Digital Education Innovator Wants to Turn Learning into a Lifestyle

Center for Digital Education: As director of education at the MacArthur Foundation, Constance "Connie" Yowell launched a digital media and learning program in 2006. It was one of the first philanthropic efforts in the country to systematically explore the impact of digital media on young people and its potential for the future of learning. Earlier this year, Yowell left the foundation, which awarded her a grant to form an organization called Collective Shift. Its first project, LRNG, seeks to redesign learning for the 21st century around the world.

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