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Learning Futures Collaboratives

Learning Futures Collaboratives are intended to meet the goals of developing future-focused, ideas-driven, high-impact research agendas among MLFC faculty and graduate students.

The Learning Futures initiative at MLFC seeks to offer experiences, develop resources and strategies, and conduct and support research, all aimed at collaborating with education leaders to design what learning can and should look like in the future.

The Learning Futures Collaboratives

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Global (Teacher) Education

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Storytelling: Re/Learning Our Spaces, Places, and Times

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Project OASIS – Optimizing Access for Students in Schools

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Mapping the emerging AI landscape and implications for K-12 students

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Artificial Intelligence in Education

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Education for planetary futures

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Imagination and futures thinking for K12

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Learning and Educating Across Refugee/(Im)migrant Networks (LEARN)

Learning Futures podcast

Learning Futures Podcast

What if education systems were doing more and thinking differently about preparing learners to thrive in the future? Co-hosts Sean Leahy and Punya Mishra discuss improving education and the future of learning. Learn more

Latest Episode

Apr 04, 2025

FOLC Fest 2025 featuring Michael J Sorrel

Dr. Michael J. Sorrell shares his journey of leading Paul Quinn College from the brink of closure to a beacon of innovative transformation. His candid reflections underscore the power of empathy, courage, and genuine collaboration in creating sustainable, meaningful change in higher education.

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Resources

Explore our resources to find multimedia content, activities, readings and more to dig into the futures of learning.