Team: Dr Kaska Porayska-Pomsta, Dr Annalu Waller, Dr Helen Pain, Dr Judith Good, Professor Oliver Lemon, Miss Wendy Keay-Bright
The EChoeS project aimed 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 sought to determine the appropriate scope of the research, the resources required, and the expertise necessary to conduct the investigation. It focused 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:
- Providing children with an opportunity to explore issues arising during language use in social interactions
- 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.
Publications
Porayska-Pomsta, K. (2007). Exploring e-Learning and Communication Tools for Improving Children’s Language Usage in Social Interactions: EChoeS: Plain English Summary (Research summary) ESRC End of Award Report, RES-139-25-0322-A. Swindon: ESRC
Porayska-Pomsta, K. (2007). Exploring e-Learning and Communication Tools for Improving Children’s Language Usage in Social Interactions: EChoeS: Full Research Report ESRC End of Award Report, RES-139-25-0322-A. Swindon: ESRC
Porayska-Pomsta, K. (2007). Exploring e-Learning and Communication Tools for Improving Children’s Language Usage in Social Interactions: EChoeS: Non-Technical Summary (Research summary) ESRC End of Award Report, RES-139-25-0322-A. Swindon: ESRC
Smith, T. and Lemon, O. (2007) Technology review : output 2.
Pain, H., Lemon, O., Waller, A., Good, J., Keay-Bright, W. and Porayska-Pomsta, K. (2007) Annex to the report.
Porayska-Pomsta, K., Lemon, O., Keay-Bright, W., Pain, H., Smith, T., Waller, A., Rebolledo-Mendez, G., Guldberg, K., Good, J. and Rejendran, T. (2007) ECHOES 2 Proposal.
