Brili, gamification of children's routines, targeted at learning disabilities

[Harnum, Alan]

Found via this article: https://www.thememo.com/2018/02/09/autism-apps-adhd-kids-apps-brili-app-technology-for-good/, with a somewhat more detailed article at https://betakit.com/tech-for-good-brili-applies-enterprise-tech-to-child-psychology/

Site is here: https://brili.com/

Aspects of interest for a number of projects the IDRC is working on in particular (MyL3, SJRK).

Positive impression: the child of the founder is credited as the “Product Testing Lead” (https://brili.com/team/); I think that’s pretty cool from a co-design perspective

Negative impression – big data surveillance culture seems kinda embedded in the product (I believe this quite common with these kinds of parental apps), conflation of parental oversight with big-data analysis: “What’s great is that kids get to take ownership of the app, responding to prompts when they need to commit to eating breakfast, or doing chores, and benefitting at the end when excess minutes are added on to the free time… What’s more, the platform also uses IBM’s Cloud to let parents see their kids activity in real-time, empowering parents to feel a greater sense of patience and control around their child’s progress.”

ALAN HARNUM
SENIOR INCLUSIVE DEVELOPER
INCLUSIVE DESIGN RESEARCH CENTRE, OCAD UNIVERSITY

E aharnum at ocadu.ca<mailto:aharnum at ocadu.ca>
OCAD UNIVERSITY
100 McCaul Street, Toronto, Canada, M5T 1W1
www.ocadu.ca<http://ocadu.ca/>

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