Mizuko (Mimi) Ito is a cultural anthropologist, studying youth new media practices in the US and Japan. She oversees research activities of the Digital Media and Learning Hub and is developing a research area focused on interest-driven learning. She is a Professor in Residence at the UC Humanities Research Institute, and has appointments at the Department of Informatics and the Department of Anthropology, and is the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation Chair in Digital Media and Learning at UC Irvine. http://www.itofisher.com/mito
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Connected 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, ResearchIn 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, 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, 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-BeingWe 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-BeingThe COVID-19 pandemic has thrown persistent problems of occupational equity and job security into sharp relief. Pew Research Center’s analysis of Spring 2020 employment data indicates that 25% of young adult workers...
Category: EquityFrom 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 TrendsApply 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, Research