Image: Innovators from Headstream's cohort 3 celebrating the culmination of the program. Image courtesy of Headstream Innovation. Download high-resolution photo here. This blog is part of the Connected Learning Alliance’s Post-CLS Blog...
Categories: Connected Learning, Equity, Featured, New Trends, Research, Youth Well-BeingConnected Learning
Navigating the Future of Education: Voices from the Digital Classroom
This blog is part of the Connected Learning Alliance’s Post-CLS Blog Series, where we are highlighting work presented at CLS2023. Check back here to see more posts in this series. In the...
Categories: Connected Learning, Digital Learning, Edtech, Educational Practice, Featured, New Trends, ResearchApprentice of Peace Youth Organization: Supporting Wellness and Empowerment
AOPYO co-founder Ronnie Qi delivers a Tai Chi class to Denver area students and educators. Photo Credit: URBN Brands This sixth edition of the Equitable Futures Innovation Network blog series brings...
Categories: Connected Learning, Equity, Featured, New Trends, Research, Youth Well-BeingYAASPA: Exemplifying Collective Power Toward Community Change
Image: Taken at YAASPA's inaugural Black Mental Health and Wellness Summit This fifth edition of the Equitable Futures Innovation Network blog series brings into the spotlight the Young Aspiring Americans for...
Categories: Connected Learning, Equity, Featured, Research, Youth Well-BeingJoin the Conversation in CLS2023 Meetups!
Connected Learning Summit 2023 (#CLSummit2023) kicks off next week with a pre-conference day on October 26th, featuring online meetups on common issues in research, design and practice. Discussions will be facilitated by...
Categories: Connected Learning, Digital Learning, Edtech, Educational Practice, Equity, Featured, New Trends, Research, Youth Well-BeingMaking Media that Matters: YR Media to Facilitate Two Sessions at the 2023 Connected Learning Summit
YR Media is excited to participate in CLS this year, facilitating two interactive sessions via our Teach YR effort. We’ll be leading a roundtable conversation about our work co-creating curriculum with educators...
Categories: Connected Learning, Digital Citizenship, Digital Learning, Educational Practice, Research, Youth Well-BeingExploring AI in Learning & Imagining Alternative AI Futures: CLS 2023 Plenaries Announced!
The Connected Learning Alliance is looking forward to our community of progressive educators, researchers, and technologists gathering to exchange learnings and ideas in the upcoming Connected Learning Summit. It is an annual...
Categories: Connected Learning, Digital Learning, Edtech, Educational Practice, Featured, Research, Youth Well-BeingAnnouncing the Keynotes for the 2023 Connected Learning Summit
The Connected Learning Alliance is looking forward to our community of progressive educators, researchers, and technologists gathering to exchange learnings and ideas in the upcoming Connected Learning Summit. It is an annual...
Categories: Connected Learning, FeaturedA New Chapter: Reflections on 12 Years With the DML Hub and Connected Learning Lab
From the moment I joined the Digital Media and Learning Research Hub over 12 years ago, I knew I had found a special place that perfectly melded my education, professional experience, and...
Categories: Connected Learning, FeaturedA Race-Grounded Career Advising Framework
The Equitable Futures Innovation Network (EFIN) is a project of the Connected Learning Lab at UC Irvine, focused on fostering career equity in asset-based and identity-affirming ways (Nasir 2012). For the past...
Categories: Civic Engagement, Connected Learning, Critical Perspectives, Educational Practice, Equity, Featured, Research, Youth Well-BeingTimbuk2 Academy: Navigating Healthy Tensions to Build Partnership With Youth
This blog is the fourth of a series of case studies based upon the work of the Equitable Futures Innovation Network. The network brings together scholars and practitioners to identify cutting-edge practices...
Categories: Civic Engagement, Connected Learning, Educational Practice, Equity, Research, Youth Well-BeingA Pedagogy of Play: Supporting Playful Learning in Classrooms and Schools
There’s a growing body of research exploring the relationship between play and learning. From anthropology to cognitive science to evolutionary biology, evidence shows that play offers powerful opportunities for children’s cognitive, social,...
Categories: Connected Learning, Featured, New Trends, ResearchA Holistic College and Career Readiness Practice
“Bresee helps the youth and those who are most disadvantaged. Serving Koreatown, a primarily Hispanic community, and advocate for the need of bringing peace to our community. By focusing on the youth,...
Categories: Connected Learning, Educational Practice, Equity, Featured, Research, Youth Well-BeingThe positive benefits of youth interacting with technology are often ignored while the negatives are emphasized. It’s time for that to change. In a commitment to this effort, the Connected Learning Alliance,...
Categories: Connected Learning, Critical Perspectives, Digital Learning, Educational Practice, Equity, Featured, HX, New Trends, Research, Youth Well-BeingWhen Learning is Irresistible: An Invitation to Foster Inventive Mindsets
Image: Portland State University, Oregon MESA InventTeams In 2019 I stumbled upon the field of invention education when I joined a Lemelson-MIT (LMIT) research project examining how high school teams were using...
Categories: Connected Learning, Digital Learning, Educational Practice, Featured, New Trends, Research