[ecrea] cfp - The digital in children’s early years: Research, design and practice

*The digital in children’s early years: Research, design and practice*
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Following the successful Digitising Early Childhood Conference held in 
Perth, Western Australia, in 2018, the conference convenors are calling 
for book chapters from interested contributors.

The theme of the book is as follows:

/Contemporary 0-8 year olds are discovering what it is to have a digital 
childhood, and in doing so are introducing families, schools and policy 
makers to new ways of thinking, doing and being with uncertain 
implications.////This edited book seeks to build bridges across the many 
strands of research in this area, forging new ways forward and 
consolidating the base of what we already know and what we have yet to 
investigate and address./
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Abstracts (500 words) should be forwarded to (DECeditors /at/ gmail.com) 
<mailto:(DECeditors /at/ gmail.com)> by December 10, 2018.

We welcome abstracts by Monday, December 10^th , 2018 that address the 
broadest possible construction of early childhood and the digital, 
including those from Media and Communication studies scholars. Topics 
may include, but are by no means restricted to, the following strands.

·Parenting in the digital home
·Digitalisation of early childhood education
·Special needs children (design, practice and policy)
·Digital literacies at home and school
·Sharenting
·Big data and the quantification of childhood
·Interactive robots and children
·Child influencers/children of adult influencers
·Research methods with very young children
·The internet of things and children (wearables, virtual                 
       assistants, connected toys, smart homes)
·App analysis
·Health and caring in the digital
·Automation, algorithms and AI
·Health and wellbeing of the child in the digital age
·Maker spaces
·Policies, regulations and guidelines
·Children’s play culture
·Family communication practices in a digital world.
·Cultural difference and digital children
·Changing discourses of childhood
·Online safety and risks for children
·Personal and play data privacy/security concerns of children
·Designing digital experiences for children
·YouTube and very young children
·Gendering (or not) the digital child
·Ethical issues in the digitisation of early childhood
Other issues as they emerge
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Key Dates:
Abstracts of 500 words, using APA 6^th  referencing style, 3-5 Keywords 
plus a brief biographic statement are due Monday, *December 10**, 2018 *
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Invitations for full chapters sent to authors: Monday, *January 28, 2019*
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Full chapters (5-6,000 words) due Friday, *March 29**, 2019*
Please email submissions or queries to the editorial team, Dr Donell 
Holloway and Francesca Stocco, ECU, Dr Karen Murcia and Prof Michele 
Willson, Curtin University, and Dr Catherine Archer, Murdoch University via
(DECeditors /at/ gmail.com) <mailto:(DECeditors /at/ gmail.com)>
About me section and biographies of the DEC Editorial team:
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*Dr Donell Holloway*
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Dr Donell Holloway is an Australian Research Council DECRA Fellow based 
at Edith Cowan University in Perth Australia, an experienced primary 
school teacher and ethnographic researcher. Her most significant 
contributions are generally clustered around issues of ICTs and everyday 
family life—with particular reference to children. Donell has conducted 
field work on the ARC Discovery Project Family Internet: Theorizing 
domestic internet consumption, production and use within Australian 
Families. Donell has explored the internet and digital communities such 
as virtual gaming identity formation/construction, engagement, usage, 
ethics and commercialisation. She is lead author of EU Kids Online 
report Zero to Eight: Young Children and their Internet Use and has 
authored or co-authored over 50 refereed journal articles, book chapters 
and conference papers. She is currently a chief investigator on two 
Australian Research Council grants, Digital Play: Social network sites 
and the well-being of young children, and Toddlers and tablets: 
exploring the risks and benefits 0-5s face online. Donell’s 
qualifications are a Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) Edith Cowan University, 
2010.
*Miss Francesca Stocco*
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Francesca is completing a PhD within the project Internet of Toys 
(IoToys): Benefits and risks of connected toys for children undertaken 
by the School of Arts and Humanities at Edith Cowan University and is 
also a Research Assistant. She is focused and enthused by contributing 
towards collaborative projects with practical and real-life 
implications. Her research interests are aspiring to leverage her 
background in Marketing research exploring consumer motivations 
(self-determination) within the online context, purchasing behaviour and 
technology acceptance towards communications research, the evolving 
digital age of data privacy and cybersecurity protection, Internet 
studies and cyberpolicy. Through assisting in various research 
capacities across WA Universities, she has been exposed to public 
relations and social media pedagogical teaching methods within Education 
and has a marketing, media/communications background in research centre 
coordination. She has a basis working in client service and supporting 
media insights analysis for corporate, not-for-profit and Government 
clients. Francesca’s qualifications are a Bachelor of 
Communications/Commerce (Honours) in Marketing at The University of 
Western Australia (UWA) and she has completed Masters in Commerce 
postgraduate units including project management, E-commerce, Economics 
and Social Research methods in order to inform her research interests.
*Dr Karen Murcia*
Dr Murcia is a senior member of the Curtin University teacher education 
team with a focus on producing high-impact educational research and 
engagement with interactive and innovative teaching. Her teaching 
interests and research work span the intersection between learning 
theory, learning design, and professional development. She is a 
specalist in STEM education. Specifically, her research has provided a 
unique and valuable depth of understanding about teachers’ conceptions 
of the nature of science and the interaction of science with society. 
Her research in pedagogical interactivity and technology enhanced 
learning environments investigated the impact of ICT integration and 
gamification on digitally aware students motivation and interest in 
learning. In particular, the quality of her research in the field of 
numeracy across the curriculum and the influence of learning and 
teaching on an individual’s subject specific self –efficacy was 
recognised by the Western Australian Institute for Educational Research 
(WAIER) through her 2006 Early Career Researcher Award.

Dr Murcia has conducted stakeholder consultations, needs analysis, 
program design and evaluation research. She is experienced in the 
development and facilitation of a range of adult education and 
professional development programs. These have included evaluation 
methods, ethics, values based leadership and action planning. She has 
worked in partnerships with government, industry and community groups 
both nationally and internationally.

In addition, Dr Murcia is an active volunteer in the WA community 
through her roles as a Board Member for Child Australia and Scitech. She 
is also on the advisory committee for the Low Carbon Schools Program.

Karen’s qualifications are a PhD, Murdoch University, 2007, Master of 
Education, Murdoch University, 1998, Graduate Diploma in Education 
(Secondary), Western Australian Institute of Technology, 1986, Bachelor 
of Applied Sciences, Western Australian Institute of Technology, 1985. 
Her awards include the Early Career Award (2006): Western Australian 
Institute of Educational Research, and professional associations being 
the**Science Teachers Association of Western Australia (STAWA), 
Australasian Science Education Research Association (ASERA).

*Professor Michele Willson*
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Michele is Professor in Internet Studies, School of Media, Creative Arts 
and Social Inquiry. As of the 2nd April, 2018, she is also the Dean of 
Research in the Faculty of Humanities. Michele made the move west to 
Perth from Melbourne in 2001, enticed by the possibilities of a position 
within the relatively new Internet Studies area. Before coming to 
Curtin, she taught in the Politics Departments at Monash University and 
the University of Melbourne. She was also one of the editors 
of/Arena/Magazine for a number of years.

Michele undertakes research in a range of areas including the following: 
social, casual and mobile games; algorithms and the everyday; online 
communities; social networks; e-research and scholarly collaborative 
practices; women and sport; and technology and sociality more broadly.  
Her publications include/Technically Together: Rethinking Community 
within TechnoSociety/, /A New Theory of Information and the Internet: 
Public Sphere meets Protocol///(co-authored with Mark Balnaves) and 
/Social, Casual and Mobile Games: Changing gaming 
landscapes///(co-edited with Tama Leaver)//and numerous journal articles 
and book chapters in the above areas of interest (see Publications for 
further details).

She has held a range of service and leadership roles in her time at 
Curtin including the role of School Director of Graduate Studies and 
Research and Creative Production (2009-2012), Head of Department of 
Internet Studies (Jan 2013 - June 2015) and Acting Head of School (June 
2015 - Feb. 2017). She is also one of the founders of WACCM (West 
Australian Communication, Culture and Media), a network built across all 
five WA universities from the disciplines of communication, culture and 
media studies, promoting WA research visibility and network building. 
Michele’s affiliations include the AoIR (Association of Internet 
Researchers); ICA (International Communications Association); ANZCA 
(Australian and New Zealand Communication Association). Further her 
research interests pertain to algorithms and the everyday, academic 
collaboration in the Humanities and Social Sciences, social, casual and 
mobile games, women and sport, online communities and social networks. 
Michele’s qualifications are a Bachelor’s (Honours) and a PhD, Monash 
University.

*Dr **Catherine Archer*

Catherine is a researcher, lecturer specialising in social media and 
strategic communication at Murdoch University and the Academic Chair of 
Strategic Communication within the School of Arts at Murdoch. She 
teaches strategic communication into the Masters of Communication and 
other areas of teaching include social media, media relations, issues 
and crisis management and campaign management in the Strategic 
Communication and Public Relations Programme.Her current research 
interests include social media, particularly related to families, with a 
complementary focus on social media influencer relations and ethics, and 
the blurring of lines between media, marketing, public relations and 
communication. She has presented on social media to a variety of 
industry groups including WA public servants and communications 
consultants.  Prior to working as an academic, Catherine had more than 
15 years in industry, working in health services marketing management as 
well as public relations, communications and consulting. Catherine’s 
qualifications are a PhD; Master of Philosophy (Public Relations); 
Postgraduate Diploma in Business (Marketing) and a Bachelor’s in English.
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