Dear all,
Please take note of our next seminar on 12th June.
Designing an engaging, multi-lingual, personalised and adaptive
reading game for children
Speakers: Laura Benton, UCL Knowledge Lab and Drew Wilkins, Fish in a Bottle
Date: Tue 12 June, 2018 12:30-1:30 PM followed by coffee/tea until 2pm
Location: UCL Knowledge Lab, 23-29 Emerald St, London WC1N 3QS
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Recent years have seen a growth in the learning games market,
projected to reach $4.8M within the next two years. The inclusion of
games within formal education is becoming commonplace, with many games
prioritising the teaching of curriculum subjects such as literacy and
numeracy. However, many existing learning games reflect the challenges
designers face in effectively marrying both good game design and
pedagogy. This talk presents an approach to the design of a reading
game (Navi Go) aimed at primary school pupils.
The Navi Go game forms part of the iRead Project which is focused on
developing personalised learning technologies for young novice readers
across four languages as well as older readers with dyslexia or
learning English as a foreign language. Dr Laura Benton (UCL Knowledge
Lab) and Drew Wilkins (Fish in a Bottle) discuss the different
pedagogical, interaction and technical design challenges faced in
developing such a large-scale complex learning game, sharing the
strategies that were devised to address each of these challenges.
About the speakers
Laura Benton is a Research Associate at the UCL Knowledge Lab. She has
a background in human-computer interaction and is currently a
full-time researcher on the EU-funded iRead project.
Drew Wilkins is a BAFTA award winning game designer and founder of and
Head of Educational Content at Fish in a Bottle, an award winning
independent digital production studio. Fish in a Bottle develop games,
apps and websites for a wide range of clients including the Museum of
London, the Royal Academy of Arts, Disney, Nickelodeon and the BBC.
Please direct any queries about the UCL KL Seminar Series to Laura
Benton (l.benton@ucl.ac.uk) or Michelle Cannon (m.cannon@ucl.ac.uk).
