Dr Alice Dias Lopes
Lecturer in Data and Education
Children, Interaction, and Design networking event
Workshop
Are you a researcher, practitioner, or industry member working or interested in the field of children, interaction and design? If so, the University of Edinburgh’s Children and Technology group invite you to a face-to-face networking event at Dynamic Earth - a leading visitor attraction in Edinburgh.
Project update: Children's understanding of smart speakers
Could talking to a smart speaker as if it is human be confusing for children? What consequences might this have for their interactions with technology and their attention to privacy?
Film release
The Making Routes film, 'Deep Time and Future Pasts in Gully Cave', which was funded by the Royal Society of Edinburgh, is available to watch for the next month via the SSA website (link below).
Royal Society of Edinburgh article 'Children and technology: is it about time?'
The Royal Society of Edinburgh have published an article by Professor Andrew Manches exploring emerging forms of interaction with technology.
New project: Practitioner Networks and Digital Inclusion
Focusing on greater inclusion of those traditionally underrepresented in higher education: women, forcibly displaced populations, and those with disabilities.
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.