Dr Rhiannon Thomas is a Design Researcher at the BBC, based in the News, Sports & Core team.
Rhiannon worked on the Move2Learn project (2017-2022), initially based at the Institute of Education, UCL, latterly joining the Centre for Research in Digital Education as a postdoctoral researcher.
The Move2Learn project is an international collaboration between practitioners working in science museums/centres and learning scientists. The aim of the project is to investigate how the particular actions children engage in through science exhibits might shape and support their ideas and the communication of these ideas (through gesture). As well as how we can use embodied learning theory to better support early years science experiences. As the project approaches its end we are excited to share our findings and to translate these into practice both for museum educators, and for educators more broadly.