Technology tools are critical to contemporary education, but they never function in a vacuum. Even the best, most intuitive tools need to be used in the appropriate context with the right support and guidance.
The Learning Science Lab runs pilot programs in collaboration with faculty to explore promising software, including tools we develop in-house. Each pilot aims to identify optimal use cases and create supporting materials and documentation so that faculty can deploy the tool effectively and with minimal difficulty.
Our current and recent pilots include the following.
Peer Evaluation Tool
The Peer Evaluation Tool is a faculty-facing app, built in-house by the Learning Science Lab, that helps instructors collect peer evaluations from student groups and identify each student’s contributions to group projects. We’re piloting it with a small cohort of faculty in Fall 2026.