Re-Imagining Learning
The world has changed: the way that information is created, collected and shared is vastly different from even 20 years ago. We need to re-imagine learning so that we can do a better job in turning out creative citizens who can think on their feet in order to actively participate in civil discourse and compete in the global economy.

MacArthur grantmaking in education explores one of the most significant forces shaping student learning and educational experiences in and out of school in the 21st century: new technologies, including digital media. Through research, demonstrations and innovations in schools, libraries, museums and other institutions, the Foundation is helping to build a new interdisciplinary field at the intersection of digital media and learning.

Through grants to scholars, educators, designers, and practitioners, MacArthur continues to explore and expand on the hypothesis that digital media is changing how young people think, learn, interact, confront ethical dilemmas, and engage in civic life, and that there are significant implications for the formal and informal institutions--schools, libraries, and museums among them--that are responsible for educating American youth.

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