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iRead and Digital Reading Content: Introducing Pickatale

We are fortunate to have a wide range of expertise and experience on the iRead project team. In a series of blog posts we will introduce each of our partners and find out what motivated them to get involved in the iRead project. Next up is Pickatale (introduced by Head of Content Development Team, Aneta … Continue reading iRead and Digital Reading Content: Introducing Pickatale

laurabenton Academics, Dyslexia, Ed-Tech, Events, Practitioners

iRead @ UCL Centre for Inclusive Education’s Practitioner-Led Network

On 4th July members of the iRead team Mina Vasalou and Laura Benton participated in a Specific Learning Difficulties (SpLD) professional learning network (PLN) event organised by the UCL Centre for Inclusive Education. These termly events are aimed at specialist teachers in literacy and dyslexia, and provide opportunities for developing and exchanging expertise as well … Continue reading iRead @ UCL Centre for Inclusive Education’s Practitioner-Led Network

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iRead Consortium Meeting in Barcelona

Our team has been very busy in the past 6 months and we recently met in Universitat de Barcelona hosted by Roger Gilabert Guerrero and Sara Feijoo Antolin. Our interdisciplinary iRead team includes linguists, designers, game developers, assistive technology developers, e-book publishers, adaptive learning and AI experts. Joining the 35 members attending the two day meeting were … Continue reading iRead Consortium Meeting in Barcelona

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iRead and Assistive Tech: Introducing Dolphin Computer Access Ltd.

We are fortunate to have a wide range of expertise and experience on the iRead project team. In a series of blog posts we will introduce each of our partners and find out what motivated them to get involved in the iRead project. Next up is Dolphin Computer Access (introduced by Markets and Products Analyst … Continue reading iRead and Assistive Tech: Introducing Dolphin Computer Access Ltd.

laurabenton Academics, Dyslexia, Ed-Tech, Practitioners

iRead and Struggling Readers: Introducing UCL Centre for Inclusive Education

We are fortunate to have a wide range of expertise and experience on the iRead project team. In a series of blog posts we will introduce each of our partners and find out what motivated them to get involved in the iRead project. Next up is the UCL Centre for Inclusive Education (introduced by Dr … Continue reading iRead and Struggling Readers: Introducing UCL Centre for Inclusive Education

minavasalou Ed-Tech, Practitioners, Schools

Building communities of practitioners for digital learning

Building communities of practitioners for digital learning Last month we attended a meeting organised in Luxemburg to introduce the European H2020 funded projects on digital learning. The goal of the day was to draw out synergies and define future priorities. We will focus on one of these priorities: building communities. Many of the attendees worked … Continue reading Building communities of practitioners for digital learning

laurabenton Academics, Beginning Readers, Design, Ed-Tech

iRead and Digital Education Technologies: Introducing UCL KL

We are fortunate to have a wide range of expertise and experience on the iRead project team. In a series of blog posts we will introduce each of our partners and find out what motivated them to get involved in the iRead project. Next up is the UCL Knowledge Lab (introduced by research associate Dr … Continue reading iRead and Digital Education Technologies: Introducing UCL KL