The Case for Connected Learning

Libraries are ideal environments for connected learning—learning through libraries is informal, flexible, and interest-driven, and it doesn’t (or shouldn’t) feel like school. Connected learning can help achieve your library’s mission and goals by promoting equity, by encouraging new skills and literacies, and by building community.

Promoting Equity	bringing in the voices of non-dominant community members who may not be traditional library users
Building Capacity to Learn	learning how to learn, rather than learning facts without context
Strengthening Community and Connections	using 21st-century skills to fully engage with society

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