New connected learning report now available for download - The Connected Learning Research Network: Reflections on a Decade of Engaged Scholarship. The Connected Learning Research Network Report: https://connectedlearning.news/CLreportAIR Blog post about the report (by Mimi Ito): https://connectedlearning.news/CLreportblog Report authors include Mimi Ito, Richard Arum, Dalton Conley, Kris Guttierez, Sonia Livingstone, Vera Michalchik, William Penuel, Kylie Peppler, Nichole Pinkard, Jean Rhodes, Katie Salen, Juliet Schor, Julian Sefton-Green, S. Craig Watkins. And contributions from Alicia Blum-Ross, Lindsey Carfagna, Crystle Martin, R. Mishael Sedas, Nat Soti. *About the report:* This report presents a vision for understanding and revitalizing the ways in which we support learning during these changing times. Responding to the interests and needs of young people, researchers, educational practitioners, and policy and technology makers, this report synthesizes a varied set of content and perspectives: empirical research on the changing landscape of new media and learning, design principles, evaluation approaches, learner and case studies oriented to identifying and spreading positive innovations. The authors were part of the Connected Learning Research Network (CLRN), an interdisciplinary group of scholars, designers, and educational practitioners, who collaborated between 2011 and 2019 to study and develop new modes of learning with digital media with the support of the MacArthur Foundation. Our guiding framework is the connected learning approach, first described in a report authored by the CLRN in 2013 (Ito et al. 2013). This report expands and revises key elements of this initial framework and report. *From the report:* “The focus of our research and design agenda is to understand under what conditions new media can expand the reach of connected learning experiences and environments and advance educational and social equity.” “The connected learning approach is part of a growing movement in educational research to integrate research, design, and practice in order to advance scholarship as well as transform educational practice and policy to be more equitable and just.” “...connected learning experiences are qualitatively different and impactful because they are tied to learners’ deeply felt affinities and meaningful relationships. These kinds of experiences are the most likely to guide young people toward developing interests, purpose, and self-determination.” Respectfully, *Jamieson Pond, Communications Manager* Connected Learning Lab University of California, Irvine CLAlliance.org <https://clalliance.org/> | ConnectedLearning.uci.edu <http://connectedlearning.uci.edu/> Twitter: @TheCLAlliance <https://twitter.com/TheCLAlliance> | @TheCLSummit <https://twitter.com/TheCLSummit> Fb.com/ConnectedLearningAlliance <https://www.facebook.com/ConnectedLearningAlliance/> Connected Learning Newsletter <https://clalliance.org/newsletter> ------------------------------ *Connected Learning Summit 2020 <https://connectedlearningsummit.org>* July 29-31, 2020 | Cambridge, MA