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YR Media’s Storytelling Tools Keep Students Connected During COVID-19 Pandemic
At a time when young people are witnessing the disastrous effects of COVID-19 play out in their communities while physically isolated from peers, educational institutions and other support systems, storytelling and media-making...
Category: Digital LearningInstitute of Play Brings Gaming Resources to the Connected Learning Alliance
The Institute of Play (IoP) as an organization may no longer exist but their research, tools, and resources are now available on the Connected Learning Alliance’s Institute of Play page. From teacher-tested,...
Categories: Educational Practice, Featured, ResearchConnected Learning Summit 2020 Cancelled
We are writing to let you know we have decided to cancel the 2020 Connected Learning Summit given the continuing uncertainty about the COVID-19 pandemic, and MIT’s decision to close the campus for...
Category: Connected LearningWhat 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, ResearchWhy should students learn computer science? For creativity? Jobs? Justice? Innovation? The answers to this question shape what computer science education (CSed) looks like in practice. A new CSforALL publication explores how the rationales,...
Category: Digital LearningFrom Continuity with Care to Zoom Memes for Self Quaranteens–My Internet Responds to COVID-19
I started this week with ambitions to curate the Connected Learning Alliance’s networked wisdom on how to grapple with social distancing and a jarring transition to online learning. Bleary from too many...
Categories: Educational Practice, New TrendsProceedings of the 2019 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 2019 Connected Learning Summit. It is our honor to share with...
Categories: Connected Learning, ResearchConnected Learning in Teaching Practice: Resources for Educators
The Connected Learning in Teaching Practice page offers a curated set of resources for educators interested in learning more about connected learning through the lens of teaching and from the viewpoint of...
Category: Connected LearningApply for a New Postdoctoral Fellowship to Connect with Communities and Expand Career Opportunity
Despite many efforts to broaden access to good jobs and work-relevant skills, too many low-income youth of color find themselves shut out of career opportunities. Even after developing skills, they may be...
Category: New TrendsIt’s rare to have the opportunity to work with a stable team of extraordinary scholars over the course of a decade. It’s even rarer for this group of scholars to span a...
Categories: Connected Learning, ResearchUpdating the 5Ws for a New Media Literacy
You probably remember learning in school about the 5Ws: Who, What, Where, When and Why? Those are critical questions for both educators who teach media literacy, and students wanting to evaluate resources....
Category: Digital CitizenshipSpeaker Series on Topics in Connected Learning Open to Public
This interdisciplinary graduate seminar, which is open to the public, aims to immerse students in the field of connected learning through interaction with many of connected learning's most respected scholars. Speakers will...
Categories: Connected Learning, EquityA Resource-Packed Guide on How Digital Learning Can Connect Youth to Opportunity
When kids first join the Maker Foundations program at Digital Harbor Foundation, a technology-focused out-of-school organization in Baltimore, they are given a pile of everyday items such as an electric toothbrush, a plastic cup, a...
Categories: Digital Learning, Educational PracticeThe Joy of Search: Why We All Need to Be Better Searchers…and How to Be Better
I bet you’re probably a skilled online searcher—if you’re reading this, you might even be an expert at online search. But improving your search skills is one of those things that will...
Category: Digital CitizenshipHustle and Grow – Making a Creative Career in the Digital Economy
Over the last six or seven years the three of us were part of the Connected Learning Research Network finding out how young people in the US and the UK were using...
Categories: Equity, Research
