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the creative use and development of new technologies for learning and research; second, critical understanding of the role of new media in life, learning,

amounts of organization, leadership, and funding. Like a proverbial iceberg, sometimes the "free

Bharat Mehra, Cecelia Merkel,

The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation Reports on Digital Media and Learning, published by the MIT Press, present findings from current research on how young people learn, play, socialize, and participate in civic life. The Reports result

research on how young people learn, play, socialize, and participate in civic life. The Reports result from research projects funded

commercial economy depend on mobile access of one form or another. To fail to acknowledge the cost of human labor and the amount of support necessary to sustain virtual institutions

these games as a way to study model societies and social interactions.

could walk into most college classrooms today and know exactly where to stand and how to address his class. If we are going to imagine new learning institutions that are not based on the contiguity of

ways we exchange and interact with information, how information informs and shapes us. But our schools-how we teach, where we teach,

would look very different and, certainly, less visionary. The names of all who participated in this project are listed below.

they perform? What does a virtual learning institution look like, who supports it, what does it do? We know that informal learning happens, constantly and in many new ways, because of the collaborative opportunities offered by social networking sites, wikis, blogs, and many other interactive digital sources. But beneath these sites are networks and, sometimes, organizations dedicated to their efficiency and sustainability. What is the

research project would not exist. It is not our purpose

visionary behind the Digital Media and Learning Initiative. This project would not have

At Duke University, our infrastructure comes from the John Hope Franklin Center for Interdisciplinary and International Studies and the John

The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation Reports on Digital Media and Learning, published by the MIT Press, present findings from current research on how young people learn, play, socialize, and participate in civic life. The Reports result from research

stability. It is often noted that, of all existing institutions in the West, higher education is one of most enduring. Oxford University, the longest continuously running university in the English-speaking world, was founded in the twelfth century.4

Miller University of California, Riverside, Professor and Chair, Media & Cultural Studies Christopher Newfield University of California, Santa Barbara, Professor, English Department, Innovation Working Group, Center for

Self-learning has bloomed;

condemn traditional institutions but, we fervently hope, to be among

socialize, and participate in civic life. The Reports result from research projects funded by the MacArthur

process itself informed every step of our thinking about new forms of alliances, intellectual

Reports on Digital Media and Learning, published by the MIT Press, present findings from current research on how young people learn, play, socialize, and participate in civic life. The Reports

This has been a collective project from the beginning, and so our first acknowledgment goes to all those who supported and contributed. Funded by a grant from the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, as part of its initiative on Digital Media and Learning, we thank Constance

Where our project differs in some respects from these and others is that it