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On November 7 and 8, 2018, a cross-sectoral, multi-disciplinary group of 60 experts met at the Future of Childhood Salon on Immersive Media and Child Development, a convening hosted by the Joan Ganz Cooney Center at Sesame Workshop, Dubit, and Arizona State University’s Center for Science and the Imagination and School for the Future of… Read more »
Researchers at the Connected Learning Lab of University of California, Irvine (June Ahn) and New York University (Rafi Santo, Juan Pablo Sarmiento) are excited to announce the launch of “Reclaiming Digital Futures,” a free report and associated website for youth organizations to use as they integrate digital learning into their programming and practices. In Reclaiming… Read more »
On behalf of the Connected Learning Summit Conference Committee, we are pleased to announce the publication of the Proceedings of the 2018 Connected Learning Summit. We hope that while you read these proceedings, you come to regard this significant document as more than the careful curation of 217 conference presentations. Rather, we expect that many… Read more »
Fresh into the new year, I’m delighted to announce the publication of Affinity Online: How Connection and Shared Interest Fuel Learning, a book synthesizing research by the Leveling Up team of the Connected Learning Research Network. This book follows in the footsteps of Hanging Out, Messing Around, and Geeking Out: Kids Living and Learning with… Read more »
The Importance of Bringing the Wisdom of Our Connected World to Education
At the beginning of this year, Jordan Shapiro published the book, The New Childhood: Raising Kids to Thrive in a Digitally Connected World. For those who are unfamiliar with Shapiro’s work, he...
Categories: Digital Citizenship, Digital LearningNew Toolkit Shares Best Practices for Achieving Success in Youth-Centered Digital Learning
Researchers at the Connected Learning Lab of University of California, Irvine (June Ahn) and New York University (Rafi Santo, Juan Pablo Sarmiento) are excited to announce the launch of “Reclaiming Digital Futures,”...
Categories: Digital Learning, Educational Practice, Featured, ResearchResearchers at the University of Washington (Katie Davis, Ligaya Scaff, Milly Romeijn-Stout) and the University of Maryland (Mega Subramaniam, Kelly Hoffman) are delighted to announce the launch of the ConnectedLib Toolkit, a...
Categories: Connected Learning, Educational PracticeOnline Course for Educators: Youth and Civic Media
Interested in learning to help your students research issues they care about, engage in rich dialogue, and participate effectively in the digital world? The Civic Engagement Research Group at UC Riverside and KQED Education are teaming...
Category: Civic EngagementProceedings of the 2018 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 2018 Connected Learning Summit. We hope that while you read these...
Categories: Connected Learning, Featured, ResearchDesigning 2030: The Concord Consortium’s Big Dreams for the Future of Education
The Concord Consortium’s new initiative is setting its sights on the future of education. Designing 2030 is galvanizing plans to revolutionize STEM teaching and learning with the goal of reaching more students with...
Categories: Digital Learning, Educational PracticeAnnouncing “Brokering Youth Pathways: A toolkit for connecting youth to future opportunity”
Hive Research Lab is excited to announce the release of Brokering Youth Pathways: A toolkit for connecting youth to future opportunity. The result of two years of collaborative research and design between the...
Category: Connected LearningPower Up Your Personal Learning Network with Open Online Connected Courses
Are you tapping the power of open online networks to fuel your personal learning network? Have you connected with educators, designers, and researchers who are grappling with how to teach and embody...
Categories: Connected Learning, Digital LearningClose the Digital Generation Gap, Unlock the Power of Online Affinity Networks, and Fuel Learning
Fresh into the new year, I’m delighted to announce the publication of Affinity Online: How Connection and Shared Interest Fuel Learning, a book synthesizing research by the Leveling Up team of the...
Categories: Connected Learning, Equity, Featured, ResearchNot Your Traditional Athletics Program: The Value of Esports in Education
Esports may be a young industry, but it’s a flourishing one that’s been shown to develop both academic and social skills in high school and college students throughout the country. As competitive...
Category: New TrendsAnnouncing the Call for Proposals for the 2019 Connected Learning Summit
Online submissions open: January 11, 2019 Deadline for submissions: March 8, 2019 Notifications of Acceptance: June 2019 Link: CLS2019 call for proposals page We are pleased to announce the call for proposals...
Category: Connected LearningDo We Still Believe Networked Youth Can Change the World?: A Special Issue
A special issue of the bilingual (Spanish-English) journal, Working Papers on Culture, Education, and Human Development, dropped recently, sharing three essays on the theme of “Do We Still Believe Networked Youth Can...
Category: Civic EngagementFond Farewells and New Beginnings—from Digital Media and Learning to Connected Learning
Over the past decade, the Digital Media and Learning (DML) Research Hub at UC Irvine fostered dialog, collaboration, and debate among a diverse group of scholars, designers and educators seeking to leverage...
Category: Connected LearningThe Power of Games for Creative Learning
One of the most important things any educator can do is foster an environment where learning and playing are nearly synonymous. Lessons that are fun and engaging are far more likely to...
Categories: Digital Learning, New Trends
