Latest NewsEdutopia Announces the Digital Generation ProjectThe MacArthur-supported project aims to help educators and parents understand how digital media are changing today’s youth. MacArthur Island Opens in Virtual World of Second LifeThe island is a new laboratory for MacArthur’s two-year exploration of virtual worlds, led by the University of Southern California and the nonprofit Global Kids. Global Competition Selects 19 Innovative Digital Media & Learning Projects to Share $2 Million(April 16, 2009) — In a $2 million competition funded by the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, winners include a radically affordable $12 TV-computer, a video blogging site for young women in Mumbai, India, and a cutting-edge mobile phone application that lets children conduct digital wildlife spotting and share that information with friends. Groundbreaking Online-Only Journal from MIT Press(March 30, 2009) — With support from the MacArthur Foundation, MIT Press announces the publication of the first issue of The International Journal of Learning and Media (IJLM), which will examine the intersection of media and learning in multiple contexts. |
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. 
