Professor Andrew Manches

Chair in Children and Technology

Professor Andrew Manches is Chair in Children and Technology and Director of the Children and Technology group. He is a past ESRC Future Research Leader and now leads the UK side of a $2.4million Science Learning+ project with the US. He leads/has led various funded projects centred around the role of interaction in how we think and learn, and the implications for early learning technologies. He marries his academic world with industry as CEO of an early learning technology company, Pling Ltd. Email: a.manches@ed.ac.uk. Call on: 0131 651 6242

Or write/visit here:
Room 4.16, St John's Land
The Moray House School of Education and Sport
Holyrood Road
Edinburgh EH8 8AQ

New Project

Professor Andrew Manches together with partners from SSERC, Pling and Dynamic Earth, have successfully obtained ESRC Impact Acceleration Account funding to develop new embodied learning resources.

Children's Media Conference blog and event recording

Catch up with Professor Andrew Manches seminar as part of the Children's Media Conference held on 4-6th July 2023.

Children's Media Conference

Professor Andrew Manches will present 'How Gestures Help Communicate Ideas' as part of the Children's Media Conference 4-6th July 2023 sharing his research insights into the use of gestures to design more effective children’s media.

Royal Society of Edinburgh article 'Children and technology: is it about time?'

The Royal Society of Edinburgh have published an article by Professor Andrew Manches exploring emerging forms of interaction with technology.

Recordings available: Learning and Teaching Conference 2022

Centre for Research in Digital Education staff and students presented as part of the University of Edinburgh Learning and Teaching Conference 2022.

Copernicus Festival 2022

Dr Andrew Manches spoke as part of this year's Copernicus Festival, held in Krakow, Poland.

Projects

Centre for Early Mathematics Learning

Exploring the cognitive, emotional, social, and environmental factors influencing the development of children’s maths skills.

EdTech entrepreneurship at UoE

Developing and testing an (early years) prototype Internet of Things ethical EdTech platform

STEAM Charades: Covid-19 edition

Supporting teachers and young children discuss, learn and share experiences of coronavirus in a safe, fun and educational way.

Move2Learn4Teachers: co-design of Early STEM training and resources

Investigating how interactive museum exhibits and informal learning can be used to promote improved enjoyment and understanding of STEM in children.

Developing Children's Understanding of Personal Data

Researching children's interaction with their personal data.

Magic Cloud: ESRC Business Booster

Exploring the potential of an Internet of Things platform for early learning.

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