📢📢 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...

We’re excited to announce that our friends at @cooneycenter.bsky.social are opening applications for their Sandbox for Literacy Innovations. Tech and media companies focused on children’s literacy learning are invited to apply by 8/29. Learn more: cooneycenter.org/sandbox-literacy

"Connected learning often happens in informal and peer driven contexts that often provide some of the richest and most inclusive learning opportunities for neurodivergent youth."

✨ Registration for the Connected Learning Summit to come soon 👀— in the meantime, we’re reminiscing about the magnificent work highlighted in the most recent CLS. Check out our CLA Blog to discover Headstream’s core mission and their work as catalysts of change: connectedlearning.news/cla112123

“It’s not about what the AI is saying. It’s about what the teacher does with that information.” 🚨 ICYMI — New CLA Blog on our spring symposium: connectedlearning.news/cla073025 #AIinEducation #FutureOfEducation #StudentCareers

🤖 How can generative AI provide support for educational approaches driven by young people’s strengths? 🤝🏼 This May, we shined the spotlight on learner agency in our spring symposium! Full recap (including a recording) of the event: connectedlearning.news/cla073025 #GenAI #ConnectedLearning

Fantastic article addressing youth agency and how we can empower young people to navigate their digital lives by focusing on kids’ needs rather than just the tech and more. ⤵ connectedlearning.news/screens-miss... @digitalthriving.bsky.social

👐🏼 𝗖𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗣𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗻𝗲𝗿𝘀: @cooneycenter.bsky.social is seeking for companies and organizations working on children’s literacy who are eager to build on research, co-design with kids, and create more effective tools for learning! Apply by August 29: connectedlearning.news/sandbox-lite...

“[F]ewer than 1% of outputs from models in 2025 included a warning when answering a medical question, down from over 26% in 2022.” AI companies have stopped warning you that their chatbots aren’t doctors connectedlearning.news/companies-st... @technologyreview.com #EthicalAI #ResponsibleAI

“The Toolkit offers youth-serving library staff a free, customizable, and self-paced program to design and implement CL-inspired teen programs and services.” Check out the ConnectedLib Toolkit 2.0 by the team at @ischool.uw.edu and @univofmaryland.bsky.social: connectedlearning.news/cla121222

📢📢LAST CALL for the @clalliance.bsky.social's #ConnectedLearning2025 Call For Proposals! 𝗦𝘂𝗯𝗺𝗶𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝗰𝗹𝗼𝘀𝗲 𝘁𝗼𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗿𝗼𝘄 (𝗝𝘂𝗻𝗲 𝟯𝟬, 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟱) for our hybrid edtech/ creative learning conference happening Oct 5-10: clsummit.news/cfp-2025 Local meetups at MIT, NYU, Stanford, and UCI! #CallForProposals

📢 Call for Proposals Deadline EXTENDED! 📢 We’re doing our FINAL push for our Connected Learning Summit CFP!! 🔥 Submissions are open until the end of June for the Seventh Connected Learning Summit, happening October 5-10: clsummit.news/CFP-2025 #ConnectedLearning2025 #CFP #CallForProposals

Nora Sun’s work is rooted in one core philosophy: peer-to-peer support and mental health education have the potential to improve — and even save — lives. 🫂 Student Voice of Mental Health Award Winner Nora Sun on the Power of Peer-to-Peer Support: connectedlearning.news/voice-peer-234 #PeerSupport

“[Adolescents] don’t want to be bad, they’re not trying to get away with something, but what is cheating is very unclear and what is the source and what isn’t. I think a lot of the teachers and parents don’t know, either.” - @gillianrh.bsky.social connectedlearning.news/unknown-pion...

“Like Rosenblatt’s reader-response theory, readers often respond differently and personally to how they interpret playable narratives.“ 🎮 @docfarber.bsky.social and @tracyfullerton.bsky.social proposes a new framework of interprative play in their new book: connectedlearning.news/cla052025

Happy to share our Director, @mimiito.bsky.social, joined the closing panel at Japan’s Global Content Industries conference on May 29th! ”Fandoms, participatory culture, and platform technologies are creating new modes of learning, connection, and commerce.” connectedlearning.news/global-influ...

“If we give young people stories that honor their feelings, and help them navigate an increasingly complex world, the positive impact will last for years to come.” ✨ Fantastic article by Dr. Yalda T. Uhls, founder and CEO of the @scholarsnstory.bsky.social: connectedlearning.news/daniel-tiger...

Solutions for addressing #DigitalWellbeing are not one-size-fits all — young people in different communities have varying needs. 💙💡 See our #ConnectedWellbeing Initiative; 11 teams developed youth-serving innovations that foster youth and community wellbeing: connectedlearning.news/cla052924

New #ConnectedLearning2025 announcement! ✨ Please follow @theclalliance.bsky.social for future Connected Learning Summit news!

Video games, like novels, can give meaning through its playable narratives and provide a mirror to its players, or a sliding “glass door” into other cultures. ⭐CLA Blog - A New Theory of Player Response: connectedlearning.news/cla052025 @docfarber.bsky.social #LearningThroughPlay

🌟 ICYMI - our new blog with @docfarber.bsky.social on his latest book co-authored with Tracy Fullerton, The Well-Read Game: connectedlearning.news/cla052025 ”Imagine how our world might change if our powerful responses to games were shared and celebrated as openly and thoughtfully as with books.”

Just out — see the latest in #ConnectedLearning with curated articles, events, and opportunities: connectedlearning.news/Vol260 🔎 FOSI European Forum; how learning theories impact pedagogical reforms; students offload critical thinking to AI; the future of youth development and more…

#ConnectedLearning2025 is BACK and we’re accepting Showcases and Research Papers for this year’s hybrid conference! Deadline on June 23: clsummit.news/CFP-2025 In-Person Poster Locations: 📍 MIT’s Media LAB – MA 📍 NYU – NY 📍 Stanford University – CA 📍 UC Irvine – CA #CallForProposals

🎮 What happens when we play? 🤔 @tracyfullerton.bsky.social and @docfarber.bsky.social's new book proposes a new framework of interpretive play that explores “the ephemeral and emotional responses that occur when people are in a state of play”. connectedlearning.news/cla052025 #ConnectedLearning

“Black teens were more likely — in some cases, much more likely — to say they experienced a lot of support and creative spark from social media.” Parents and Teens Agree Social Media Can Be Harmful — But How Much? connectedlearning.news/parents-teen... #ScreenTime #SocialMedia

📅 Event: Stanford University is holding a full-day, in-person conference celebrating the global power and creative evolution of Japanese content on May 29! See our Director, @mimiito.bsky.social, and more at the event — register and see the full details: connectedlearning.news/japan-global...

The CLA newsletter is out and this time, it’s full of events and opportunities curated just for our community! 🎉 New $1M challenge for youth digital play, AI and education in crisis contexts, findings from the National Power of Us Workforce Survey and more: connectedlearning.news/Vol259

Since 2009, public libraries across the U.S. have adopted #ConnectedLearning approaches and emerging technology, embracing a relationship-centered culture of flexibility, innovation, and experimentation. Check out our resource site's comprehensive digital hub: connectedlearning.news/ConnectedLea...

“We learned early from listening to our young people and youth design group that we had to go where the young people were.” Peer Health Exchange’s youth design team utilizes their web platform, selfsea, to connect and deliver health-based digital resources to teens: connectedlearning.news/Study-PHE

“Ultimately, an attempt to control information is an attempt to control people. It’s an attempt to control access, and for one group of people to pass a value judgment on others for simply living their lives.” @lisarvarga.bsky.social connectedlearning.news/book-bans-f8b #Librarians #Libraries

💬 Workshop - Our lab and ASIS&T are holding a hybrid workshop to raise awareness about the importance of thoughtful engagement in the design of AI applications for culturally and linguistically diverse populations! ⏰ 12:30pm - 4:30pm PST on May 6 Sign-up: connectedlearning.news/diversity-ai...

📢📢 We’re holding a Spring Symposium starting 4:45pm PT on May 6 at UC Irvine (Calit2 Auditorium)! Hear from leading innovators on AI-enhanced learning centered on developing young people’s understanding of their strengths and interests. ✨ RSVP + Info: connectedlearning.news/cll-spring-25

“Showing people continuous data […] left people with a vague impression of gradual change, but showing binary data for the same town […] brought home the striking shift,” @rachitdubey.bsky.social in UCLA study: How to break through climate apathy connectedlearning.news/climate-apat...

“Let youth lead research efforts to unpack data, evaluate programs, and shape more relevant metrics to make the value of youth voice and insight more explicit in your work.” CLA Blog - Who Has The Solutions For Thriving In A Digital World? Young People. connectedlearning.news/cla120622

✨Just OUT!✨ The latest CLA Newsletter: affective use & emotional wellbeing in ChatGPT; libraries’ roles in disaster preparedness and recovery; reimagining school-based mental health and more ~ See: connectedlearning.news/Vol258

”It is critical that youth feel empowered to make decisions, create initiatives, and voice their opinions, but that does not mean that the adult does not participate.” CLA Blog - Apprentice of Peace Youth Organization: Supporting Wellness and Empowerment connectedlearning.news/cla110623

Parents, clinicians, developers, and others need to recognize the unique and diverse needs and assets of youth — and they should actively involve youth in the development of a healthy online ecosystem. ⭐ CLA Blog - Mental Health in a Digital World: connectedlearning.news/cla081720

🚨The latest CLA Newsletter is OUT!🚨 Fellowship and postdoc opps, 7 ways AI is changing creativity, game-changing mindshifts for teaching digital wellbeing & citizenship and more ➡ connectedlearning.news/Vol257 #ConnectedLearning

📝#CFP - We’re seeking submissions for academic papers and showcase proposals that focus on digital technologies for learning, theoretical and/or empirical exploration of digital media and technology for learning and more! See: clsummit.news/CFP-2025 #ConnectedLearning2025 #CallForProposals

Having recently expanded to downtown Mexico City, ListoAmerica is powered by the interests of its youth members to explore their lived experiences and pursue interest-driven opportunities — anything from photo editing to robotics to designing custom t-shirts. 👕 🧵 [1/2]

🎓 #Postdoc Opp: Vanderbilt University is now hiring postdocs seeking to connect their STEM research experience to middle and high school students. Postdocs will teach, design innovative inquiry-based curriculum on multidisciplinary STEM topics and more. See: connectedlearning.news/vanderbilt-p...

Our Partnering with Future Ready with the Library case study is the final case study in our CCLL project and details the library staff partners we worked with, the programs they created, as well as evaluation methods recommended to each partner. 🔍 See: connectedlearning.news/cla102020

🆕 Podcast: From @childrenandscreens.bsky.social featuring @merylalper.bsky.social ”[Dr. Alper] address these myths and what her research on #DigitalMedia and #Neurodivergent youth can tell us about how they experience media use and potential overuse.” connectedlearning.news/neurodiverge...

"One population that may be particularly vulnerable to negative mental health effects in the metaverse is adolescent girls[…]. The metaverse needs to be designed with guardrails and scaffolds that support youth as they enter these spaces, especially girls.” connectedlearning.news/cla100223

From @ischool.uw.edu, the ConnectedLib Toolkit was co-created with public youth library staff to offer a free, customizable, and self-paced program for designing and implementing #ConnectedLearning -inspired teen programs and services. 🌠 See: connectedlearning.news/cla121222

See what’s buzzing🐝 in the #ConnectedLearning community — check out the latest volume of the CLA newsletter! ⤵ connectedlearning.news/Vol256 ”What the axing of the Education Dept’s office of ed tech means for schools; the gender gap in teen experiences; what happens to libraries if IMLS goes away?”

“The future belongs to those who can build and sustain meaningful relationships in an increasingly automated, interconnected world.” OPINION: Why Relational Intelligence is the key to thriving in the AI era connectedlearning.news/relational-t... #ConnectedLearning #FutureOfEducation

So thrilled to announce 2 milestones: our official approval as a cross-campus research institute, and the opening of our new 1250 square-foot collaborative workspace! 🎉🎊 🌟 Announcement from @ucirvine.bsky.social: connectedlearning.news/CLL-marks-mi... @ucisocsci.bsky.social @mimiito.bsky.social

✨ Calling ALL passionate educators, researchers, and edtech / creative learning leaders! ✨ Call for proposals are OPEN for our Connected Learning Summit, a virtual conference happening October 5 - 10, 2025! 💡📚✏🌏 clsummit.news/CFP-2025 Submit by June 23, 2025. #ConnectedLearning2025

🆕 from Distinctive Voices, a program of the @nationalacademies.org, check out this incredible keynote from our director, @mimiito.bsky.social: “Kids and Tech: How to Tell Fact From Fiction” connectedlearning.news/kids-tech-d59 #TeenMentalHealth #YouthVoice