We are delighted to announce that a recent special issue on Technology-Mediated Personalised Learning for Younger Learners from the British Journal of Educational Technology features three different articles spotlighting research from across the iRead Project. iRead members from UCL and NTUA have written about "Designing for 'challenge' in a large-scale adaptive literacy game for primary … Continue reading Three iRead papers published in BJET Special Issue
How to best support children’s participation in research? Considerations, strategies, and resources for ethics and consent
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 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
Researching Morphological Awareness: How Children Attend to Shapes of Words
By Minna Nygren (UCL) What if I asked you to choose the right ending for the following sentence…: … and the options to choose from were: -which option would you choose? Yes, you did read right! And no, it’s not a typo. The list of options written here are deliberately chosen non-words – a way … Continue reading Researching Morphological Awareness: How Children Attend to Shapes of Words
Meeting with Children who Played Navigo: Fieldwork at the Fields
By Minna Nygren (UCL) On one sunny morning this June, just as the iRead project was drawing to a close, I set out to travel to a primary school set in a picturesque countryside in the South of England to meet and talk with a few 6-year old pupils who had been playing Navigo game … Continue reading Meeting with Children who Played Navigo: Fieldwork at the Fields
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
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
How to best support children’s participation in research? Considerations, strategies, and resources for ethics and consent
By Laura Benton (UCL Knowledge Lab) Next month several (current and former) members of the UCL iRead team (Laura Benton, Minna Nygren and Seray Ibrahim) are organising a virtual workshop funded by theUCL Researcher-Led Initiative scheme and themed on the ethics and creative practice in seeking children's consent in research. The workshop includes a keynote presentation from … Continue reading How to best support children’s participation in research? Considerations, strategies, and resources for ethics and consent
“You’re a wizard reader, Harry.” Designing a Tableau Dashboard for teachers to track children’s reading progress in Navigo.
by Andrea Gauthier Learning to read is challenging, even for witches and wizards. And it’s even more challenging when those witches and wizards can’t attend Hogwarts in person and must learn to read in an online, home-schooling context with limited interaction with their teachers. (For the purposes of this blog, let’s ignore the fact children … Continue reading “You’re a wizard reader, Harry.” Designing a Tableau Dashboard for teachers to track children’s reading progress in Navigo.
End of Project Special Event: Children’s learning in digital games – The theory and the practice
After 4.5 years of hard work, memorable moments and exciting discoveries the iRead project will shortly be coming to an end on 30 June. In advance of our final newsletter we wanted to share with you the details of an upcoming special online event hosted by the UCL team and Learnus which will reflect on … Continue reading End of Project Special Event: Children’s learning in digital games – The theory and the practice
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