Agreement for developing Norwegian language literacy game

Agreement signed to commercialize Norwegian GraphoGame

4/6/2019

The partnership was signed in Helsinki between Prof. Per Henning Uppstad (Reading Centre), Matyas Kolsofszki (Validé), Mervi Palander (Grapho Group) and Jesper Ryynänen (Grapho Group)

We are proud to announce that we have entered into an agreement with Validé and the Norwegian Reading Centre at the University of Stavanger to further develop and commercialize the Norwegian version of GraphoGame. GraphoGame Norsk, as it is called on application stores (Apple App Store & Google Play Store), was the result of a collaboration between the University of Jyväskylä and University of Stavanger for developing an adaptive digital reading intervention for Norwegian children.

“What separates GraphoGame from many other learning games is that it is "adaptive", that is, the game adjusts the difficulty based on how the player solves the tasks. In this way, the child will constantly have new challenges”

- Professor Per Henning Uppstad, Reading Centre (Lesensenteret)

Through a number of levels, the child progresses from letters & letter-sound, to short words and eventually longer words.

GraphoGame Norsk was part of the ”On Track” -research project funded by the Norwegian Research Council (FINNUT) aiming to promote research and innovation in education between 2014 and 2018. 1200 children from 17 Norwegian schools participated in the study. After the study GraphoGame Norsk was released as a free app within Norway on Google Play Store and Apple App Store.

As part of the agreement the Reading Centre shall continue research in the field of serious gaming in literacy, while the commercialization arm of University of Stavanger, Validé will work with the GraphoGame company to establish a local presence in Norway to maximise the educational value of the application to Norwegian students, teachers and parents.