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The Connected Learning Lab @thecllab.bsky.social · 17h

🚨 CORRECTION: We are meeting at Donald Bren Hall 6011, Irvine, CA 92617!

The Connected Learning Lab @thecllab.bsky.social · 19h

📢 Calling @ucirvine.bsky.social staff, students, and locals — join us for the closing Connected Learning Summit keynote with Dr. Danaé Metaxa!

We'll be at 📍CLL Lab, Calit2 3330, UC Irvine. No registration and additional cost required; the keynote is open to the public and will run 1pm-2pm PT.

The Connected Learning Lab @thecllab.bsky.social · 19h

📢 Calling @ucirvine.bsky.social staff, students, and locals — join us for the closing Connected Learning Summit keynote with Dr. Danaé Metaxa!

We'll be at 📍CLL Lab, Calit2 3330, UC Irvine. No registration and additional cost required; the keynote is open to the public and will run 1pm-2pm PT.

The Connected Learning Lab @thecllab.bsky.social · 2d

🌟 From our Oct 5's #ConnectedLearning2025 In-Person event!

Thrilled to feature 9 showcases and 6 research papers from our community! Connected with folks at NYU, UC Berkeley, USU, and MIT and viewed the keynotes + plenaries.

📸 Thanks to Julie Herrick and @mimiito.bsky.social for the photos!

The Connected Learning Lab @thecllab.bsky.social · 15d

As a small team, it’s always bittersweet to say goodbye. 🥲

@jenna-abrams.bsky.social has been an integral part of the Connected Learning Lab for the past 6 years, and we’re happy to share she’s continuing her journey at @colorado.edu 🙌🏽🎉

Her farewell blog: connectedlearning.news/cla092325

A New Direction – Leaving the Connected Learning Lab - Connected Learning Alliance

After six years with UC Irvine and the Connected Learning Lab, I’m moving on to a new position out of state. It’s difficult to put into words how meaningful my time with the CLL and CLA has been, but ...

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Reposted by The Connected Learning Lab

Connected Learning Alliance @theclalliance.bsky.social · Aug 15

📢📢 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...

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The Connected Learning Lab @thecllab.bsky.social · Aug 5

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

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The Connected Learning Lab @thecllab.bsky.social · Aug 4

"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."

Connected Learning Alliance @theclalliance.bsky.social · Aug 4

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...

ニューロダイバーシティとコネクテッド・ラーニングーアセットベース・パラダイムが交差する異文化対話 / Neurodiversity and Connected Learning – A Cross-Cultural Dialogue on Intertwined Asset-Based Paradigms — NPO法人ニューロダイバーシティ｜Neurodiversity NPO

*English follows Japanese ニューロダイバーシティとコネクテッド・ラーニング ── アセットベース・パラダイムが交差する異文化対話伊藤瑞子（カリフォルニア大学アーバイン校コネクテッド・ラーニング・ラボ）ニューロダイバーシティやコネクテッド・ラーニングとは何でしょうか、そしてこれらはインクルーシブ教育の推進にどのように貢献できるのでしょう...

www.neurodiversity-npo.org

The Connected Learning Lab @thecllab.bsky.social · Aug 4

✨ 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

Measuring Impact on Teenage Mental Health Entrepreneurship: Insights from the Connected Learning Summit - Connected Learning Alliance

This blog is part of the Connected Learning Alliance’s Post-CLS Blog Series, where we are highlighting work presented at CLS2023. Check back here to see more posts in this series. The Connected Learn...

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The Connected Learning Lab @thecllab.bsky.social · Aug 1

“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

Igniting Student Potential: CLL Symposium Unites Researchers, Industry Leaders, and Educators Over AI’s Capacity for Self-Discovery and Empowered Learning - Connected Learning Alliance

“What we don’t know how to do is help build connections more equitably between mentors and kids. [How to] help young people reflect on what’s important to them for themselves, and know how to connect ...

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The Connected Learning Lab @thecllab.bsky.social · Jul 31

🤖 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

Igniting Student Potential: CLL Symposium Unites Researchers, Industry Leaders, and Educators Over AI’s Capacity for Self-Discovery and Empowered Learning - Connected Learning Alliance

“What we don’t know how to do is help build connections more equitably between mentors and kids. [How to] help young people reflect on what’s important to them for themselves, and know how to connect ...

connectedlearning.news

The Connected Learning Lab @thecllab.bsky.social · Jul 30

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. ⤵
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@digitalthriving.bsky.social

Yes, Teens Are Glued to Their Screens, But Here’s What We’re Missing | KQED

Adults can help teens develop healthier relationships with technology by focusing on values, habits and emotional awareness.

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The Connected Learning Lab @thecllab.bsky.social · Jul 25

👐🏼 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...

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The Connected Learning Lab @thecllab.bsky.social · Jul 21

“[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

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@technologyreview.com #EthicalAI #ResponsibleAI

AI companies have stopped warning you that their chatbots aren’t doctors

Once cautious, OpenAI, Grok, and others will now dive into giving unverified medical advice with virtually no disclaimers.

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The Connected Learning Lab @thecllab.bsky.social · Jul 8

“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

ConnectedLib Toolkit 2.0: Bringing Connected Learning to Small and Rural Libraries - Connected Learning Alliance

For the last seven years, I’ve been working with a talented and committed group of researchers and library practitioners on the ConnectedLib Project, a research-practice partnership focused on bringin...

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The Connected Learning Lab @thecllab.bsky.social · Jun 29

📢📢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

The Connected Learning Lab @thecllab.bsky.social · Jun 20

📢 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

The Connected Learning Lab @thecllab.bsky.social · Jun 14

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

Nora Sun, Student Voice of Mental Health Honoree | JED

JED's '25 Student Voice of Mental Health college honoree speaks on making peer-to-peer support and mental health education more accessible.

connectedlearning.news

The Connected Learning Lab @thecllab.bsky.social · Jun 13

“[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...

AI Is Still an Unknown Country — and Teens Are Its Pioneers - EdSurge News

Adolescents are early adopters of AI, but they crave guidance on using it ethically, a new study finds.

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The Connected Learning Lab @thecllab.bsky.social · Jun 13

“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

A New Theory of Player Response - Connected Learning Alliance

In Tracy Fullerton’s and my new book, The Well-Read Game: On Playing Thoughtfully, part of The MIT Press’ Playful Thinking series, we propose a new framework of interpretive play. This framework is a ...

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The Connected Learning Lab @thecllab.bsky.social · Jun 6

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...

The Connected Learning Lab @thecllab.bsky.social · Jun 3

“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...

The ‘Daniel Tiger’ effect: How quality kids’ TV impacts teen mental health—and why cuts to PBS could be disastrous

Public television can be crucial in shaping who children become and how they relate to the world around them.

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The Connected Learning Lab @thecllab.bsky.social · May 29

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

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The Connected Learning Lab @thecllab.bsky.social · May 28

New #ConnectedLearning2025 announcement!

✨ Please follow @theclalliance.bsky.social for future Connected Learning Summit news!

Connected Learning Alliance @theclalliance.bsky.social · May 28

📢 #ConnectedLearning2025 Announcement!! 📢

We’re thrilled to announce the TWO keynote speakers for the 2025 Connected Learning Summit, happening October 5–10 both online and in person!

🔸Meryl Alper - Opening Keynote at MIT
🔸Danaé Metaxa - Closing Keynote at UC Irvine

See: clsummit.news/keynote

The Connected Learning Lab @thecllab.bsky.social · May 26

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

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The Connected Learning Lab @thecllab.bsky.social · May 23

🌟 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.”

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