A Decade of Cultivation: A Citation Context Literature Review of Connected Learning Research

• In Event: AERA Roundtable Session 12
  In Roundtable Session: Theories of Media, Culture, and Learning: Past, Current, and Future Directions

Abstract

The Connected Learning framework was introduced in 2013 with the online publication of a report, Connected Learning: An Agenda for Research and Design, which advocated for research and design focusing on equitable, interest-based, and new-media-supported youth learning. A second report from the Connected Learning Research Network was published in 2020 “reflect[ing] on a decade of engaged scholarship.” In the 10 years between these publications, the original report has been cited over 820 times in academic manuscripts. We conducted a citation context literature review of those 820+ publications. This review allowed us to consider the contribution of the Connected Learning framework based on its uptake and interpretation in subsequent scholarship. We report on findings addressing theory, design, and equity.

Authors

• Nathan C. Phillips, University of Illinois at Chicago

• Anna Smith, Illinois State University

• Rebecca Woodard, University of Illinois at Chicago

• Aaron Gierhart, Columbus State University

• Lindy L. Johnson, The College of William & Mary

• Sarah C. Lohnes Watulak, Middlebury College

• Katalin Wargo, William and Mary