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Rural communities often lack access to informal learning opportunities. The Rural STEM Learning Summit will promote collaboration and support for rural STEM educators and administrators, professionals, and organizations. Research demonstrates...

The conference will convene library leaders, climate researchers and educators, public health experts, and informal educators to examine the current prevalence of climate related programming in libraries, and how the...

STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, the Arts, and Math) continues to grow in the informal science learning field, with a wide variety of findings from researchers and practitioners. There is a...

Vassar College is conducting a 2.5-day conference, as well as pre- and post-conference activities, that convenes a multi-disciplinary, multi-institutional (USA and international) team to conceptualize and plan various research, education...

This project will consider how research on imaginative thinking, and perspectives on the role of imagination in STEM practice and STEM education, can be systematically applied to support STEM learning...

The National Academy of Sciences, in partnership with the Nobel Foundation will host the second Nobel Prize Summit: Truth, Trust and Hope on May 24-26, 2023. This will be a...

Upon entering the STEM learning landscape, science museums enjoyed marked growth in public utilization and impact. However, since the turn of the century, reductions in visitor numbers, aging infrastructures and...

In this article, Barbara Cohen-Stratyner, Judy R. and Alfred A. Rosenberg Curator of Exhibitions at The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, discusses the importance of including a...

The Wildlife Conservation Society will develop "Congo Gorilla Forest." This will be a 6.5 acre outdoor exhibit that will provide visitors with a realistic trip through a living Congo Ecosystem,...

As a result of CAISE Media Convening, several of the participants joined together around the first action area to organize the successfully funded submission of a conference planning grant. The aim is to lay the groundwork for creating a professional organization and a series of annual gatherings that bring together the increasingly diverse array of ... Read more

On Tuesday, June 4th, the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Science, Space, and Technology held a hearing on the proposed reorganization of STEM education put forth by the Obama Administration based on the recommendations from the Committee on STEM Education (CoSTEM) at the National Science and Technology Council. The proposed plan, available here, would ... Read more

Design-based research (DBR) is a method for testing educational theories while simultaneously studying the process of creating and refining educational interventions. In this article, Sandoval proposes “conjecture mapping” as a...

Design research is strongly associated with the learning sciences community, and in the 2 decades since its conception it has become broadly accepted. Yet within and without the learning sciences...

  Are you planning to attend the 2016 Visitor Studies Association Conference?  Use the opportunity to connect with CAISE staff and co-PIs attending the conference to discuss proposals or projects you are developing.  To arrange a meeting, contact us at caise@informalscience.org. Concurrent Sessions CAISE staff and co-PIs will be presenting in the following sessions. Developing ... Read more

The main objective of the CONNECT project is to develop an innovative pedagogical framework that attempts to blend formal and informal learning, proposing an educational reform to science teaching. The...

Please join the Institute for Learning Innovation for the Connected Audience Digital Dialogues! The Digital Dialogues (December 6-December 13) are a set of online asynchronous virtual conversations building on key themes that emerged from The Connected Audience Conference held in Vienna, September 14-16. Each day, participants will be greeted by a new set of moderators who ... Read more

The number of Latinos and Native Americans represented in library and information science professions is extremely low. The University of Arizona School of Information Resources and Library Science will address...

Featuring tools and instruments from 10 connected learning studies and projects. Connected Learning Research Tools

The Connected Learning Summit will be held virtually July 27-29 2022.  More information on the event is here. CLS was first convened in 2018 with the mission to fuel a growing movement of innovators harnessing the power of emerging technology to expand access to participatory, playful, and creative learning. It was launched as a merger ... Read more

The purpose of this ethnographic study is to understand connected learning of youth in online communities and how these findings can influence the practice of librarians to support youth learning....

This report is a synthesis of ongoing research, design, and implementation of an approach to education called “connected learning.” Connected learning advocates for broadened access to learning that is socially...

Millions of children visit virtual worlds every day. In such virtual play spaces as Habbo Hotel, Toontown, and Whyville, kids chat with friends from school, meet new people, construct avatars,...

This blog was written by Beth Murphy, field editor for Connected Science Learning (CSL). CSL is a joint initiative of the National Science Teachers Association (NSTA) and the Association of Science-Technology Centers (ASTC). Have you checked out Connected Science Learning? This open-access journal features peer-reviewed articles about effective programs and research that connect preK-12 STEM learning ... Read more

This final evaluation report shares findings from the summative evaluation study of the Connected Science Learning: Linking In-School and Out-of-School STEM Learning (CSL) journal as well as themes that emerged...

This report details the formative evaluation study conducted through collaboration with the National Science Teachers Association (NSTA) and the Association of Science-Technology Centers (ASTC) to inform the iterative development and...