Transformative Learning Technologies Lab
Visit TLTLab.org ↗Lemann Center for Brazilian Studies
Lemann Center at ILAS ↗Columbia University Paulo Freire Initiative
Paulo Freire Initiative ↗Tools & Platforms
Open hardware and software built in the lab and with collaborators, used in classrooms around the world.
GoGo Board
The first open-source robotics and environmental-sensing platform for education — affordable, hackable, and now in its seventh generation.
Project Bloks
A tangible coding platform that lets preschool children compose programs by arranging physical blocks, making computational thinking accessible before literacy.
Cloud Labs / BioLab
A platform for massive, remote biology experimentation that brings authentic wet-lab science to students at scale — running real experiments over the web.
MoDa
A block-based environment that interweaves computational modeling with real-world data analysis, helping middle-school students become fluent, sustained modelers.
Lab-on-a-Book
A low-cost approach that turns an ordinary printed book into a hands-on science laboratory — embedding experimentation into the page, without specialized equipment.
LightUp
A tangible electronics-prototyping kit that makes circuits visible and hands-on, helping learners see how electricity flows as they build.
People of the lab
Doctoral researchers, postdocs, designers, and collaborators across Columbia and Brazil. Add your team's profiles and photos here.