Researching children’s play and communication from a multimodal perspective @IOE_London. Former EY teacher, Reggio-inspired. @PlayObservatory
London, UK
Joined February 2009
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Happy publication day to our @playarchive book! I wrote my bits while pregnant and then co-edited in naptimes and evenings 🙃 Nice to have it out in the world - open access so can be downloaded for free. A huge thank you to all the wonderful contributors!
uclpress.co.uk/book/playing-…
At the start of this year we got back on the IVF rollercoaster and thankfully it worked ♥️ Little brother for Max due this Autumn. Thank you (again) luck and science ✨🧪
Apologies to those who were planning to attend my guest lecture in Sheffield next week - we’ve had to cancel this due to unforeseen and unavoidable circumstances
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This book offers a reflective account of a large-scale project documenting children's play across generations, using intergenerational dialogue to illuminate the changing landscapes of play. Read it free: bit.ly/4hZgYKQ #OpenAccess #SocialHistory #Anthropology
ALT Book cover for "Playing the Archive: Digital Playground" by Andrew Burn, John Potter, and Julia Bishop, published by UCL Press. Features an adult photographing a traditional red telephone booth, with a stroller parked beside them, set against a backdrop of green windows.
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Lovely time at the British Academy today launching our new book Playing the Archive. Get it @UCLpress OA. Thanks to @BritishAcademy_ for all their support. Here’s the project team - happy memories!
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As part of #ScottishDigitalLiteracyWeek on Tuesday 13th May you can join a free webinar on Guidance for Practitioners on Digital Documentation with @ucl Dr @katecowan.
She will share findings from the Froebel Trust funded research project on digital documentation. This involved researchers working with educators to develop an early childhood pedagogy of observation, documentation and assessment that brings Froebelian principles to documentation practices in contemporary early years settings.
➡️ Book your place: blogs.glowscotland.org.uk/gl…
💡 Find out more about the research project: froebel.org.uk/research-libr…
🧑💻 Read our Digital Documentation Guidance for Practitioners, created following the research project: froebel.org.uk/research-libr…\
#Froebel #EarlyYears #EarlyEducation #EarlyLearning
Sharing my research into early years digital documentation in a webinar as part of Education Scotland’s ‘Digital Literacy Week’. 4pm on 13th May and free 🙂
blogs.glowscotland.org.uk/gl…
A reminder about our upcoming talk by researcher and atelierista Jennifer Coe this Thursday 27th March, sharing her work in Reggio Emilia’s food ateliers - not to be missed! 🍽️
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#1 for 12 years in a row ✨
@ucl’s IOE is ranked first for Education in the 2025 QS World University Rankings by Subject.
@worlduniranking #QSWUR #WeAreIOE
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A new perspective on multimodal assessment!
Florén, H., Bezemer, J., & Domingo, M. (2025). Assessing film in higher education: straddling academic and professional conventions. Learning, Media and Technology, 1–15. doi.org/10.1080/17439884.202… @IOE_London @uclknowledgelab @ucl
Pleased to share that our article "Assessing film in higher education: straddling academic and professional conventions" is now avalable OA. #multimodal #film #assessment #highereducation tinyurl.com/326vu3p4
Really looking forward to this upcoming talk by Reggio atelierista and researcher Jennifer Coe, sharing her study of food ateliers. 27th March - online. Email me for the link and feel free to share with interested others 🙂
Terribly sad news - Morag was one of the most passionate, inspiring and warm academics I have ever had the pleasure to be taught by. She passed on her love of children’s literature and was the first person to tell me I could do a PhD. Thank you Morag.
We are sad to hear of the death of Morag Styles, who did so much to champion #poetry for children and inspired so many through her work, books and teaching. Obituary to follow, meanwhile enjoy her selection of ten of the best poetry books for children booksforkeeps.co.uk/article/…
ALT Photograph of Morag Styles. Morag Styles did the PGCE Course at Homerton College Cambridge in 1970 and taught at the College between 1974 and 2014. She was Primary Language Co-ordinator for some years, latterly dividing her time between research, teaching, supervision of doctoral students and co-ordinating the masters’ route, Critical Approaches to Children’s Literature at Cambridge Faculty of Education. She compiled many poetry anthologies for children and wrote about picture books too. She was a regular contributor to Books for Keeps and will be missed by very many.
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How does a toddler’s use of technology support their early language and literacy development?
A new UK study explores how children aged 0-3 access and use technology at home 💻
Rosie Flewitt, Professor of Early Childhood Communication at @ManMetUni, joins @itsanitarani 🎧⬇️
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👉#DigitalFutures4Children is excited to launch "Your Rights Online Toolkit" for children and young people
👉Explore the #ChildFriendly #ChildRights #Digital toolkit here digital-futures-for-children…
Please share! Suggestions welcome 😀
@MediaLSE @5RightsFound #GeneralCommentNo25
Really looking forward to joining the Toddlers, Tech and Talk conference in London today. What a great project and brilliant line up!
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Please consider nominating yourself or someone else for our esteemed Gunther Kress Scholar Impact Award. Submit a 2,000-word letter describing professional achievements and reasons for qualification, as well as most recent CV, to our Awards Chair at [email protected] by November 1.
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Almost 120 people have signed up for the next Lab Seminar: Will #AI Kill Creativity? By Nicola Osborne , Oct 17 16.30-17.30 at the Knowledge Lab, London or online ucl.ac.uk/ioe/events/2024/oc…
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Delighted to share the publisher’s page for our forthcoming book on children’s play and the Opies. Thanks to UCL Press, our fantastic contributors, @bodleianlibs and children and schools we worked with. @JohnPP @katecowan @DrJuliaBish @PatGordonSmith uclpress.co.uk/book/playing-…
