On the Fairness of Machine-Assisted Human Decisions

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When machine-learning algorithms are deployed in high-stakes decisions, we want to ensure that their deployment leads to fair and equitable outcomes. This concern has motivated a fast-growing literature that focuses on diagnosing and addressing disparities in machine predictions. However, many … Continued

Welcoming Eran Barak-Medina to the lab

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We are very excited that Eran is joining us in the HTC lab as a guest researcher. Eran is an educational R&D expert and consultant. Worked with municipal and national educational systems, and with business organizations, on developing models and … Continued

Welcome new HTC students!

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The HTC Lab and PhD program are excited to welcome Ilghar Samadzadeh and Ani Meliksetyan to the team.  Ilghar has a background in social science research and international education, and Ani also has a background in international education. Both are … Continued

AI Literacy

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Farhana  (PhD student in the HTC lab) recently presented a short talk at the AI4EDU conference on a comprehensive approach for moving from a general concept of AI Literacy to a competency model approach — paper | video

Jessa and Natalie’s poster at AERA

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Here is a link to the poster Jessa and Natalie presented at AERA this past week: https://www.quantamagazine.org/a-new-map-of-the-standard-model-of-particle-physics-20201022/ Examining the Relationship Between Teacher Change Fatigue and the Technology Acceptance Model Pre-COVID-19 Pandemic  

Jasmine Sami and Dr. Medsker at SITE

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We are excited that Jas (HTC student) and Dr. Medsker (HTC faculty) will be presenting at the SITE conference on March 30th! Sami, J., Medsker, L., (2021, March 30) Improving Recruitment and Retention of Undergraduates into STEM Teaching. [Conference presentation] Society … Continued

Jas Sami Accepted for ISTE Presentation

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Congratulations to Jas. She will be presenting “Improving Recruitment and Retention of Undergraduates into STEM Teaching” at the ISTE Live conference this coming June!  Click here to learn more about the conference.    

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