Digital Media and Learning Competition

Participatory Learning

The Digital Media and Learning Competition, now in its second year, is an annual effort designed to find--and to inspire--the most novel uses of new media in support of learning. In April 2009, the Competition awarded $2 million to individuals, for-profit companies, universities, and community organizations for projects that employ games, mobile phone applications, virtual worlds, social networks, wikis, and video blogs to explore how digital technologies are changing the way that people learn and participate in daily life.

To broaden the search for innovative ideas, this year's Competition was expanded to include international submissions and proposals from young people aged 18-25. The 19 winning projects are those that best engaged the theme of "participatory learning," or the ways in which new technologies enable learners to contribute in diverse ways to individual and shared learning experiences.

Innovation in Participatory Learning Awards

$30,000 - $250,000

Innovation in Participatory Learning Awards support larger-scale projects that demonstrate new modes of participatory learning in a variety of environments, by creating new digital tools, modifying existing ones, or using digital media in novel ways. Collaboration is strongly encouraged. International applications are welcome from eligible organizations. Click here to view this year's winners

Young Innovator Awards

$5,000-$30,000

Young Innovator Awards encourage innovators aged 18-25 to think
boldly about "what comes next" in
participatory learning and to contribute to making it happen. These awards will help young innovators bring their visionary ideas from the "garage" stage to implementation. Click here to view this year's winners

This HASTAC competition is supported by a grant from the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation to the University of California, in collaboration with Duke University. The University of California Humanities Research Institute and Duke University's John Hope Franklin Center are the principal administering bodies for this grant on behalf of HASTAC.

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Participatory Learning The Digital Media and Learning Competition, now in its second year, is an annual effort designed to find--and to inspire--the most novel uses of new media in support of learning. In April 2009, the Competition awarded $2 million to individuals, for-profit companies, universities, and community organizations for projects that employ games, mobile phone applications, virtual worlds, social networks, wikis, and video blogs to explore how digital technologies are changing the way that people learn and participate in daily life. To broaden the search for innovative ideas, this year's Competition was expanded to include international submissions and proposals from young people aged 18-25. The 19 winning projects are those that best engaged the theme of "participatory learning," or the ways in which new technologies enable learners to contribute in diverse ways to individual and shared learning experiences.		News & Updates Competition 2009 Winners (Press Release) Posted April 16, 2009 Winners Announcement & Showcase April 16-17, 2009 Posted March 2, 2009 Follow us on Twitter Posted September 12, 2008 MacArthur Foundation Spotlight Blog Competition 2008 Winners (Press Release) Posted February 21, 2008 "Couture Guerrilla" (HASTAC YouTube video, 2007)


Innovation in Participatory Learning Awards $30,000 - $250,000 Innovation in Participatory Learning Awards support larger-scale projects that demonstrate new modes of participatory learning in a variety of environments, by creating new digital tools, modifying existing ones, or using digital media in novel ways. Collaboration is strongly encouraged. International applications are welcome from eligible organizations. Click here to view this year's winners		Young Innovator Awards $5,000-$30,000 Young Innovator Awards encourage innovators aged 18-25 to think boldly about "what comes next" in participatory learning and to contribute to making it happen. These awards will help young innovators bring their visionary ideas from the "garage" stage to implementation. Click here to view this year's winners

Participatory Learning

News & Updates

Innovation in Participatory Learning Awards

$30,000 - $250,000

Young Innovator Awards

$5,000-$30,000