YouTube has become a popular digital media platform used by young children. However, concerns have been raised around inappropriate video content and limited quality. A lack of research and theoretical discussion exists on how best to evaluate the quality of YouTube videos made for children. In this study, we reviewed research and developed a set of design principles that informed the production of a YouTube video rubric used to evaluate the quality of YouTube videos targeted at young children 0 to 8 years old. From this, four key criteria were used to evaluate each video: Age appropriateness, Content quality, Design features and Learning objectives. These criteria demonstrated substantial inter-rater reliability between scorers. This evaluation tool has the potential to be used by educators to assess the quality of videos for early learning and guide YouTube creators in their production of educational videos for young children.

YouTube已成为幼儿使用的流行数字媒体平台。但是，人们对不适当的视频内容和质量有限提出了担忧。缺乏有关如何最好地评估为儿童制作的YouTube视频质量的研究和理论讨论。在这项研究中，我们回顾了研究并制定了一套设计原则，这些原则为制作YouTube视频标题提供了依据，该指标用于评估针对0至8岁幼儿的YouTube视频的质量。据此，四个关键标准被用于评估每个视频：年龄适合性，内容质量，设计功能和学习目标。这些标准证明了评分者之间实质性的评分者间可靠性。