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CLIx Recognized in 2019 Open Education Awards

By Colleen Laude / September 11, 2019

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…

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Connected Learning Summit: Keynote Speakers Announced

By Colton Laferriere / June 17, 2019

Eve 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…

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Students develop mobile apps over Independent Activities Period – Part I

By Emily Martin / February 6, 2019

The 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…

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Call for Proposals: Connected Learning Summit 2019

By Emily Martin / January 22, 2019

The 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…

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Call for Proposals: Well Played – Intergenerational Play

By Eric Klopfer / January 11, 2019

Well 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…

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Quests, Badges, and XP: How Teachers Are Using Digital Games

By Eric Klopfer / October 5, 2018

The 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…

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Inaugural Connected Learning Summit

By Eric Klopfer / September 1, 2018

The 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…

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Resonant Games Released

By Eric Klopfer / June 16, 2018

Our new book Resonant Games was released.  You can read it and buy it on amazon.

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