“[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

📢 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:

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

🌟 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.

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!

🌟 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.

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! 👋🏼

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! 🧵 [1/2]

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Join the Lifelong Kindergarten group and @medialab.bsky.social virtually on Oct 7th from 10am - 12pm Pacific at the Connected Learning Summit to explore how you can bring a favorite book or story to life using @octostudioapp.bsky.social! ✨ Register now: connectedlearning.news/CLS2025-Regi...

When we build systems that benefit those most marginalized, society will often experience widespread and significant benefits as a whole. 🌱 New CLA Blog features our #ConnectedLearning2025 Keynote Speaker Dr. Danaé Metaxa:

🆕 CLA Newsletter out now — the latest from our #ConnectedLearning community! 🎉 Q&A with CLS keynote speaker, new fund for youth wellbeing in a digital age, report on AI + youth social connection, CLA newsletter transition and more! 🔗 Check it out: connectedlearning.news/Vol265

📢 NEW CLA Blog highlights our new report that offers insights and recommendations about integrating neurodiversity-informed approaches in the design of #ConnectedLearning programs and #EmergingTechnology‼ Blog: connectedlearning.news/cla091625 Direct Link: connectedlearning.news/IntegratingC...

“It’s really important not to over-romanticize interest-driven learning, because now, with those interests – anything you have an interest in algorithmically – there’s a profit-driven goal in cultivating them." - @merylalper.bsky.social ✨ New CLA Blog:

The schedule for the 2025 Connected Learning Summit is here! 🎉 Check out the program and register today to RSVP for limited-seating sessions, engage in discussion, and explore showcases and research papers before the summit begins in October. connectedlearning.news/CLS-Schedule

The Connected Learning Summit is online, but that doesn’t mean we can’t celebrate and participate in person! 🎉 Check out 1️⃣ of our 8️⃣ In-Person Events at MIT, NYU, UC Berkeley, USU, UCI (Opening and/or Closing), ITB, or University of Sydney! More info and to RSVP: connectedlearning.news/CLS-Meetups

✨ We need #ConnectedLearning now more than ever. ✨ New CLA Blog features our #ConnectedLearning2025 Keynote Speaker @merylalper.bsky.social, Professor at Northeastern University and author of Kids Across the Spectrums: Growing up Autistic in a Digital Age. connectedlearning.news/cla090925

🎮 New essay from NeuPoteKen on their July 30 webinar exploring how game-based learning spaces can become neurodiversity inclusive environments with researchers Kohei Kato and Katie Salen! (Facilitated by @mimiito.bsky.social) connectedlearning.news/cla090825 #GameBasedLearning #Neurodiversity

🎉 #ConnectedLearning2025 𝗞𝗲𝘆𝗻𝗼𝘁𝗲 𝗧𝗮𝗹𝗸𝘀 & 𝗣𝗹𝗲𝗻𝗮𝗿𝘆 𝗣𝗮𝗻𝗲𝗹𝘀 𝗔𝗻𝗻𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗰𝗲𝗱! 🎉 🎙 𝗞𝗲𝘆𝗻𝗼𝘁𝗲 𝗦𝗽𝗲𝗮𝗸𝗲𝗿𝘀 • Meryl Alper (MIT/Online) (@merylalper.bsky.social) • Vanessa Angélica Villarreal (Stanford/Online) (@elnorterecuerda.bsky.social) • Danaé Metaxa (UC Irvine/Online)

1️⃣ more day to apply for our FREE virtual Rising Scholars meetup for diverse #GraduateStudents + #PostDocs in the #ConnectedLearning community! Meet on October 5th with supportive mentors and peers to connect over shared experiences and backgrounds: Apply now: connectedlearning.news/CLS-Rising-S...

🆓 𝗩𝗶𝗿𝘁𝘂𝗮𝗹 𝗪𝗼𝗿𝗸𝘀𝗵𝗼𝗽 - 𝙁𝙍𝙀𝙀 𝙈𝙀𝙀𝙏𝙐𝙋 for #PostDocs and #GraduateStudents in the #ConnectedLearning community! No CLS registration required. Apply by Sep. 5 and attend Oct 5 starting 9am. Workshop and Panel included with experts from Stanford, Duke, Google + more connectedlearning.news/CLS-Rising-S...

How might we develop and support gaming communities that cultivate empathetic, compassionate, and civically engaged youth? 🎮🤝🏻 𝗥𝗮𝗶𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗚𝗼𝗼𝗱 𝗚𝗮𝗺𝗲𝗿𝘀 report hopes to guide future research on making online gaming communities more youth-friendly and inclusive. 🔎 connectedlearning.news/RGGreport

@thecllab.bsky.social partnered with 9 libraries to identify 4 key areas and opportunities for teen services growth and advancement. 💡 2️⃣ reports for library leaders and staff that identifies 4 key areas and opportunities for teen services growth and advancement: connectedlearning.news/cla071524

📢 We are accepting applications for our Rising Scholars of #ConnectedLearning2025 happening Oct 5! connectedlearning.news/CLS-Rising-S... This virtual event is for diverse #GraduateStudents and #PostDocs to connect with supportive mentors and peers with shared experiences and backgrounds.

In other news — we took a mini-hiatus👀 but we’re back with a brand new volume of our newsletter! 📩 Job opps with Columbia University & CUNY Research Foundation; new data shows teen suicide declining; what Gen Z should know about non-college pathways and more: connectedlearning.news/Vol264

🎊 Registration is OPEN for #ConnectedLearning2025! 🎉 📆 October 5–10, 2025 | Online + In Person 🌐 Join educators, researchers, and innovators from around the world for a week of inspiring talks, hands-on sessions, and global connection: connectedlearning.news/CLS2025-Regi...

So what 𝘥𝘰 we do at Connected Learning Summit? 🤔 Wrapping up the latest summit in 2023, we released videos and blogs highlighting our hands-on workshops, inspiring keynotes, and interactive discussions! 🎉 connectedlearning.news/cla121323 #ConnectedLearning2025 #CLSummit2023

📢📢 Calling all graduate students & postdocs!  Connect with mentors & peers who share your experiences, learn from inspiring scholars, and build networks! Applications are open for the Rising Scholars of #ConnectedLearning2025 Meetup, happening Oct 5, 2025! connectedlearning.news/CLS-Rising-S...

Our Director and the Director of the @thecllab.bsky.social, Mimi Ito (@mimiito.bsky.social), reflects on our #ConnectedLearning research, what #Neurodiversity means to her, and the first webinar for the Neurodiversity Potential Study Group in a new article: www.neurodiversity-npo.org/library/neup...

How can we develop programs centered on the assets, identities, voices and strengths of BIPOC youth and their communities? 💙 Check out our Race-Grounded Career Advising Framework, tailored for youth development leaders and practitioners ⤵️ connectedlearning.news/cla012924 #RacialEquity

Specific features and uses of technology📱 can amplify or mitigate stressors for teens but these dynamics cannot be understood through a simple narrative of technology addiction or harm. Youth Wellbeing in a Technology-Rich World edited by @mimiito.bsky.social: connectedlearning.news/cla071924

📨 Get the latest in #ConnectedLearning! Our newsletter is out today: connectedlearning.news/Vol263 🆕 Job and fellowship opps, how quality kids’ TV impacts teen mental health, is faulty plagiarism and AI-detection tech worth the millions CA colleges are spending?

⏳ Just hours left to submit your #ConnectedLearning2025 call for proposals. Submissions close midnight at 12am Pacific — don’t forget! Submit Connected Learning Summit CFP here: clsummit.news/cfp-2025

Calling all educators, researchers, developers, and edtech / creative learning leaders! 📣 Submitting to the CFP gives you the chance to present at a meetup through poster sessions and demos, in addition to regular virtual showcasing opportunities. #DigitalLearning #Edtech #Neurodiversity