It's the final day of #AERA2026 with MCL:

✨A symposium on critical media literacy to imagine, empower, and transform research and practice 📍 Marriott

Two sessions today at #AERA26! I organized a symposium for @mclsig.bsky.social that aims to Disassemble Mis/Disinformation to Reassemble Democracy. I’ll be presenting on “The Missing Politics of Mis/Disinformation” with @philnichols.bsky.social.

Thanks for joining us at the joint SIG business meeting with @writinglit.bsky.social ! #AERA2026

📲 A few snippets from the evening—CONGRATS to our award winners! 🥳

Join us TONIGHT for a Multi-SIG #Literacies Social!

🗓 Saturday, 7–9pm
📍 Prank Bar (1100 S. Hope St.)

🍸 Open bar for the first 50 attendees + appetizers available

We hope to see you there! #AERA2026 @writinglit.bsky.social

Today, Sat. 4/11 at #AERA2026 with MCL:

✨Sessions on comics, critical literacy, and mis/disinformation

📍 Marriott

Today, Friday 4/10 at #AERA2026 with MCL:

✨Symposium + Roundtables on media, technology, and critical connections

Full MCL program here: canva.link/mcl2026

Happening today, Thursday 4/9! Tag us @mclsig.bsky.social in your posts so we can reshare 📲✨ #AERA2026

Tomorrow, Thursday 4/9 at #AERA2026 with MCL:

✨Exploring digital futures, play, and new possibilities for learning!📍LACC & Marriott

Full MCL program linked here: canva.link/mcl2026

Happening today! Tag us @mclsig.bsky.social in your posts so we can reshare ✨🤓📲 #AERA2026

Full MCL program linked here: canva.link/mcl2026

Don't forget ➡️ We created a customizable template for you to share your #AERA2026 session info! Tag us @mclsig.bsky.social so we can amplify your work 📲 canva.link/jz3c09xym847...

Wednesday 4/8 at #AERA2026 with MCL:

✨Kicking things off with virtual posters + conversations on how teachers navigate digital spaces

📍 LACC & Virtual Poster Hall

Writing & Literacies and Media, Culture & Learning Present: Imagining Just Educational Futures Through Media and Literacies Partnerships in Precarious Times | Co-sponsored Business Meeting Join us for an interactive dialogue with a panel of critical scholars guiding us to work toward just educational futures through partnerships in these precarious times. Friday, April 10, 2026 at 7:45–8:45 PM | JW Marriott 4th Floor, Diamond 10 Featured Panelists: Tracey Terece Flores, University of Texas at Austin Kareem Edouard, Drexel University Tiera C. Tanksley, University of Colorado – Boulder Edward R. Curammeng, California State University-Dominguez Hills

Writing and #Literacies and @mclsig.bsky.social co-sponsored business meeting happening this Friday at #AERA2026!

informational AERA poster for Friday April 10th that features details about the joint business meeting of the Media, Culture, & Learning and Writing & Literacies SIGs

MCL + @writinglit.bsky.social Business Meeting! 🗓 Fri. 7:45–8:45pm

This year’s conversation centers on imagining just educational futures through media and literacies partnerships, featuring a panel of scholars across institutions.

All members are welcome—come join the conversation! #AERA2026

Canva template for MCL members to share their presentation information. AERA 2026 logo banner across the top. Placeholder text for: date, time, location, and title of presentation.

Presenting at #AERA2026 with MCL?

We’ve created a customizable template to help you share your session 🤓 Tag us so we can amplify your work! 📲🎉 canva.link/indmcl2026

Multi Literacies SIG Social event poster, hosted jointly by the Literature, Medial, Culture, & Learning, and Writing & Literacies SIGs. Details: at AERA 2026, Friday April 11th from 7-9pm at Prank Bar in Los Angeles. Open bar for first 50 attendees and appetizers are available.

Join us Saturday night for a Multi Literacies SIG Social!

🗓 Saturday, 7–9pm
📍 Prank Bar (1100 S. Hope St.)

Come connect, unwind, and build community with fellow scholars.
🍸 Open bar for the first 50 attendees + appetizers available

We hope to see you there! #AERA2026
@writinglit.bsky.social

First page of MCL program for AERA 2026. Includes: list of board members, details for the business meeting and social event, and information about the SIG's social media handles.

#AERA2026 is almost here! 🥳

Join the Media, Culture, & Learning SIG for sessions, conversation, and community. A program of all MCL sessions is linked here: canva.link/mcl2026

Don’t forget to add our business meeting + social to your schedule!

Sunday, April 27 8:00 - 9:30am Meeting Room Level - Room 707 Cross-Platformization, Digital Media Platforms as Global Ecosystems, and the Shifting Understandings of Critical Platform Practices Symposium

Don't miss our final #AERA2025 #AERA25 Media, Culture & Learning Symposium!
Sunday, April 27 8:00 - 9:30am
Meeting Room Level - Room 707
Cross-Platformization, Digital Media Platforms as Global Ecosystems, and the Shifting Understandings of Critical Platform Practices

Saturday, April 26 3:20 - 4:50pm Ballroom Level - Four Seasons Ballroom 2-3 Table 1 Community Connection Across Digital Social Spaces Table 2 Critical Intersections of Mental Health and Social Media Table 3 From Hierarchies to Hubs: Creating and Sustaining Educational Transformation through Podcasts Table 4 Gaming as Community, Public Pedagogy, and Skill Building Table 5 Perspectives in Policy and Practice with Technology and AI Tools Table 6 Podcasts as Public Scholarship: (Re)Imagining Theories in Everyday Life Table 7 Affordances and Challenges in Developing, Implementing, and Researching a Digital Media-Based Family Program Roundtables

Saturday is Roundtable Day for the @mclsig.bsky.social! Hope you can join us! #AERA2025 #AERA25

multiple pictures in a grid from a social event, including a picture of the food and people smiling at the camera

Scenes from the Multi-SIG #Literacies Social with @mclsig.bsky.social, @writinglit.bsky.social, & Literature SIG!

Congrats to @aaronadanaguilar.bsky.social Aaron Aguilar, doc student in Education Policy Studies @uwmadison.bsky.social , for this award!

For those who just joined @mclsig.bsky.social & @writinglit.bsky.social tonight, here is the #literacies starter pack. Let me know if I can add you to it!

Such a great convo with @writinglit.bsky.social folks last night at our combined business meeting, and let’s social it up with all our #literacies colleagues including the Literature SIG tonight! #AERA2025 #AERA25

@mclsig.bsky.social this is so cool, thank you!! #AERA2025

screen with Aaron Adan Aguilar, recipient of the 2025 Media, Culture & Learning SIG Best Graduate Student Research Excellence Award for manuscript, ““Easier or better?”: Examining educator sense-making of Ed-Tech Platforms in datafied schools.”

Aaron Adan Aguilar & Danielle Filipiak

Congratulations to Aaron Adan Aguilar, recipient of the 2025 Media, Culture & Learning SIG Best Graduate Student Research Excellence Award for manuscript, ““Easier or better?”: Examining educator sense-making of Ed-Tech Platforms in datafied schools.” #AERA2025 #AERA25 #literacies

screen with the announcement of 2025 Best Empirical Paper Award for Dr. Eleni Katsarou & Konstantinos Sipitanos's manuscript, “Incorporating students’ empowerment against disinformation in the curricula of HEIs in EU countries"

Drs. Konstantinos Sipitanos, Eleni Katsarou & Danielle Fillipiak

Congratulations to Dr. Eleni Katsarou & Dr. Konstantinos Sipitanos, recipients of the 2025 Media, Culture & Learning SIG Best Empirical Paper award for the manuscript, “Incorporating students’ empowerment against disinformation in the curricula of HEIs in EU countries.” #AERA2025 #AERA25 #literacies

AERA Media, Culture & Learning SIG (@mclsig.bsky.social) The Media, Culture & Learning Special Interest Group of AERA Board Members: Dr. Danielle Filipiak, Chair Dr. Stephanie Rollag Yoon, Program Chair Dr. Anna Smith, Treasurer (managing this account)

Congrats to Phil Nichols, the new chair of @mclsig.bsky.social #AERA2025

Flyer that reads: Multi-SIG Literacies Social. Join the Literature SIG, the Media Culture & Learning SIG, and the Writing & Literacie SIG for a joint networking social at AERA 2025. Meet us at Ace Eat Serve, 501 E 17th Ave, Denver, CO. Friday 4/25 8 PM MDT, Ace Eat Serve, 501 E 17th Ave. Food Provided. Cash bar.

Our Multi-SIG #Literacies Social will be tomorrow with @mclsig.bsky.social and the Literature SIG.

Flyer that reads: Media, Culture & Learning SIG Sessions Friday, April 25 9:50 - 11:20am Poster Session: Learning and Navigating Through New Media Landscapes Exhibit Hall Level - Exhibit Hall F 8pm Multi-SIG Literacies Networking Social Join up with members of the Literature SIG, Media, Culture & Learning SIG & Writing & Literacies SIG! ACE EAT SERVE, 501 E 17th Ave, Denver, CO

Flyer that reads: Multi-SIG Literacies Social. Join the Literature SIG, the Media Culture & Learning SIG, and the Writing & Literacie SIG for a joint networking social at AERA 2025. Meet us at Ace Eat Serve, 501 E 17th Ave, Denver, CO. Friday 4/25 8 PM MDT, Ace Eat Serve, 501 E 17th Ave. Food Provided. Cash bar.

For Friday, April 25th, don't miss the #AERA2025 Media, Culture & Learning SIG Poster Session and Multi-SIG #Literacies Social with Literature SIG & @writinglit.bsky.social SIG! #AERA25

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Media, Culture & Learning SIG Sessions 2025 Thursday, April 24 8:00 - 9:30am Meeting Room Level - Room 707 Educators’ Identities and Perceptions Across Tech Platforms, AI, and Multimodal Literacies Session Highlight: 2025 Graduate Student Research Excellence Award Recipient: Aaron Adan Aguilar Paper Session 7:15 - 8:45pm Meeting Room Level - Room 703 Business Meeting: Advancing Dialogue in Critical Literacies, Writing, and Civic Engagement in a Postdigital Era

Advancing Dialogue in Critical Literacies, Writing, and Civic Engagement in a Postdigital Era Media, Culture, & Learning SIG Combined Business Meeting Writing & Literacies SIG 7:15 - 8:45 pm The Colorado Convention Center Meeting Room Level - Room 703 Thursday, 4. 24 Dr. Earl Aguilera Dr. Amy Stornaiuolo Dr. T. Philip Nichols Dr. Detra Price

Enjoying Wednesday? Check out Thursday for the Media, Culture & Learning SIG!