Learning Lab Launches The Quantum FAST Challenge
Learning Lab, in partnership with the Governor's Office of Business and Economic Development (GO-Biz), has announced a new grant opportunity: the Quantum FAST Challenge.
New! On Substack: A Master Class in the Politics of Education
Mike Kirst Reflects on 50 Years of Educational Policymaking and the Challenges That Remain
My Robot Teacher Podcast Ep.14 – Why Students Trust ChatGPT
Dr. Julie Carpenter on AI Literacy, Attachment, and Human Learning
Creating Connection through Time and Space – On Technology and Humanizing Online Education
Learning Lab Director Lark Park interviews Dr. Pacansky-Brock on technology’s role in our lives, the human elements of teaching, and how online education still has the potential to change lives. In this conversation,…
When AI Skeptics and Enthusiasts Sit Down Together: An Insight Debate at Berkeley City College
April 9, 2026–Greater Bay Area college faculty, joined by interested administrators, staff, and students, gathered at Berkeley City College for a dynamic, intersegmental Insight Debate & Dialogue on whether assignments that can be…
Learning Lab Substack: “Hopes, Fears, Concerns, and a Sense of Overwhelm…” Anna Mills on How to Hold the Contradictions of AI in Your Head
Learning Lab Director Lark Park interviewed Mills to explore what kind of writing still matters and why, the relationship between AI and OER, why she chose to consult for OpenAI and what regulation…
My Robot Teacher Ep.13 – How to Talk About AI in Higher Education: April Lawson on Insight Debate & Dialogue
What are faculty and students actually saying about AI when they are given a structured space to speak honestly? In this episode of My Robot Teacher, Sarah and Taiyo talk with April Lawson,…
Latest on our Substack: Can a Computer Scientist Still Hope?
A conversation between Learning Lab director Lark Park and Professor Armando Fox, reflecting on the evolution of computing, coding, CS education and learning
Substack: Why We Need to Pivot from a “Schooled Society” to a “Learning Society”
What if the way America has invested in people for the last century — through schools and college degrees — is no longer sufficient for the world we’re entering? Learning Lab Director Lark…