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View article: An evaluation of Evolve Education's Digital Safety and Wellbeing programs
An evaluation of Evolve Education's Digital Safety and Wellbeing programs Open
This report provides evidence to illustrate the potential for learning provided by Evolve Education to improve digital safety and wellbeing. The purpose of this evaluation is not to measure learning outcomes resulting from Evolve Education…
View article: Defining digital mentoring to advance adult digital inclusion
Defining digital mentoring to advance adult digital inclusion Open
Digital literacy is increasingly recognized as being key to advancing the digital inclusion of adults across societies. While recent scholarship has illuminated the needs of adult learners seeking to acquire digital skills, less attention …
View article: What Australian research offers the study of digital childhoods: A scoping review of digital media use by families with young children
What Australian research offers the study of digital childhoods: A scoping review of digital media use by families with young children Open
This article examines current Australian research about digital media use by families with young children. Informed by a scoping review of 55 publications (2017–2022), we use select findings as departure points to consider how Australian m…
View article: THE DIGITAL CHILDHOOD INDUSTRY
THE DIGITAL CHILDHOOD INDUSTRY Open
Many children lead lives that are heavily influenced by the digital world, whether that’s through digital products, services, and practices made for them, or made about them. For children and their families, their digital childhood is medi…
View article: ROBLOX: A Rapid Analysis
ROBLOX: A Rapid Analysis Open
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View article: Unlearning journalism through decolonising, Indigenous approaches
Unlearning journalism through decolonising, Indigenous approaches Open
Journalism has both contributed to shaping and been shaped by colonialism and has reproduced the status quo at the expense of those on the margins. Considering this reality, this study explores how journalism education and practice can be …
View article: #BookTok’s Peer Pedagogies: Invitations to Learn About Books and Reading on TikTok
#BookTok’s Peer Pedagogies: Invitations to Learn About Books and Reading on TikTok Open
This article extends the idea of media pedagogies to consider how TikTok provides a site of social learning about books and reading. It uses the concept of “peer pedagogies” to identify how the #BookTok hashtag is used to invite book and r…
View article: Principles for a better Children's Internet
Principles for a better Children's Internet Open
The 17 principles outlined in this document provide clear guidance on how to create a better Children’s Internet. In our Manifesto for a better Children's Internet we use the term the 'Children’s Internet' as a unifying concept to remind u…
View article: Digital Inclusion and Learning at Home: Challenges for Low-Income Australian Families
Digital Inclusion and Learning at Home: Challenges for Low-Income Australian Families Open
The sudden switch to learning exclusively at home during the COVID-19 pandemic revealed the extent of low levels of digital inclusion for many low-income and socially disadvantaged families and children in Australia. Many students and fami…
View article: Using YouTube to seek answers and make decisions: Implications for Australian adult media and information literacy
Using YouTube to seek answers and make decisions: Implications for Australian adult media and information literacy Open
This article argues that it is necessary to develop new approaches to media and information literacy (MIL) education to respond to information seeking on YouTube. The article draws on data from a survey of adult Australians (N=3,510), focu…
View article: Exploring the relationship between media literacy, online interaction, and civic engagement
Exploring the relationship between media literacy, online interaction, and civic engagement Open
Internet and media use can provide accessible, diverse, and timely opportunities for civic engagement. However, to use media and the internet to interact and collaborate, citizens need to be equipped with particular skills and knowledge. T…
View article: Critical factors of digital AgTech adoption on Australian farms: from digital to data divide
Critical factors of digital AgTech adoption on Australian farms: from digital to data divide Open
As global agricultural production methods and supply chains have become more digitised, farmers around the world are adopting digital agricultural technologies (AgTech) such as drones, IoT, remote sensors, blockchain and satellite imagery …
View article: A case study of human factors of digital AgTech adoption: Condamine Plains, Darling Downs
A case study of human factors of digital AgTech adoption: Condamine Plains, Darling Downs Open
As global agricultural production methods and supply chains have become more digitised, farmers around the world are adopting digital AgTech such as drones, Internet of Things (IoT), remote sensors, blockchain, and satellite imagery to inf…
View article: RURAL DATA DIVIDES: CRITICAL FACTORS OF DIGITAL AGTECH ADOPTION ON AUSTRALIAN FARMS
RURAL DATA DIVIDES: CRITICAL FACTORS OF DIGITAL AGTECH ADOPTION ON AUSTRALIAN FARMS Open
This paper details a qualitative investigation of human factors relating to adoption of digital agricultural technologies on Australian farms. We employed an ‘ecosystems’ approach to undertake a case study of a cotton farm’s transition to …
View article: TIKTOK’S PEER PEDAGOGIES - LEARNING ABOUT BOOKS THROUGH #BOOKTOK VIDEOS
TIKTOK’S PEER PEDAGOGIES - LEARNING ABOUT BOOKS THROUGH #BOOKTOK VIDEOS Open
This paper eschews normative constructions of formalized ‘online learning’ to argue that learning with ‘the internet’ is mostly vernacular, ordinary, messy and constant. It uses the example of #booktok short videos to argue that individual…
View article: QUT Digital Media Research Centre submission to the inquiry into social isolation and loneliness in Queensland
QUT Digital Media Research Centre submission to the inquiry into social isolation and loneliness in Queensland Open
Digital inclusion is critical for developing and maintaining social connectedness, reducing isolation, and enabling Queenslanders from all parts of the State to fully participate in society. In order to address social isolation and lonelin…
View article: Adult Media Literacy in Australia: Attitudes, Experiences and Needs
Adult Media Literacy in Australia: Attitudes, Experiences and Needs Open
In November and December 2020 we surveyed a sample of 3,510 adult Australians to understand the different types of media they use, the value they place on different media activities, their confidence in their own media abilities and their …
View article: Constructing social participation around digital making : A Case study of multiliteracy learning in a Finnish day care centre
Constructing social participation around digital making : A Case study of multiliteracy learning in a Finnish day care centre Open
In this article, we present a case study of digital making as an example for constructing social participation around multiliteracy learning in Finnish early years settings. Digital making is explored and evaluated through the practices an…
View article: Australian farmers left behind in the digital economy – Insights from the Australian Digital Inclusion Index
Australian farmers left behind in the digital economy – Insights from the Australian Digital Inclusion Index Open
Although Australia's population is concentrated in major urban centres along its coastal fringe, its less populous rural communities are important to society and the economy—supporting sectors like agriculture, which occupies over half the…
View article: Peer Pedagogies on Digital Platforms
Peer Pedagogies on Digital Platforms Open
How a popular entertainment genre on YouTube—Let's Play videos created by Minecraft players—offers opportunities for children to learn from their peers. Every day millions of children around the world watch video gameplay on YouTube in the…
View article: Northern Australia Communications Analysis: Directions Paper
Northern Australia Communications Analysis: Directions Paper Open
This Directions Paper identifies impediments and solutions to enterprise and social development through digital participation in Northern Australia. While the paper’s focus is pan-Northern (east to west) digital inclusion, it offers insigh…
View article: Northern Australia Communications Analysis: Five year road map (CRCNA): Poster for QUT Parliamentary Showcase
Northern Australia Communications Analysis: Five year road map (CRCNA): Poster for QUT Parliamentary Showcase Open
QUT’s DMRC led a consortium of university and industry partners to investigate the impacts and relevance of digital inclusion for developing Northern Australia (NA).We focused on pan‐NA digital infrastructure and services, and social infra…
View article: Submission to Regional Connectivity Program, Department of Communications, Australian Government
Submission to Regional Connectivity Program, Department of Communications, Australian Government Open
Scholars from QUT and JCU prepared a submission to the Australian Government's call for consultation on the Regional Connectivity Program. As well as responding to specific questions posed by the Government, we make some broader recommenda…
View article: Towards understanding young children’s digital lives in China and Australia
Towards understanding young children’s digital lives in China and Australia Open
This article develops insights and generates new lines of inquiry into young children’s digital lives in China and Australia. It brings to dialogue findings from a national study of young children's digital media use in urban settings in C…