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Find out about Move2Learn via project updates, events we have participated in, our research publications and the resources we have produced.

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“Designing‘ Embodied’ Science Learning Experiences for Young Children” awarded Best Paper at HCII2020 Conference

July 2020

Paper titled "Designing ‘Embodied’ Science Learning Experiences for Young Children," by Move2Learn team members Rhiannon Thomas Jha, Sara Price (University College London, United Kingdom), and Alison Motion (Learning Through Landscapes, United Kingdom), was given the Best Paper Award of the 7th International Conference on Learning and Collaboration Technologies, in Copenhagen, on 21 July, 2020.

Posted on : 30 July 2020

From Design to Difference: Increasing impact of your IDC Research

June 2020

This virtual workshop was led by M2L team members Andrew Manches, Alexia Revueltas Roux, Karen Davies, Sharon MacNab, Sara Price and Minna Orvokki Nygren. Workshop goals included: increased awareness of diverse ways IDC research can have impact; increased critical understanding of challenges to building/sustaining impact; and critical reflection ways to increase impact of participants' research.

Posted on : 29 June 2020

AERA 2020 virtual poster presentation by M2L Team members Manches, Lindgren and Ghazali-Mohammed

April 2020

Video Analysis to Real-Time Observation of Adult-Child Interaction: The Challenge of Translation was presented in a virtual conference room at the American Educational Research Association (AERA) 2020 virtual conference.

Posted on : 26 June 2020

Move2Learn UK team awarded ScotPEN Wellcome Engagement Award to expand research

June 2020

In order to expand the Move2Learn research, the project's UK leadership team applied for and received an award from the Wellcome Trust, titled Move2Learn4Teachers.

Posted on : 24 June 2020

Article published!

April 2020

Manches, A, McKenna, P, Rajendran, G & Robertson, J 2020, 'Identifying embodied metaphors for computing education', Computers in Human Behavior, vol. 105, 105859, pp. 1-11. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chb.2018.12.037

Posted on : 9 April 2020

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Sharing the life of a learning scientist with primary school children

March 2020

Andrew Manches and Alexia Revueltas Roux visit a local primary school to talk about their work.

Posted on : 31 March 2020

February 2020

Move2Learn project research findings

Posted on : 13 February 2020

Cautious Collaboration to perfect partnership: An account of successful stakeholder academic engagement between University of Edinburgh and Glasgow Science Centre

January 2020

Dr Zayba Ghazali-Mohammed, University of Edinburgh, and Susan Meikleham, Glasgow Science Centre presented insights gained from their Move2Learn researcher - practitioner collaboration.

Posted on : 6 February 2020

Perfecting the balance: a physical-digital science exhibit

January 2020

On Monday 27th January, Andrew Manches and Claire Sowton (UoE) Sharon Macnab and Graham Rose from Glasgow Science Centre (GSC) were joined by Craig from PixelStag to test and discuss progress of the physical-digital exhibit designed through the Wellcome-Trust funded Children & Technology project ‘Co-creation of an embodied learning technology’ project.

Posted on : 6 February 2020

Embodied Thinkers (in early science) at the Royal Society of Edinburgh

August 2019

On Friday 23rd August Andrew Manches, Claire Sowton and Alexia Revueltas Roux, together with Steven Dakers (performance artist), participated in the ‘Curious’ Summer events programme organised by the Royal Society of Edinburgh.

Posted on : 2 September 2019