The Cooney Center investigates and creates new knowledge, putting it directly into practice by engaging key decision-makers to invest and take action. Working closely with our national advisors, Cooney Center Fellows, media scholars, and practitioners, the Cooney Center conducts and disseminates timely research that examines key issues in the field of digital media and learning.

Initiatives: Cooney Center Fellows Program

The Cooney Center Fellows participate in a wide range of projects and, in doing so, develop broad exposure to scholarship, policy, and practice in the field of digital media and learning. This professional development program offers opportunities to:

· Conduct research on digital media use among elementary school-age children;
· Publish research that responds to practical industry and practitioner needs;
· Expand the influence research has in government, education, philanthropy, and industry decision making; and
· Develop new skills and perspectives that are critical to becoming a leader in the field of digital media and learning.

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Reports

iLearn II: An Analysis of the Education Category on Apple's App Store

by Carly Shuler | January 2012 | View Bio

This week, the Joan Ganz Cooney Center at Sesame Workshop released iLearn II: An Analysis of the Education Category of Apple's App Store, an examination of nearly 200 top-selling education category apps for Apple’s iPad and iPhone with the goal of understanding this market’s dynamics and trends. The analysis highlights industry best practices and future opportunities for developers, educators and researchers to influence this important, but under-scrutinized category by closely examining the content of children’s apps within the education category. The report continues the work of the groundbreaking iLearn, published in 2009 as a benchmark for change of an ever-growing and evolving category.

Carly Shuler, author of iLearn and iLearn II, will be presenting her latest findings at the 2012 International Consumer Electronic Show (CES) on Thursday, 12 January at Kids@Play.

View coverage of iLearn II on Wired, e School News and kidscreen.

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Upcoming Events

Digital Media and Learning 2012: Beyond Educational Technology

Mar 1 - 3, 2012 | San Francisco, CA

The Digital Media and Learning Conference is an annual event supported by the MacArthur Foundation and organized by the Digital Media and Learning Research Hub at University of California, Irvine. The conference is meant to be an inclusive, international and annual gathering of scholars and practitioners in the field, focused on fostering interdisciplinary and participatory dialogue and linking theory, empirical study, policy, and practice. The Cooney Center will host a panel on rethinking technologies for intergenerational use. For more information, please visit http://dml2012.dmlcentral.net/

Reimagine Learning: Consortium for School Networking 2012 K-12 Technology Leadership Conference

Mar 5 - 7, 2012 | Washington, D.C.

The 2012 Consortium for School Networking Conference focuses on re-imagining education beyond "four walls and seven bells." The conference hopes to bring innovators and educators together to discuss how to make learning more participatory,engaging, and personalized amidst a changing economic and academic landscape. For more information, visit http://www.cosn.org/Events/2012CoSNConference/tabid/9369/Default.aspx