Dan Kim

Dan Be Kim is an educational technologist and learning designer focused on reimagining teaching and learning in the age of AI. A third-culture kid who grew up across Korea, India, the US., Canada, and Germany, she is drawn to how technology shapes culture, identity, and value formation. After arriving at Harvard determined to build evidence-based, AI-powered tools for education, she discovered how overwhelmed and under-supported many educators and learners felt when engaging with this rapidly advancing technology.

As an AI Fellow at the Harvard Graduate School of Education, she designed and facilitated an onboarding experience for the incoming cohort of graduate students, offering practical support on how to use AI responsibly and effectively in their academic and professional endeavours. She has also served as an AI Fellow at New_ Public, a nonprofit designing prosocial technology for digital public spaces, where she contributed to the internal AI policy and external AI statement that guide the organization’s responsible use of AI.

Dan Be has co-designed two mini-courses sponsored by the Harvard Graduate School of Arts and Sciences: AI Tools for Learning Design (2025) and AI Literacy 301 (2026). Both were designed to give participants a sense of agency in exploring not only the application layer of AI but also its social, behavioural, and value layers: where the technology shows up in their lives, and where it doesn’t. Open to the general public, the courses drew working professionals, researchers, educators, and students, reflecting her commitment to learning experiences that are cross-generational and interdisciplinary.

She is currently a member of the UNESCO Global Science of Learning Alliance where she advocates for the conscious and equitable design of educational technologies informed by the Science of Learning.

An avid AI tinkerer and critic, Dan Be explores how AI can enhance and augment human intelligence rather than replace it. She also works to nurture a balance between digital and analog, both in herself and in others. Her current work focuses on designing experiences that help people see and shape their relationship with technology.