Putting Learning Sciences to Work for Access, Innovation, and Mastery
The Next Level Lab, based at the Harvard Graduate School of Education, brings together expertise in cognitive science, neuroscience, the learning sciences and innovative learning design and technology to address emerging and urgent issues in K-12 education, workforce development, and lifelong learning.
The Next Level Lab engages in the following activities:
- Mining existing research of promise that can improve learning and performance.
- Researching questions with the potential for high leverage impact.
- Translating research findings to help the world use research on learning and the mind.
- Innovating in the space of technology and learning to develop new visions for what is possible in developing human potential.
Our Latest Work
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“Everyday Awe” Helps Workers Find Meaning, Motivation, and New Perspectives
“Awe” and “work” are two words that might not naturally appear in the same sentence – but new research from the Next Level Lab suggests that experiencing moments of “everyday awe” in the workplace can combat burnout, increase motivation, and imbue workers with a greater sense of purpose….Continue Reading “Everyday Awe” Helps Workers Find Meaning,…
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Informing Pedagogies for Apprenticeship in a Complex and Modern World
Ensuring that young people and adults have opportunities to develop the right digital skills is crucial in avoiding skills shortages and fostering productivity. Apprenticeship can help develop the right skills for the digital transition and can also benefit from the introduction of digital technologies in its delivery. Last year, the Next Level Lab presented research…Continue…
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Learning Like “Fast Fish”: A Research Review on the Promise of Contextualized Agency
At the Next Level Lab, we often tell the story of a “fast fish” that uses its fins to create vortices in the water and push off them to propel itself forward, allowing the fish to swim faster than it could without this modification to the environment. The fast fish serves as a useful metaphor…Continue…
