Mission
Grasshopper Lab aims to advance collective understanding of human agency and accelerate its development among key stakeholders in computing education.
As we move toward an Age of Abundance driven by AI automation, limitless information, and a transformed digital economy,
empowering individuals with agency is critical. In a world where machines and intelligent agents handle much of the routine
cognitive and physical labor, fostering human creativity, consciousness, and purpose becomes essential to ensuring a thriving, empathetic, and resilient human civilization.
Topics of interest
- Advance Understanding of Human Agency: Conduct research and develop frameworks to explore how individuals exercise agency in computing education.
- Develop Innovations that Foster Development of Human Agency: Create and assess interactive tools, curricula, and pedagogical approaches that enhance agency-driven learning.
- Evaluate Practices that Support Formation of Agency: Use empirical research and data analysis to inform best practices for supporting human agency in computing education.