Director's Greeting
Our immersion in digital media has transformed the way we live and how we perceive the world. The growing field of digital media and learning (DML) explores today’s new forms of communication, play, learning, and thought. This inquiry is of interest not only to scholars but also to practitioners in education and in technology development. As a scholarly press with a history of innovative publishing, the MIT Press welcomed the opportunity to participate in the MacArthur Foundation’s Digital Media and Learning Initiative. DML connects in many ways to our existing programs in New Media, Game Studies, Design, and other disciplines. In the spring of 2009 we are especially excited about the International Journal of Learning and Media (IJLM), which we believe represents a major step forward in journal publishing. IJLM retains the peer-review process of a traditional scholarly journal, but its editorial vision and electronic-only format permit more topical and polemic writing, visual and multimedia presentations, and online dialogues. IJLM will allow the broad community interested in digital media and learning to share its insights using the tools of digital media. We find this inquiry into digital minds of more than theoretical interest. Today's digital youth are tomorrow's authors and readers of our books. We care deeply about these topics and hope you will enjoy reading about them. 
Ellen W. Faran |
 Digital Media and Learning Resources
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