You are using an outdated browser. Please upgrade your browser to improve your experience.
Why should students learn computer science? For creativity? Jobs? Justice? Innovation? The answers to this question shape what computer science education (CSed) looks like in practice. A new CSforALL publication explores how the rationales, values, and intended impacts people have for CSEd are linked to their choices for design and implementation of learning experiences. The Publication: provides… Read more »
I started this week with ambitions to curate the Connected Learning Alliance’s networked wisdom on how to grapple with social distancing and a jarring transition to online learning. Bleary from too many hours of managing crises on screen, tonight brings humility and a modest goal of sharing a few gems from my idiosyncratic vantage point…. Read more »
On behalf of the Connected Learning Summit Conference Committee, we are pleased to announce the publication of the Proceedings of the 2019 Connected Learning Summit. It is our honor to share with you a proceedings that celebrates participatory, playful, and transformative learning. In 2018, the inaugural Connected Learning Summit gathered together the Digital Media and… Read more »
The Connected Learning in Teaching Practice page offers a curated set of resources for educators interested in learning more about connected learning through the lens of teaching and from the viewpoint of teachers. The page highlights teacher networks and teacher narratives, which support connected learning in practice. When I first explain connected learning to the… Read more »
From Continuity with Care to Zoom Memes for Self Quaranteens–My Internet Responds to COVID-19
I started this week with ambitions to curate the Connected Learning Alliance’s networked wisdom on how to grapple with social distancing and a jarring transition to online learning. Bleary from too many...
Categories: Educational Practice, Featured, New TrendsProceedings of the 2019 Connected Learning Summit Released
On behalf of the Connected Learning Summit Conference Committee, we are pleased to announce the publication of the Proceedings of the 2019 Connected Learning Summit. It is our honor to share with...
Categories: Connected Learning, Featured, ResearchConnected Learning in Teaching Practice: Resources for Educators
The Connected Learning in Teaching Practice page offers a curated set of resources for educators interested in learning more about connected learning through the lens of teaching and from the viewpoint of...
Categories: Connected Learning, FeaturedApply for a New Postdoctoral Fellowship to Connect with Communities and Expand Career Opportunity
Despite many efforts to broaden access to good jobs and work-relevant skills, too many low-income youth of color find themselves shut out of career opportunities. Even after developing skills, they may be...
Categories: Featured, New TrendsIt’s rare to have the opportunity to work with a stable team of extraordinary scholars over the course of a decade. It’s even rarer for this group of scholars to span a...
Categories: Connected Learning, ResearchUpdating the 5Ws for a New Media Literacy
You probably remember learning in school about the 5Ws: Who, What, Where, When and Why? Those are critical questions for both educators who teach media literacy, and students wanting to evaluate resources....
Category: Digital CitizenshipSpeaker Series on Topics in Connected Learning Open to Public
This interdisciplinary graduate seminar, which is open to the public, aims to immerse students in the field of connected learning through interaction with many of connected learning's most respected scholars. Speakers will...
Categories: Connected Learning, EquityA Resource-Packed Guide on How Digital Learning Can Connect Youth to Opportunity
When kids first join the Maker Foundations program at Digital Harbor Foundation, a technology-focused out-of-school organization in Baltimore, they are given a pile of everyday items such as an electric toothbrush, a plastic cup, a...
Categories: Digital Learning, Educational PracticeThe Joy of Search: Why We All Need to Be Better Searchers…and How to Be Better
I bet you’re probably a skilled online searcher—if you’re reading this, you might even be an expert at online search. But improving your search skills is one of those things that will...
Category: Digital CitizenshipHustle and Grow – Making a Creative Career in the Digital Economy
Over the last six or seven years the three of us were part of the Connected Learning Research Network finding out how young people in the US and the UK were using...
Categories: Equity, ResearchAnnouncing the Call for Proposals for Connected Learning Summit 2020
Call for proposals now open for the third annual Connected Learning Summit. With a unique focus on cross-sector connections and progressive and catalytic innovation, the Connected Learning Summit brings together leading researchers,...
Categories: Connected Learning, ResearchAnnouncing the 10th Anniversary Edition of HOMAGO
I’m delighted to announce the publication of a new Tenth Anniversary edition of Hanging Out, Messing Around, and Geeking Out: Kids Living and Learning with New Media -- which came to be...
Category: Connected LearningHighlights From the 2019 Connected Learning Summit
The 2019 Connected Learning Summit, held at the University of California, Irvine earlier this month featured some provocative talks, inspiring attendees to consider what role they can play in addressing some of...
Categories: Civic Engagement, Connected Learning, Digital LearningFrom Concept to Reality: Announcing the Connected Learning Research Tools Site!
Announcing the new Connected Learning Research tools site, featuring tools and instruments from 10 connected learning studies and projects! We expect this site to be of interest to: University researchers (graduate students,...
Categories: Connected Learning, Research
