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We Are the Connected Learning Alliance
We are educators, researchers, innovators, and change makers. We believe young people deserve a more equitable learning ecosystem centered on their cultures, communities, and interests.We harness the power of emerging technology to help make this happen. Will you join us?
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Teen services librarians have been innovating and spreading connected learning ...
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Racially and economically segregated schools across the United States have hosted ...
Teen mental health and wellbeing struggles have been in the public eye, but contrary ...
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New report comes at arts learning from a different angle: What if learning about or practicing an art could help young people connect more directly to their communities and the world they live in? And how might that change the experience and outcomes for both students and communities?
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.
New case study shares lessons learned from working with rural and small public library staff on assessment and evaluation for new connected learning programs
New report explores how to make online gaming communities more youth-friendly and inclusive
This guide is designed to get you started with effective, easy to use, and accessible tools and strategies to approach program design, reflection, and evaluation from a connected learning perspective.
New report examining the relationship between teens' technology use and mental health released
New report expands and revises key elements of the connected learning framework and the 2013 connected learning report
New case study describes the programming and assessment tools CCLL and library staff developed and used to support connected learning for youth
New case study from the Capturing Connected Learning in Libraries (CCLL) project: YOUmedia at Harold Washington Library
The tenth-anniversary edition of a foundational text in digital media and learning, examining new media practices that range from podcasting to online romantic breakups.
Anythink is a leader in developing innovative, usable tools for evaluating learning, including the talkback boards described here.
New Book Explores How Online Affinity Networks Expand Learning and Opportunity for Youth.
New Book Examines How the Digital and Social-Media Lives of Low-Income Youth, Especially Youth of Color, Have Evolved Amidst Rapid Social and Technological Change.
New Institute of Play page includes over a dozen downloadable resources to help you bring the power of play and design into the classroom.
New toolkit, and associated report, shares effective practices for equitable, youth-centered digital learning.
Libraries support connected learning by offering access to technology, learning resources, and expert guidance for young people to pursue their unique interests.
Join teachers and teacher educators who are applying the principles of connected learning to their teaching and educational design.
“Connected civics” is civic and political engagement grounded in young people’s deeply felt interests and identities.
Explore pedagogy and online developments that best support and broaden access to meaningful and engaged forms of education for independent learners everywhere.
Howard Rheingold's most relevant picks for learner agency, co-learning, making, 21st-century learners, networked publics, media literacy, civic engagement and pedagogy.
