Welcome

The (Human + Machine) Learning lab (HPML lab) at the University of Illinois Urbana–Champaign (UIUC) conducts research on educational psychology, machine learning, and how these areas intersect. The lab consists primarily of people in the School of Information Sciences (iSchool) and the Department of Educational Psychology.

We primarily explore approaches to better understand and adapt to the experiences of students in digital learning environments. We focus especially on examining machine learning models and learning environments to fairly measure and adapt to students’ heterogeneous learning experiences. As the lab name suggests, we take an interdisciplinary approach to answering research questions in areas like:

• Human–computer interaction – e.g., how do new interactive, real-time learning experiences change learning for both students and teachers?
• Educational psychology – e.g., does machine learning-driven measurement of students’ likely future outcomes impact their metacognitive processes when given prospective feedback based on these measurements?