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"Connected learning is rooted in the active participation of students, instructors, advisors, and collaborators, offering the ability to connect courses, people, and resources to develop unique personalized learning pathways. This vision of education is of particular interest to those concerned with learner success and the growing role that collaboration plays in all facets of higher education." 7 Things You Should Know About Connected Learning, EDUCAUSE Learning Initiative, May 2013. For further exploration of this emerging concept, access the following events resources.

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EDUCAUSE Sprint 2013, July 30–August 1. Join us for this free, online progam where we will explore the theme of Beyond MOOCs: Is IT Creating a New, Connected Age?

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Higher Education in the Ultra-Connected Age, EDUCAUSE Live!, April 25, 2013. The speakers defined and explored the new, connected education landscape. They also explored how traditional higher education, whether large research or small liberal arts, should be adapting to the opportunities and challenges presented by the ubiquity and pervasiveness of connectivity.
Higher Education in the Connected Age, EDUCAUSE Review Online, April 1, 2013. EDUCAUSE President and CEO Diana Oblinger provides insight into the new, connected age in higher education.
Connected Learning: An Agenda for Research and Design, January 2013. This report, from the Digital Media and Learning Research Hub, is a synthesis of ongoing research, design, and implementation of an approach to education called "connected learning." It advocates for broadened access to learning that is socially embedded, interest-driven, and oriented toward educational, economic, or political opportunity.

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Higher Education in the Ultra-Connected Age

Join us for a free, EDUCAUSE Live! Game Changers Spotlight Series webinar that will explore the new, connected landscape we all must gingerly yet strategically navigate.

EDUCAUSE Review Online is Soliciting Case Studies

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New Technology-based Models for Postsecondary Learning: Conceptual Frameworks and Research Agendas: June 3, 2013

This report is the result of a National Science Foundation-Sponsored Computing Research Association Workshop held at MIT on January 9-11, 2013. This workshop developed a framework for understan…
7 Things You Should Know About Connected Learning: May 9, 2013

Higher education is entering a new, evolutionary phase defined by connections between everything and everyone . Connected learning is rooted in the active participation of students, instruct…
Higher Education in the Ultra-Connected Age: April 25, 2013

New forms of scholarship, new educational pathways , and new interconnections and dependencies characterize the digitally rich landscape of higher education today. We are living and workin…
Who Are Our Students? Bridging Local and Global Learning Communities: April 3, 2013 | A session at the ELI Online Spring Focus Session: Learning and the MOOC
During the first week of March 2013, about 80,000 new students were added to the Vanderbilt University community, thanks to the launch of Vanderbilt's first two MOOCs. MOOCs, our own as well…
Higher Education in the Connected Age: April 1, 2013

Diana G. Oblinger is President and CEO of EDUCAUSE. The change started with the network. Moving digital information instantly from one place to another has reshaped delivery systems…
Connected Learning: An Agenda for Research and Design: January 1, 2013

This report is a synthesis of ongoing research, design, and implementation of an approach to education called “connected learning.” It advocates for broadened access to learning that is socia…
"Listening" with Social Media in the Higher Ed Classroom: May 30, 2013 | A session at the Southeast Regional Conference
Smart phones, social media, and students wanting to be connected at all times can provide distractions and challenges in the classroom. This session suggests that students' constant connection…
Trending Now: Recent News in the Postsecondary World of Next Generation Learning: April 15, 2013

One of the more captivating issues we at Next Generation Learning Challenges (NGLC) have been watching is the federal guidance regarding financial aid funding eligibility for comp…
Pittsburgh: Forging a 21st Century Learning Community: November 1, 2012

Editors' Note: As Richard Culatta explains in his EDUCAUSE Review article "From Innovation Clusters to Datapalooza: Accelerating Innovation in Educational Technology,"…

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