Project enigma3/14/2023 Prior to her PhD, she worked at Heriot-Watt University on the ESRC/EPSRC ECHOES technology-enhanced learning project, which created a touch-screen virtual environment for teaching social and communicative skills to young children with autism. Alyssa has specialised in designing and evaluating technologies to support and teach young children on the autism spectrum, with a particular focus on social communication. Her work investigated how novel and surprising computer game elements can motivate children with autism to initiate communication. She completed her PhD in human-computer interaction at the University of Edinburgh School of Informatics. Alcorn is a member of the Centre for Research in Autism and Education (CRAE) at the UCL Institute of Education, University College London. Together with her team at UCL IOE, she is responsible for designing, implementing and analysing the evaluation of the HRI system in London, testing whether it has a positive impact on autistic children’s behaviours, and whether this impact generalises to real-life interactions in the playground.Īlyssa M. She is also dedicated both to ensuring that the outcomes of her research are as influential as possible in education policy-making and to enhancing public understanding of autism, its challenges and opportunities. She is committed to understanding the distinctive opportunities and challenges faced by autistic children, young people and adults and tracing their impact on everyday life – at home, at school and out-and-about in the community. Liz Pellicano is Professor of Autism Education and Director of the Centre for Research in Autism and Education (CRAE) at the UCL Institute of Education, University College London.
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