London Knowledge Lab

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London Knowledge Lab was a research centre in Bloomsbury, London. It was founded in 2004 as a collaboration between the Institute of Education and Birkbeck, University of London.^[1] It was an interdisciplinary research centre, bringing together over 50 researchers from both social sciences and computer science backgrounds. The Institute of Education and Birkbeck announced the end of their collaboration in February 2016.^[2] Both institutions are continuing the work in their own separate Knowledge Lab research centres.^[3][4]

Key Information

Type	Learning with Digital Technologies research centre
Established	2004
Director	Richard Noss (UCL Institute of Education) and Alexandra Poulovassilis (Birkbeck)
Address	London Knowledge Lab, 23-29 Emerald Street, UK, WC1N 3QS , London , United Kingdom
Campus	Urban
Affiliations	University of London
Website	http://www.lkl.ac.uk/
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The London Knowledge Lab was mainly funded by £6 million grant from the Science Research Investment Fund. In addition, it ran over 120 research projects,^[5] funded by a variety of funding bodies, including EPSRC, ESRC, Jisc, and the EU, amongst others. The Technology Enhanced Learning research programme, a major UK educational research programme, was directed from the Knowledge Lab.^[6]

Research at London Knowledge Lab focused upon three themes:^[7]

• Automating support for learning, collaboration and knowledge building
• Understanding how digital technologies and media affect educational practice, work, culture and society
• Developing innovative methodologies for investigation of the use and effect of digital technologies

• London Knowledge Lab website
• TLRP-TEL website - the Teaching and Learning Research Programme Technology-Enhanced Learning phase is run from the London Knowledge Lab

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