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Connected Learning Alliance @theclalliance.bsky.social · 2d

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!

Connected Learning Alliance @theclalliance.bsky.social · 5d

🌟 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.

Connected Learning Alliance @theclalliance.bsky.social · 6d

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. 🙌🏼

Connected Learning Alliance @theclalliance.bsky.social · 6d

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! 👋🏼

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Connected Learning Alliance @theclalliance.bsky.social · 7d

Also calling all graduate students and postdocs who signed up for our Rising Scholars of CLS, event is starting at 9am PT as well! 🚀

Don’t want to miss out? 👀 Sign up for CLS: connectedlearning.news/CLS2025-Regi...

𝗙𝘂𝗹𝗹 𝗢𝗻𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗲 𝗘𝘃𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗦𝗰𝗵𝗲𝗱𝘂𝗹𝗲: connectedlearning.news/CLS-Schedule

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Connected Learning Alliance @theclalliance.bsky.social · 7d

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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Connected Learning Alliance @theclalliance.bsky.social · 8d

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...

Connected Learning Alliance @theclalliance.bsky.social · 8d

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...

Connected Learning Alliance @theclalliance.bsky.social · 8d

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...

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Connected Learning Alliance @theclalliance.bsky.social · 9d

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...

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Connected Learning Alliance @theclalliance.bsky.social · 9d

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...

Connected Learning Alliance @theclalliance.bsky.social · 10d

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...

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Connected Learning Alliance @theclalliance.bsky.social · 10d

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...

Connected Learning Alliance @theclalliance.bsky.social · 10d

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...

Connected Learning Alliance @theclalliance.bsky.social · 11d

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...

Connected Learning Alliance @theclalliance.bsky.social · 11d

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...

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Connected Learning Alliance @theclalliance.bsky.social · 12d

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...

Connected Learning Alliance @theclalliance.bsky.social · 12d

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...

Connected Learning Alliance @theclalliance.bsky.social · 12d

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...

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Connected Learning Alliance @theclalliance.bsky.social · 13d

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...

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Connected Learning Alliance @theclalliance.bsky.social · 13d

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...

Connected Learning Alliance @theclalliance.bsky.social · 16d

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:

CLS2025 Keynote Speaker Danaé Metaxa on How Algorithmic Audits can Empower Students to Build More Informed Relationships with Technology - Connected Learning Alliance

“In the information environments that young people spend a lot of their time, they’re constantly engaging with AI and machine learning in ways that surpass the expertise of their parents and even…

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Connected Learning Alliance @theclalliance.bsky.social · 17d

🆕 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

Connected Learning Alliance @theclalliance.bsky.social · 23d

📢 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...

How to Support Neurodiverse Learners in Connected Learning Programs and Emerging Tech: New Report Released - Connected Learning Alliance

I’m delighted to share a new report that offers insights and recommendations about integrating neurodiversity-informed approaches in the design of connected learning programs and emerging technology…

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Connected Learning Alliance @theclalliance.bsky.social · 24d

“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:

CLS2025 Keynote Speaker Meryl Alper On Why We Need Connected Learning Now More Than Ever - Connected Learning Alliance

“The value of CLS is that its foundation is so strong that a community can build itself upon it…The principles of connected learning, and all the research that’s gone into it, it’s so rock solid that…

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