This is an archive of resources related to connected learning that was developed as part of the MacArthur Foundation’s Digital Media and Learning Initiative and the Connected Learning Alliance between 2012 and 2025. For more recent resources, visit our home page, the Connected Learning Summit, or the Connected Learning Lab.
This report investigates research and design at the intersection of connected learning (CL), neurodiversity, and emerging technology through a literature review, assessment, and analysis of research articles in related fields....
A new essay collection is available for open review as an MIT Press Work in Progress: Youth Wellbeing in a Technology Rich World, edited by Carrie James and Mizuko Ito...
Teens in the U.S. today are the most diverse, civically engaged, and well educated cohort ever, yet many struggle to maintain positive social connections, mental health, and wellbeing. Public libraries...
Teens in the U.S. today are the most diverse, civically engaged, and well educated cohort ever, yet many struggle to maintain positive social connections, mental health, and wellbeing. Public libraries...
The impact of online social platforms on the mental health and wellbeing of adolescents has become a subject of concern as both positive and negative effects have been observed. Rising...
Algorithmic Rights and Protections for Children, available from MIT Press. Essays on the challenges and risks of designing algorithms and platforms for children, with an emphasis on algorithmic justice, learning,...
The benefits of teaching art to young people have often fallen into two camps. Children study or practice “art for art’s sake” to develop a particular skill. Or they approach...
This report offers an orientation and frameworks for how experiences of civic engagement and community connection can contribute to positive educational and life outcomes for minoritized youth. The impetus for...
In the final year of our research+practice partnership grant, researchers from the Capturing Connected Learning in Libraries (CCLL) project partnered with the IMLS-funded Future Ready with the Library (FRwtL) project...
In February 2020, leading researchers, game developers, educators, policymakers, youth experts, and others convened for an in-depth exploration of the forces shaping the culture and climate of online game communities...
This guide is the culmination of a three-year research+practice partnership between the Capturing Connected Learning in Libraries team and library staff from Future Ready with the Library, YOUmedia, Los Angeles...
“Drawing on qualitative and quantitative research in the UK, this book offers conclusions about parenting in the digital age and insights relevant to parents, policymakers, educators, and researchers everywhere.”
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Adolescents have been early and enthusiastic users of social media. These high levels of engagement have sparked growing concerns about the relationship between technology use and adolescent wellbeing, with heightened...
Since 2014, libraries in the LAPL system have been offering programs for youth focused on Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, and Mathematics (STEAM). This programming has been supported through “Full STEAM...
YOUmedia provides drop-in programming for high school and middle school aged youth staffed by both grant-funded mentors and degree holding librarians. YOUmedia programs were designed based around Mizuko Ito’s work...