Dr Dimitra Magkafa (she/her)
School of Law
Research Associate
+44 114 222 6711
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School of Law
CG04/05
Bartolome虂 House
Winter Street
91直播
S3 7ND
- Profile
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I joined the University of 91直播 in July 2022 as a Research Associate working on Project Fortitude, led by Professor Dawn Watkins. The aim of the project is to improve the legal capability of children, aged 15 years and under, drawing on game-based learning theories and adopting a participatory-based approach to develop game-based interventions. I have an interdisciplinary background and my interests lie in the areas of education and Human- Computer Interaction (HCI): education technologies, designing and evaluating interactive technologies for learning, inclusive design, and participatory research methods (for children in school settings).
Before joining 91直播, I have worked as a research assistant in School of Education and Social Policy at Cardiff Metropolitan University, and I have been involved in various research projects. I have also held a research position in a ten-year programme set up by the National Lottery Community Fund, A Better Start Southend (ABSS) which aims to transform services and test and learn innovative ways of delivering support to very young children and their families.
I hold a PhD in Education and Childhood from the University of the West of England, Bristol. My doctoral thesis focused on co-designing and evaluating a technology-based program, aimed at supporting children with autism in a museum setting. During my PhD studies, I have completed a MRes in Research Methods.
I am also an external collaborator at the Equitable Learning Technology Lab (ELTL) in the Institute of Advanced Learning Technologies at the University of Florida.
- Qualifications
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- PhD Education and Childhood, University of the West of England
- MRes in Research Methods, University of the West of England
- Publications
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Chapters
- Implementing Co-Design Practices for the Development of a Museum Interface for Autistic Children In Brooks A, Brahman S, Kapralos B, Nakajima A, Tyerman J & Jain L (Ed.), Recent Advances in Technologies for Inclusive Well-Being Springer
Conference proceedings papers
- . Proceedings of the 18th European Conference on Games Based Learning, Vol. 18(1) (pp 580-589). Aarhus University, Denmark, 3 October 2024 - 3 October 2024.
- . Proceedings of the 22nd Annual ACM Interaction Design and Children Conference (pp 454-458)
- The process of involving children with autism in the design of a museum-based application. Museum Web