Digital Media & Learning

MacArthur's grantmaking aims to determine how digital media are changing the way young people learn, play, socialize, and participate in civic life. Answers are critical to education and other social institutions that must meet the needs of this and future generations.  Read our strategy

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Exploring #digitalmedia and social inequality (http://t.co/8EaC0xgJ): Digital Youth Project's @ChristoSims

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Learning Labs in Libraries and Museums: Now Accepting Grant Applications

The Institute of Museum and Library Services is now accepting applications for its MacArthur-supported Learning Labs grant program. Read More

.@US_IMLS now accepting applications (http://t.co/8QLVKQGS) for Learning Labs in #Libraries and #Museums grants. Apps due June 15.

In Crain’s Q&A (http://t.co/u7IGvEbR), @MentorMob CEO Kris Chinosorn describes his goal to “crowd-source learning” using #DigitalBadges.

In Op/Ed (http://t.co/FmwavbwV), U.S. philanthropies say #libraries remain important in digital age.

"A Future Full of Badges"

From the Chronicle of Higher Education Read More
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MacArthur's Julia Stasch, Colleagues On Why You Should Visit A Library

Stasch and her counterparts at the Gates and Knight Foundations emphasize the continued importance of public libraries in contemporary culture. Read More

"Providence After-School Group Wins $75,000 Grant"

From the Providence Journal Read More