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Biology, data science and the making of precision education

Generating insights into the ways biological and data sciences are becoming new sources of knowledge in technological societies.

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Centre for Early Mathematics Learning

Exploring the cognitive, emotional, social, and environmental factors influencing the development of children’s maths skills.

Practitioner networks and digital inclusion for higher education in sub-Saharan Africa

Creating practitioner networks and digital capacity building for universities in Sub-Saharan Africa

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Data Education in Schools

Developing data literacy and data citizenship skills to learners ages 3-18 years old

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Annual report 2024

Find out about our research community, projects, publications and work with the Edinburgh Futures Institute in 2023-2024

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MSc Digital Education

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How technology, culture, learning and policy intersect within research and practice in digital education.

Events

Simone Smala: Whispering to the Machine - Pedagogical Experiments in the Age of ChatGPT

3 Jun 2025

Seminar

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A hybrid event at which Dr Smala (University of Queensland) will discuss her research on teaching with generative AI.

Connected Learning in Contexts of Forced Displacement: Notes from the Field

10 Jun 2025

Seminar

Showcasing examples of connected learning in contexts of forced displacement. This is an online only event.

Ruha Benjamin: Who Owns the Future? Reimagining Education from Artificial Intelligence to Abundant Imagination

23 Jun 2025

Engagement

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The Stewart Alan Robertson Annual Lecture - in person and streaming, public and open to all.

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News

11 Apr 2025	Recording available: Killing Us Softly? The Four Futures of Digital Education	We are happy to announce the release of the recording of the seminar: Killing Us Softly? The Four Futures of Digital Education.
10 Apr 2025	Commonwealth Distance Learning Scholarships 2025	We are honoured to announce that the Digital Education MSc has been awarded Commonwealth Distance Learning Scholarships for eligible students starting in September 2025.
27 Mar 2025	IDC 2025 Workshop Grasping Data: Exploring interdisciplinary approaches for investigating children’s interactions with their personal data	The Grasping Data project team announce a Call for Participation in a hybrid workshop at the Interaction Design and Children (IDC) Conference 2025.
19 Mar 2025	BRAID-funded project and Unbelievably Creative AI show on STV News	During the February run of the Unbelievably Creative show at the Edinburgh Futures Institute, Professor Jen Ross spoke to STV News in a news story on how Scottish school pupils are learning about the potential and risks of AI.
19 Mar 2025	Connected in Learning in Refugee Contexts: An online event and a special issue	Learn more about an upcoming hybrid event on refugee education at Makerere University and a new special issue title Connected Learning in Contexts of Forced Displacement.
18 Mar 2025	Recording available: Who profits from academic content and why it matters	We are happy to announce the release of the recording of the seminar "Who profits from academic content and why it matters" (Dr Janja Komljenovic).

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The Centre for Research in Digital Education is based in the Moray House School of Education and Sport at the University of Edinburgh and the Edinburgh Futures Institute, and conducts research, knowledge exchange and consultancy in key areas including digital education pedagogy and policy, open education, children and technology, learning analytics and museum learning.

Engagement

We work with many partner universities as well as policymakers, the cultural heritage sector, schools and other public and private sector organisations. Our partners value us for our critical approach to learning, teaching and technology in formal and informal education, and for the ways in which we combine our research with world-leading practice in digital education.

Research across the Centre