[job opportunity - multimodal learning]

Research Fellow in Educational Design and Evaluation (0.5fte), London Knowledge Lab, Faculty of Culture and Pedagogy Salary in the range £28,290 – £30,013 per annum, pro rata

plus pro rata of £2,323 London Allowance

Fixed term for three years.

The London Knowledge Lab invites applications for a Research Fellow to work on the design and evaluation of a technology enhanced multimodal learning environment designed to scaffold children’s social interaction and communication skills.

The TLRP TEL funded project “ECHOES II: Improving Children’s Social Interaction through Exploratory Learning in a Multimodal Environment” involves partners from the University of Edinburgh, Sussex University, University of Strathclyde, University of Birmingham, Dundee University, and University of Wales Institute Cardiff, and the position will involve collaboration with all project partners and associated research fellows.

You will collaborate in the design of the ECHOES II environment with other researchers, focusing particularly on the design and testing of the learning activities and the evaluation of the educational impact of the environment.

A Masters or a PhD in Educational Evaluation, Educational or Developmental Psychology, Cognitive Science, or a related discipline or equivalent experience is essential, as are knowledge of empirical design methods, ability to organise and run studies involving children, parents and professionals and ability to analyse and report the results of the studies up to international research standards.Enquiries should be addressed to Dr. Kaska Porayska-Pomsta (K.Porayska-Pomsta@ioe.ac.uk).

This appointment will be subject to an enhanced CRB Disclosure.

Reference: 7AC-CPLKL-4664

Closing date:22^nd August 2008

To apply online please visit http://jobs.ioe.ac.uk or tel 020 7612 6159

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