About the Connected Learning Lab

The Connected Learning Lab (CLL) is an Organized Research Unit (ORU) at the University of California, Irvine. The CLL is dedicated to studying and mobilizing learning technologies in equitable, innovative, and learner-centered ways. Over 40 faculty are members of the CLL, representing a diverse range of disciplines, schools and departments.

Mission

Our mission is to connect across disciplines, culture, and sectors to support healthy development, joyful learning, and thriving communities in a networked and digital world.

We do this through interdisciplinary research driven by the expertise and culture of underestimated learners and communities. We bring social and cultural considerations to technology design, facilitate cross-sector partnerships, investigate real world problems, and translate research for diverse stakeholders.

Our strengths span social, cultural, and technical fields: emerging technology, informal and lifelong learning, digital wellbeing, project-based and STEM learning, digital youth culture and communities, playful learning, culturally sustaining pedagogy, disability and inclusive design, sustainability, and career education.

Team

Affiliated Faculty

Affiliated Labs