Connected
Learning in
Teaching
Practice

Educators across the country are recognizing that conventional forms of teaching and learning are not useful to prepare students for our dynamic and constantly shifting 21st century society. Join teachers and teacher educators who are applying the principles of connected learning to their teaching and educational design.

Essentials

About Connected Learning

Connected learning is: advocating for broadened access to learning that is socially embedded, interest-driven, and oriented toward educational, economic, or political opportunity.

Teaching in the Connected Learning Classroom

Read firsthand counter-narratives from educators engaged in solving an array of challenges in today’s classrooms.

Teacher Networks and Communities

Follow one of the many networks that consider connected learning frameworks in teaching and scholarship.

Educator Innovator

Produces regular blogs and CLTV broadcasts, publishes a monthly newsletter, and features content from its open publication, The Current

The Current

An open publishing site of Educator Innovator and a forum for the sharing of resources and stories about what we as educators are observing, doing, and reflecting upon related to connecting learning and teaching

CLMOOC

“A collaborative, knowledge-building and sharing experience open to anyone interested in making, playing, and learning together about the educational framework known as connected learning.”

Connected Learning in Teacher Education

A network of educators who work in broadly defined areas of teacher education, from official teacher education programs at universities to libraries and out of school settings

Connected Learning Teachers

Read about the ways teachers are implementing connected learning in their classrooms. Find more profiles of connected educators here.

Kevin Hodgson

Practicing the Principles of Connected Learning

Stephanie West-Puckett

From Professional Development to Professional Practice

Nicole Mirra

Transitioning from Conventional to Connected Teaching

Christina Cantrill

Learning Together

Christopher Rogers

Lessons on Evolution of Connected Learning

Critical Questions

Consider the ideas and issues related to connected learning.

Why #Techquity

Planning for increased access to digital tools in schools

Educating for Participatory Politics

Examples from educator experiences