About

The Internet of Toys (Digitising Early Childhood) Pre-conference is about the emerging world of internet-connected toys (Internet of Toys or IoToys), where toys relate one-on-one to children and also connect to other toys, other children and/or database data about children and connected toys. This pre-conference is of groundbreaking relevance to educators, media and communication theorists and psychologists.  

Conference Structure

• Registration 8.30am
• Welcome and keynote (Giovanna Mascheroni)  9.15-10.00am
• Morning tea 10.00-10.15am
• 2 parallel sessions 10.15-11.45am
• Book launch 11.45-12.00pm
• Lunch 12.00-12.45pm
• 3 parallel sessions 12.45-14.45pm
• Afternoon tea 14.45-15.00pm
• 6 parallel sessions 15.00-16.45pm
• Close-16.45-17.00pm

 
Following the pre-conference is the Re-conceptualising Early Childhood Literacies: An International Conference Thursday 7 and Friday 8 March 2019. This is the DigiLitEY COST Action and H2020 Project MakEY project final conference and it will report ground-breaking findings from their years of funded research.
 
The call for abstracts is now closed. Full conference papers will be peer reviewed and published and plans are being made to further publish in a special issue journal or chaptered book. 

Brought to you by Edith Cowan University, with the support of the Australian Research Council