Digital Education for change makers in sub-Saharan Africa
Developing an innovative cohort model for students from sub-Saharan Africa to study the full-online MSc in Digital Education.
Projects
The following visual (and those included on our Engagement page) highlights key aspects of our work. We hope this approach communicates our research, knowledge exchange and impact activities in new and engaging ways that we can build on in the future
Children Interaction Design (CID): EFI research cluster
Professor Andrew Manches will lead the Children Interaction Design group in the new Edinburgh Futures Institute research cluster.
Embodied Learning in the Classroom
A project helping educators and children develop and communicate their understanding of STEM concepts, connecting hands-on experiences with language through gesture.
STEM Charades: game to scale impact of Embodied Learning research
Evaluating the venture potential of a research-informed game for 3-12-year-olds.
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 for Teaching Innovation
As part of the AI adoption programme of work, and a partnership between the Edinburgh Futures Institute (EFI) and the Moray House School of Education and Sport, this project supports and enables creative teaching innovation through generative AI.