Our projects explore how children interact with their world, how we can design to influence interaction positively, and then scale this work to positively impact children's everyday experiences.
Projects
Artificial Intelligence (AI) for the Early Years
This project is about making sure that young children, their families, educators, and service providers use artificial intelligence (AI) technologies that are safe, equitable, and trustworthy. Free online resources will be created that assist children, families, educators, service providers, and digital designers to learn about using, and staying safe with, AI technologies.
Grasping data: empowering young children to understand and benefit from their personal data
"Grasping data: empowering young children to understand and benefit from their personal data" is
Feeling the Untouchable: Haptic touch experiences for naturalistic learning
Prof Laura Colucci-Gray and Prof Andrew Manches (Project co-leads (UK)) have been successful with their new project “Feeling the Untouchable: Haptic touch experiences for naturalistic learning”, receiving a £922,000 grant through round one of UKRI’s highly competitive cross-council scheme designed to stimulate exciting new interdisciplinary research.
AI futures for Scottish education
AI Futures for Scottish education addresses an urgent need to address the rapid emergence of generative AI technologies, and to consider the ethical and educational issues raised as teachers and students experiment with its capabilities
Towards embedding responsible AI in the school system: co-creation with young people
Bridging the divide between principles of explainability, fairness and privacy as they apply to educational AI, and the values, hopes and concerns of young people when faced with emerging technologies.
Centre for Early Mathematics Learning
Exploring the cognitive, emotional, social, and environmental factors influencing the development of children’s maths skills.