Futurelab - Resources - Publications, reports & articles

Adult Informal Learning

This project researches adult learners' needs and aspirations and the role of digital technologies in supporting these activities.

Adult Informal Learning report for educators (265kb pdf)
Adult Informal Learning policy recommendations report (81kb pdf)
Adult Informal Learning poster:
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Adventure Author

Adventure Author is a game-authoring tool designed to support interactive storytelling skills through the use of game technologies.
Adventure Author context paper (234kb pdf)

Astroversity

Astroversity is a multiplayer game that enables children to take on collaborative problem-solving roles in a scenario set in outer space.
Astroversity research report (642kb pdf)

Create-A-Scape

The Create-A-Scape website offers inspiration, free software and guides for teachers and pupils to start using mediascapes.
Create-A-Scape evaluation report (378kb pdf)

Debating the Evidence

The goal of Debating the Evidence is to create a safe environment that encourages students to critically evaluate and discuss scientific evidence.
Debating the Evidence research report (422kb pdf)

The Enquiring Minds guide gives a description of the project and its philosophy, as well as practical advice about how to use the approach in the classroom.
Enquiring Minds guide (2.8mb pdf)
Year 4 report (418kb pdf)

Fizzees

Fizzees (Physical Electronic Energisers) is a prototype project that enables young people to care for a 'digital pet' through their own physical actions.
Fizzees 'mini' report (291kb pdf)
Fizzees context paper (260kb pdf)

Fountaineers

Fountaineers is a prototype project which engages pupils and staff in a primary school as co-designers of an interactive and programmable water fountain.
Fountaineers case study (2) (867kb pdf)
Fountaineers case study (1) (1.3mb pdf)

Future Landscapes

Future Landscapes is an interoperable, responsive tool that allows young people to discuss and represent ideas about humans' influence on future landscapes.
Future Landscapes context paper (160kb pdf)
Future Landscapes research report (725kb pdf)

Games and Learning

The aim of this project is to stimulate discussion about using computer games for learning, and to identify challenges, opportunities and practical actions.

Games and Learning report for educators (268kb pdf)
Games and Learning policy recommendations report (91kb pdf)
Games and Learning survey analysis (344kb pdf)
Games and Learning poster:
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Innovations Workshops

The Futurelab Innovations Workshops bring experts together to investigate how new technologies can impact upon learning in 5, 10 and 15 years' time. A number of reports can be found in the Innovations Workshops outcomes section.

Iya-ola

Iya-ola is a collection of language learning games with a difference: the player can only progress through collaborating with a learner in a different country.
Iya-ola research report (149kb pdf)

Jungulator

Jungulator is a self-generative audio and video tool which allows students to input, manipulate and output self-generative audio and visual material in real-time.
Jungulator 'mini' report (227kb pdf)
Jungulator research report (780kb pdf)
Jungulator trials report (145kb pdf)

Language Train

The Language Train aims to create engaging tasks for students aged 5-11 to practice phoneme recognition, by modelling different versions of words in Spanish.
Language Train research report (156kb pdf)

Learning in Families

The aim of this project is to provide greater understanding of learning in families, and to explore the potential of digital technologies to support this learning.

Learning in Families educators report (368kb pdf)
Learning in Families policy recommendations report (91kb pdf)
Learning in Families poster:
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MediaStage

MediaStage is a fully immersive 3D production studio that puts control of scenery, props, actors, cameras and lights into the hands of learners.
MediaStage research report (118kb pdf)

MobiMissions

MobiMissions is a location-based, social, mobile phone experience for young people aged 16-18.
MobiMissions research report (922kb pdf)

Moovl

Moovl is an interactive unique online tool which allows children to create images that move according to the dynamics of a simple set of physics rules.
Moovl research report (3mb pdf)

Mudlarking in Deptford

Mudlarking in Deptford is a re-imagining of the traditional guided tour which empowers young people to engage creatively with the built environment.
Mudlarking in Deptford 'mini' report (280kb pdf)

Newtoon

Newtoon is a mobile phone and web activity which aims to embed physics learning in mobile gaming, enabling young people to author, play and share microgames.
Newtoon case study (632kb pdf)

Personalisation seminar series

This seminar series aimed to map out the contours of a future personalised approach to learning and to examine the potential applications of technology within this landscape.
Seminar 1 provocation paper (172kb pdf)
Seminar 1 report (265kb pdf)
Seminar 2 provocation paper (192kb pdf)
Seminar 2 report (182kb pdf)
Seminar 3 provocation paper (193kb pdf)
Seminar 3 report (195kb pdf)

Pleasurable Cities

The Pleasurable Cities project is an investigation into how everyday technologies might be used to create a dialogue between young people about their local community spaces.
Pleasurable Cities discussion paper (403kb pdf)

Power League

Power League is a web-based voting tool that can be used across the curriculum, acting as a stimulus for discussion by enabling users to create leagues based on collective votes.
Power League 'mini' report (200kb pdf)
Power League research report (772kb pdf)