Terms of Use
Your use of this website is governed by these Terms of Use and our Privacy Policy. If you have questions about these Terms, please use our contact page.
These Terms of Use are effective as of February 23, 2026.
1. Acknowledgement
These Terms of Use are based on a standard terms template and have been adapted for Connected Learning.
2. Acceptance of conditions
These Terms of Use (“Terms”) outline the conditions for your access to, and use of, the Connected Learning website (connected-learning.org) and associated domains (collectively, the “Platform”). The Platform publishes educational articles and learning resources, and also preserves a collection of legacy classroom materials that were originally created by third-party educators and organizations.
By accessing the Platform, you accept these Terms without limitation or qualification.
Your access to, and use of, the Platform is conditional on your acceptance of, and compliance with, these Terms. If you do not agree to these Terms, you may not access or use the Platform.
3. Variation of the Terms of Use
Connected Learning may change, modify, add, or remove any part of these Terms, or change, modify, add to, or remove any technology, content, or any other aspect of the Platform without notice or liability.
It is your responsibility to check these Terms from time to time to ensure you are familiar with their current form.
Your continued use of the Platform constitutes acceptance of any changes to the Terms.
4. Definitions
Consent is either:
- your own consent if you are legally able to consent in your country of residence; or
- the consent of a parent or guardian (for instance, if you are under the Age of Consent as defined in Section 6.1); or
- the consent of a Teacher on behalf of you, or your parent or guardian.
Institution: A school, homeschool, college, university, other higher education institution, business, or other organisation at which students can be enrolled to study.
Personal Information: Personally identifiable information (PII) collected by us, as described in our Privacy Policy.
Registered User: a user of the Platform for whom we currently store Personal Information, according to our Privacy Policy.
Teacher: An employee or contractor of an Institution employed to educate and/or manage students, including teachers, tutors, lecturers, course coordinators and Institution administrators.
Verified Teacher: A Teacher whose role at an Institution has been verified and confirmed by the Institution. A Teacher may be verified at multiple Institutions.
5. Privacy Policy
By agreeing to these Terms, you also agree to our Privacy Policy.
Any Personal Information, or information about you, your students or children, provided to us by you is handled according to our Privacy Policy.
By using the Platform, or by allowing your child or student to use the Platform, you agree to the collection, storage, and use of Personal Information as outlined in our Privacy Policy.
6. Registration
You are not required to register to use the Platform. However, some functionality and content is only available to Registered Users.
Registered Users may have access to different functionality or content depending on their role. For example, teachers may have access to additional content and student management functionality where this exists on the Platform.
Registered User accounts must not be shared between multiple users or transferred to another user by updating the account details in the Platform.
6.1. Age of Consent
To create your own Registered User account, you must be old enough to provide consent to the collection and use of Personal Information in your country of residence (“Age of Consent”), as described in our Privacy Policy.
If you are under your Age of Consent, a parent or guardian (or, where appropriate, a Teacher acting with authority) must provide Consent for the creation of a Registered User account and for Connected Learning to collect, store, and use Personal Information in accordance with our Privacy Policy.
6.2. Parent or guardian consent
By creating, or authorising the creation of, a Registered User account for a child under their Age of Consent, you consent on their behalf to Connected Learning collecting, storing and using their Personal Information in accordance with our Privacy Policy.
You warrant you have the authority to consent to our Terms on their behalf as a parent or guardian, or are acting on the authority of their parent(s) or guardian(s).
6.3. Registering users who are under their Age of Consent
By creating, or authorising the creation of, a Registered User account for a child under their Age of Consent, you warrant to having obtained parental or guardian consent for Connected Learning to collect, store and use their Personal Information in accordance with our Privacy Policy.
If Connected Learning determines that it has inadvertently collected Personal Information (as defined in our Privacy Policy) from a child under their Age of Consent without prior parental or teacher consent, we will take appropriate steps to delete this information.
6.4. Registering users who are over their Age of Consent
By creating, or authorising the creation of, a Registered User account on behalf of a user over their Age of Consent, you warrant to having obtained their consent for Connected Learning to collect, store and use their Personal Information in accordance with our Privacy Policy.
This may include the automatic creation of a Registered User account through single sign on (SSO) integration or learning tools interoperability (LTI) with learning management systems.
7. Subscriptions
Some content or features may only be available with a paid Subscription where stated. If a Subscription is offered, it is valid for 365 days from the date of purchase unless otherwise specified at the time of purchase.
Subscriptions may only be purchased for Registered Users. A Subscription cannot be shared with, or transferred to, another Registered User.
Subscriptions may only be purchased for non-commercial educational purposes unless otherwise authorised in writing by Connected Learning.
8. Access rights
Unless explicitly released under another license, all content in the Platform is for non-commercial use only, unless otherwise authorised in writing by Connected Learning.
We reserve the right to add, change, modify, or remove content or technology at any time.
Users are responsible for protecting the confidentiality of their access credentials (their login and password).
9. Termination of access
Any user who does not comply with these Terms, who uses the Platform in a manner deemed to be inappropriate (“Misuse”), or who engages in unlawful behaviour, may have their access to the Platform revoked.
Misuse includes, but is not limited to, behaviour which infringes on the privacy, security, property or other rights of another person, or that is abusive, offensive or defamatory.
Misuse also includes actions that degrade or disrupt the operation of the Platform, including denial of service, accessing the Platform or a user’s account without authorisation, or attempting to manipulate a user’s record of progress.
You may choose to terminate your use of the Platform at any time by deleting your Registered User account via your account settings (please note that this action is irreversible). See our Privacy Policy for details on how Personal Information is handled in relation to use and deletion of user accounts.
10. Linked material available on third-party websites
The Platform may contain links to third-party sites over which we have no control. These links are provided as a convenience only and do not imply endorsement of any third-party content.
Connected Learning is not responsible for the use, effect, or content on any linked third-party site. You agree that access to links to any third-party site is at your own risk.
11. Copyright
The content in the Platform is © Connected Learning 2020 to present, unless otherwise indicated.
Some preserved classroom materials on the Platform were originally developed by third-party educators and organizations and may include legacy copyright notices. Where indicated, copyright remains with the original rights holders.
Some content within the Platform is provided under specific usage licenses where indicated, for example Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International.
12. Our Intellectual Property
All content in the Platform, including without limitation all materials displayed on or produced through the Platform, including information, text, images, photographs, graphics, illustrations, audio, music, video, software and documentation, logos, trademarks, icons, and the design of this Platform belong to us, or our licensors, and are protected by copyright, unless otherwise indicated.
You may not copy, edit, modify, adapt, reproduce, republish, redistribute, resell or upload this content to a third-party, and may not sub-license any of these materials to others, without explicit permission in writing from Connected Learning.
You may view, download, display, print, reproduce (such as by making photocopies) and distribute our content in unaltered form only for your personal educational purposes or for the educational purposes of your organisation, provided that you attribute Connected Learning as the source of the content and make it clear that the content can only be used for these purposes.
Where content in the Platform is identified as being developed by another organization or author, that content is owned by the relevant rights holder and is governed by that party’s copyright and usage terms.
13. Your Intellectual Property
Connected Learning may use, adapt, copy, reproduce, or publish your de-identified user submissions (including competition entries) for analytics, education, or marketing purposes.
You hereby grant Connected Learning all rights to any submissions you make on the Platform, without any obligation to make any royalty or other payment to you, and without any obligation of credit or notice to you, unless otherwise agreed.
14. Disclaimer
The content available on the Platform is made available by Connected Learning as an information source only.
Connected Learning has compiled the content on this Platform in good faith and has endeavoured to ensure that all content is accurate and does not breach any entity’s rights at the time of its inclusion. However, the material may contain unintentional errors and is provided “as is”.
You acknowledge and agree that you will make your own enquiries to determine whether information you obtain through the website is current, complete and accurate before using it.
We do not warrant or guarantee:
- that you will be able to use the Platform at any time; or
- that your use of the Platform will be continuous, uninterrupted, secure or error-free.
We also assume no responsibility, and shall not be liable for, any damages to, or viruses that may infect, your computer equipment or other property as a result of your access to, use of, or browsing in the website or your downloading of any materials, data, text, images, video, or audio from this website.
15. Liability
You acknowledge and agree that your access to, and use of, the Platform is at your own risk.
To the maximum extent lawful, Connected Learning excludes all warranties, representations, guarantees, conditions, rights, remedies, liabilities and any other terms that may be conferred or implied by statute, general law or custom, except any guarantee or right conferred under applicable consumer protection legislation, the exclusion of which would contravene legislation or cause any part of this clause to be void in respect of this website and the material contained on it.
Connected Learning excludes all responsibility and liability for any loss or damage, however caused, resulting from your use or inability to use this website or the material, including any incidental, special or consequential damages arising from the use or inability to use the website or the material contained on it.
Where liability cannot be lawfully excluded, the entire liability of Connected Learning is limited to the amount of the fees paid by you during the twelve (12) month period prior to the cause of action.
16. Security
To use the Platform or certain of its features as intended, you may be required to enable the website to use cookies and grant the website any other permissions and access to your device, as necessary. If you do not grant these permissions and this access, you may be unable to use the Platform or some of its features.
The Platform uses the Internet to provide services and information. By using the Platform, you acknowledge and agree to accept all risks associated with using the internet, including the potential exposure to viruses and harmful code which may affect your device.
We do not warrant or guarantee the security of the Platform. You are solely responsible for the security of your device (including any data stored on your device) and for using appropriate and up-to-date software on your device to detect and manage the threat posed by viruses and other harmful code.
17. Competitions and events
From time to time, Connected Learning may run competitions or other events. These may be subject to additional terms, conditions, and rules that will be made available at the time of the competition or event.
By entering into or participating in competitions or events, you agree to comply with and be bound by these general conditions and any such additional terms, conditions, and rules:
- Final results of competitions will be determined by Connected Learning
- The competition leaderboard does not determine the final result
- Participants who do not comply with competition conditions may be disqualified
- Participants who misuse competition materials or who act in an inappropriate manner may be disqualified
- Connected Learning has the right to share or publish any competition submissions, at any point during or after the competition.
18. Other terms
Certain areas and features of this Platform contain terms and conditions specific to those areas and features. Such terms and conditions are in addition to these Terms of Use and prevail over these Terms of Use only to the extent it is not possible to construe these Terms of Use consistently with such other terms and conditions.
19. Governing law
These Terms of Use are governed by the laws that apply in the jurisdiction in which Connected Learning is operated. You submit to the non-exclusive jurisdiction of the courts with authority to hear disputes in that jurisdiction and the courts having appeal from them.