Education Projects: Harvard

While pursuing my Master's of Education (M.Ed) in Learning Design, Innovation & Technology at the Harvard Graduate School of Education, I undertook and participated in a range of instructional design, formative evaluation, and research projects. Have a look!

Zoombinis (TERC): Formative Evaluation
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As one member of a small Harvard evaluation team, I am currently conducting a formative evaluation project on behalf of TERC to explore ways to expand the effectiveness and reach of their classic puzzle game, Zoombinis

Kiwi Island: Preschool Instructional Design
Created on spec, I designed an interactive learning experience to serve as a companion piece to the upcoming preschool video series, Kiwi Island. Focused on teaching social-emotional skills around the complex topic of separation and anxiety, my project (entitled Kiwi Island: The Spread Your Wings Club) includes multiple carefully-designed webisodes, made interactive using natural language processing technology.

EdHyve: Brand & Content Strategy
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EdHyve is a brand new marketplace platform dedicated to educational consulting and planning. As the company moves towards launch, I am building out the brand's identity, positioning, and content strategy. Keep an eye out for more to come, soon!

HGSE Learning Media Lab: AI Media & Avatars
I am currently assisting a team at the Harvard Graduate School of Education's Teaching and Learning Lab in exploring the use of AI-generated video avatars to produce instructionally effective and scalable video lessons for adult learners across Harvard.

HGSE Learning Media Lab: AI Interaction x Youth
As a research assistant at Dr. Ying Xu's Learning Media Lab at Harvard (and in partnership with PBS Kids and UC Irvine's Digital Learning Lab), I worked on the Converse 2 Learn project, testing, collecting, and coding data on how young children learn from direction interactions with AI-enabled characters educational television episodes.