Exploring E-Learning and Communication Tools for Improving Children's Language Usage in Social Interactions - ECHOES
ECHOES II is one of the eight projects funded by the EPSRC/ESRC under technology Enhanced Learning call of the Teaching and Learning Research Programme. The project has been awarded £1.2 million.
ECHOES II aims to develop an adventurous technology-enhanced learning (TEL) environment in which both typically developing children and children with Autism Spectrum Disorder at Key Stage 1 (ages 5-7) can explore and improve social interaction and collaboration skills. The environment will also serve as a tool for researchers, teachers, parents and practitioners to investigate the problems that children may encounter in specific social contexts and the ways in which those problems may be addressed.
ECHOES II TEL environment will combine existing technologies in new ways. With the active participation of user groups, we will combine interactive whiteboard, gesture and gaze tracking, and intelligent agent-based context sensitive interfaces to create a novel interactive multimodal environment that can be adapted to the needs of specific individuals, and that can provide new ways of investigating and supporting the development of social skills in children.
The project involves partners from the University of Edinburgh, London Knowledge Lab (Institute of Education), University of Strathclyde, University of Birmingham, Dundee University, Sussex University and University of Wales Institute Cardiff.
Funder: ESRC
Start Date: 01/09/2008
End Date: 31/08/2011
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For further information about the Exploring E-Learning and Communication Tools for Improving Children's Language Usage in Social Interactions - ECHOES project please contact Dr Annalu Waller.
Or visit the website at: http://www.tlrp.org/proj/tel/lemon.html