The 2022 Connected Learning Summit, held virtually, engaged over 300 participants in interactive discussions about research, design, and practice, as well as hands-on workshops and inspiring talks. Videos of the plenaries, keynotes,...
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Power On!: Why CS Education Can No Longer Pretend to Be “Neutral”
Power On!, our newly released graphic novel (MIT Press, April 2022), follows the experiences of four high school friends from diverse backgrounds as they confront the harm technology has done in their...
Categories: Connected Learning, Educational Practice, Equity, FeaturedConnected Learning Summit 2022 (#CLS2022) kicks off next week with a pre-conference day July 27 featuring online meetups on common issues in research, design and practice. Discussions will be facilitated by Research...
Categories: Connected Learning, Digital Learning, Equity, Featured, ResearchBuilding Race-Conscious and Justice-Oriented STEM Spaces: Learning from Women of Color Educators
“What does it take to cultivate safe, empowering and culturally sustaining STEM spaces for Youth of Color from low income backgrounds?” In Fall 2018, I helped lead a multi-year, multi-site NSF study...
Categories: Connected Learning, Critical Perspectives, Educational Practice, EquityIn addition to inspiring keynotes and plenaries, this year’s Connected Learning Summit features interactive workshops and roundtables offered by Connected Learning Alliance partners. Our partners are research labs, nonprofits, and research-practice collaborations...
Categories: Connected Learning, Digital Citizenship, Digital Learning, Edtech, Educational Practice, Equity, Featured, ResearchDr. 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-BeingPlenary and Keynotes for the Connected Learning Summit 2022 Will Challenge and Inspire
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, Critical Perspectives, Educational Practice, Equity, Featured, ResearchEquity 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, ResearchTransformative Media Pedagogies
“With a shared goal in mind, groups of people with vastly different backgrounds and life experiences can come together to create something meaningful and substantial in a short amount of time.” (Student...
Categories: Connected Learning, Educational Practice, Equity, ResearchHX: Centering Youth, Equity, and Human Experience in a Digitally Networked World
We are researchers of youth digital media practices who have worked together for over a decade to support youth in fostering positive forms of technology engagement. More recently, we have reconnected around...
Categories: Equity, Featured, HX, Research, Youth Well-BeingRelationship Building in Career Equity Youth Work
For youth serving professionals in community based organizations–also known as youth workers–building relationships with young people is an unremarkable, yet foundational element of the trade. This blog entry is based upon our...
Categories: Equity, ResearchWe are happy to announce a new collection of research papers and opinion pieces on the topic of Algorithmic Rights and Protections of Children, as an MIT Press Works in Progress collection...
Categories: Critical Perspectives, Equity, Featured, New Trends, Youth Well-BeingFrom Research to Promising Practices – Building Youth Connections for Wellbeing
About a year ago, the Connected Learning Lab published a report on Youth Connections for Wellbeing, which was developed collaboratively by Mimi Ito, Candice Odgers, and Stephen Schueller. The report discussed how...
Categories: Digital Citizenship, Equity, Research, Youth Well-BeingAnnouncing the Recipients of the Equitable Futures Postdoctoral Fellowships
The Connected Learning Lab is delighted to announce the recipients of the Equitable Futures Postdoctoral Fellowships. Janiece Mackey and Miguel Abad were selected from more than 50 scholars applying for the two-year...
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