Learn how to harness the power of technology to enhance early childhood education in this free online childcare course. This childhood education course explains how technology affects childhood development. We focus on the evolution of technology in entertainment and education to illustrate its potential impact on children’s mental health. We provide statistics on children's online activities and give parenting advice on how to monitor them to maintain digital wellness. We show you how to use technology to teach and establish positive relationships with children.
| Course Type | Online Learning |
| Course Qualification | CPD Certificate |
| Course Duration | 1.5-3 hours |
| Course Fee | Free |
| Entry Requirements | Like all courses on the Alison Free Learning platform this is a free, CPD-accredited course. A Graduate can choose to buy a certificate or diploma upon successful completion of a course, but this is not required or necessary. At Alison we believe that free education, more than anything, has the power to break through boundaries and transform lives. Alison is the world’s largest free online empowerment platform for education and skills training, offering over 5000 CPD accredited courses and a range of impactful career development tools. It is a for-profit social enterprise dedicated to making it possible for anyone, to study anything, anywhere, at any time, for free online, at any subject level. Through our mission, we are a catalyst for positive social change, creating opportunity, prosperity, and equality for everyone. |
| Career Path | What You Will Learn In This Free Course • Explain the influence that technology has over the lives of children, particularly their ability to make friends • Discuss the evolution of technology along with its positive and negative effects on children • Analyse the growing impact of tech companies on children • Explain how to choose the appropriate amount of screen time • Identify the multitude of ways in which technology can affect social development among children • State the ideal age bracket during which we should buy children their first phones and how to manage screen time • Summarise the various types of preventive measures that should be taken before giving children a phone • Analyse how mobile phones can affect a child's health and influence parent-child relationships • Discuss the positive and negative effects of allowing children to bring cell phones to school |
| Course Code | 5964 |
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