I recently chatted with @prisblossom.bsky.social about AI toys, all the things we don't yet know about them, and @drjennyg.bsky.social & my research on their impacts in the early years. Read our conversation here. π
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PEDAL's @ejgoodacre.bsky.social, Laura Oxley, Zhiyu Zhao, Rebecca Reid, Alejandra Vijil Morin & @paulramchandani.bsky.social have published a paper in the International Journal of Play exploring innovative methods to centre children in research:
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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Innovative methods to centre children in research: celebrating 10 years of play with the PEDAL Research Centre
Centring children in play research is fundamental for both children and researchers. It also offers the opportunity to gain important insights that would otherwise remain hidden from view for other...
New publication celebrating 10 years of @pedalcam.bsky.social! π
Featuring reflections from our first decade, including...
π¨οΈ children's self-reported playfulness
π€ children as advisors on research
πΉ child-driven creative methods
π Open access: doi.org/10.1080/2159...
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More about @drjennyg.bsky.social and @ejgoodacre.bsky.social's research on AI toys and children's development here: content.educ.cam.ac.uk/content/new-...
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We need your help! Please click the link below for more info and share with your networks - thank you!
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We're looking for early years practitioners to help us learn about AI toys in early years settings. No experience of AI is required, and all views are welcome.
Please repost, share with early years practitioners, and/or sign up for more details here: cambridge.eu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...
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Check out the recordings from #PEDALConference2025, including me presenting preliminary results from our scoping review on generative AI toys ππ
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Well deserved! ππ
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Supporting Learning Through Play - PEDAL
A Play Commission Submission by Dr Soizic Le Courtois, Manogya Sahay and Qiming Liu
Now that the final Play Commission report has been published (see link in our bio and our previous post), we wanted to re-share the submission that PEDAL's Dr Soizic Le Courtois and Manogya Sahay worked on with PhD student Qiming Liu:
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A fitting way to travel to yesterday's thought-provoking workshop on playful and ethical AI for children at #IDC2025
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Enjoyed sharing preliminary results from our AI in the Early Years research last week alongside Prof Rosie Flewitt and Prof Hatice Gunes at #PEDALConference2025!
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COS Statement on βRestoring Gold Standard Scienceβ Executive Order
The Executive Order issued on May 23, 2025, Restoring Gold Standard Science, references several open science practices championed by COS and the open science and metascience communities more generally...
π COS statement on the "Restoring Gold Standard Science" Executive Order
The EO names important open science principles, but their application here is counter to open science's purpose to accelerate discovery, advance treatments, & create knowledge.
π Read our statement: www.cos.io/about/news/c...
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Do you work with or volunteer with children under five? Please complete this survey about AI in the early years and/or share with your networks.
cambridge.eu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...
Thanks so much!
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We want to understand more about how to make artificial intelligence safe for young children and understand its potential for improving children's lives and opportunities π€
cambridge.eu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...
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Early Years and AI
A survey about AI for those working with under 5s
Survey on AI in the early years (for anyone whose work directly or indirectly impacts children aged 0-5): cambridge.eu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...
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More details on our new AI toys research, plus an opportunity for early years professionals to tell us what you think of AI for young children π
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Autistic comic book fans asked to help Cambridge University study
The Collaboration For Comics And Autism study has been organised by University of Cambridge experts.
I'm excited that our new project about #autism and #comics got reported by the BBC!
If you're autistic and into comics, #manga or graphic novels please check it out - there's a link in the article to a research survey.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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