Artificial Intelligence pioneer to speak at the LKL
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Tuesday, 31 May 2011
Roger Schank will give a talk on the Virtual World Academy on 8th July 2011 at the London Knowledge Lab. He is one of the world's leading thinkers on artificial intelligence, learning theory, cognitive science, and the building of virtual learning environments. He is CEO of Socratic Arts, a company whose goal is to design and implement learning-by-doing, story-centered curricula in schools, universities, and corporations.
Borovets (near Sofia),
Bulgaria 8 April, 2011:Celia Hoyles and Richard Noss, both Professors of
Mathematics Education at the London Knowledge Lab, Institute of Education, have
been individually awarded one of the highest honours of the Union of Bulgarian
Mathematicians.
Bulgaria leads the world in uniting mathematicians, mathematics
education researchers and teachers in the effort to help children learn
mathematics. Nominated jointly by the Institute of Mathematics and Informatics
at the Academy of Sciences and the Faculty of Mathematics Education at the
University of Sofia, Celia and Richard were each awarded a medal and the title
of Foreign Fellow of the UBM in
recognition of their "outstanding contributions to international achievement
in the area of mathematics education and technology".
The ceremony took
place at the 40th. Conference of the UBM, and the medals were awarded by the
president of the UBM, Academician Professor Stefan Dodunekov.
Richard Nossís response to Professor Michael Greenís 25th March concerns over ëboring maths'
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Monday, 11 April 2011
London Knowledge Lab and TEL Director Professor Richard Noss's response to Professor Michael Green's 25th March concerns over ëboring maths' appeared in the Times Educational Supplement (TES) on 8th April.
Under the heading ëTechnology + freedom = magnificent maths' the letter highlights how digital technology - of the kind being deveoped by the TEL MiGen project - can be used to unlock the wonders of maths to students.
Lab contributes to debates over Polish government plans for a laptop for every pupil
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Thursday, 07 April 2011
Neil Selwyn was one of three international experts invited to speak at a public summit on the Polish government's recently announced plans to give a laptop to every first-grade pupil over the next five years. The summit was held in Warsaw on 6th April and was organised by the Polish broadsheet newspaper Gazeta Wyborcza.
Speaking alongside Katarzyna Hall (Polish Minster for Education), Magdalena Gaj (Deputy Minister for Infrastructure) and Michal Boni (Chief Strategic Advisor to the Prime Minister), Neil spoke on the Lab's various research projects on UK schools technology initiatives, as well as highlighting key areas of policy advice arising from similar programmes around the world.
Dr Yishay Mor announced winner of the second TELEARC award
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Wednesday, 23 March 2011
Dr Yishay Mor has been announced as the winner of the second†TELEARC award for PhD
excellence, which will be delivered on the occasion of the 2011 edition of the
Alpine Rendez-vous.† The†Technology
Enhanced Learning European Advanced Research Consortium†(TELEARC) has been
created with the mission to keep on the legacy of the Kaleidoscope Network of
Excellence.† Its key objectives
are: to contribute to the shaping of the scientific evolution of technology
enhanced learning, to strengthen the scientific collaborations between research
teams and foster integration of European research teams in the field of
technology enhanced learning, to promote the excellence of European research in
the area of technology enhanced learning, and to raise awareness in the area
toward the scientific community, policy-makers and the general public.
The†Alpine
Rendez-vous†is an event, legacy of the Kaleidoscope Network of Excellence,
now funded by STELLAR, the FP7 European Network of Excellence on
Technology-Enhanced Learning.
Dr Mor
completed his PhD in October, under the supervision of Professor Richard Noss
at the London Knowledge Lab.† His
thesis, entitled, "A Design Approach to Research in Technology Enhanced
Mathematics Education" explores the prospect of a
design science of technology enhanced mathematics education (TEME), on three
levels: epistemological, methodological and pedagogical.† Its primary domain is the
identification of scientific tools for design research in TEME.† The outputs of this enquiry are
evaluated by a demonstrator study in the domain of secondary school mathematics.† The main outcome of this study is a
methodological framework for design science of TEME which combines design
narratives and design patterns into structured cycles of enquiry.† This framework is supported both
theoretically and empirically.† Inter
alia, it is used to derive a contribution towards a pedagogical pattern
language of construction, communication and collaboration in TEME."
Conference: Children's Playground Games and Songs in the new media age
Roger Schank will give a 
Borovets (near Sofia),
Bulgaria 8 April, 2011: 
London Knowledge Lab and TEL Director Professor 
