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Photo of Dr. Tamara Clegg Presenting Research at the 2022 HCIL Symposium

Dr. Tamara Clegg Presenting Research at the 2022 HCIL Symposium

Dr. Tamara Clegg Recognized for Involving Practitioners in Education Research

April 8, 2024 | AERA Staff

News Release: AERA Announces 2024 Award Winners in Education Research

Photo of Hornbake Plaza on the UMD College Park Campus, home to the INFO College

Photo of Hornbake Plaza on the UMD College Park Campus, home to the INFO College

UMD INFO College Faculty Awarded for Research Excellence

April 2, 2024 | UMD INFO Staff

14 INFO faculty members are to be honored at the 2024 UMD Research Excellence Celebration

People learning using virtual reality headsets.

Photo by Lucrezia Carnelos on Unsplash

How Emerging Technologies are Crafting New Worlds and Revolutionizing Learning

March 6, 2024 | Laurie Robinson

Research with KidsTeam and local neighborhoods examines how youth use emerging technologies like AI and VR

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Units Across UMD Partner on Multidisciplinary Initiatives for AI Ethics, Accessible Technology, and Literacy

December 7, 2023 | Olivia Borgula & INFO Staff

Funded by UMD Grand Challenge Grants, INFO is playing an integral role in these initiatives

Screenshot of Jen Golbeck on MSNBC's 11th Hour program

NBC’s 11th Hour: Surgeon General Warns About Teens on Social Media (ft. Jen Golbeck)

June 2, 2023 | UMD INFO Staff

Professor Jen Golbeck joins a panel of guests on the 11th Hour to address social media’s influence on young people's mental health.

Dr. Mega Subramaniam and research admin team member Luis Cortes

Dr. Mega Subramaniam and research admin team member Luis Cortes (Photo by Craig Taylor)

Computational Thinking is the New Literacy of the 21st Century—Are Students Prepared?

April 5, 2023 | Laurie Robinson

Dr. Mega Subramaniam and team launched a suite of CT assessment tools for libraries to gauge the effectiveness of their CT programs.

A photo of two children in KidsTeam using found materials to prototype technology

Off the Playground: When Kids Co-design Technology

March 8, 2023 | Laurie Robinson

The HCIL KidsTeam, a leader in youth technology design, creates a gamified digital platform.

The Maryland State House in Annapolis

The Maryland State House in Annapolis

New Law Ensures Equivalent Access to Digital Tools for All of Maryland’s K-12 Students

May 5, 2022 | Liz Zogby

Trace Center Director and iSchool professor Jonathan Lazar contributed to and testified in support of the bill to bring an accessibilit …

The HCIL logo, which is a white circle with black trim and the text HCIL written inside next to an illustrated drawing of a silhouetted side profile. The HCIL logo is next to the CHI logo that reads "CHI 2022" in front of a purple silhouette of the New Orleans skyline.

HCIL Faculty and Students to Participate in CHI 2022

April 12, 2022 | Hayleigh Moore

23 members of the Human-Computer Interaction Lab will present their research at prestigious HCI conference.