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🚨POSTDOC ALERT🚨 We're recruiting two postdoc positions for @UCIrvine @ceres_jacobs The CERES Center is a hub of a collaborative network developed to help tailor digital technologies for children work w/ @candice_odgers @gillianrhayes and myself ceres.uci.edu/about/#

We're hosting a #CHI2023 workshop on the intersection of implementation science #impsci and #HCI If you want to join us April 23 in Hamburg, Germany submit a position paper by Feb. 3: uwalacrity.org/hci-is-chi2023/ @cbitshealth @UWALACRITY Please share!

Are digital tools the best options for childhood learning, development and mental health? Connecting the EdTech Research EcoSystem (CERES) aims to answer that, explains @UCIrvine Professor @candice_odgers, the global network's co-director. tinyurl.com/yck5dxh5 @ceres_jacobs

Check out this piece on the children caring for the family by one of our CERES scholars Emma Armstrong-Carter. Her work highlights the challenges and benefits of being a caretaker while a young student. Honored to help amplify her call to action. hechingerreport.org/opinion-why-th…

One of our scholars Aymee Alvarez Rivero amplifies the voices of the teachers who struggled to educate children in the US and Canada during the height of the pandemic. Read more here clalliance.org/blog/education….

There were so many extraordinary trainee grant submissions that we just had to fund them ALL!! Congratulations to our talented CERES scholars

We are #hiring! Outstanding #opportunity to advance the future of learning and development as our Program Manager for #LearningMinds in Zurich. Learning Minds combines research, social innovation, and entrepreneurship globally. Please share! Learn more: jobs.dualoo.com/link/27fa1090-…

One of the CERES reserachers starting a new project about an essential concern - digital parenting

CERES seeks to do something that seems easy, until you try it. Bridge the gap between academia and industry in meaningful ways. Lots of progress these last few months building connections over the shared value of impactful efforts to help children learn and thrive.

One of our scholars and one of our researchers latest papers.

Can low-tech methods help mitigate losses resulting from school closures in recent years? This @nature paper provides experimental evidence on intervention by SMS and phone calls to parents, to support children's learning when schools close. Read on: #Abs1" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">nature.com/articles/s4156…

Come work with @gillianrhayes as part of the @ceres_jacobs network! Awesome opportunity to be part of the most amazing research network on the planet

In full planning mode for our Fall Intensive! looking forward to seeing our scholars.

How can we help children evaluate their own learning? Together with @hundredorg, we have released a new report today highlighting 14 #FormativeAssessment solutions that support teaching and learning. Download the #FutureofAssessment here: jacobsfoundation.org/en/new-insight…

🚨JOB ALERT🚨 Hiring for a "Digital Mental Health Specialist" (Research Assistant or Coordinator) to support work in our lab on two NIMH grants (a current R34 and a soon-to-be funded R01 w/ @draguilera). recruit.ap.uci.edu/JPF07678 Please re-tweet

What is the impact of a curious child? It may be more far reaching and beneficial than we previously thought.

The COVID-19 pandemic led to seismic shifts in the delivery of education across the globe. How did educators experience this shift? We explore teachers’ perspectives on COVID-19 and learning in our new preprint available at psyarxiv.com/7c3jq/ @NumCog @candice_odgers (🧵 1/8)

“Many edtech start-ups, in their desire to leapfrog into the future, haven’t put enough focus on the evidence for their products.” Edtech Should Be More Evidence-Driven socialeco.news/EdtechEviden @FabioMSegura @Foundation_JF @SimonSommer_JF @UCIrvine @ceres_jacobs #EdTech

The CERES network continues to grow - @DrCathD is part of our group of researchers and recently hosted our scholars/trainees in South Africa to further explore and address the well-being of children in low resourced settings.

At a recent conference hosted by @Foundation_JF some leaders in participatory design led attendees through a codesign exercise to create new programs to address pressing problems. Here is one sketch note of an idea generated by CERES scholars, foundation, and industry partners.