Webmaker/Teach/BestPractices

Resources that catalogue best practices, techniques, etc that how to work with youth or other specific target groups. Participant management, digital citizenship, best practices, etc

What does learning in the 21st Century look like?

Vision and Principles

• Reimagining Learning in the 21st Century: A Fresh Perspective
• 21st Century Learning, Youth Networks, and Digital Media
• Democratizing Learning Innovation
• Making, Tinkering, and Remixing in Learning Innovation
• Video Games, Learning, and Literacy
• Digital Youth Culture, Social Learning, and New Media
• Learning with Social and Mobile Media: The Positive Potential of Peer Pressure and Messing Around Online

Strategies and Practices

Connected Learning
"An approach to education that advocates for broadened access to learning that is socially embedded, interest-driven, and oriented toward educational, economic, or political opportunity." More on Connected Learning

Hive Learning Networks
The Hive Learning Network, a Mozilla project, founded through The MacArthur Foundation’s digital media and learning initiative is a collaborative network of civic and cultural organizations that co-create learning experiences that help youth explore their own interests while tapping the insights and mentoring of the city’s leading scientists, designers, and artists. More on Hive Learning Networks.

Learning Networks in Action

• Hive NYC Learning Network
• Hive Chicago Learning Network
• Hive Toronto Learning Network
• Hive Pittsburgh Learning Network

Research

Digital Media Learning Hub
Connected Learning Research Network