Gaming Privacy

• Project Members: Kate Raynes-Goldie, David Fono, Jason Nolan,
• Funding: $50,000 Office of the privacy commissioner of Canada
• Timeline: August 2011-March 31 2012
• Description: Gaming Privacy is a Canadian game development and research project aimed at creating a privacy literacy game created with children, for children. http://gamingprivacy.org/about/

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Sensory Play Studio

• Project Members: Jason Nolan (PI), Alex Bal (co-PI), Alison Gaston, Vlad Cazan
• Funding: GRAND NCE $11800; EDGE CFI/MRI in kind
• Timeline: 2010-
• Description: The purpose of the studio is to research the creation of sensory play tools for young children, with a particular focus on sensory integration disorders. The studio is being constructed in the Rogers Communication Centre. Our goal is to prototype the design of sensory play tools and teach others how to create them at home. The work will build upon the research project “The Impact of Snoezelen in Pediatric Complex Cont. Care” by Dr. Koller and Nolan at Bloorview that is testing the efficacy of sensory play spaces. After the inital prototype is complete, we will apply for ethical approval to invite ELC children to explore the sensory place space.

GimpGirl Community

• Project Members: Jennifer Cole (Dir.), Lucy MacDonald, Alejandra Ospina
• Funding: EDGE CFI/MRI in kind
• Timeline: 2010-
• Description: http://gimpgirl.com

Gone Gitmo

• Project Lead: Nonny de la Peña, Peggy Weil
• Funding: EDGE CFI/MRI in kind
• Timeline: 2011-
• Description: http://gonegitmo.blogspot.com/

Voices of Digital Natives: informal learning and sociable media in child and youth cultures.

• Project Members: Jason Nolan (PI), Alex Bal (CO-PI), Yukari Seko, Noah Keneally, Alison Gaston
• Funding: SSHRC $142,500 ; EDGE CFI/MRI in kind
• Timeline: 2010-2013
• Description: As more and more children are growing up with digital media, it is becoming increasingly important to study how they use these technologies in their everyday life online. While existing studies by educators and social scientists tend to share alarmist rhetoric, little has yet been written about how young users (from 3 1/2 to 8) are using digital media in their everyday life. In this research we employ ethnographic and participatory approach and ask young media users to take us into their media space, show us how they play, study, share and socialize within and through the
  media. By observing children’s use of media in situ, we expect to better understand the life of so-called “digital natives,” raising important questions about how digital media provide these children with potential for informal learning
  outside official and institutional settings.Our long-term research objective is to interview the same group of children on a yearly basis in order to be able to document and start tracking how the use of digital media changes over time. Our current project is funded for three years but we hope to secure funding for a longitudinal study of 15 years.

Privacy and Autonomy

• Project Members: Jason Nolan, Kate Raynes-Goldie, Melanie McBride
• Funding: GRAND NCE $6000; EDGE CFI/MRI in kind
• Timeline: 2010-
• Description:

The Impact of Snoezelen in Pediatric Complex Cont. Care

• Project Members: Donna Koller, Jason Nolan
• Funding: FCS/SEED $5000; EDGE CFI/MRI in kind
• Timeline: 2011
• Description:

A first look at Outdoor Play in Canadian early childhood ed. settings

• Project Members: Jason Nolan (PI), Sally Kotsopolous, Alison Gaston
• Funding:FCS SEED $5000; EDGE CFI/MRI in kind
• Timeline: 2011
• Description:

Adaptive Design for Young Children with Disabilities

• Project Members: Jason Nolan, Alison Gaston, Noah Keneally, Vlad Cazan
• Funding: ECE SRC $750 ; EDGE CFI/MRI in kind
• Timeline: 2010-
• Description:
• Project Alumni: Amanda Clugston, Sarah Tan, Tonja Armstrong-Macinnis, Ourania Xanthopoulos

Digital Narrative and Nutrition

• Project Members: Jacqui Gingras, Jason Nolan, Alex Bal
• Funding: LTEF $15,000; EDGE CFI/MRI in kind
• Timeline: 2011
• Description:

Television programming as explicit learning environments

• Project Members:Alison Harvey, Jennifer Jenson, Jason Nolan, Eric Sorenson (Henning Software Solutions)
• Funding: MITACS $20,000; EDGE CFI/MRI in kind
• Timeline: 2011
• Description:

DocSHIFT Institute

• Project Members: Richard Lachman
• Funding: Bell Broadcast and New Media Fund, the OCE Interact program, and the Ryerson New Faculty SRC Development Fund; EDGE CFI/MRI in kind
• Timeline: 2011
• Description: EDGE Lab and documentary production company Kensington Communications are working with the Royal Ontario Museum to explore methods of using documentary content and augmented reality/location-aware media in museums. EDGE Lab is also partnered with the National Film Board, the Canadian Film Centre, HotDocs and DocToronto to run the DocSHIFT Institute, a three-month mentorship program to develop innovative digital media documentary works.  The program is supported by the OMDC Creative Clusters Fund.

Out from Under: a virtual learning environment

• Project Members: Melanie Pantich (PI),
• Funding: LTEF $14,500; EDGE CFI/MRI in kind
• Timeline: 2011-
• Description: http://www.ofu.ryerson.ca/

Canadian Association of Inclusive Educators

• Project Members: Gary Bunch, Kevin Finnegan
• Funding: LTEF $14,500; EDGE CFI/MRI in kind
• Timeline: 2011-
• Description: caie has the objective of supporting inclusion of learners experiencing disabilities in the regular classrooms of community schools. We provide professional development support in various forms to teachers and other educators. We believe that every learner has the right to learn in the company of other children in the community. We know that regular class teachers can contribute to inclusion through their work in their classrooms. We also know that it is only the regular class teacher, supported by special education teachers and other team members, who can create a sense of belonging in all students. http://caie.info/