[liberationtech] Call for Proposals now open for the 2022 Connected Learning Summit

[Remy Cross]

 Call for proposals
<https://2022.connectedlearningsummit.org/call-for-proposals/> now open for
the fifth annual Connected Learning Summit
<https://2022.connectedlearningsummit.org/>, which will run entirely online
from July 27 to July 29, 2022.

This year’s conference format has been adapted significantly based on our
learnings from last year’s first fully online CLS. Click here
<https://clalliance.org/blog/announcing-the-call-for-proposals-for-connected-learning-summit-2022/>
for
a post with more background.





*Call for Proposals opens: January 3, 2022Deadline for submissions: March
27, 2022Notifications: May 2022*

We invite submissions of *Research Papers* and *Showcases* that focus on
digital technologies for learning, educational and commercial games,
innovative tech-infused curricula, and theoretical and/or empirical
exploration of digital media and technology for learning. We particularly
encourage submissions that are responsive to issues of pressing
contemporary concern – a global racial reckoning, pandemic-fueled digital
transformations, persistent social inequities, and the climate crisis.

Our program will start with a pre-conference day on Wednesday, July 27 for
conversation around topics of shared interest, including affinity group
meetings, as well as meetups for Research Paper and Showcase contributors.
The Main conference on Thursday, July 28 and Friday, July 29 will include
keynote and plenary sessions, and workshops organized by Connected Learning
Alliance (CLA) partners <https://clalliance.org/who-we-are/> including
the Civic
Paths Group <http://civicpaths.uscannenberg.org/>, Connected Camps
<https://connectedcamps.com/>, Critical Civic Inquiry Group
<https://transformativestudentvoice.net/>, Design Based Implementation
Research <http://learndbir.org/> faculty, Digital Youth Network
<http://digitalyouthnetwork.org/>, Education Technology Center
<https://www.etc.cmu.edu/> at Carnegie Mellon University, Learning Games
Network <https://learninggamesnetwork.org/>, Lifelong Kindergarten group
<https://www.media.mit.edu/groups/lifelong-kindergarten/overview/> at the
MIT Media Lab, MIT’s Scheller Teacher Education Program and Education Arcade
<https://education.mit.edu/>, and the Tinkering Studi
<http://tinkering.exploratorium.edu/>o at the Exploratorium.

CLS2022 will be entirely online via Midspace <https://midspace.app/> (formerly
Clowdr), an open source, not for profit, event and community platform. For
2022, Midspace will include a range of usability enhancements and features
which we believe will improve the online event experience. The majority of
the event will be programmed during work hours in North America, but will
also include some programming in the morning hours of Asia and Australia.

*Research Papers.* Academic papers subject to blind peer review. Authors of
accepted papers will need to record a three-minute video prior to the
event, which will be published in a publicly viewable archive online.
Authors will also be invited to discuss their work with other research
paper and CLS participants at a meetup organized on the pre-conference day
on July 27, 2022 (July 28 for participants in Asia and Australia). Please
submit a paper of up to 7 pages in length using the research paper
submission template
<https://2022.connectedlearningsummit.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/8/2021/12/ResearchPaperTemplate-CLS2022.docx>,
and a 250 word abstract for the online video archive. Full Research Papers
accepted to the 2022 Connected Learning Summit will be published in their
entirety following a review in consultation with the proceedings
co-editors. As with the proceedings from the 2018, 2019, and 2020 Connected
Learning Summits, the Proceedings of the 2022 Connected Learning Summit
will be published by Carnegie Mellon University’s ETC Press. The
proceedings will be made available online for free.

*Showcases.* Proposals highlighting a specific project, program, or
product. Accepted showcase presenters will need to record a video prior to
the event, which will be published in a publicly viewable archive online.
Presenters will be invited to discuss their work with other presenters and
CLS participants at a meetup organized on the pre-conference day on July
27, 2022 (July 28 for participants in Asia and Australia). Please submit a
detailed description (2 pages max) for reviewers, and a 250 word abstract
for the online video archive.

Submit papers and proposals here
<https://2022.connectedlearningsummit.org/proposal-submission-form/>.

*About the Connected Learning Summit*
CLS was first convened in 2018 <https://2018.connectedlearningsummit.org/> with
the mission to fuel a growing movement of innovators harnessing the power
of emerging technology to expand access to participatory, playful, and
creative learning. It was launched as a merger between three community
events with this shared vision and values: the Digital Media and Learning
Conference <https://dmlhub.net/conference/index.html>, the
Games+Learning+Society
Conference <http://glsconference.net/>, and Sandbox Summit
<https://www.pgpedia.com/s/sandbox-summit>. With a unique focus on
cross-sector connections and progressive and catalytic innovation, the
event brings together leading researchers, educators, and developers. The
hosting and stewardship of the event has continued to evolve in tandem with
the changing conditions of the global pandemic. UC Irvine’s Connected
Learning Lab <https://connectedlearning.uci.edu/> and MIT’s Scheller
Teacher Education Program and Education Arcade
<https://education.mit.edu/> were
the founding hosts of the event. As we have moved online and become a more
international event, we are expanding our roster of partners and hosts.


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B. Remy Cross, Ph.D.
Research Manager
Connected Learning Lab
University of California, Irvine
Irvine, CA 92697
Phone: (949)-278-8927
Pronouns: he/him/his
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