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Mimi Ito

@mimiito.bsky.social
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professor, anthropologist, connoisseur of geek culture and learning, #connectedlearning advocate, director of UC Irvine's Connected Learning Lab, and a steward of the Connected Learning Alliance - mimiito.com

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Mimi Ito @mimiito.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
My effort to reframe the narrative behind technology bans from tech determinism to one centered on our collective power to shape technology thereader.mitpress.mit.edu/teen-social-...
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Teen Social Media Bans Miss the Point
Instead of treating platforms as monoliths, adults and policymakers should listen to the young people who know them best.
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Mimi Ito @mimiito.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
Publication day for the @mitpress.bsky.social book I co-edited with Carrie James! clalliance.org/blog/youth-w...
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Youth Well-Being by Design: A Timely and Practical Resource for Researchers, Policy Makers and Technology Developers - Connected Learning Alliance
We are in the midst of a public reckoning about the relationship between technology and youth well-being. Concerns about harmful influences of social media have accelerated with the growth of AI-power...
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Mimi Ito @mimiito.bsky.social · 10/01/2026
Lessons learned on cultural cross-pollination and co-design with Japanese families from our Celebrating Neurodiversity event in Tokyo a few years back interactions.acm.org/archive/view...
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Exploring HCI Neurodiversity Research in Japan: Lessons Learned in Cross-Cultural Relationship Building and Community-Based Research | IX Magazine Issue XXXIII.1 January - February 2026
HCI disability research is increasingly embracing community-based approaches to respond to the needs and practices of neurodivergent individuals. The paradigm of neurodiversity views...
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Mimi Ito @mimiito.bsky.social · 11/11/2025
Excited to be welcoming Henry Jenkins, my otaku research collaborator Daisuke Okabe & Kohei Kato who has been doing work on game based learning with neurodivergent kids for a cross-cultural conversation on neurodiversity inclusion. In person at UCI, and streaming online
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Mimi Ito @mimiito.bsky.social · 11/11/2025
Our next installment from the Neurodiversity Potential Study Group - an essay recapping the conversation with Kylie Peppler, Rua M Williams and Youka Watanabe on makerspaces and fablabs as space for neurodiversity inclusive learning
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Mimi Ito @mimiito.bsky.social · 03/10/2025
The Connected Learning Summit kicks off on Sunday with online preconference meetups. I'll be be co-facilitating one on XR (with Drew Davidson) and on STEM Equity (with Kris Gutierrez). Still time to register and sign up for both in person and online connectedlearningsummit.org/event-schedu...
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Online Event Schedule - Connected Learning Summit
Online Event Schedule The CLS2025 program runs from Sunday October 5 – Friday October 10. The event includes this online program of meetups, talks, and workshops as well as in-person … Online Event Sc...
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Mimi Ito @mimiito.bsky.social · 22/09/2025
Join us for a roundtable on Connected Learning and Neurodiversity at the Connected Learning Summit (Oct 5-10) that I'll be leading with with Meryl Alper Weiss and Annuska Zolyomi connectedlearningsummit.org
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Home - Connected Learning Summit
The mission of the CLSummit is to fuel a growing movement of innovators harnessing the power of emerging tech to expand access to participatory, playful, and creative learning.
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Mimi Ito @mimiito.bsky.social · 21/08/2025
Registration is now open for CLS2025. I'm excited about our new hybrid model with folks hosting in person events around the world synchronized with the online event. Reach out if you want to host an in person CLS2025 meetup!
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Mimi Ito @mimiito.bsky.social · 07/08/2025
Our first essay from the Neurodiversity Potential Study Group (NeuPoteKen), an emerging community between Japan and English speaking scholars exploring synergies between connected learning and neurodiversity www.neurodiversity-npo.org/projects/stu...
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Study Group|研究会 (Neurodiversity Potential Study Group) — NPO法人ニューロダイバーシティ|Neurodiversity NPO
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Mimi Ito @mimiito.bsky.social · 27/03/2025
It's been over 12 years since the publication of the first connected learning framework and report. Feeling very grateful for the support of colleagues and campus leadership throughout these years, and in this moment.
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The Connected Learning Lab @thecllab.bsky.social · 06/03/2025
📢📢 #CallForProposals NOW OPEN for #ConnectedLearning2025! Submit research papers and showcases focused on digital tech for learning, edu + commercial games, tech-infused curricula, and exploration of digital media and technology for learning. Submit by June 23. clsummit.news/CFP-2025 #CFP
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Mimi Ito @mimiito.bsky.social · 01/03/2025
@thecllab.bsky.social is co-hosting a hybrid workshop on cultural and linguistic diversity in AI applications with ASIS&T May 6, 2025. Call for posters and research/practice talks now open cald-ai.github.io
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CALD-AI @ ASIS&T
A simple, whitespace theme for academics. Based on [*folio](https://github.com/bogoli/-folio) design.
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Mimi Ito @mimiito.bsky.social · 20/02/2025
I'll be speaking at the Beckman Center at UCI, February 27 at 7pm as part of the National Academies Distinctive Voices series. Free registration www.eventbrite.com/e/kids-and-t...
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Kids and Tech: How to tell fact from fiction
Kids and Tech: How to tell fact from fiction and support positive engagement
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Ariel Edwards-Levy @aedwardslevy.bsky.social · 19/02/2025
This is such a valuable project in terms of gauging how current events reach the public and what's considered highly salient, but also....justice for Fat Bear Week. www.ipsos.com/en-us/ipsos-...
Ipsos Interactive Care-o-Meter showing how many people knew about various news events and whether they said they cared. Fat Bear Week scores poorly on both fronts.
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Mimi Ito @mimiito.bsky.social · 07/02/2025
Happy to see this funding challenge for rebuilding trust in American institutions trustchallenge.leverforchange.org/faq. More background on @reidhoffman.bsky.social's thinking behind this here: www.insidephilanthropy.com/home/four-th...
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Renewing Trust - FAQ
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Amanda Lenhart @amandalenhart.bsky.social · 29/01/2025
Pleased to see Common Sense has released a report I co-authored with my former colleagues on the impact of experiences with misleading or fake online information among teens and how those experiences can diminish broader trust in online information. www.commonsensemedia.org/research/res...
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Research Brief: Teens, Trust, and Technology in the Age of AI
In an era when artificial intelligence (AI) is increasingly embedded in everyday life, teens are navigating complex challenges around trust, authenticity, and online safety.
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Mimi Ito @mimiito.bsky.social · 15/01/2025
Excited to be sharing the CFP for #connectedlearning2025, rebooted after a 1 year pause with all the good stuff (Rising Scholars, research papers, showcases, workshops, keynotes, plenaries, topical meetups) + a new hybrid and org level participation model
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Mimi Ito @mimiito.bsky.social · 04/01/2025
Happy New Year and hello bluesky world! Kicked off the year with a proper Japanese new year celebration to bring good luck - thinking I need all the help I can get for 2025. Also starting the new year with a fresh new website (mimiito.com) Maybe I'll even get my social media mojo back this year??
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