating Creativity +1 more
Raechel Walker · Anastasia Ostrowski +1 more
#robotics #design #human-computer interaction +8 more
Research
Media Lab Research Theme: Cultivating Creativity

Cultivating Creativity | Catalyzing a global movement enabling everyone to unlock and unleash their individual and collective creativity

#robotics #design #human-computer interaction +48 more
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Media Lab Research Theme: Connected Mind + Body

Connected Mind + Body | Revolutionizing the future of mental and physical wellbeing

#robotics #design #virtual reality +51 more
Project Research

Thinking like a Computer: Drawing Activities (Prototype)

Can computer graphics algorithms be taught through drawing?In this prototypical activity book, we present the steps of four computer graphi…

in Future Sketches · Media Lab Research Theme: Cultivating Creativity
Chelsi Cocking
#learning + teaching #computer science
Research
Space Enabled

Advancing justice in Earth's complex systems using designs enabled by space

#robotics #design #human-computer interaction +57 more
Not Accepting Applicants
Research
Fluid Interfaces

Designing Systems for Cognitive Support

#robotics #design #virtual reality +40 more
Accepting Applicants
Research
City Science

Looking beyond smart cities

#robotics #design #social networks +73 more
Accepting Applicants
Research
Responsive Environments

Augmenting and mediating human experience, interaction, and perception with sensor networks

#robotics #design #virtual reality +72 more
Not Accepting Applicants
Project Research

Art Installation: NeuraFutures

Website of the project: https://www.neurafutures.com The installation is currently open to public starting September 25, 2023 at …

in Fluid Interfaces · Media Lab Research Theme: Cultivating Creativity · Media Lab Research Theme: Connected Mind + Body
Nataliya Kos'myna
#robotics #artificial intelligence #learning + teaching +3 more
Article Research

Bringing design justice to the classroom and workplace

Project shares ways to create community around design equity, ethics, and justice.

via MIT News · Sept. 20, 2023
in Personal Robots · Media Lab Research Theme: Future Worlds
#design #human-computer interaction #learning + teaching +4 more
Research
Space Exploration Initiative

Space Exploration Initiative

#robotics #design #virtual reality +69 more
Post Research

Dallas Symphony Orchestra launches new Jeanne R. Johnson Education Center

The new Center will provide music education to students across North Texas, in cooperation with the Media Lab's Opera of the Future group.

June 29, 2023
in Development · Opera of the Future
#kids #learning + teaching #music
Research
Biomechatronics

Enhancing human physical capability

#robotics #design #human-computer interaction +66 more
Accepting Applicants
Project Research

Dormio: Interfacing with Dreams

InspirationSleep is a forgotten country of the mind. A vast majority of our technologies are built for our waking state, even though a thir…

in Civic Media · Fluid Interfaces · Personal Robots
Kathleen Esfahany · Eyal Perry +6 more
#human-computer interaction #art #artificial intelligence +19 more
Project Research

The Clubhouse Network

The Clubhouse provides a creative and safe out-of-school learning environment where young people from underserved communities around the wo…

in Lifelong Kindergarten · Media Lab Research Theme: Cultivating Creativity · Media Lab Research Theme: Connected Mind + Body
Jaleesa Trapp · Natalie Rusk +3 more
#human-computer interaction #learning + teaching #technology +2 more
Project Research

Learning Creative Learning

Learning Creative Learning is an online course and community of educators, designers, technologists, and tinkerers exploring creative learn…

in Lifelong Kindergarten · ML Learning · Digital Learning + Collaboration Studio +1 more
Carmelo Presicce · Lily Gabaree +6 more
#design #learning + teaching #makers
Project Research

Public Library Innovation Exchange

Public libraries are one of most trusted public institutions in the U.S. and increasingly provide a broad range of education services, rang…

in ML Learning · Digital Learning + Collaboration Studio · Lifelong Kindergarten +2 more
J. Philipp Schmidt · Ada Ren-Mitchell +7 more
#robotics #design #human-computer interaction +11 more
Article Research

Empowering Cambridge youth through data activism

Mayor’s youth employment program brought local high schoolers to MIT this summer.

via MIT News · Sept. 21, 2022
in Personal Robots · RAISE · Media Lab Research Theme: Life with AI +2 more
#data #kids #learning + teaching +1 more
Project Research

Theme | Learning + Creativity

Several of our projects aim to support learning and creativity. While some systems focus on a specific skill to be strengthened, e.g.,…

in Fluid Interfaces · Media Lab Research Theme: Life with AI · Media Lab Research Theme: Cultivating Creativity
Pattie Maes
#human-computer interaction #artificial intelligence #augmented reality +6 more
Research
Community Biotechnology

Community Biotechnology

#robotics #design #human-computer interaction +29 more
Project Research

How to Grow (Almost) Anything - A New Model for Global Synthetic Biology Education

A Distance Learning Model for Global Laboratory-Based Synthetic Biology Education Synthetic Biology ( SynBio) tools hold the…

in City Science · Molecular Machines · Community Biotechnology +2 more
Eyal Perry · Pat Pataranutaporn +4 more
#robotics #bioengineering #learning + teaching +10 more
Project Research

Fab Labs

"Fab Lab" is an abbreviation for Fabrication Laboratory, a group of off-the-shelf, industrial-grade fabrication and electronics tools, wrap…

in Physics and Media
Neil A. Gershenfeld · Amon D. Millner
#learning + teaching #3d printing #mechanical engineering +1 more
Archived
Archived
Project Research

Tidmarsh Living Observatory Portal

The Tidmarsh Living Observatory Portal is a research project that focuses on the design and fabrication of a pavilion that will genera…

in Responsive Environments · Space Exploration Initiative
Valentina Sumini · Clement Duhart +4 more
#design #human-computer interaction #architecture +10 more
Archived
Project Research

Liberatory Computing for African American Students

The underrepresentation of minoritized groups, particularly African Americans, is the longstanding reality of computing fields. Computing h…

in Personal Robots · Media Lab Research Theme: Life with AI
Raechel Walker
#data #kids #learning + teaching +1 more
Project Research

City Science Lab @ Andorra

Andorra and the City Science research group at the MIT Media Lab are taking on the challenge of turning Andorra into an “Internationally Re…

in City Science
Maitane Iruretagoyena · Kent Larson +9 more
#design #architecture #data +15 more
Archived
Project Research

Drawing++ Workshop

Drawing++ Workshop: using drawing as a means of understanding computationIn this workshop participants explore computational concepts …

in Future Sketches · Media Lab Research Theme: Cultivating Creativity
Zach Lieberman · Chelsi Cocking
#design #art #learning + teaching +2 more
Archived
Article Research

How MIT's fab labs scaled around the world

Professor Neil Gershenfeld tells MIT News that fab labs are now transitioning from providing access to tools to making the tools themselves.

via MIT News · June 5, 2023
in Media Lab Research Theme: Future Worlds
#learning + teaching #3d printing #mechanical engineering +1 more
Project Research

Dreaming through Code

Dreaming through Code Designing creative learning workshops for local organizations committed to introducing technology to kids in a n…

in Future Sketches · Lifelong Kindergarten · Media Lab Research Theme: Life with AI +1 more
Cecilé Sadler · Chelsi Cocking
#civic technology #learning + teaching #computer science +2 more
Project Research

AI Audit: AI Ethics Literacy

An essential element of K-12 AI literacy is educating learners about the ethical and societal implications of AI systems. Previous work in …

in Personal Robots · Media Lab Research Theme: Life with AI
Safinah Arshad Ali
#artificial intelligence #learning + teaching
Article Research

A decade into experiments with gamification, edtech rethinks how to motivate learners

Created by Media Lab PhD students Shruti Dhariwal and Manuj Dhariwal, CoCo is a digital learning platform that fosters collaboration.

via EdSurge · May 9, 2023
in Lifelong Kindergarten · Media Lab Research Theme: Cultivating Creativity
#kids #learning + teaching #social science +4 more
Article Research

ACM ByteCast: Pattie Maes

On the ACM ByteCast podcast, Fluid Interfaces head Pattie Maes talks to host Rashmi Mohan about the passion that has shaped her career.

via Association for Computing Machinery · June 1, 2023
in Fluid Interfaces · Media Lab Research Theme: Life with AI
#human-computer interaction #artificial intelligence #health +4 more
Article Research

AVID Open Access: Day of AI, with Randi Williams

On an episode of the Unpacking Education podcast, Randi Williams (a PhD student in the Personal Robots research group) talks Day of AI.

via AVID Open Access · May 3, 2023
in Personal Robots · Media Lab Research Theme: Life with AI
#robotics #artificial intelligence #kids +2 more
Article Research

AI literacy, explained

Cynthia Breazeal, head of the Personal Robots research group, talks to Education Week about early opportunities for AI literacy.

via Education Week · May 10, 2023
in Personal Robots · Media Lab Research Theme: Life with AI
#artificial intelligence #kids #learning + teaching +1 more
Article Research

What Pringles and audio filters can teach us about our brains

In a study presented at CHI 2023, Media Lab alumni used Pringles & audio filters to explore the intersection of sound, flavor, & perception.

via Khoury College of Computer Sciences at Northeastern University · April 20, 2023
in Lifelong Kindergarten · Opera of the Future · Media Lab Research Theme: Connected Mind + Body
#human-computer interaction #food #health +3 more
Publication Research

Using Generative AI to cultivate positive emotions and mindsets for self-development and learning

Joanne Leong. 2023. Using Generative AI to Cultivate Positive Emotions and Mindsets for Self-Development and Learning. XRDS 29, 3 (Spring 2023), 52–56. https://doi.org/10.1145/3589659

Article, April 2023
in Fluid Interfaces · Media Lab Research Theme: Life with AI · Media Lab Research Theme: Connected Mind + Body
#human-computer interaction #artificial intelligence #learning + teaching +1 more
Research
MIT Center for Constructive Communication

MIT Center for Constructive Communication

#robotics #design #social networks +44 more
Research
Affective Computing

Advancing human wellbeing by developing new ways to communicate, understand, and respond to emotion

#robotics #design #social networks +58 more
Accepting Applicants
Project Research

👋 CoCo — A New Real-Time Co-Creative Platform for Young People

CoCo is a new live co-creative learning platform designed to empower educators to support young people in both physical and remote set…

in Lifelong Kindergarten · Media Lab Research Theme: Cultivating Creativity
Shruti Dhariwal · Manuj Dhariwal
#kids #learning + teaching #social science +6 more
Research
Human Dynamics

Exploring how social networks can influence our lives in business, health, governance, and technology adoption and diffusion

#robotics #design #social networks +77 more
Not Accepting Applicants
Post Research

How a study of school energy efficiency inspired a new generation of Electronautes

Public buildings account for the greatest energy demands in the Andorran economy. As part of the City Science Lab @Andorra, a team of scien…

May 4, 2018
in City Science
#learning + teaching #sensors
Article Research

Studies at the intersection of equity, computing, and education

“The work I’m doing is deeply rooted in the belief that you can plant seeds in people,” says graduate student Cecilé Sadler.

via MIT News · June 29, 2023
in Lifelong Kindergarten
#kids #learning + teaching #computer science +2 more
Archived
Research
Social Machines

Promoting deeper learning and understanding in human networks

#design #social networks #computer vision +50 more
Not Accepting Applicants
Article Research

Day of AI curriculum meets the moment

Global participation in MIT RAISE’s free K-12 program more than doubles in its second year.

via MIT News · June 26, 2023
in RAISE
#human-computer interaction #artificial intelligence #government +12 more
Research
Tangible Media

Invent new tangible and embodied interactions that inspire and engage people

#robotics #design #virtual reality +63 more
Accepting Applicants
Article Research

CoCo: A real-time co-creative learning platform for young people

Media Lab PhD students Manuj Dhariwal + Shruti Dhariwal introduce a new paradigm of creative collaboration in digital learning environments

via MIT News · May 30, 2023
in Lifelong Kindergarten
#kids #learning + teaching #social science +4 more
Gallery Research

Day of AI 2023: Photo gallery

View photos from the Day of AI event this year, which happened on May 18.

by Sarah Beckmann · June 8, 2023
in Personal Robots · RAISE
#artificial intelligence #kids #learning + teaching
Post Research

Day of AI 2023: Press Round-Up

This event congregated a community of educators around the world to celebrate and share class content using the Day of AI curriculum.

June 7, 2023
in RAISE
#artificial intelligence #kids #learning + teaching
Research
Personal Robots

Building intelligent personified technologies that collaborate with people to help them learn, thrive, and flourish.

#robotics #design #virtual reality +73 more
Accepting Applicants
Archived
Project Research

Unhangout

Unhangout is an open source platform for running large-scale, participant-driven events online.Each event has a landing page, which we call…

in ML Learning · Digital Learning + Collaboration Studio
J. Philipp Schmidt · Katherine McConachie +2 more
#learning + teaching #open source
Archived
Archived
Project Research

How MIT Learns

Judging by the work of its alumni and faculty, MIT is an amazing place for learning. When I first arrived on campus, I wanted to better und…

in Digital Learning + Collaboration Studio
J. Philipp Schmidt · Katherine McConachie
#learning + teaching
Archived
Project Research

Festival of Learning

An annual celebration of learning, sharing, making, creating, and debating at the MIT Media Lab.

in Digital Learning + Collaboration Studio · Lifelong Kindergarten
Katherine McConachie · J. Philipp Schmidt +4 more
#design #art #learning + teaching
Archived
Project Research

Unbreakout

Unbreakout (beta) is a tool for participatory Zoom breakout rooms. Let your meeting attendees propose their own breakout discussion topics …

in Digital Learning + Collaboration Studio
Katherine McConachie · J. Philipp Schmidt
#learning + teaching #open source
Archived
Archived
Research
Digital Learning + Collaboration Studio

Digital Learning + Collaboration Studio

#robotics #design #agriculture +11 more
Project Research

Targeted Dream Incubation

Targeted dream incubation (TDI) is a methodology for guiding (or “incubating”) dreams towards specific themes. Please read the FAQ below to…

in Fluid Interfaces
Kathleen Esfahany · Ishaan Grover +6 more
#human-computer interaction #art #cognition +11 more
Project Research

AI-Generated Virtual Instructors Based on Liked or Admired People Can Improve Motivation and Foster Positive Emotions for Learning

This research presents the results of a study with 134 participants to explore the effects of learning from an AI-generated virtual in…

in Fluid Interfaces
Valdemar Danry · Joanne Leong +3 more
#human-computer interaction #artificial intelligence #extended intelligence +2 more
Research
Opera of the Future

Extending expression, learning, and health through innovations in musical composition, performance, and participation

#multimodal representation #performance technologies #digital opera +67 more
Accepting Applicants
Publication Research

AI-Generated Virtual Instructors Based on Liked or Admired People Can Improve Motivation and Foster Positive Emotions for Learning

P. Pataranutaporn* J. Leong*, V. Danry*, A. Lawson, P. Maes, M. Sra. 2022. *Co-first authorship ”AI-Generated Virtual Instructors Based on Liked or Admired People Can Improve Motivation and Foster Positive Emotions for Learning” to appear in FIE 2022, October 8-11, Uppsala, Sweden.

Proceedings, Oct. 2022
in Fluid Interfaces
#artificial intelligence #learning + teaching
Project Research

Synthetic Self-Perception

Perceptual illusions have the power to change our abilities and behaviours. Prior research in virtual reality (VR) has shown that transport…

in Fluid Interfaces
Joanne Leong · Pat Pataranutaporn +1 more
#human-computer interaction #artificial intelligence #augmented reality +5 more
Archived
Project Research

ScratchJr

ScratchJr makes coding accessible to younger children (ages 5-7), enabling them to program their own interactive stories, games, and animat…

in Lifelong Kindergarten
Chris Garrity · Andrew Sliwinski +3 more
#robotics #design #kids +4 more
Archived
Article Research

Learning Beautiful brings MIT’s “mind and hand” ethos to early childhood education

Spinoff Learning Beautiful develops education materials that encourage kids to explore computer science concepts through physical learning.

via MIT News · June 20, 2023
in Media Lab Spinoffs
#design #kids #learning + teaching +1 more
Article Research

A global lab for teaching and practicing synthetic biology

A pandemic-fueled transformation of the MIT course "How to Grow (Almost) Anything" leads to next steps in democratizing synthetic biology

via MIT News · Jan. 18, 2023
in Molecular Machines · Community Biotechnology
#robotics #bioengineering #learning + teaching +7 more
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