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Mobilizing Teen-Centered Research Findings for Teen-Oriented Storytelling
The first and second authors of this blog post were teens in the the middle 2010s and the early 2000s, respectively. We experienced a media landscape vastly different from each other as...
Categories: Civic Engagement, Connected Learning, Digital Learning, Educational Practice, Equity, Featured, New Trends, Research, Youth Well-BeingCall for Proposals Now Open for the Sixth Annual Connected Learning Summit
Call for proposals now open for the sixth annual Connected Learning Summit, which will run entirely online from October 26 to 28, 2023. Submissions open: March 6, 2023 Deadline for submissions: June...
Categories: Civic Engagement, Connected Learning, Critical Perspectives, Digital Citizenship, Digital Learning, Edtech, Educational Practice, Equity, Featured, HX, New Trends, Research, Youth Well-BeingDr. Maïko Le Lay will present on the work described below at CLS2022, in the session “Connected Approaches to STEAM Learning" (Wednesday 7/27, 9:00am). In our ethnographic research conducted in informal STEM...
Categories: Civic Engagement, Connected Learning, Digital Learning, Equity, Research, Youth Well-BeingEquity Is Not Justice: Designing for the Struggle
The CLL community, a vital center of creative work in HCI, games, and other kinds of learning technologies for nearly twenty years, has consistently countered illusory promises of the democratizing influence of...
Categories: Civic Engagement, Connected Learning, Critical Perspectives, Digital Learning, Educational Practice, Equity, Featured, ResearchIn their 2018 report, Let’s Go There, Cathy Cohen, Joseph Kahne and Jessica Marshall argue for the importance of “Lived Civics,” an approach to civic education that is centered on “attention to...
Categories: Civic Engagement, Featured, ResearchThese days, it seems impossible to escape the crushing psychological weight of Black death and dying. Everywhere I turn - my social media accounts, local and international news, attendance at protests -...
Categories: Civic Engagement, Critical Perspectives, EquityWhat Does Digital Civic Engagement Mean in the Era of COVID-19?
Is creating a TikTok video really an example of civic engagement? How about changing your Facebook profile image in service of a cause? Are young people really as disconnected from their civic...
Categories: Civic Engagement, ResearchHighlights 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 Learning“No Permission Necessary”: Bringing Young Activists to the Connected Learning Summit
Stepping in front of over 800,000 people gathered at the March for Our Lives in Washington D.C. (and many more watching via live-stream and on cable news networks), Emma González stood fearlessly...
Categories: Civic Engagement, Connected LearningStudy Finds Sizable Impact of Civic Media Literacy Education on Democratic Engagement
Youth, through efforts that leverage the power of social media, are often driving many of the most important social movements of our era -- from the #Dreamers, to #BlackLivesMatter, to the push...
Categories: Civic Engagement, ResearchOnline 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 EngagementDo 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 EngagementRaising Conservation Awareness through Minecraft Aquatic Game for World Oceans Day
In an effort to raise awareness of marine conservation, the Ocean Institute, Connected Camps and the Connected Learning Alliance are inviting young people to take part in a Minecraft social media activation...
Category: Civic EngagementAmplifying Student Voice Through Digital Resources, Part 1
As I shared in a previous post, I’ve spent this semester working with 84 incredible freshmen and 10 writing mentors, exploring digital culture and identities in our first-year writing course. We read...
Categories: Civic Engagement, Educational PracticePreparing Youth for Online Civic, Political Action
The internet is where many young people get their news and express their own perspectives on civic and political issues. So, how can educators prepare them to be heard in an informed...
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