What is it about?
The paper focuses on children's engagement with digital technologies during COVID-19. Children experienced opportunities to combine real, imaginary and virtual worlds, which supported learning about technologies and maintaining their friendship.
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Why is it important?
Findings show that by integrating real, imaginary and virtual worlds children build a collective social situation that provides new and different opportunities for learning and social engagement. The digital space across different platforms and devices supported the children to experience a range of emotions including joyous moments, empathy and attunement as they encouraged each other to participate.
Perspectives
Writing this article with my colleague and longtime collaborator was a pleasure. The article contributes new ideas to the literature in relation to children's social engagement using digital devices and within virtual, real and imaginary worlds.
DR Megan Adams
Monash University
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This page is a summary of: Children’s Virtual Worlds and Friendships during the covid-19 Pandemic, Video Journal of Education and Pedagogy, January 2021, Brill,
DOI: 10.1163/23644583-bja10015.
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