Lucrezia Crescenzi-Lanna, University of Vic (Spain)
Keywords
Children, educational technology, apps, safety, inclusive education, content analysis, protection of minors, cybersafety, digital competence
Abstract
The mediated use of technology fosters learning from early childhood and is a potential resource for inclusive education. Nevertheless, the huge range of options and exposure to interactive digital content, which is often online, also implies a series of risks. The definition of protection underlying the current strategies to protect children is inadequate as it only extends to reducing children's exposure to harmful content. This study proposes the expansion of this definition. Through systematic observation of 200 apps within the Catalan sphere for children under 8 years of age and principal component analysis, the results support a multidimensional conceptualisation of protection which, instead of being restricted to the potential risks, also considers aspects related to the educational and inclusive potential of digital resources. Five factors are suggested in order to select these resources and contribute to the digital competence of teachers and students. The first factor concerns the use of protection mechanisms and the existence of external interference, the second factor indicates the presence of adaptation tools; the exposure to stereotypes corresponds to the third factor and the last two consider the previous knowledge required and the verbal component of the apps. Finally, the scope of the suggested definition and its limitations as a guide for future analysis will be discussed.
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Received: 25-02-2019
Revised: 02-04-2019
Accepted: 10-05-2019
OnlineFirst: 15-07-2019
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Crescenzi-Lanna, L., Valente, R., & Suárez-Gómez, R. (2019). Safe and inclusive educational apps: Digital protection from an ethical and critical perspective. [Aplicaciones educativas seguras e inclusivas: La protección digital desde una perspectiva ética y crítica]. Comunicar, 61, 93-102. https://doi.org/10.3916/C61-2019-08