Emma Mercier is an associate professor in Curriculum and Instruction at the University of Illinois Urbana Champaign and director of the Collaborative Learning Lab (www.colearnlab.org) Mercier’s work focuses on the role of social interaction in learning, collaborative learning in classrooms and how technology can be used to support students and teachers engaged in collaborative learning. Mercier is interested in how new technologies and methods can help us gain insight into learning and interaction processes, and be used to provide live feedback to students and teachers.