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Q&A: Henry Jenkins on Bridging Participatory Culture and Participatory Politics 30 Jul 2013 | 12:31 am
Henry Jenkins is the Provost’s Professor of Communications, Journalism, Cinematic Art, and Education at the University of Southern California. Before that, he was the director of the Comparative Media...
The Role of Digital Media in Participatory Politics: A Q&A with Joseph Kahne 23 Jul 2013 | 06:13 pm
Joseph Kahne is chair of the MacArthur Foundation’s Research Network on Youth and Participatory Politics. Kahne is also a professor of education at Mills College. By Heather Chaplin Joseph Kahne is ...
Kurt Squire on No Longer Being Alone as a Scholar of Both Participatory Culture and Education 15 Jul 2013 | 03:26 am
Kurt Squire is the director of the Games + Learning + Society initiative at University of Wisconsin–Madison, where he’s also a professor of curriculum and instruction in the School of Education. By H...
Q&A: James Bower on Good Game Design and Learning 9 Jul 2013 | 05:25 pm
Jim Bower is CEO and chairman of the board of Numedeon, Inc., the creator of the educational virtual world, Whyville. He is also a neuroscientist. By Heather Chaplin Jim Bower is CEO and chairman of...
Games in the Classroom Should be About Exploration, Not Answers, Constance Steinkuehler 25 Jun 2013 | 06:55 pm
Constance Steinkuehler is an associate professor in Digital Media at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. She codirects the Games+Learning+Society (GLS) Center at the Wisconsin Institute of Discovery....
Q&A: Learning by Design, A Conversation with Drew Davidson 19 Jun 2013 | 02:43 am
Drew Davidson is a professor, producer, and player of interactive media. He is the acting director of the Entertainment Technology Center at Carnegie Mellon University, and the founding editor of ETC ...
Q&A: danah boyd on What We Know and Don’t Know About Teens and Social Networks 11 Jun 2013 | 06:21 pm
Social media scholar danah boyd has been called the “High Priestess of the Internet” by the Financial Times. One of the first to study how youth are using social media and the tensions between public ...
Q&A: Jim Gee on The Right Role of Digital Games in the Classroom 4 Jun 2013 | 09:48 pm
Jim Gee is the author of What Video Games Have to Teach Us About Learning and Literacy.This post is part of a series of conversations with thought leaders on digital media and learning, then and now.
Q&A: Cathy Davidson on Institution Building to Prepare Students for the Information Age 28 May 2013 | 10:06 am
As co-founder of HASTAC, author and scholar Cathy Davidson, has been at the forefront of thinking about new forms of learning in the digital age. This post is part of a series of conversations with th...
Q&A: Mimi Ito on Connected Learning for All 21 May 2013 | 07:01 pm
Mizuko Ito is a cultural anthropologist who studies technology use and young people’s changing relationships to media and communications. This post is part of a series of conversations with thought le...
