By Laura Benton (UCL) Back in 2018 after several conversations with colleagues around how we can best inform children about the research we are doing and gain their consent to participate I realised that many of us had struggled with this aspect of our research, but also that along the way we had developed helpful strategies and … Continue reading How to best support children’s participation in research? Considerations, strategies, and resources for ethics and consent
iRead@ ISEC2021
This week Liz Herbert (UCL) presented our work on the Navigo@Home event series at the virtual Inclusive and Supportive Education Conference. The conference explores "new perspectives on how to translate academic enquiry into practical, workable strategies with which educators can support the lives of children and young people living with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND)". … Continue reading iRead@ ISEC2021
iRead Project News – Final Issue
The Final Chapter of iRead Last month the iRead project officially came to an end after 4.5 years of dedication and amazing work from our consortium of 15 education and industry partners. As a team we are very proud of everything that has been achieved during this time as well as the fantastic collaborations we … Continue reading iRead Project News – Final Issue
Children’s Learning in Digital Games: the Theory and the Practice
On June 22nd, the iRead project in collaboration with Learnus held a webinar with teacher practitioners and researchers coming together to discuss learning through games, the theory and practice. During the event, we heard thoughts and ideas from researchers Dr Mina Vasalou and Dr Laura Benton from UCL, and a number of UK-based teacher participants … Continue reading Children’s Learning in Digital Games: the Theory and the Practice
Final iRead Consortium Meeting
On 29th and 30th June we held our final consortium meeting to prepare for our last review meeting as well as draw the project to a close and reflect on what has been achieved over the past 4.5 years. We had presentations on professional development, the schools evaluation and additional Navigo research which has been … Continue reading Final iRead Consortium Meeting
iRead @ EETN Virtual EXPO
On 17 June we attended the European Education Technology Network (EETN) virtual EXPO which is a network that brings together researchers, innovators, experts, professors, and start-ups, fostering evidence-based, quality EdTech entrepreneurship in Europe and beyond. The event took place on the gather.town platform and we had a virtual booth which displayed our online resources relating … Continue reading iRead @ EETN Virtual EXPO
iRead presents work at British Dyslexia Association Conference 2021
Last month members of the UCL team presented work from iRead at the virtual British Dyslexia Association conference. This event took place on 20-21 May and is a venue for leading experts on dyslexia and dyscalculia to share their work with hundreds of researchers and professionals from around the world. Dr Mina Vasalou led the … Continue reading iRead presents work at British Dyslexia Association Conference 2021