The Future of Learning The Future of Learning is the topic of the next in a series of MacArthur Foundation regional public events on digital media and learning issues. This panel discussion will take place on Saturday, April 21 at 9:00 a.m. in the Peter and Ginny Nicholas Auditorium at Duke University's School of Nursing. The event is organized by HASTAC, a consortium of humanists, artists, scientists, social scientists, and engineers from universities and other civic institutions. Panelists will discuss how the digital age is changing learning. Video of the event will be available the following week on MacArthur's website.
			When April 21, 2007 9:00-10:30 a.m. (Eastern) Where Peter and Ginny Nicholas Auditorium Duke University, School of Nursing 307 Trent Drive Durham, North Carolina MacArthur's digital media & learning initiative Digital media & learning projects supported by MacArthur Spotlight blog on digital media & learning		Julia Stasch, Vice President of the Program on Human and Community Development at the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, will provide an overview of MacArthur’s new digital media and learning initiative and how it is helping to build the field. Cathy Davidson and David Theo Goldberg , Co-Directors of HASTAC (Humanities, Arts, Science, and Technology Advanced Collaboratory), a virtual university, will discuss the future of learning institutions in the digital age. Carl Harris, Superintendent of Durham Public Schools, will discuss the future of learning from the perspective of public schools. The program will be moderated by Connie Yowell, Director for Digital Media, Learning and Education at the MacArthur Foundation. MacArthur’s $50 digital media and learning initiative seeks to gain a better understanding of how digital technologies are changing how young people learn, play, socialize, exercise judgment, and engage in civic life.
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