Youth Defying Media: A Hackaton in Centro Ático
Last month 75 students from all over Colombia, ages 18-24, and various disciplinary backgrounds, met at the at the Centro Ático of Universidad Javeriana in Bogo...
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Youth Labor and the Paradoxes of the Digital Economy
Since she was a sixteen, Mariand Castrejon has been producing videos in Spanish about beauty and lifestye, and sharing them on YouTube. Today, at the age of 25,...
Music on the Porches: Sampling Somerville Porchfest 2018
The organizers of the Somerville Porchfest made a wise decision moving the festival to Sunday (5/13) due to the rainy weather that has characterized the beginni...
Bridging Formal and Informal Learning Environments (part 3)
A learning environment for the 21st century should mix methods, and practices from the worlds of formal and informal education. It should be participatory, demo...
Bridging Formal and Informal Learning Environments (part 2)
Across several books and articles, Lankshear and Knobel have conceptualized the new literacies as social practices that have “new technical stuff” a...
Bridging Formal and Informal Learning Environments (part 1)
In the contemporary context of cultural, historical, economical, and societal transformations, the design and practice of learning environments is changing both...
Digital Badges as Learning Credentials
Digital badging is a new credentialing technology that has the potential of serving diverse youths and promote equity and social inclusion. Digital badges are ...