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Award/Grant Name: Exploring e-Learning and Communication Tools for Improving Children's Language Usage in Social Interactions: EChoeS
Award/Grant Holder: Dr Kaska Porayska-Pomsta
Programme Name: Teaching and Learning Research Programme (TLRP)
Co-applicant(s): Dr Helen Pain, Dr Annalu Waller, Dr Oliver Lemon, Dr Judith Good, Miss Wendy Keay-Bright
Start Date: 12/10/2006 End Date: 30/11/2006
Award/Grant Description

The EChoeS project aims to establish the interdisciplinary foundation necessary to investigate the impact on learning of young school children's language usage during collaborative task performance with other autonomous agents. The project will determine the appropriate scope of the research, the resources required, and the expertise necessary to conduct the investigation. The focus will be on children between 4 and 10 years and children with Asperger syndrome. The long-term aim of the project is to specify a large-scale project aimed at developing computer technology for (1) providing children with an opportunity to explore issues arising during language use in social interactions and (2) providing researchers with tools for investigating the relationship between children's social and communication skills and their learning. The project aims to bring together researchers from various disciplines in order to provide an integrated view on the research needed to realise the computer technology required.

Keywords: chilren's communication; Asperger syndrome; multimodal educational dialogue systems; e-learening; language skills; children
Award/Grant Amount ESRC Grant Number Institution Discipline Award/Grant Type
£11,669.60 RES-139-25-0322 Education Substantive Research Contract
RES-139-25-0322-A
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Click on Download to download the document. Number of Documents: 3
  Title Type URL Author Published
Technology review : output 2 Other Output Smith, Tim 18/09/2007 10:50
Annex to the report Other Output Pain, Helen 18/09/2007 10:47
ECHOES 2 Proposal Other Output Porayska-Pomsta, Kaska 18/09/2007 10:43