I am the head of the McLearn Lab at Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA, USA. My lab's research is in the Learning Sciences, particularly in educational technology, digital learning games, intelligent tutoring systems, collaborative learning, and e-learning principles. My 1999 Ph.D. is from the Intelligent Systems Program at the University of Pittsburgh.

News

  • NEW!  Keynote speaker for the 18th The Learning Ideas Conference. Title of talk: "Digital Learning Games: From Child to Adult Learning," New York City, NY | June 11-13, 2025   [ See announcement ]  [ Watch the keynote presentation ]
  • NEW!  Keynote speaker for the 19th EATEL Summer School on Technology Enhanced Learning 2025. Title of talk: "Digital Learning Games: Applying Artificial Intelligence to Fun and Learning," Rethymno, Crete, Greece | 10-18 May, 2025   [ See announcement ]
  • NEW!  Nature article about the cancellation of one of McLaren's DEI-focused federal grants   [  Read the article  ]
  • McLaren, B.M. (2024). Decimal Point: A decade of learning science findings with a digital learning game. In: Ilic, P., Casebourne, I., Wegerif, R. (eds) Artificial Intelligence in Education: The Intersection of Technology and Pedagogy. Intelligent Systems Reference Library, vol 261. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-71232-6_9  Springer Verlag Germany.  Part of the "Artificial Intelligence-Enhanced Software and Systems Engineering" (AI-SSE) Series   [  pdf  ]
  • Best Paper Award at the 18th Annual European Conference on Technology Enhanced Learning (ECTEL 2023).  Paper titled "Evaluating ChatGPT’s decimal skills and feedback generation to students’ self-explanations in a digital learning game"  [ See LinkedIn announcement ]  [  pdf  ]
  • Decimal Point - Learning decimals with a digital learning game