Connected Learning Alliance
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“[I]n makerspaces, that divergence is actually what's applauded, right?… So, when teachers bring that into their space, whether it's a makerspace or not, you're designing for that inclusivity.’” New CLA Blog Crosspost - Neurodiversity and Project-Based Learning
ニューロダイバーシティとプロジェクトベースの学習 / Neurodiversity and Project-Based Learning - Connected Learning Alliance
Crossposted from Neurodiversity NPO. Read the full article here. Neurodiversity and Project-Based Learning In community-based makerspaces and Fab Labs, children and adults are engaged in hands-on…
connectedlearning.news
November 21, 2025 at 4:45 PM
“[I]n makerspaces, that divergence is actually what's applauded, right?… So, when teachers bring that into their space, whether it's a makerspace or not, you're designing for that inclusivity.’” New CLA Blog Crosspost - Neurodiversity and Project-Based Learning
🌠 The latest volume of our newsletter is now out for the #ConnectedLearning community 🤩 — Plus job and research opps; youth essay in response to The Anxious Generation; young adults as mental health navigators; two events happening today and more: connectedlearning.news/Vol267
November 21, 2025 at 2:51 AM
🌠 The latest volume of our newsletter is now out for the #ConnectedLearning community 🤩 — Plus job and research opps; youth essay in response to The Anxious Generation; young adults as mental health navigators; two events happening today and more: connectedlearning.news/Vol267
📢 NEW Blog on Neurodiversity and Project-Based Learning! From the Neurodiversity Potential Research Group; new crosspost blog covers the August 26 webinar that explored how inclusively designed environments can tap the strengths of neurodiverse learners.
ニューロダイバーシティとプロジェクトベースの学習 / Neurodiversity and Project-Based Learning - Connected Learning Alliance
Crossposted from Neurodiversity NPO. Read the full article here. Neurodiversity and Project-Based Learning In community-based makerspaces and Fab Labs, children and adults are engaged in hands-on…
connectedlearning.news
November 10, 2025 at 9:00 PM
📢 NEW Blog on Neurodiversity and Project-Based Learning! From the Neurodiversity Potential Research Group; new crosspost blog covers the August 26 webinar that explored how inclusively designed environments can tap the strengths of neurodiverse learners.
Catch our upcoming symposium on Otaku Culture ✖ Interest-Driven Learning on November 20 from 4-5pm Pacific for a cross-cultural dialogue tapping on the strengths of fan culture to support #ConnectedLearning! Register and meet on Zoom or at UC Irvine:
CLL Symposium RSVP: Otaku Communities as Platforms for Neurodiversity Inclusive Learning – a Cross Cultural Dialogue
November 20, 2025, 4pm-5pm Pacific Time. UC Irvine, Calit2 Building, 1st floor Auditorium. Followed by a reception. Also streaming on Zoom
connectedlearning.news
November 7, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Catch our upcoming symposium on Otaku Culture ✖ Interest-Driven Learning on November 20 from 4-5pm Pacific for a cross-cultural dialogue tapping on the strengths of fan culture to support #ConnectedLearning! Register and meet on Zoom or at UC Irvine:
Our CLA newsletter (now happening monthly ✨) is out!
Q&A with CLS2025 Keynote Speaker Danaé Metaxa; how digital environments shape masculine identity development during adolescence and more: connectedlearning.news/Vol266
Q&A with CLS2025 Keynote Speaker Danaé Metaxa; how digital environments shape masculine identity development during adolescence and more: connectedlearning.news/Vol266
October 23, 2025 at 7:31 PM
Our CLA newsletter (now happening monthly ✨) is out!
Q&A with CLS2025 Keynote Speaker Danaé Metaxa; how digital environments shape masculine identity development during adolescence and more: connectedlearning.news/Vol266
Q&A with CLS2025 Keynote Speaker Danaé Metaxa; how digital environments shape masculine identity development during adolescence and more: connectedlearning.news/Vol266
🌟 So excited to share the wonderful turnout for Institut Teknologi Bandung’s in-person CLS event!
Such a lively and impactful event wouldn’t have been possible without Dr. Ary S. Prihatmanto and Eko Nugroho plus sponsors.
📸 Photos by Agustinus Tampubolon and Sandri Justiana.
Such a lively and impactful event wouldn’t have been possible without Dr. Ary S. Prihatmanto and Eko Nugroho plus sponsors.
📸 Photos by Agustinus Tampubolon and Sandri Justiana.
October 14, 2025 at 7:07 PM
🌟 So excited to share the wonderful turnout for Institut Teknologi Bandung’s in-person CLS event!
Such a lively and impactful event wouldn’t have been possible without Dr. Ary S. Prihatmanto and Eko Nugroho plus sponsors.
📸 Photos by Agustinus Tampubolon and Sandri Justiana.
Such a lively and impactful event wouldn’t have been possible without Dr. Ary S. Prihatmanto and Eko Nugroho plus sponsors.
📸 Photos by Agustinus Tampubolon and Sandri Justiana.
We're almost to the finish line 🏃🏼💨~ we have one FINAL and Closing Keynote by Dr. Danaé Metaxa at the Connected Learning Summit!
Join us at 1pm PT via the Whova platform for a livestream, and if you're by UCI, stop by the CLL Lab (Calit2 3330, UC Irvine) to see it in person!
Join us at 1pm PT via the Whova platform for a livestream, and if you're by UCI, stop by the CLL Lab (Calit2 3330, UC Irvine) to see it in person!
October 10, 2025 at 5:30 PM
We're almost to the finish line 🏃🏼💨~ we have one FINAL and Closing Keynote by Dr. Danaé Metaxa at the Connected Learning Summit!
Join us at 1pm PT via the Whova platform for a livestream, and if you're by UCI, stop by the CLL Lab (Calit2 3330, UC Irvine) to see it in person!
Join us at 1pm PT via the Whova platform for a livestream, and if you're by UCI, stop by the CLL Lab (Calit2 3330, UC Irvine) to see it in person!
🌟 From @medialab.bsky.social at Cambridge, MA — October 5's Connected Learning Summit In-Person event sponsored by MIT Scheller Teacher Education Program and The Education Arcade, Learning Games Network, and @digitalthriving.bsky.social.
📸 Big thanks to Mary McCrossan for the photos.
📸 Big thanks to Mary McCrossan for the photos.
October 8, 2025 at 1:45 AM
🌟 From @medialab.bsky.social at Cambridge, MA — October 5's Connected Learning Summit In-Person event sponsored by MIT Scheller Teacher Education Program and The Education Arcade, Learning Games Network, and @digitalthriving.bsky.social.
📸 Big thanks to Mary McCrossan for the photos.
📸 Big thanks to Mary McCrossan for the photos.
Next keynote is starting soon: The Biff World, or Speculative Writing as Time-Travel to Heal the Present by Vanessa Angelica Villarreal. Come join us at the Connected Learning Summit via live at UC Berkeley or streamed online through the Whova platform. 🙌🏼
October 6, 2025 at 8:50 PM
Next keynote is starting soon: The Biff World, or Speculative Writing as Time-Travel to Heal the Present by Vanessa Angelica Villarreal. Come join us at the Connected Learning Summit via live at UC Berkeley or streamed online through the Whova platform. 🙌🏼
Our first #ConnectedLearning2025 opening keynote is starting in a few minutes: Supporting Neurodivergent Learners in a (Dis)Connected World by Dr. Meryl Alper (@merylalper.bsky.social) — we hope you're joining us live at MIT, a viewing party, or on Zoom at the Connected Learning Summit! 👋🏼
October 6, 2025 at 7:58 PM
Our first #ConnectedLearning2025 opening keynote is starting in a few minutes: Supporting Neurodivergent Learners in a (Dis)Connected World by Dr. Meryl Alper (@merylalper.bsky.social) — we hope you're joining us live at MIT, a viewing party, or on Zoom at the Connected Learning Summit! 👋🏼
Good morning 🌞 — we’re on our first day of #ConnectedLearning2025!
No keynotes, plenaries, or workshops today but we’d like to invite attendees to join us for the Topical Meet-ups featuring contributors to our showcases🏆 and research papers📜 starting at 9am PT!!! We'll see you on Whova!
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No keynotes, plenaries, or workshops today but we’d like to invite attendees to join us for the Topical Meet-ups featuring contributors to our showcases🏆 and research papers📜 starting at 9am PT!!! We'll see you on Whova!
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October 5, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Good morning 🌞 — we’re on our first day of #ConnectedLearning2025!
No keynotes, plenaries, or workshops today but we’d like to invite attendees to join us for the Topical Meet-ups featuring contributors to our showcases🏆 and research papers📜 starting at 9am PT!!! We'll see you on Whova!
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No keynotes, plenaries, or workshops today but we’d like to invite attendees to join us for the Topical Meet-ups featuring contributors to our showcases🏆 and research papers📜 starting at 9am PT!!! We'll see you on Whova!
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On Oct 8th from 1-3pm PT, The Technical University of Munich is sharing their work that supports critical reflections regarding AI EdTech adoption at the Connected Learning Summit!
✨ Register to see how AI tools can foster critical use of AI in art-making: connectedlearning.news/CLS2025-Regi...
✨ Register to see how AI tools can foster critical use of AI in art-making: connectedlearning.news/CLS2025-Regi...
October 4, 2025 at 9:25 PM
On Oct 8th from 1-3pm PT, The Technical University of Munich is sharing their work that supports critical reflections regarding AI EdTech adoption at the Connected Learning Summit!
✨ Register to see how AI tools can foster critical use of AI in art-making: connectedlearning.news/CLS2025-Regi...
✨ Register to see how AI tools can foster critical use of AI in art-making: connectedlearning.news/CLS2025-Regi...
Stacy Branham is bringing disabled youth voices to the forefront with her roundtable exploring how we can foster more inclusive #ConnectedLearning spaces happening Thursday, October 9th from 1 - 3pm Pacific (4-6pm ET) at CLS2025!
✨ Register: connectedlearning.news/CLS2025-Regi...
✨ Register: connectedlearning.news/CLS2025-Regi...
October 4, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Stacy Branham is bringing disabled youth voices to the forefront with her roundtable exploring how we can foster more inclusive #ConnectedLearning spaces happening Thursday, October 9th from 1 - 3pm Pacific (4-6pm ET) at CLS2025!
✨ Register: connectedlearning.news/CLS2025-Regi...
✨ Register: connectedlearning.news/CLS2025-Regi...
Instead of focusing on social media bans, @zephoria.bsky.social’s upcoming workshop at the Connected Learning Summit from 10am-12pm PT shines the spotlight on empowering young people and encouraging adults to meaningfully help.
✨ RSVP and Register: connectedlearning.news/CLS2025-Regi...
✨ RSVP and Register: connectedlearning.news/CLS2025-Regi...
October 4, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Instead of focusing on social media bans, @zephoria.bsky.social’s upcoming workshop at the Connected Learning Summit from 10am-12pm PT shines the spotlight on empowering young people and encouraging adults to meaningfully help.
✨ RSVP and Register: connectedlearning.news/CLS2025-Regi...
✨ RSVP and Register: connectedlearning.news/CLS2025-Regi...
How can we harness AI as a tool for community-driven inquiry and impact?
✨ Check out UC Berkeley’s workshop on October 9th from 10am-12pm PT for a session whose focus is on practical co-creation that’s grounded in reflection using the Playlab AI chatbots: connectedlearning.news/CLS2025-Regi...
✨ Check out UC Berkeley’s workshop on October 9th from 10am-12pm PT for a session whose focus is on practical co-creation that’s grounded in reflection using the Playlab AI chatbots: connectedlearning.news/CLS2025-Regi...
October 3, 2025 at 11:00 PM
How can we harness AI as a tool for community-driven inquiry and impact?
✨ Check out UC Berkeley’s workshop on October 9th from 10am-12pm PT for a session whose focus is on practical co-creation that’s grounded in reflection using the Playlab AI chatbots: connectedlearning.news/CLS2025-Regi...
✨ Check out UC Berkeley’s workshop on October 9th from 10am-12pm PT for a session whose focus is on practical co-creation that’s grounded in reflection using the Playlab AI chatbots: connectedlearning.news/CLS2025-Regi...
For library staff — a workshop happening next Thursday, October 9th from 10am-12pm PT will focus on the critical role of organizational culture in moving from theory to authentic connected learning implementation!
✨ Register for #ConnectedLearning2025: connectedlearning.news/CLS2025-Regi...
✨ Register for #ConnectedLearning2025: connectedlearning.news/CLS2025-Regi...
October 3, 2025 at 4:36 PM
For library staff — a workshop happening next Thursday, October 9th from 10am-12pm PT will focus on the critical role of organizational culture in moving from theory to authentic connected learning implementation!
✨ Register for #ConnectedLearning2025: connectedlearning.news/CLS2025-Regi...
✨ Register for #ConnectedLearning2025: connectedlearning.news/CLS2025-Regi...
Highly interactive and hands-on, @cooneycenter.bsky.social's workshop gives participants the ability to dive into the RITEC design principles through a series of creative challenges inspired by their fellowship experiences!
✨Oct 8 from 1-3pm PT: connectedlearning.news/CLS2025-Regi...
✨Oct 8 from 1-3pm PT: connectedlearning.news/CLS2025-Regi...
October 2, 2025 at 11:30 PM
Highly interactive and hands-on, @cooneycenter.bsky.social's workshop gives participants the ability to dive into the RITEC design principles through a series of creative challenges inspired by their fellowship experiences!
✨Oct 8 from 1-3pm PT: connectedlearning.news/CLS2025-Regi...
✨Oct 8 from 1-3pm PT: connectedlearning.news/CLS2025-Regi...
Connected Learning x Neurodiversity is a major focus for our research—we’re thrilled to host a roundtable for participants who have integrated neurodiversity and connected learning approaches in edtech for learning! 🎉
✨Register for October 8 from 10am-12pm PT: connectedlearning.news/CLS2025-Regi...
✨Register for October 8 from 10am-12pm PT: connectedlearning.news/CLS2025-Regi...
October 2, 2025 at 8:57 PM
Connected Learning x Neurodiversity is a major focus for our research—we’re thrilled to host a roundtable for participants who have integrated neurodiversity and connected learning approaches in edtech for learning! 🎉
✨Register for October 8 from 10am-12pm PT: connectedlearning.news/CLS2025-Regi...
✨Register for October 8 from 10am-12pm PT: connectedlearning.news/CLS2025-Regi...
MIT’s Scheller Teacher Education Program and The Education Arcade is sharing their method of incorporating metacognitive reflections to cement PBL and GBL learning on October 8th from 10am-12pm PT at the Connected Learning Summit!
✨ Register now: connectedlearning.news/CLS2025-Regi...
✨ Register now: connectedlearning.news/CLS2025-Regi...
October 2, 2025 at 5:30 PM
MIT’s Scheller Teacher Education Program and The Education Arcade is sharing their method of incorporating metacognitive reflections to cement PBL and GBL learning on October 8th from 10am-12pm PT at the Connected Learning Summit!
✨ Register now: connectedlearning.news/CLS2025-Regi...
✨ Register now: connectedlearning.news/CLS2025-Regi...
We’re thrilled to share that Scratch Foundation is holding their workshop next Tuesday on October 7 from 1pm-3pm PT to reveal how they’re using AI to support Scratch’s open environment for tinkering, imagining, and learning with agency. 💙
✨ Register now: connectedlearning.news/CLS2025-Regi...
✨ Register now: connectedlearning.news/CLS2025-Regi...
October 1, 2025 at 11:05 PM
We’re thrilled to share that Scratch Foundation is holding their workshop next Tuesday on October 7 from 1pm-3pm PT to reveal how they’re using AI to support Scratch’s open environment for tinkering, imagining, and learning with agency. 💙
✨ Register now: connectedlearning.news/CLS2025-Regi...
✨ Register now: connectedlearning.news/CLS2025-Regi...
Check out Civic Paths Group’s workshop at the Connected Learning Summit on Oct 8 from 10am-12pm PT to experience firsthand how collaboration and imaginative play can inspire collective action through Adventure Pages!
Speaker: Sangita Shresthova
✨Register: connectedlearning.news/CLS2025-Regi...
Speaker: Sangita Shresthova
✨Register: connectedlearning.news/CLS2025-Regi...
October 1, 2025 at 4:38 PM
Check out Civic Paths Group’s workshop at the Connected Learning Summit on Oct 8 from 10am-12pm PT to experience firsthand how collaboration and imaginative play can inspire collective action through Adventure Pages!
Speaker: Sangita Shresthova
✨Register: connectedlearning.news/CLS2025-Regi...
Speaker: Sangita Shresthova
✨Register: connectedlearning.news/CLS2025-Regi...
Join the team from UPenn and USU for their virtual workshop on algorithmic justice and “algorithm auditing” activities for students on Oct 9 from 1pm-3pm Pacific at #ConnectedLearning2025!
📌 Workshop pairs well with Danaé Metaxa’s keynote!
✨ Register: connectedlearning.news/CLS2025-Regi...
📌 Workshop pairs well with Danaé Metaxa’s keynote!
✨ Register: connectedlearning.news/CLS2025-Regi...
September 30, 2025 at 11:15 PM
Join the team from UPenn and USU for their virtual workshop on algorithmic justice and “algorithm auditing” activities for students on Oct 9 from 1pm-3pm Pacific at #ConnectedLearning2025!
📌 Workshop pairs well with Danaé Metaxa’s keynote!
✨ Register: connectedlearning.news/CLS2025-Regi...
📌 Workshop pairs well with Danaé Metaxa’s keynote!
✨ Register: connectedlearning.news/CLS2025-Regi...
From @digitalthriving.bsky.social, a Connected Learning Summit virtual roundtable that highlights participatory methods for youth-engaged research on young people’s well being and their technology use!
✨Register now and join us Oct 7 from 1pm-3pm PT: connectedlearning.news/CLS2025-Regi...
✨Register now and join us Oct 7 from 1pm-3pm PT: connectedlearning.news/CLS2025-Regi...
September 30, 2025 at 7:32 PM
From @digitalthriving.bsky.social, a Connected Learning Summit virtual roundtable that highlights participatory methods for youth-engaged research on young people’s well being and their technology use!
✨Register now and join us Oct 7 from 1pm-3pm PT: connectedlearning.news/CLS2025-Regi...
✨Register now and join us Oct 7 from 1pm-3pm PT: connectedlearning.news/CLS2025-Regi...
Happening virtually October 7th from 10am-12pm PT at the Connected Learning Summit is MIT's Education Arcade and Learning Games Network’s workshop on how we can teach and talk to kids about AI!
Speaker: @scoto.bsky.social
✨Register for #ConnectedLearning2025: connectedlearning.news/CLS2025-Regi...
Speaker: @scoto.bsky.social
✨Register for #ConnectedLearning2025: connectedlearning.news/CLS2025-Regi...
September 30, 2025 at 4:33 PM
Happening virtually October 7th from 10am-12pm PT at the Connected Learning Summit is MIT's Education Arcade and Learning Games Network’s workshop on how we can teach and talk to kids about AI!
Speaker: @scoto.bsky.social
✨Register for #ConnectedLearning2025: connectedlearning.news/CLS2025-Regi...
Speaker: @scoto.bsky.social
✨Register for #ConnectedLearning2025: connectedlearning.news/CLS2025-Regi...
The Design Based Implementation Research roundtable on October 7 from 10am - 12pm Pacific invites colleagues to engage with co-analysis as a means to resist simplification and enrich the complexity of research.
✨RSVP + Register for #ConnectedLearning2025: connectedlearning.news/CLS2025-Regi...
✨RSVP + Register for #ConnectedLearning2025: connectedlearning.news/CLS2025-Regi...
September 29, 2025 at 10:22 PM
The Design Based Implementation Research roundtable on October 7 from 10am - 12pm Pacific invites colleagues to engage with co-analysis as a means to resist simplification and enrich the complexity of research.
✨RSVP + Register for #ConnectedLearning2025: connectedlearning.news/CLS2025-Regi...
✨RSVP + Register for #ConnectedLearning2025: connectedlearning.news/CLS2025-Regi...