LKL Research Themes
Automating support for learning, collaboration and knowledge building
 New digital
technologies and media are giving rise to increasing volumes and varieties of
information, presenting new opportunities for learning and knowledge. We seek
to make this information more useful by researching and developing techniques
for managing, integrating and personalising it. We are designing, building and
critically evaluating systems that help people to understand the mass of
information that surrounds them, and to generate knowledge from this
information. We seek to model and deploy the intelligence and knowledge that enables
computing systems to provide personalised support to learners for the range of
activities they engage in, individually or collaboratively.
Understanding how digital technologies and media affect educational practice, work, culture and society
 We are investigating and evaluating the cultural forms and modes of engagement between people and ideas that are fostered by the digital world, to understand the implications for formal and informal learning. We are designing technology and media-enhanced approaches to learning, including innovative uses of ambient, immersive and mobile technologies. We are exploring the differences between ënewí and ëolderí media. We are analysing how children and adults use media in different contexts and how they learn in and from these new environments.
Developing innovative methodologies for investigation of the use and effect of digital technologies
 To optimise the use of digital technologies for learning, we are developing and applying methodologies which match the complexity of a field that must use the science of human learning in order to inform the design and evaluation of digital environments and systems.
Research News
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Deutsche Welle Radio programme about the ECHOES II project |
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 ECHOES II project led by Dr Kaska Porayska-Pomsta has been recently featured in the Spectrum - a Deutsche Welle Radio weekly radio programme that covers science and technology news around the world. To listen to the programme click here, to read the Deutsche Welle Radio associated story click here. For more information visit the ECHOES II project's website: www.echoes2.org and TLRP-TEL pages.
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UNESCO Report on the Future of Mobile Learning |
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LKL's Dr Niall Winters has contributed a report to UNESCO's Working Paper series on Mobile Learning entitled 'The Future of Mobile Learning'. Dr Winters will also took part in a webinar about the report as part of UNESCO's Mobile Learning Week 2013 held at UNESCO's Headquarters in Paris.
Dr Winters said: "Despite over 15 years of research, the impact of mobile learning has been limited. This report seeks to address this issue by providing policy makers and planners with resources to embed mobile technologies in education more strongly."
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iTalk2Learn project and vacancies |
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 iTalk2Learn is a 3M€ collaborative project funded by the EC 7th Framework Call 8 (FP7-ICT-2011-8) that was launched in November 2010. By the end of its 3-year duration theiTalk2Learn project will have developed a platform to support 5-11 year old students learning mathematics. The platform will combine structured and exploratory learning activities. Relying on state-of-the-art machine learning methods, intelligent components will be able to provide adaptive feedback and recommendations. Last, but not least, the platform will enable learners to communicate and interact more naturally via rich intuitive user interfaces leveraging direct manipulation and voice recognition. It is from the potential of the latter in particular that the project takes its short name iTalk2Learn.
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