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Introducing 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, EquityWatchworthy Wednesday: Google Scientist Tells How Tech Affects Learning
When his daughter was studying linguistics, Daniel M. Russell observed her reading a book on Turkish grammar while connected to her earbuds, listening to Turkish news on an online app. “She was...
Category: Digital CitizenshipWhat Teachers Can Learn from Students
I remember being a college student. The problem with being a professor who remembers being a college student, is that we're probably misremembering, or our experience is different from those of our...
Category: Educational PracticeAvoiding ‘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, EquityMaking Science: When Does Spaghetti Become a Light Ray?
For the past few years, we have been fortunate to work together in a scientific inquiry class. Bringing together science faculty and composition faculty makes for some lively conversations about the teaching...
Category: Educational PracticeThe Power of Digital Writing and Connected Learning
“Sharing power in a system rooted in not sharing power is a pretty tough go,” was the first thing Terry Elliott said when I asked him about his longstanding work in student...
Categories: Connected Learning, Digital LearningWatchworthy Wednesday: The Importance of Media Literacy in Partisan Times
“It’s crucial that we cultivate students’ ability to judge the credibility of online political content and build their commitment to carefully assessing such content.” — Joseph Kahne and Benjamin Bowyer Taken from...
Category: Digital CitizenshipHow do you prove what you know and can do these days? Sure, you can show someone your CV, résumé or LinkedIn profile, but what does that prove? Isn’t that just a...
Category: EdtechOnline Tools That Foster Civic Engagement
As my colleague, Antero Garcia, explained in a DML Central post last month, we are working together to produce a web series that provides educators with tools and tips to support civically-engaged...
Category: Civic EngagementWatchworthy Wednesday: New Book Focuses on Teacher Leadership and Connected Learning
Kira J. Baker-Doyle’s new book, “Transformative Teachers: Teacher Leadership and Learning in a Connected World” (Harvard Education Press) offers insight on the pulse of teaching and teacher leadership today. In the first...
Categories: Connected Learning, Educational PracticeWhen Social Media Assignments Increase Risks for Vulnerable Students
Editor's note: The following is a discussion between Data & Society Research Institute researchers Monica Bulger and Mikaela Pitcan and Jade Davis, associate director of Digital Learning Projects at LaGuardia Community College. In...
Categories: Digital Citizenship, Digital LearningThe Trouble with ‘Screen Time Rules’
“Screen time,” as ever, is a hot topic for academics, policy folk and for parents. There’s a seemingly endless debate about how much is too much, or indeed (as we’ve argued) whether...
Categories: Digital Citizenship, EdtechWatchworthy Wednesday: Fighting for the Arts
With the arts potentially on the federal funding chopping block, Americans for the Arts Action Fund has mobilized to heighten awareness of the benefits provided by the arts. It has released the...
Category: Civic Engagement
