Sound is all around us, within us, moving through us. Ingold (2007) argues that we hear in sound just as we see in light. Despite the similar immersiveness of these media, our world has been dominated by the hegemony of the visual as is well documented by many media scholars (Levin, 1993; Cox 2011). Academic and everyday pursuits alike must take listening seriously. In this short talk, I begin to sketch out the territory of listening research that the learning sciences needs to undertake in order to adequately address the full sense-making process. So much of our educational experience relies on the assumption of listening.

What does it mean to listen and how might we characterize listening together?