Schedule
Thursday, April 9, 2026, 8:30 AM - 11:30 AM
Room (Salon Bonaventure) at Hotel Bonaventure
Montréal, Canada
Thursday, April 9, 2026, 8:30 AM - 11:30 AM
Room (Salon Bonaventure) at Hotel Bonaventure
Montréal, Canada
8:30 AM - 8:35 AM (5 min): Opening Remarks and Overview of Agenda
Setup for poster session; Introduce mentor/mentees
8:35 AM - 9:45 AM : [Part 1] Children’s perceptions of technology (Moderator: Dr. Koeun Choi)
[8:35 - 8:55 AM] Dr. Anna Baumann, Postdoctoral Fellow at University of Calgary & Dr. Elizabeth Goldman, Assistant Professor of Psychology at Yeshiva University
Children's perception of robots
[8:55 - 9:15 AM] Dr. Lauren Girouard, Postdoctoral Fellow at Harvard University & University of Michigan
Children's trust in AI
[9:15 - 9:35 AM] Dr. Carla Macias, Postdoctoral Fellow at Rutgers University-Newark & Virginia Tech
Preschoolers’ beliefs about media technologies and their role in memory and learning from digital educational content
[9:35 - 9:45 AM] Moderator Led General Discussion, Q&A
9:46 AM - 10:40 AM : [Part 2] Methodology Flash Talks and Round Table Discussion
[9:46 - 9:49 AM] Dr. Cassie Eng, Postdoctoral Fellow at Standaford University
Advancing developmental neuroscience with mobile neuroimaging and wearable sensors to capture real-time cognitive processes in digital contexts
[9:46 - 9:49 AM] Dr. Sandra Wiebe, Professor at University of Alberta
Using cognitive neuroscience methods to understand developmental outcomes of digital media exposure
[9:49 - 9:52 AM] Dr. Meryem Seyda Ozcan, Postdoctoral Fellow at Virginia Tech
Using EEG to study online processing of digital media in young children
[9:52 - 9:55 AM] Dr. Mengguo Jing, Assistant Professor of Learning Sciences at the University of Calgary
The eye tracking approach to probing children’s learning from screen media
[9:55 - 9:58 AM] Dr. Tess Flanagan, Postdoctoral Fellow at Data Science Institute at the University of Chicago
Using/programming robots for studies
[9:58 - 10:01 AM] Dr. Heather Kirkorian, Professor of Human Development & Family Studies at the University of Wisconsin-Madison
Passive sensing and intensive longitudinal data for digital media research
[10:01 - 10:04 AM] Dr. Sarah Kucker, Assistant Professor of Psychology at Southern Methodist University
Obstacles and virtues of online data collection
[10:04 - 10:07 AM] Dr. Lauren Girouard, Postdoctoral Fellow at Harvard University & University of Michigan
Ordinal data in digital media studies
10:07 - 10:10 AM] Dr. Anna Baumann, Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of Calgary
Multilevel modeling for robot studies
[10:10 - 10:40 AM] Roundtable Discussions
Neuroimaging techniques (Drs. Cassie Eng, Sandra Wiebe, & Meryem Seyda Ozcan)
Physical measurements, including eye tracking and passive sensing (Drs. Mengguo Jing & Heather Kirkorian)
Hierarchical and multilevel modelling, including dependent variable considerations (Drs. Lauren Girouard & Anna Baumann)
AI and “bots” in the method: best practices (Drs. Tess Flanagan & Sarah Kucker)
10:40 AM - 11:25 AM : [Part 3] Coffee Break and Poster Session
Coffee and networking for all attendees
Mentors will be asked to visit mentee posters to learn about research and arrange a meeting after the workshop.
11:25 AM - 11:30 AM : Concluding Remark
Summarize key points of the day
Share information about the main conference program relevant to DMCD