How we are working together
Berkeley School of Information at UC Berkeley is contributing to the research of operationalized learning and the use of Big Data to inform learner pathways.
What they do
Prof. Pardos has collaborated with Gooru on research grants. He is a constant supporter and active advocate to support Gooru’s mission.
Academic Mission
The School of Information creates knowledge and advances practice wherever people interact with information and technology. Our research explores the implications for individuals and society as information and digital technologies are increasingly embedded in all aspects of human experience. Our professional master’s degrees prepare students to design and build the systems that will shape the way humans live and interact in the future. Our research and teaching are interconnected; both are urgent, because our understanding of the consequences for individuals and society of their interactions with information and machines remains critical, contentious, and inadequate.
Achieving our research and educational mission requires the interdisciplinary collaboration of scholars with expertise in information and computer science, social sciences, the humanities, law, policy, and design. We depend on close ties to practitioners from the public, private, and philanthropic sectors. We provide rigorous multi-disciplinary education for our master’s and doctoral students, as well as introductory courses for undergraduates interested in this field.
The I School’s intellectual commitments continue to evolve. We are currently building strength in three areas: (1) human-computer/ human-machine interaction; (2) information/data security, privacy and policy; and (3) applied data science, especially in the social sciences, humanities, and professions. In each of these areas, we are committed to expanding the applications of information and technology to improve the human condition, and to meeting the needs of the State of California.
Researcher
Zachary Pardos Associate Professor, Graduate School of Education
“Together with pioneering school districts and over 65 collaborators from around the world, we have built a GPS for learning. Now we are on a mission to get it into the hands of all 7 billion learners on earth!”
Prasad Ram – CEO of Gooru
