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Supporting children growing up in a digital world. Find out more at digitalchild.org.au

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Digital Child @digitalchildau.bsky.social · 4h
💬 “The overarching implication arising from the project is the need to move beyond simplistic, isolated, or single-factor approaches to understanding and intervening in digital technology and mental health.” 🔗 Read the report: apo.org.au/node/336109
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Digital technology experiences of children and young people
This report explores how children and young people aged 5 to 25 in Australia use digital technology and how it may affect their mental health and wellbeing. The overarching implication is the need to ...
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Digital Child @digitalchildau.bsky.social · 4h
The report explores the complex relationship between digital technology and the mental health and wellbeing of children and young people in Australia, highlighting the importance of moving beyond screen time alone.
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Digital Child @digitalchildau.bsky.social · 4h
Congratulations to Digital Child member Dr Sharon Horwood from our Deakin University Node, who contributed as a Co-Investigator to the new report Digital technology experiences of children and young people.
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Digital Child @digitalchildau.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
The recognition acknowledges translation work undertaken with Professor Grace Sarra through the Digital Child Centre, including the development of the BRIDGE framework and new approaches to embedding Indigenous perspectives in mathematics. A fantastic and well-deserved achievement. 👏
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Digital Child @digitalchildau.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Congratulations to Huayu Vicky Punter on being recognised as an Associate Fellow (Indigenous Perspectives and Knowledges) of the Higher Education Academy (AFHEA – Indigenous Knowledges). 🎉
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Digital Child @digitalchildau.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Hear from Dr Kyla Smith, Dr Andrew Leech and Nicole Pates as they share evidence-based insights and everyday strategies to help children thrive both online and offline. 📅 28 October 2026 ⏰ 5:30pm–7:00pm AWST 📍 ECU City Campus, Perth 🎟️ Limited spots available: events.humanitix.com/growing-inde...
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Growing Independence in a Digital World: Supporting Children's Health, Wellbeing and Autonomy
Join us for an engaging panel discussion featuring health professionals, as we explore what it means to help children thrive in the digital age.
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Digital Child @digitalchildau.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
📱🌱 How can we help children grow into confident and healthy digital citizens? Join us for Growing Independence in a Digital World, a panel discussion bringing together trusted experts and parents to explore practical ways to support children's wellbeing and independence in digital world.
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Digital Child @digitalchildau.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
'Digital Well-Being': a Dream or a Crisis? Together, presenters will explore what digital well-being means in practice, and what “the good life” looks like in a digital age. 📅 Monday 26 October 2026 🕠 5:30–7:30pm 📍 ACMI, Mel + available online 🎟️Register here: events.humanitix.com/digital-well...
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Digital Child @digitalchildau.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Their achievements highlight the important role of research communication in bringing evidence-informed insights on children and digital technologies to wider audiences and public debate. 📸 Photo credit: Kylie Plunkett
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Digital Child @digitalchildau.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Dr Woodley was recognised as Most Prolific Author in The Conversation 2025, while Professor Archer received the Best in Broadcast 2025 award for her outstanding contributions to public engagement.
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Digital Child @digitalchildau.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
🎉 Celebrating Excellence in Research Communication! Congratulations to our members Professor Dr Catherine Archer, FCPRA and Dr Giselle Woodley on their recent media engagement awards from Edith Cowan University.
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Digital Child @digitalchildau.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Their work explores how educators, schools and policymakers navigate the rapidly growing EdTech market, and why robust, evidence-informed approaches to evaluating digital and AI-enabled tools are essential for supporting better learning outcomes. Read the report here: www.unicef.org/digitaleduca...
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Digital Child @digitalchildau.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
We're also proud to see contributions from ARC Centre of Excellence for the Digital Child members Julian Sefton-Green, Andy (Xinyu) Zhao, Chris Zomer, and Melissa De la Cruz, who authored a think piece titled “Curated EdTech Repositories: Towards a Global Mapping.”
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Digital Child @digitalchildau.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
📢 New report from UNICEF Education and Global EdTech Hub, Shaping the Future of Digital Education: A Global Conversation on How to Move Beyond Digital as Usual, is out now!
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Digital Child @digitalchildau.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Together, we'll explore how children and young people can participate safely, confidently and meaningfully in an increasingly digital world. 📅 4 November 2026 📍 The Forest, University of Tasmania, Hobart 🎟️ Register here: events.humanitix.com/digital-child #DigitalChild #DigitalInclusion #Tasmania
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The Digital Child in Tasmania
A Tasmanian event exploring digital inclusion, literacy and safety for children and young people, bringing together researchers, policymakers and communities.
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Digital Child @digitalchildau.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Bringing together children and young people, educators, researchers, community organisations and policymakers, this event will explore the opportunities and challenges shaping children's digital lives, with a focus on digital inclusion and literacy.
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The Digital Child in Tasmania
A Tasmanian event exploring digital inclusion, literacy and safety for children and young people, bringing together researchers, policymakers and communities.
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Digital Child @digitalchildau.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
How can we create a more inclusive digital future for Tasmania's children and young people? Join us for The Digital Child in Tasmania, a free event presented in partnership by Digital Child, the University of Tasmania's Peter Underwood Centre, and the Alannah & Madeline Foundation.
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Digital Child @digitalchildau.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Prepared by Professor Tama Leaver and Dr Suzanne Srdarov on behalf of the ARC Centre of Excellence for the Digital Child. Read the submission and our recommendations for a more sustainable and child-centred digital future. (Link on the first comment) digitalchild.org.au/research/pub...
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Submission to Senate Inquiry into AI and Data Centres - Digital Child
Decisions made about data centres today will have a lasting impact on children and young people.
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Digital Child @digitalchildau.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Our latest submission to the Senate Inquiry into Artificial Intelligence and Data Centres calls for sustainable, community-centred approaches to data centre development, including safeguards that consider children's wellbeing and local impacts.
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Digital Child @digitalchildau.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
What do data centres have to do with children? Quite a lot. The infrastructure powering AI has real-world impacts on communities, resources, and the environments where children live, learn, and play.
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Digital Child @digitalchildau.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
We were proud to be part of the Children’s Fun Day hosted by Children's Rights Queensland as part of Queensland Child Protection Week. We loved sharing our parent and carer resources, child-authored storybooks, and interactive digital play activities with local children and families. 💙
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Digital Child @digitalchildau.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Prepared by our members Professor Tama Leaver, Dr Suzanne Srdarov and Dr Rachel Berryman, the submission draws on the expertise of our multidisciplinary research community to inform evidence-based AI policy in Australia. digitalchild.org.au/research/pub...
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Digital Child @digitalchildau.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
🔹 Safe and supervised use of GenAI by young children 🔹 Stronger digital literacy education about AI companions and chatbots 🔹 Clear and accessible reporting mechanisms for harmful AI interactions 🔹 Greater safeguards to protect children and young people from emerging AI-related risks
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Digital Child @digitalchildau.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Researchers from the centre have contributed a submission to the Australian Parliament’s Joint Select Committee on Artificial Intelligence, outlining key recommendations to help ensure AI policy and governance work in the best interests of children and young people.
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Digital Child @digitalchildau.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
As AI becomes part of children’s everyday lives, their rights, safety and wellbeing must remain a priority.
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Digital Child @digitalchildau.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Congratulations, Cassie, on this well-deserved recognition and on leading research that is making a real difference in the lives of children and families. 👏✨ Learn more here: ➡️ vimeo.com/1223550297?f... ➡️ research-support.uq.edu.au/uq-research-...
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Dr Cassandra Pattinson | UQ Foundation Research Excellence Award
This is "Dr Cassandra Pattinson | UQ Foundation Research Excellence Award" by The University of Queensland on Vimeo, the home for high quality videos and the people who love them.
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Digital Child @digitalchildau.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Sleep is one of the foundations of children's health and wellbeing, yet today's children are growing up in environments unlike any generation before them. As Cassie explains: "We think that children today are actually growing up in different light environments than ever before."
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Digital Child @digitalchildau.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
🌟 Congratulations to our member, Dr Cassandra Pattinson, on receiving a UQ Foundation Research Excellence Award for her project, From evidence to community: Co-designing child, family, and community sleep resources for Logan and beyond.
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Digital Child @digitalchildau.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Because making informed decisions about children's digital technologies means looking beyond what's on the screen. 📊 Start exploring the database: digitalchild.org.au/know-your-ed...
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Home - Know Your EdTech
Read more about our research
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Digital Child @digitalchildau.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Explore the often-hidden side of edtech, including: 🔍 Privacy and data-sharing practices 💰 Investors and funding relationships 🏢 Company ownership 📱 In-app purchases and product features
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Digital Child @digitalchildau.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Created by researchers from the ARC Centre of Excellence for the Digital Child, the Know Your EdTech database brings together information on 200+ apps and edtech solutions used by families and early childhood centres across Australia.
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Digital Child @digitalchildau.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
🚀 New Database Launch: Know Your EdTech What's really behind the educational apps children use every day?
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Digital Child @digitalchildau.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
From digital literacy and wellbeing to safer edtech and evidence-informed decision-making, this statement outlines a better path forward for children and young people's learning. 🔗 Read the open letter: digitalchild.org.au/research/pub...
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Open Letter - Position on Screen Time in Schools - Digital Child
we call for decisions about screen use in schools to be guided by current robust empirical evidence about effective uses of screens for learning
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Digital Child @digitalchildau.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
🚨 Our researchers are calling for action. More than 85 researchers, organisations and experts have signed a new open letter urging policymakers to move beyond the screen time debate and focus on what really matters: the quality of screen use in schools.
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Digital Child @digitalchildau.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
📍 QUT Kelvin Grove, Brisbane 📅 Thursday, 24 September, 2026 🎟️ Limited places available: events.humanitix.com/digital-stor... Book today! #DigitalChild #CreativeTechnology #DigitalStorytelling #STEMEducation #QUT
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Look Closer - Create with iPad
Explore, photograph, draw and create with iPad in this playful hands-on experience designed to spark curiosity, creativity and new ways of noticing the world.
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Digital Child @digitalchildau.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
What happens when curiosity meets creativity? 🎨📸🔍 Join us for Look Closer: Create with iPad and discover how technology can support exploration, imagination, and connection. Children and their grown-ups will use iPad to photograph, draw, create, and tell stories inspired by the world around them.
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Digital Child @digitalchildau.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Who is responsible for ethical technology use: individuals, or the systems, institutions and companies that shape our digital lives? This article explores power, platformisation, AI, governance and what might be missing from today's digital literacy debates.
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DigComp 3.0: Another (EU) Framework Is Out - Digital Child
Denmark’s official school-home communication app may look like a practical tool, but it quietly transforms how care is performed.
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Digital Child @digitalchildau.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
In this new International Perspectives blog, Associate Professor Juliana Elisa Raffaghelli, from the University of Padua (Italy), reflects on the release of DigComp 3.0, the European Union's latest digital competence framework, and asks a deeper question:
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Digital Child @digitalchildau.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
🤔 Are digital competence frameworks helping us understand technology... or shaping how we think about it?
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Digital Child @digitalchildau.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
💻 Also available online via Zoom 🎟️ Register here: events.humanitix.com/digital-well... Presented by the ARC Centre of Excellence for the Digital Child.
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'Digital Well-Being': a Dream or a Crisis?
What does digital well-being mean in a connected world? Explore youth, technology, mental health, education and the search for a good digital life.
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Digital Child @digitalchildau.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Together, we'll explore what digital well-being means for children, young people, families and society, and what "the good life" looks like in a digital age. 📅 Monday 26 October 2026 🕠 5:30pm - 7:30pm AEDT 📍 ACMI, Melbourne
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'Digital Well-Being': a Dream or a Crisis?
What does digital well-being mean in a connected world? Explore youth, technology, mental health, education and the search for a good digital life.
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Digital Child @digitalchildau.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Is digital well-being something we can achieve, or are we already living through a crisis? From social media and screen time to online safety, education and mental health, digital technologies shape almost every aspect of our lives.
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Digital Child @digitalchildau.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Whether you're a parent, caregiver, educator or simply interested in children's wellbeing, this conversation is for you.
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Digital Child @digitalchildau.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
📅 28 October 2026 ⏰ 5:30pm to 7:00pm AWST 📍 ECU City Campus, Perth 🎟️Limited spots: events.humanitix.com/growing-inde...
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Growing Independence in a Digital World: Supporting Children's Health, Wellbeing and Autonomy
Join us for an engaging panel discussion featuring health professionals, as we explore what it means to help children thrive in the digital age.
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Digital Child @digitalchildau.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Hear from experienced health professionals, parents and advocates as they share practical, evidence-based strategies to help children build confidence, healthy habits and the skills they need to thrive online and offline.
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Growing Independence in a Digital World: Supporting Children's Health, Wellbeing and Autonomy
Join us for an engaging panel discussion featuring health professionals, as we explore what it means to help children thrive in the digital age.
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Digital Child @digitalchildau.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
📱👧👦 Raising kids in a digital world doesn't come with a manual... but we're here to help! Join us for Growing Independence in a Digital World, an engaging panel discussion exploring how we can support children's health, wellbeing, relationships and independence.
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Digital Child @digitalchildau.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
The findings call for a shift from deficit-based recordkeeping towards rights-based digital storying that centres children’s voices and experiences. 📖 Read the working paper: digitalchild.org.au/wp-content/u...
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Digital Child @digitalchildau.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
The ‘I Am Me’ Project explores the potential of a digital backpack, a portable, lifelong record designed to help children maintain connections to their identity, family relationships, culture, and educational journey through placement transitions.
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Digital Child @digitalchildau.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
📢 New Working Paper How can digital recordkeeping better support children in out-of-home care?
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Digital Child @digitalchildau.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Together, they unpack the opportunities, challenges and future of AI in our everyday lives and classrooms. 👉 Listen here: open.spotify.com/episode/1XdU... #ScienceWeek #AIUncovered
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What's Up with AI?
Automated Societies · Episode
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