Mimi Ko Cruz is director of communications for the School of Social Ecology at the University of California, Irvine. She was part of the Connected Learning Alliance from 2014-2018, serving as communications manager for the Digital Media and Learning Research Hub, which was run by the UC Humanities Research Institute, based at UCI. Mimi has more than two decades of experience in communications, having worked as a journalist, including 14 years at the Los Angeles Times, and as a higher education public information officer. Her work in journalism and public relations has earned a number of awards over the years. Email: mkcruz@uci.edu
Mimi Ko Cruz
Articles
July 15, 2019
Bridging the New Digital Divide
Parents often don't get it. When psychologist Candice L. Odgers says there is no compelling evidence that spending time online has a detrimental effect on teens’ mental health, many parents get furious. “They...
Categories: Digital Citizenship, New TrendsMay 27, 2019
It is rare when a young person, suffering from stress and depression, asks an adult for help. But, seeking assistance through digital means is not uncommon. Young people don’t want to be...
Category: New TrendsJuly 30, 2018
How to Be a Learning Instigator
When educator Michelle King teaches middle school students about America’s founding document, she kicks off the lesson by asking how people today break up with each other. A simple electronic text or...
Category: Educational PracticeJuly 23, 2018
Matching Students, Educators for Learning Connections Through linkr
For educators ready to connect their students to peers and other educators to collaborate on learning myriad subjects all over the world, doing so digitally is just what linkr Education offers. Gabriel...
Category: EdtechJune 25, 2018
CLS Keynote Speaker to Deliver Talk on Importance of Connected Learning
As a kid in the early 1980s, Baratunde Thurston took part in myriad enrichment activities — from sports and community gardening to boy scouts, cultural spectating and political activism. His mother encouraged...
Category: Connected LearningJune 4, 2018
Raising Conservation Awareness through Minecraft Aquatic Game for World Oceans Day
In an effort to raise awareness of marine conservation, the Ocean Institute, Connected Camps and the Connected Learning Alliance are inviting young people to take part in a Minecraft social media activation...
Category: Civic EngagementMay 28, 2018
Google Report Reveals State of K-12 Computer Science Education
Computer scientists still are in high demand in the U.S., people of color still are disproportionately underrepresented in the field and whether and how computer science (CS) is taught varies wildly, according...
Category: Educational PracticeMay 9, 2018
Schedule Unveiled for Aug. 1-3 Connected Learning Summit at MIT
The eagerly anticipated schedule of the inaugural Connected Learning Summit has been unveiled. The Aug. 1-3 event, to be held at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Media Lab, features keynote and plenary...
Category: Connected LearningApril 30, 2018
Preparing Youth for Online Civic, Political Action
The internet is where many young people get their news and express their own perspectives on civic and political issues. So, how can educators prepare them to be heard in an informed...
Category: Civic EngagementApril 16, 2018
New MIT Book Series Seeks Authors
How large-scale online environments — such as massive open online courses (MOOCs), intelligent tutoring systems, learning games, collaborative programming communities, community tutorial systems, social learning networks and numerous informal communities of learners...
Category: Digital Learning