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DML Conference 2013: Democratic Futures (Ethan Zuckerman, Keynote)
Ethan Zuckerman (@EthanZ) will deliver the keynote at this year's Digital Media & Learning Conference, "Democratic Futures," March 14-16 in Chicago, and we asked Howard Rheingold (@hrheingold) to vlog with Zuckerman, director...
Categories: Connected Learning, Digital CitizenshipConnected Learning: Interdisciplinary Researchers Recommend Core Changes
It has been almost a year since the release of the connected learning principles in March 2012 on connectedlearning.tv. For the Connected Learning Research Network, this has been a year of digging...
Category: Connected LearningDoes the information age free us to pursue learning centered on individuals and not institutions? Does each of us have a part to play in the possibility of education? Can a broader...
Category: Connected LearningYou could make the argument that of all the ills perpetuated by the industrial age approach to education the worst is conformity. Originality had no place in a factory production line. Or...
Category: Connected LearningMentoring: The Gift of Validation
This short film explores a fundamental ingredient of learning and human potential: mentoring. Its potential is arguably even more pronounced today because of our ability to connect with others who share our...
Categories: Connected Learning, Educational PracticeMaking + Playing + Understanding = Learning
We commissioned filmmaker Nic Askew to make a series of short films that explores the underlying thinking of our six principles of connected learning: interests, peers, youth as producers, networks, shared purpose...
Category: Connected LearningConnected Learning: The Experience of Education Reimagined
We commissioned filmmaker Nic Askew to make a series of short films about connected learning, a new approach to learning he called "courageous" and "transformational." This film introduces the story of connected...
Category: Connected LearningFrom Theory to Design: Exploring the Power & Potential of ‘Connected Learning,’ Part Two
One of the more compelling aspects of connected learning is the opportunity for students to create personalized learning pathways that establish important links across the different nodes in their learning ecology. I...
Categories: Connected Learning, EquityFrom Theory to Design: Exploring the Power & Potential of ‘Connected Learning’, Part One
This summer I attended summer school…well kind of. For three weeks in June I worked with a great team to implement a digital media and design project with high school students. We...
Category: Connected LearningShould We Fear Children Accessing Facebook?
In recent months, there has been an intense media and policy vortex surrounding the questions of when and how children – especially those under 13 – should gain access to popular online...
Categories: Connected Learning, Digital CitizenshipA Vision for Learning Designed by Youth for Youth: Notice. Dream. Connect. Do. Be.
The basics as defined by school is a very limited and restrictive set of skills. The word basic is often referred to as essential. Essential translates to absolutely necessary or extremely important....
Category: Connected LearningWebinar: How Can We Disrupt the “Banking” System of Education?
Earlier today, connectedlearning.tv hosted a live webinar with librarian Buffy Hamilton, aka “The Unquiet Librarian,” on the topic: How do libraries cultivate participatory literacy to disrupt what Paulo Freire calls the "banking"...
Category: Connected LearningReflections on DML2012 and Visions of Educational Change
A few days back home after DML2012, I've been browsing through the blogosphere and tweet streams and reflecting on the various conversations I had at the event. One unfortunate side-effect of being...
Categories: Connected Learning, EquityConnected Learning: Designed to Mine the New Social, Digital Domain
Focus on education has perhaps never been greater. As we seek to understand the impact of the internet and this age of connection, it has focused attention on a topic of extraordinary...
Category: Connected Learning‘Connected Learning’ in Edge Communities
For more than nine weeks now I have been working with a high school in the Central Texas area, getting to know students, teachers, and administrators. Along with a fantastic team of...
Categories: Connected Learning, Equity
