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Connected learning is a type of learning in which a young person pursues a personal interest with friends and adults. This learning method is linked to academic achievement, career success, or civic engagement. [1] The approach leverages new media to broaden access to opportunities and meaningful learning experiences. [1] [2] The connected learning model suggests that youth learn best when they are interested in what they are learning, have peers and mentors who share these interests, and their learnings are directed toward opportunity and recognition. [1] [2] According to the proponents of connected learning, social support for interest-driven learning and connections drive individual learning outcomes. [1] [2] Platforms that support connected learning are generally characterized as having a sense of shared purpose, a focus on production, and openly networked infrastructures.[ citation needed]
Connected learning has been a term used in research since the early 1990s. [3] [4] The original usages piggybacked on the concept of connected knowing, [5] which emphasized the importance of context in the development of knowledge for women. The term was cited in a large number of articles around this time, in connection with hands-on education such as fieldwork [4] or internships, which are tied to the concept of learning in context. Early research that used the term "connected learning" also shared the common theme of the importance of mentoring for learning outcomes. [6] In 2000, the term "connected learning" began to be used in research publications to refer to various project-based, networked, social, and information-age learning. [7] [8] [9] [10] Cronwell and Cronwell created the first "framework and organizing set of principles to guide educational research and development (p.17). [2] This research was supported by the Center for Internet Research. This connected learning framework is based on the following set of principles:
This idea of connected learning is supposed to be an alternative to traditional in-school instruction. They label this connected learning framework as a work in progress that needs more research to support it. However, no further research has been completed on this framework.
Examples of learning environments that integrate peer, interest, and academic pursuits include athletics programs that are tied to in-school recognition, certain arts and civic learning programs, and interest-driven academic programs such as math, chess, or robotics competitions. These connected learning environments embody values of equity, social belonging, and participation. Connected learning environments include a sense of shared purpose, a focus on production, and openly networked infrastructures. [1] Learning platforms that embody principles of connected learning include:
Connected learning, since its recent ramp-up, has been well received from the global education community. [12] [13] [14] [15] [16] [17] Educators and policymakers have raised concerns regarding the new model of learning laid out by research and practitioner groups, which included:
Connected Learning Research Network chair Mimi Ito responded to the criticism by pointing out that, "the connected learning principles were developed with a very diverse range of practitioners in K–12 and other learning institutions like museums and libraries, as well as people working in popular culture/media, technology, and university researchers. So, while the research network hopes to provide a research component to feed the broader connected learning effort, we are by no means the driving force behind it.” [17]
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Connected learning is a type of learning in which a young person pursues a personal interest with friends and adults. This learning method is linked to academic achievement, career success, or civic engagement. [1] The approach leverages new media to broaden access to opportunities and meaningful learning experiences. [1] [2] The connected learning model suggests that youth learn best when they are interested in what they are learning, have peers and mentors who share these interests, and their learnings are directed toward opportunity and recognition. [1] [2] According to the proponents of connected learning, social support for interest-driven learning and connections drive individual learning outcomes. [1] [2] Platforms that support connected learning are generally characterized as having a sense of shared purpose, a focus on production, and openly networked infrastructures.[ citation needed]
Connected learning has been a term used in research since the early 1990s. [3] [4] The original usages piggybacked on the concept of connected knowing, [5] which emphasized the importance of context in the development of knowledge for women. The term was cited in a large number of articles around this time, in connection with hands-on education such as fieldwork [4] or internships, which are tied to the concept of learning in context. Early research that used the term "connected learning" also shared the common theme of the importance of mentoring for learning outcomes. [6] In 2000, the term "connected learning" began to be used in research publications to refer to various project-based, networked, social, and information-age learning. [7] [8] [9] [10] Cronwell and Cronwell created the first "framework and organizing set of principles to guide educational research and development (p.17). [2] This research was supported by the Center for Internet Research. This connected learning framework is based on the following set of principles:
This idea of connected learning is supposed to be an alternative to traditional in-school instruction. They label this connected learning framework as a work in progress that needs more research to support it. However, no further research has been completed on this framework.
Examples of learning environments that integrate peer, interest, and academic pursuits include athletics programs that are tied to in-school recognition, certain arts and civic learning programs, and interest-driven academic programs such as math, chess, or robotics competitions. These connected learning environments embody values of equity, social belonging, and participation. Connected learning environments include a sense of shared purpose, a focus on production, and openly networked infrastructures. [1] Learning platforms that embody principles of connected learning include:
Connected learning, since its recent ramp-up, has been well received from the global education community. [12] [13] [14] [15] [16] [17] Educators and policymakers have raised concerns regarding the new model of learning laid out by research and practitioner groups, which included:
Connected Learning Research Network chair Mimi Ito responded to the criticism by pointing out that, "the connected learning principles were developed with a very diverse range of practitioners in K–12 and other learning institutions like museums and libraries, as well as people working in popular culture/media, technology, and university researchers. So, while the research network hopes to provide a research component to feed the broader connected learning effort, we are by no means the driving force behind it.” [17]