Young Children's Learning with Digital Media
A special issue of Behavioral Sciences (ISSN 2076-328X). This special issue belongs to the section "Educational Psychology".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 March 2026 | Viewed by 176
Special Issue Editor
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Digital media is transforming the ways in which children acquire knowledge, develop skills, and engage with the world around them. From educational apps in early childhood education to interactive learning platforms and AI-based tutoring systems, children are increasingly engaging with digital technologies from a very young age, making digital media increasingly important. While digital media offers new opportunities for adaptive and flexible learning, it also raises questions about the cognitive, emotional, and social dimensions of learning with digital media.
The aim of this Special Issue is to bring together current research on how children learn with and through digital media. We are particularly interested in contributions that examine children’s social adaptation to digital media, the factors increasing children’s learning with digital media, and family-related factors. Studies may address, but are not limited to, the following topics:
- Early childhood learning with digital media;
- Screen time and attention regulation;
- Children’s digital literacy;
- Digital media and language acquisition;
- Social–emotional learning in digital contexts;
- Adaptive learning technologies and personalization;
- The role of parents and educators in mediating digital learning;
- Socioeconomic disparities in the access to and use of digital tools;
- Methodological challenges in researching children’s digital engagement.
By collecting different perspectives, we seek to advance our understanding of how digital media shape children’s learning and development across diverse contexts and developmental stages. Therefore, we welcome empirical studies from different disciplines, including psychology, education, cognitive science, and related fields.
Abstract Deadline: 30.09.2025.
Notification of Abstract Acceptance: 14.10.2025.
Dr. Astrid Wirth
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- digital media
- media literacy
- children’s learning
- early childhood education
- learning environment
- digital tools
- media education
- media use
- screen time
- cognitive development
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