Computational Literacies Lab

The Computational Literacies Lab studies how students, teachers, and school communities learn with and about computers. We are focused on four big questions:

  • What does it mean to learn computer science?
  • How can new computational media unlock new forms of learning?
  • How can we prepare teachers to effectively and equitably teach K12 computer science?
  • What kinds of social and technical infrastructure are needed to help school communities implement high-quality computer science which fits their cultures and priorities?

Get involved. Attend our weekly open lab meetings, join the email list, or take a course in the lab. Interested faculty, students, and the broader university community are warmly invited to contact Dr. Proctor.

A qualitative coding tool to support CT

May 8, 2024

Please join us from 3-4pm for an online talk hosted by UB's Digital Scholarship Studio Network, titled qc: A qualitative coding tool designed to support computational thinking,

LLMs in Education Expo

May 7, 2024

Please join us from 4:30-6:00pm in the lobby of Baldy Hall for a presentation of course final projects in LAI 686: Large Language Models in Education. Explore live demos of educational AI applications, and discuss the results and theoretical implications of each group's research. Refreshments will be served.

CMLC 3: Joan Nobile

March 29, 2023

Glitch is a broken system. A workshop on Glitch Art with Joan Nobile of UB's Department of Media Study.

CMLC 2: Famous Clark

November 15, 2022

A workshop on 3D game design, interactivity, and fairy tales with Famous Clark of UB's Department of Media Study.

NSF grant to study community-based design of K12 CS

September 1, 2022

Dr. Chris Proctor was awarded nearly $300,000 to form a research-practice partnership with Lockport City School District exploring two long-standing challenges in scaling up access to high-quality secondary computer science (CS): the lack of high school CS course offerings and the lack of qualified CS teachers. This project will explore the hypothesis that there are benefits to designing solutions for both problems at the same time, based on the key insight that both problems depend on building a broadly-shared vision of how and why computer science will become part of the school. Follow this project here.

Hi, UB!

September 1, 2020

Dr. Chris Proctor joined the University at Buffalo's Department of Learning and Instruction in fall 2020 as an assistant professor of Learning Sciences. Read more about Chris's research at chrisproctor.net.