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From Changing Education Systems to Changing Society
Whether stated explicitly or not, a core proposition of DML is that there are deep consequences to the ways that young people are learning both in and out of school and using digital...
Categories: Educational Practice, EquityAmplifying the Teacher Perspective on Connected Learning
This is my third post in a series exploring my journey to develop and teach a graduate “Multimodal Literacies” course for pre-service and in-service teachers based on the connected learning framework. (Here...
Categories: Connected Learning, Educational PracticeLove and Animation as Missing Ingredients: A Discussion With Marjorie Faulstich Orellana
Books. Laptops. Construction paper. Text books. Desks. Bells. Backpacks. Pens. Smart board styluses. White boards. LCD projectors. Hall passes. The list goes on. The spaces of learning — whether we are discussing classrooms,...
Category: Educational PracticeLessons Learned During Summer Minecraft Camp
We partnered with Connected Camps and Building Blocks for Kids Collaborative (BBK) last summer to run a four-week affiliate camp for underprivileged kids in the city of Richmond, California. Richmond’s residents are...
Categories: Connected Learning, EquityFrom Cross-roads to Intersections: Hashtags for the Future of Learning
Note: This is the first of a four-part series that introduces three hashtags that seek to punctuate and puncture the techno-utopian policies and social perceptions of the forms, formats and functions of...
Categories: Civic Engagement, Digital CitizenshipThe Possibilities of Badges and Blockchain
In March 2015, I wrote “Peering Deep into the Future of Educational Credentialing” for DML Central. In it, I explored the potential for the blockchain technology (best known for underpinning Bitcoin) to...
Category: EdtechAnnotation, Rap Genius and Education
Annotation educator Jeremy Dean came to me through my serendipity amplifier: Twitter. I watch some people think aloud in public and some people attend to my public online musings; when I think...
Category: EdtechMaking Learning Matter in the Digital Classroom
In a recent blog post, I discussed the noteworthy success of a web-based course launched by a research university in a high-profile initiative that emphasized online access as much as digital education....
Categories: Digital Learning, Educational PracticeOnline Literacy and the College Learner: Transfer Research and Technology
Recently, I wrote a post for DML Central about an online course that’s receiving unusually high course evaluations and is being offered by the Culture, Art, and Technology program at UC San Diego. It’s a...
Categories: Digital Citizenship, Educational Practice
