His research focuses on the design, use, and impacts of intelligent technologies for informal learning. He has more than 70 publications in a variety of areas, including intelligent tutoring, educational games, immersive technologies, and narrative-based learning environments. Lane has ongoing collaborations with The Children’s Museum of Indianapolis; the Phillip and Patricia Frost Museum of Science in Miami; and the Glasgow Science Centre in Scotland. He has collaborated in the past with the Museum of Science, Boston, and The Lawrence Hall of Science in Berkeley, California. His doctorate is in computer science from the University of Pittsburgh (2004), and prior to joining the University of Illinois, he spent ten years as a research scientist at the USC Institute for Creative Technologies.