$2 Million Competition Seeks Ideas to Transform LearningAs President Obama called for new efforts to reimagine and improve education in science and math, MacArthur is launching a $2 million open competition for ideas to transform learning using digital media. President Obama Launches National Lab Day PartnershipPresident Obama announced the launch of a new initiative, National Lab Day, to reinvigorate science and math education in the nation’s schools and learning centers. Event — The Power of Youth Voice: What Kids Learn When They Create with Digital MediaThis forum, held in Philadelphia, brought together experts in digital media and learning to share their research and experiences from in and outside of the classroom. Design Challenge to Expand Possibities for Learning OnlineThe Mozilla Foundation launched the Jetpack for Learning Design Challenge to create Mozilla Firefox add-ons to unlock new possibilities for learning online. Meeting of Minds: Cross-Generational Dialogue on the Ethics of Digital LifeA MacArthur-sponsored report based on the first cross-generational online conversation on digital media and ethics highlights the differences in how adults and youth think about ethical issues online. The report was prepared by Global Kids, Inc., Harvard’s GoodPlay Project, and Common Sense Media. Digital Media Changing How Young People Learn — Education Experts Urge New Policy ConsiderationsA panel of experts participating in a Capitol Hill briefing stated that digital media are changing the way young people learn, play, socialize and participate in civic life, and these changes have important policy implications. Edutopia Announces the Digital Generation ProjectThe MacArthur-supported project aims to help educators and parents understand how digital media are changing today’s youth. New Center Seeds Research, Collaboration on Digital Media & LearningA newly-created Digital Media & Learning Research Hub located at the University of California-Irvine will provide an international center to study the impact of digital media on young people's learning. |
The MacArthur Foundation launched its five-year, $50 million digital media and learning initiative in 2006 to help determine how digital technologies are changing the way young people learn, play, socialize, and participate in civic life. Answers are critical to developing educational and other social institutions that can meet the needs of this and future generations. The initiative is both marshaling what is already known about the field and seeding innovation for continued growth.
On this website you can find:
information about ongoing projects and emerging research;
a link to the Spotlight blog, where visitors can engage with initiative grantees about their work; and
information about the open-call Digital Media & Learning Competition, which provides $2 million in awards to innovators shaping the field. 
