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IoST project logoIoST An internet of Soft Things

ISRG are collaborating on the Internet of Soft Things project. The project asks how a radically connected world can be designed to benefit human wellbeing, and in particular, what types of experience will be enabled by smart textile interfaces as an important part of this vision of the future. (more)

EduRob project logoEduRob – Educational Robotics for Students with Learning Disabilities (Jan 2014 – Dec 2016)

Using an ethnographic approach the EduRob project aims to validate innovative – robotics based – teaching & learning strategies which enable diversification & personalisation of learning pathways & let our target groups reach learning goals normally out of their range by other methods. Education professionals working with the target group will be involved as core participants to define a pedagogy based on robotics. (more)

CodeRED project logoCodeRED – Co-Design to Re-Engage the Disengaged (Oct 2013 – Sept 2015)

High rates of early school leaving (ESL) are detrimental to making lifelong learning a reality and increase the risk of unemployment, poverty and social exclusion. ESL is over-represented among pupils with disabilities (61%), emotional/behavioural problems and migrants. Code RED has been developed in response to these high levels of early school leaving and drop-out and exclusion from education that often lead to unemployment, poverty and social deprivation. The project aims at working with these groups of students who are particularly at risk of exclusion from education or drop out. Therefore, the main aim of the project is to take actions towards addressing the high proportion of drop-out from i-VET (vocational and educational training). (more)

SGSCC project logoRISE – Refugee Interactive Skills for Employment (Jan 2012 – Dec 2014)

The RISE project will assist refugees to improve their employment skills. The four serious computer games and curriculum material will help to prepare jobseekers in six important areas: Language Skills, It Skills, Vocational Skills, Intercultural Communication, Services, and Rights & Responsibilities. This project is being developed with the help and experience of volunteer refugees for the use of refugees. (more)

SGSCC project logoSGSCC – Serious Games for  Social and Creativity Competence (Jan 2013 – Jun 2015)

The LLP EU Project “SGSCC” aims to develop educational computer games for adolescents/young adults with mild learning difficulties in order to increase their employability. Despite the importance of social competence (SC), its systematic use within school programmes and vocational training is under-developed. Analyses of training programmes for a variety of professions show a lack of modules addressing the development of this basic competence which is fundamental to both social integration and professional self-realisation. This project is dedicated to conceptualisation and development of social competence in terms of training related to adult education, school curricula and professional development. (more)

ViPi project logoVirtual Portal for Interaction and ICT Training for People with Disabilities (Jan 2011 – Dec 2013)

ViPi aims to support and facilitate the acquisition of basic ICT skills for  people with disabilities. The project aims to provide a “one-stop-shop” interactive portal & learning environment for ICT skills by delivering a  multilingual portal, including a social community, an online learning environment with accessible learning objects, and a full curriculum and framework for basic ICT skills training (more). There is a ViPi software repository page (here) where you can play online and/or download the latest ViPi game releases.

Recall project logoRecall (Nov 2009 – Oct 2012)

Research has shown that on leaving compulsory education, people with learning disabilities, who have previously been provided with transport to allow them to access community activity, suddenly become excluded from lifelong learning and community activity because of their lack of independent travel skills. Recall aims to combine location based services with games based learning to promote route learning by means of rehearsing, reflecting and reinforcing the routes. Initial development was carried out for the Android platform. The RECALL project has now been finalised including the release of all project reports and software. You can now download RouteMate – the route training software for Android devices and the console for desktop route creation from the main Recall site (here), or from the all new ISRG site for ongoing support for RouteMate users (here).

AEGIS – Open Accessibility Everywhere – Groundwork, Infrastructure, Standards (Sept 2010 – Aug 2012)

Interactive Systems at NTU is a test site for the many exciting assistive technology innovations being developed under the AEGIS project. We have been involved in testing real-time text and accessible contact managers for mobile phones, innovative assistive input technologies for phones and tablet PCs, and symbol systems to assist literacy for people with intellectual disability to name but a few. The AEGIS project seeks to determine whether 3rd generation access techniques will provide a more accessible, more exploitable and deeply embeddable approach in mainstream ICT (desktop, rich Internet and mobile applications). (more)

ETNA – European Thematic Network on Assistive Information Technologies

A European network of leading Institutions in assistive technology and e-accessibility. ETNA is an EU-wide network involving 23 leading Institutions in 13 Countries. Since 2011 it has been working to establish a web portal of ICT-based assistive technology products, accessibility solutions and related services. Visit the project website for further information (more).

Pause logoPause – Promoting Acceptance Using Simulated Environments (Oct 2010 – Sep 2012)

Pause aims to remove attitudinal and discriminatory barriers to employment for immigrants and refugees by the production of interactive 3D scenarios to demonstrate and address the key attitudinal barriers to employment. This will allow the target audience to overcome any issues by their own supported problem solving within the virtual scenarios. Stakeholders and user groups are being included in producing the narratives for the scenarios to ensure that the correct issues are being addressed and in a realistic way (more).  The games, interactive simulations, trainers’ manual and reports produced in the PAUSE project are available on the ISRG Pause page (more).

CLAHRC LogoCLAHRC Stroke Rehabilitation Project (2009 to 2011)

After stroke, a patient will typically need to do many repetitions of specific exercises over a short period of time in order to regain muscle definition and strength in their affected upper limb. In this project a system using a Wiimote camera and a bespoke ‘IR glove’ was developed to track a user’s hand and finger movements. These movemen