Lena Pareto deltar i AIED konferensen 15th International Conference on Artificial Intelligence in Education, in Auckland, Nya Zeeland, och presenterar tillsammans med kollegorna Björn Sjödén, Betty Tärning samt Agneta Gulz från Lund Universitet följande artikel: Transferring Teaching to Testing – An Unexplored Aspect of Teachable Agents.

Tillsammans med kollegorna Annika Silvervarg från Linköping Universitet, Magnus Haake, Thomas Strandberg samt Agneta Gulz  från Lund Universitet presenterar Lena följande artikel: An Educational Math Game with a Teachable Agent and a Social Chat.

Med kollegorna Tobias Arvemo  från Högskolan Väst, Ylva Dahl från Uddevalla Skolor, Magnus Haake samt Agneta Gulz  från Lund Universitet, presenterar hon: A Teachable-Agent Arithmetic Game’s effects on Mathematics Understanding, Attitude and Self-Efficacy.

Till EDMEDIA-konferensen World Conference on Educational Multimedia, Hypermedia and Telecommunications in Lugano, Schweiz, presenterade Lena Pareto följande artikel 2004: The Squares Family: A Game and Story based Microworld for Understanding Arithmetic Concepts designed to attract girls (eftersom artikeln publiceras internationellt, är den på engelska.)
Abstrakt: To address the matter of children’s lacking understanding of arithmetic concepts, we have designed an educational environment, a microworld, which we believe stimulate self-regulation and reflective cognition. The microworld is based on an analogical, constructive representation, where mathematical objects and operations are translated into graphical objects and animations. The microworld contains a story, and combined card- and board games. The story is about the Squares Family. It has three purposes: to explain the graphical model; to introduce the games; and to give an understanding of the concepts involved. The purpose of the games is to allow children to use the graphical model and to practice important aspects of arithmetic. The games focus on concepts, not computations, and encourage own discoveries. The combination of a story-based microworld with games shows potential for providing an effective learning environment. The microworld is developed with user-centred design, and there is a prototype in Java. » Läs mer

Lena Magnusson, känd som Datahäxan på Rödberget, lanserar Rutiga Familjens webbsida (länken kan ta en stund att ladda).

Till EC-TEL konferensen 5th European Conference on Technology Enhanced Learning, i Barcelona, Spanien, publicerades följande artikel 2010: The Complexity of Integrating Technology Enhanced Learning in Special Math Education: a Case Study (eftersom artikeln publiceras internationellt, är den på engelska.)
Abstrakt: We present a study of integrating an educational game in special math education, to explore challenges faced during the process. The game promotes an unconventional approach supporting students having math difficulties, through visual representations, learn-by-exploration and learn-by-teaching models. Our conclusion is that integration in special education is more challenging than in the main stream counterpart, due to social vulnerability of the students, learning/teaching challenges in content, motivation and attitude, a non-typical learning situation, and the challenge of matching learning peers. » Läs mer

Artikeln ”Mathematical Literacy for Everyone using Arithmetic games” har publicerats i en internationell tidskrift om barns hälsa och utveckling: International Journal on Child Health and Human Development av Nova publisher

Pareto, L. (2014). Mathematical Literacy for Everyone using Arithmetic Games. In International Journal on Child Health and Human Development; Volume 7(4). Special issue: Virtual and Augmented Reality Environments for People with Special Needs. Editors: Orly Lahav, Paul Sharkey and Joav Merrick.

Lena Pareto besöker LearnIT konferensen Game in ´Action i Göteborg, där hon presenterar följande artikel. Utility Games: gaming as a design strategy to achieve utility effects.