November 21st, 2008
Horst, Herr-Stephenson, & Robinson: Media Ecologies, Genres of Participation: How does young people’s social and cultural participation shape new media engagement, interest, and expertise? This post continues our series from the authors of a forthcoming book on youth new media practice.

November 20th, 2008
Mizuko Ito: Digital Youth Project Findings: Mimi Ito announces the release of a report of findings from a three-year ethnographic study of youth new media practice. This is the first in a series…

November 19th, 2008
Connie Yowell: New Ethnographic Research to Release this Week: MacArthur’s education director introduces the release of Living and Learning with New Media. The new report, out tomorrow from Mizuko Ito and colleagues, is the largest ethnographic study…

October 21st, 2008
Davidson & Goldberg: Digital Media and Learning Competition Update: HASTAC’s co-founders celebrate the closing of another Digital Media and Learning Competition and note the progress of projects supported under the inaugural competition.

October 9th, 2008
Recent Links in Digital Media & Learning: We’ve gathered links in digital media and learning from around the web over the past few weeks that seem worth highlighting. They include new blogs and social networking tools, interviews with gaming researchers, and cross…

September 26th, 2008
Mimi Ito: Launching the Futures of Learning Blog: Ito announces a new blog that will review innovative institutions, projects, and research in the field of new media and learning.
Comments: Tee Gee,

September 11th, 2008
Patrick Whitney: The Last Model T: The Director of IIT’s Institute of Design argues that the school system is the only institution that has not transformed in the last century. 
Comments: Tom Hoffman, Patrick Whitney,

August 28th, 2008
Bosco & Krueger: Responding to the Digital Disconnect at School: The CEO of the Consortium for School Networking and a Professor Emeritus at Western Michigan University discuss a new initiative designed to assess how school leaders are affecting the use of Web 2.0 applications in…
Comments: Dennis A Richards,

August 18th, 2008
Second Digital Media and Learning Competition Focuses on Participatory Learning, Goes International: HASTAC co-founders Cathy Davidson and David Theo Goldberg announce launch of 2008 Digital Media and Learning Competition.

July 21st, 2008
Jonathan Fanton: New Grants this Summer: MacArthur’s President announces new grants in Digital Media and Learning. 

June 10th, 2008
Andrew Flanagin: Digital Media & Learning at the ICA Conference: A UCSB Professor reports on the recent Digital Media & Learning reception held at the International Communication Association’s Annual Conference in Montreal.

June 5th, 2008
Craig Wacker: Recent Conferences Important to Digital Media and Learning: A MacArthur program officer introduces two posts on recent conferences relevant to the field.

May 29th, 2008
Lucy Bernholz: Building the New Field of Digital Media and Learning: What does it mean to build a new field? The president of Blueprint Research & Design applies lessons from the past to field building in the global digital future. 

May 29th, 2008
Anne Balsamo: Networked Learning Sites: What is the future of libraries and museums in the digital age? How can digital media help these institutions enhance informal learning? A professor at the University of Southern California…
Comments: Kim Christen,

May 27th, 2008
Ito & Goldberg: A Digital Media and Learning Networked Studio: David Theo Goldberg and Mimi Ito detail plans to develop a “research collaboratory” on digital media and learning.

May 14th, 2008
Cory Ondrejka:  A Challenge for Public Good: Second Life’s co-founder and visiting professor at the USC Annenberg School for Communication describes an invitation to the residents of Second Life to imagine new ways that virtual worlds can be used to make a…
Comments: Clinton Schaff,

May 13th, 2008
Connie Yowell: Stanford Public Forum Video & Blog Coverage: MacArthur’s education director follows up on the recent public forum held at Stanford last month, “From MySpace to Hip Hop: New Media in the Everyday Lives of Youth.”

May 9th, 2008
Connie Yowell: Logging into the Playground: New research on parental views of the role of digital media in kids’ lives will be presented today at the Joan Ganz Cooney Center’s First Annual Symposium

May 7th, 2008
Jim Bower: Building a Virtual Community of Learners: The creator of Whyville concludes our series on the affordances of virtual worlds with discussion of why he believes users come back to the community and stay. 

May 5th, 2008
Yasmin Kafai: The Learning Affordances of Pimples in Virtual Worlds: An associate professor of education from UCLA shares learnings from her study of the annual virtual public health epidemic in Whyville.net, “Whypox.” This continues our series on the