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Watchworthy Wednesday: Hillary Clinton on the Need for Librarians and Libraries
The need for libraries and librarians is greater now more than ever before, Hillary Rodham Clinton told librarians Tuesday at the American Library Association (ALA) Annual Conference. “You have to be on...
Categories: Connected Learning, EquityThis Political Moment: Resources for Educators in the Trump Era
Educators have long been responsible for supporting the growth and development of all young people. The job of designing engaging lessons, promoting respectful discussion, creating an inclusive classroom, and preparing youth for...
Categories: Educational Practice, EquityWatchworthy Wednesday: Girls Gain Coding Superpower with Wonder Woman
As Wonder Woman continues to dominate the big screen, girls all over the world are watching her on computer screens as they learn a 21st century superpower — coding. “Wonder Woman’s strength...
Categories: Digital Learning, EquityThe number of Americans willing to serve as volunteer mentors has remained remarkably stable over the past decade — between 2 million and 2.5 million, or around 1% of the adult population...
Categories: Educational Practice, EquityWatchworthy Wednesday: Collaboration is Key to Learning Innovation
The importance of mentors, equity in education and how art helps us see the world differently, were the topics of the first three “Learning Innovation Conversation” series, hosted by the ExCITe (Expressive...
Categories: Connected Learning, EquityWatchworthy Wednesday: Listen to Youth to Improve Education
Christopher Emdin, associate professor of science education at Columbia University, Teachers College, opened his keynote address at this year’s SXSWedu (South by Southwest Education) Conference with a little history of the Dinka...
Categories: Connected Learning, EquityWatchworthy Wednesday: Apply to Present at DML2017 by May 1
Got an innovative program or research project dealing with connected learning or digital media and learning? We want to hear about it at this year’s Digital Media and Learning Conference, and the...
Categories: Digital Learning, EquityWatchworthy Wednesday: UCI Dreamers Take a Stand, Help Each Other
As a junior computer science major at the University of California, Irvine, she felt “hopeless” watching fellow classmates landing scholarships, federal financial aid and paid internships. “I could not do the same...
Categories: Civic Engagement, Connected Learning, EquityThe 2017 NCES report “Women, Minorities, and Persons with Disabilities in Science and Engineering” notes that the participation of women, minorities, and persons with disabilities (WMPD) in science and engineering fields does...
Category: EquityWatchworthy Wednesday: How You Could Win $250,000 for Being Disobedient
Martin Luther King, Jr.’s words — “One has a moral responsibility to disobey unjust laws” — open MIT’s Media Lab video, inviting nominations for its Rewarding Disobedience Award. The award, which comes...
Categories: Civic Engagement, EquityIntroducing UCI’s Connected Learning Lab
Spring is a fitting season to announce the launch of our new Connected Learning Lab (CLL) at UC Irvine, an interdisciplinary research center dedicated to studying and mobilizing learning technologies in equitable,...
Categories: Connected Learning, EquityAvoiding ‘Dark Pits of Yuck’: Connected Learning for Military Spouses
“We moved nine times in 14 years…It wore me down. Anything I started and developed on my own got taken away.” — Joanna McGuffey, founder and CEO of Unconventional Works I met Joanna...
Categories: Connected Learning, EquityWatchworthy Wednesday: Meet 10 Women Championing Connected Learning
As Women’s History Month comes to a close, let’s turn our attention to 10 women scholars making their mark as champions of connected learning. (Connected learning calls for broadened access to learning...
Categories: Connected Learning, EquityFighting for Critical Civic Education in Dangerous Times
The actions that Donald Trump has taken during the first weeks of his presidency have struck many Americans as shockingly antithetical to the values upon which our country was purportedly founded. Posts...
Categories: Critical Perspectives, EquityTravel Ban, Muslim Scholars and How to Help
Everyone is talking about the impact of the Executive Order from Trump to ban citizens from seven Muslim-majority countries from entering the U.S. The big tragedy is, of course, families who are...
Category: Equity
