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The Connected Learning Initiative (CLIx) was recognized by the Open Education Awards for Excellence as 2019 Winners of Resources, Tools, and Practices for Open Collaboration. See the Open Education Consortium Page for more information about the Open Collaboration award for Read more…
Read MoreEve Ewing and Tracy Fullerton have been announced as the keynote speakers for the 2019 Connected Learning Summit. Ewing is a sociologist focused on social inequality in education. Fullerton is an experimental game designer, professor, and director of the USC Read more…
Read MoreThe MIT Scheller Teacher Education Program/The Education Arcade is typically bustling during January’s Independent Activities Period or “IAP” at MIT. It’s a month when students can spend time on campus without their usual semester courseload, and when our lab hires Read more…
Read MoreThe date and venue are set for the Second Annual Connected Learning Summit (CLS): October 3-5, 2019 at the University of California, Irvine. The conference location will alternate between UC Irvine and MIT, where the MIT Scheller Teacher Education Program/The Read more…
Read MoreWell Played: Intergenerational Play Special Issue Call for Proposals How does a parent know if the games that their child is playing is helpful, harmful, appropriate, challenging or intimidating for their child? One excellent way is for the parent and Read more…
Read MoreThe Education Arcade was featured in the news story, “Quests, Badges, and XP: How Teachers Are Using Digital Games” in Education Week recently. The story focuses on how teachers are using games in the classroom. Many of the examples are Read more…
Read MoreThe first annual Connected Learning Summit was held at MIT this summer. This new conference, co-organized by the MIT Scheller Teacher Education Program/The Education Arcade and UC Irvine, combines themes and structures from past conferences including Games Learning + Society, Read more…
Read MoreOur new book Resonant Games was released. You can read it and buy it on amazon.
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