Excited to be welcoming Henry Jenkins, my otaku research collaborator Daisuke Okabe & Kohei Kato who has been doing work on game based learning with neurodivergent kids for a cross-cultural conversation on neurodiversity inclusion. In person at UCI, and streaming online

Our next installment from the Neurodiversity Potential Study Group - an essay recapping the conversation with Kylie Peppler, Rua M Williams and Youka Watanabe on makerspaces and fablabs as space for neurodiversity inclusive learning

The Connected Learning Summit kicks off on Sunday with online preconference meetups. I'll be be co-facilitating one on XR (with Drew Davidson) and on STEM Equity (with Kris Gutierrez). Still time to register and sign up for both in person and online connectedlearningsummit.org/event-schedu...

Join us for a roundtable on Connected Learning and Neurodiversity at the Connected Learning Summit (Oct 5-10) that I'll be leading with with Meryl Alper Weiss and Annuska Zolyomi connectedlearningsummit.org

Registration is now open for CLS2025. I'm excited about our new hybrid model with folks hosting in person events around the world synchronized with the online event. Reach out if you want to host an in person CLS2025 meetup!

Our first essay from the Neurodiversity Potential Study Group (NeuPoteKen), an emerging community between Japan and English speaking scholars exploring synergies between connected learning and neurodiversity www.neurodiversity-npo.org/projects/stu...

It's been over 12 years since the publication of the first connected learning framework and report. Feeling very grateful for the support of colleagues and campus leadership throughout these years, and in this moment.

📢📢 #CallForProposals NOW OPEN for #ConnectedLearning2025! Submit research papers and showcases focused on digital tech for learning, edu + commercial games, tech-infused curricula, and exploration of digital media and technology for learning. Submit by June 23.

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@thecllab.bsky.social is co-hosting a hybrid workshop on cultural and linguistic diversity in AI applications with ASIS&T May 6, 2025. Call for posters and research/practice talks now open cald-ai.github.io

I'll be speaking at the Beckman Center at UCI, February 27 at 7pm as part of the National Academies Distinctive Voices series. Free registration www.eventbrite.com/e/kids-and-t...

This is such a valuable project in terms of gauging how current events reach the public and what's considered highly salient, but also....justice for Fat Bear Week.

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Happy to see this funding challenge for rebuilding trust in American institutions trustchallenge.leverforchange.org/faq. More background on @reidhoffman.bsky.social's thinking behind this here: www.insidephilanthropy.com/home/four-th...

Pleased to see Common Sense has released a report I co-authored with my former colleagues on the impact of experiences with misleading or fake online information among teens and how those experiences can diminish broader trust in online information. www.commonsensemedia.org/research/res...

Excited to be sharing the CFP for #connectedlearning2025, rebooted after a 1 year pause with all the good stuff (Rising Scholars, research papers, showcases, workshops, keynotes, plenaries, topical meetups) + a new hybrid and org level participation model

Happy New Year and hello bluesky world! Kicked off the year with a proper Japanese new year celebration to bring good luck - thinking I need all the help I can get for 2025. Also starting the new year with a fresh new website (mimiito.com) Maybe I'll even get my social media mojo back this year??