Natalia Kucirkova Ph.D.

About

Natalia Kucirkova, Ph.D., is Professor at the University of Stavanger, Norway and The Open University, UK. Natalia’s research concerns innovative ways of supporting children’s book reading, digital literacy and exploring the role of personalization in early years. She co-edits the Bloomsbury Book Series Children’s Reading and Writing on Screen and the journal Literacy published by Wiley. Natalia’s research takes place collaboratively across academia, commercial and third sectors.

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Recent Posts

Fostering Ethical Collaborations Between Academia and EdTech

Explore the need for academia-EdTech collaboration in innovation. Discover guiding principles to ensure ethical, bias-free partnerships.

Lumping EdTech Under Screentime Can Damage Education

Instead of screentime debates, governments should adopt vertical evaluations and sustain continuous data-based evaluations.

Digital Books Benefit Equitable Children's Reading

When digital books are pitted against print books, the complexities of reading are obscured. The focus is diverted from the critical question of AI versus human senses in reading.

Will AI Transform Educational Standards of Evidence?

The lack of consistent educational evidence standards is a can of worms for new legislation. The advent of generative AI throws another spanner in the works.

3 Educational Challenges for Personalized AI Tutors

Media coverage of AI pros and cons for education is not sufficiently anchored to inherent issues of digital personalization.

Clearing the Confusion on EdTech Evidence

When it comes to educational technology and "what works," there are different horses for different courses.

How EdTech Doesn't Always Prioritize Education

EdTech often opts for profits over education.

All Refugees Deserve Our Compassion

The differences in how people respond to different types of refugees can be explained with parochial empathy.

International Data Privacy Day: Best Practices Regarding Children's Learning

On this International Data Privacy Day, let's raise awareness about three issues with a common theme: the use of children's data in commercial media.

Why Are "Why Questions" Important for Children?

In well-designed and high-quality stories, artificial intelligence and abstract thinking are not rivals.