• Read Learning Communities in Classrooms: A Reconceptualization of Educational Practice, (Bielaczyc & Collins, pp. 1–6), by accessing E-Reserves via the Library Resources link on the Course Navigation Menu.
• Read A Glimpse into Tomorrow: Embracing the Wonders and Woes of Emerging Technologies, (ChatGPT, 2023). 

• Set up a Slack account. Post a GIF in the channel #introductions and explain why you chose the GIF.
• Post a reflection about the texts on Slack. 
• Post a response to the questions on Slack and respond to peers. 

 Read, Watch, Listen

• Read 2025 EDUCAUSE Horizon Report (pp.1 - 42).

Optional

• Feel free to read any of the linked reports at the Educause Horizons reports based on your interests.

• Post a reflection on the resources in Slack. 
• Engage with your peers on Slack. 
• Write your learning philosophy v1.0 and post to Slack. 

Read, Watch, Listen  

• Read Learning, Working & Playing in the Digital Age (Seely-Brown)
• Read Connectivism (Siemens)
• Read Pew's Internet/Broadband fact sheet

Explore 

Pick at least one of the following to explore: 

• Facebook, 
• X (formerly known as Twitter), 
• Or one of the alternatives presented by ZDNet. 

Optional 

• Watch The Hidden Influence of Social Networks. (captioned video available in course content)
• Watch The 21st Century Learner. (captioned video available in course content)
• Read Theory of Knowledge, Social Media and Connected Learning in High School (Howard Rheingold). This is a quick read and focuses on how students used Twitter to interact with experts in the field.
• Read Online Social Networks and Learning (Christine Greenhow, 2011). This is a more academic piece that indicates research evidence for social networks and learning.
• Read Public Thinking (Clive Thompson, 2013). In Smarter than you think: how technology is changing our minds for the better (pp. 45–82). Penguin Press., by accessing E-Reserves via the Library Resources link on the Course Navigation Menu. This is a very thought-provoking article on how engagement in social networks helps us to grow and learn as a society.
• Read Understanding and Changing Older Adults’ Perceptions and Learning of Social Media. This is a research study of interest to adult educators.
• Read Chapter 1 of The New Social Learning. This material is of interest to those in the corporate arena.

• Post a reflection on the resources in Slack. 
• Engage with your peers on Slack. 

Read, Watch, Listen

• Read Connected Learning (Ito et al., 2011), pp. 4–12
• Read Confronting the Challenges of Participatory Culture (Jenkins, pp. 3–11) 
• Watch Henry Jenkins, Mimi Ito. (captioned videos available in course content)
• Watch How global communities can help kids achieve their dreams. (captioned video available in course content)

Explore

Pick at least two of the following to explore: 

• TIktok  (use keywords like education, learn, teaching, homework, etc.,), 
• Instagram (explore @nasa, @nationalgeographi, @britishlibrary, @natgeo, etc.,), 
• Youtube (explore "study with me" videos), 
• Or, pick and pesent another connected technology to explore (e.g, a podcast, vlog, blog, etc.,). 

Optional

• Read Case Studies on Connected Learning. 
• Examples of connected learning from teachers. 
• Teaching Matters podcasts. This site contains multiple podcasts. Choose whichever one you like; the one about epubs may be of interest to you.
• Pedagogical Uses of Flickr. Explore any sites listed in this article. These take a slightly different view of media and focus on graphical media and images.
• Video ethnography projects. These are projects from Michael Wesch's students at Kansas State University;  please watch specifically, "A Vision of Students Today." You can also watch any of the projects listed on the ANTH101 page -- they show the use of video for learning and expressing learning.
• Play.fm podcasts. This offers a number of categories of podcasts to explore in education and beyond.
• Read Social Media and the Workplace from the Pew Research Center. This is a survey conducted by the Pew Organization which reveals how social media is used by most working adults; it may shed some light on the divide in participatory culture. This may be of interest to those of you in workplace contexts.

• Post a reflection using one of the explored technologies in Slack. 
• Engage with your peers on Slack. 

Read, Watch, Listen

• Read A Theoretical Framework of Collaborative Knowledge Building with Wikis: A Systemic and Cognitive Perspective (Cress & Kimmerle). 
• Read Informal Learning Communities (Hudgins et al., 2020) 

Explore 

• Reddit, 
• Wikipedia,
• Discord,
• Slack,
• Or, any similar technology you are aware of.  

Optional

• Watch What we're learning from online education
• Watch The nerd's guide to learning everything online 
• Read Community of Practice Design Guide. This is a design brief for setting up communities/networks.
• Read Learning in the Wild: Understanding Networked Ties in Reddit. This is a research paper on how social networking dimensions can show what learning is occurring in Reddit. 
• Read The Power of Wikis (Schweder & Wissick, 2009). This is a short piece that illustrates the different uses of wikis in practice.
• Read How to Use Wikipedia as a Teaching Tool (Wadewitz). 

• Post a reflection on the resources in Slack. 
• Engage with your peers on Slack. 

Read, Watch, Listen

• Go back to re-read and re-engage with any of the past weeks' ideas. 

• Post Reflection and Synthesis I.
• Post Design Document I. 
• Engage with your peers' design documents on Slack. 

Read, Watch, Listen 

• Read The Promise of Immersive Learning
• Read the 2025 EDUCAUSE Horizon Report on Mixed Reality 

Explore 

• Adobe Aero. 
• Watch Adobe Aero examples. 
• Engage with at least two of the VR apps listed here: 
  • Boulevard AR (art),
  • Catchy words (language), 
  • GeoGebra (math),
  • Google Expeditions (science and geography),
  • Google Translate (language),
  • Exoplanet (astronomy and space),
  • Star Walk (astronomy and space),
  • Visible Body (biology),
  • Or any other app you use or aware of.  

• Post a reflection on the resources in Slack. 
• Engage with your peers on Slack. 

Read, Watch, Listen 

• Read Reality Has Always Been Augmented: Play and the Promises of Pokémon GO (Sicart, 2016)
• Read Five Things Educational Technology Could Learn From Pokémon Go. This is a quick article on the key ideas from Pokémon GO that can be applied to learning design in general.
• Read Warning: Pokemon GO Is a Death Sentence If You Are a Black Man (Akil, 2016). This article provides a critical perspective about the game.
• Watch Jim Gee, Katie Salen
• Watch clip from Ready Player One 

Optional

• Read What Is Pokemon Go, and Why Is Everyone Playing It? (Hay Newman, 2016). This is a good overview of the game.
• Read Pokemon Go Help Someone (Seager & Clark, 2016). This article contains a few other perspectives about the game.
• Watch Gaming can make a better world 
• Read and watch Fortnite and concerts 

• Post a reflection on the resources in Slack. 
• Engage with your peers on Slack. 

Read, Watch, Listen

• Wearable sensors for learning enhancement in higher education (Khosravi et al.,).
• How wearable tech is taking the field trip to a new dimension 
• Learning through wearable tech and the internet of things (Lee) 

Optional

• Watch Wearable tech that helps you navigate by touch 
• Watch The art of wearable communication 

• Post a reflection on the resources in Slack. 
• Engage with your peers on Slack. 

Read, Watch, Listen

• Go back to re-read and re-engage with any of the past weeks' ideas. 

• Post Reflection and Synthesis II.
• Post Design Document II. 
• Engage with your peers' design documents on Slack. 

Read, Watch, Listen

• Read AI and the future of teaching and learning
• Watch ChatGPT's potential 
• Watch The urgent risks of runaway AI 

Explore

Pick at least two of the tools listed below to explore:

• Gemini,
• Bing,
• ChatGPT,
• Or, Dall-E.

Optional 

• Read How to use ChatGPT as a learning tool.
• Read What students are saying about ChatGPT.

• Post a reflection on the resources in Slack. 
• Engage with your peers on Slack. 

Read, Watch, Listen

• Read What is Learning Analytics?
• Read Learning Analytics 101 
• Read Algorithms, Diversity, and Privacy
• Watch Learning Analytics Working Group Overview For Educators (Moodle)

Explore

• Learning Analytics Examples

Optional

• Read Fairness, Trust, Transparency, Equity, and Responsibility in Learning Analytics 

• Post a reflection on the resources in Slack. 
• Engage with your peers on Slack. 

Read, Watch, Listen

• Read Critical Media Literacy: Research, Theory, and Practice in "New Times" OR  Media education goes digital: an introduction.

Plus pick any two of the following to read

• Read Students Have "Dismaying" Inability to Tell Fake News From Real, Study Finds
• Read Google . . . Shapes and Distorts How We See the World
• Read Media's Next Challenge: Overcoming the Threat of Fake News
• Read Did Media Literacy Backfire?

Optional

• Watch How the News Distorts Our Worldview
• Read Language Are Dying, But Is the Internet to Blame? 
• Read AI Literacy 
• Read What is AI literacy
• Explore DigitalLiteracy.gov from the U.S. Library of Congress
• Explore MediaSmarts, Canada's Centre for Digital and Media Literacy

• Post a reflection on the resources in Slack. 
• Engage with your peers on Slack. 

Read

• Read How ed tech can worsen racial inequality
• Read The Future of Well-Being in a Tech-Saturated World
• Read Using Technology to Make Work more Human  
• Watch Connected but Alone 

Optional

• Read The Future of Thinking (Davidson & Goldberg, pp. 1–81)
• Read What Is Positive Technology?

• Post a reflection on the resources in Slack. 
• Engage with your peers on Slack. 

• No texts to read.

• Post Reflection and Synthesis III.
• Post your learning philosophy v2.0 on Slack.
• Post Design Document III.