Expanding Paths to Opportunity

How are contemporary structures of opportunity changing, and what skills and dispositions are needed to expand paths to opportunity?

On Thursday, May 28 from noon-1:00pm PT (3:00-4:00pm ET), S. Craig Watkins, Ben Kirshner and Rafi Santo conversed about their research on the “last mile” and young people’s transition to opportunity (and persisting barriers to it) in the context of a changing knowledge economy, precarious labor, rapid technological transformation, and increasing inequality.

This webinar was part of a May 2015 series titled Equity by Design: A DML 2015 Showcase, in which themes from the 2015 Digital Media and Learning conference were highlighted. Check out all the details at http://bit.ly/CLTVDML2015

From this Series:

• Part 1—Open Learning in Fan Fiction Communities
• Part 2—Open Learning and EdTech for an Equitable Future
• Part 3—Histories and Futures of DML

View the Conversation
During the broadcast, the conversation also took place on Twitter using the hashtags #connectedlearning and #DML2015.

Guests for this webinar included:

• S. Craig Watkins – Professor, Radio-TV-Film, University of Texas-Austin
• Ben Kirshner – Associate Professor, Educational Psychology & Learning Sciences, University of Colorado-Boulder
• Rafi Santo – Doctoral Candidate in Learning Sciences at Indiana University and Project Lead at Hive Research Lab NYC

Resources for this webinar:

• S. Craig Watkins
• Ben Kirshner
• The Young and the Digital
• Connected Learning Research Network
• Rafi Santo at Empathetics.org
• Hive Research Lab
• Hive Research Lab 2015 Community White Paper: Brokering Future Learning Opportunities

Photo/S.O.O.C.

#ConnectedLearning Discussion on Twitter