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Social media fuelling youth mental health crisis? CIFAR researcher cites other causes
August 25, 2023 CIFAR
Candice Odgers, Co-Director of the Child & Brain Development program, recently debated whether social media negatively impacts children at the Aspen Ideas Festival.
Games for Change, promoting ways games can improve the world, turns 20
July 20, 2023 Axios
A talk on Tuesday, from University of California researchers Kurt Squire and Constance Steinkuehler, zipped through studies about video games and gaming tech for everything...
Can Tracking Your Moods Make You Happier?
July 15, 2023 Wall Street Journal
Schueller and his colleagues found that most people really only track their moods a couple of times a week. They also discovered a paradox: While...
‘Open to Debate’: Is Social Media Bad for Kids’ Mental Health? (live taping)
June 30, 2023 Aspen Ideas
U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy recently released an advisory stating that social media can pose a risk of profound harm to children’s and adolescents' mental...
Nearly 23 percent of IRSD students seek mental-health services
June 29, 2023 Coastal Point
“Sometimes we find social media is associated with signs of depression, but it is a very tiny association,” said Odgers at the Aspen Ideas event....
Colorado school district targets social media companies in lawsuit
June 28, 2023 Axios
Candice Odgers, a psychologist and researcher, said the science is not conclusive that social media is to blame. The association is indistinguishable from other pressures,...
Connected Learning Resources
Research Tools
The Connected Learning Research Tools site features tools and instruments from 11 connected learning studies and projects.
Youth Connections for Wellbeing
The YCW project seeks to identify, support, test, and communicate new digital strategies for tapping young people’s insights, agency, and technology engagements to support wellbeing.
Raising Good Gamers
The Raising Good Gamers initiative was created to catalyze positive change in the culture and climate of online gaming for youth.
Reclaiming Digital Futures
Lessons to help youth thrive through informal learning with technology.... This toolkit and an associated report, shares effective practices for equitable, youth-centered digital learning.
Affiliated Labs
Design and Partnership Lab
The Daplab is a collective of learning scientists and co-designers who partner with community members and organizations. Our work is backed both by academic and practical knowledge and directed towards the most pressing needs of community partners
Orange County Educational Advancement Network (OCEAN)
OCEAN supports partnerships between researchers at the UCI School of Education and schools, organizations, and educators. Our goal is to create initiatives and partnerships that positively impact our local communities.
Digital Learning Lab
The Digital Learning Lab designs, develops, and studies digital and AI tools and curricula to promote language and literacy development and STEM learning in preK-12, higher education, and informal learning environments, with a focus on culturally and linguistically diverse learners.
Connecting the EdTech Research EcoSystem (CERES)
CERES is aimed at reducing growing inequalities in children’s learning and development and increasing access to education for children with disabilities.
Games Learning Society
The Games+Learning+Society (GLS) center is the premier center for transdisciplinary research and innovation in games and interactive media for learning, behavioral and social change.
Made with Play
Made with Play supports the research of online, play-based environments for youth and centers youth voice, equity, and inclusion in the creation of healthy, caring, kid-powered communities.