Abstract
Advances in technology and the rise of interconnected devices have ushered in new ways of accessing, communicating, and showcasing that have the potential to help us reimagine education as a networked ecosystem, supporting learners and information to move freely across connected nodes including and beyond school. In this paper, I explore the idea of recognizing and designing for a healthy learning ecosystem that supports freedom of movement, supporting crossing physical boundaries of location, domain-specific boundaries of different topical areas, and conceptual boundaries of value and goodness of fit. The paper begins with a look of my own childhood, serving as both an example and metaphor for the idea of freedom of movement. I then share three design-based implementation initiatives from the Digital Youth Network to support freedom of movement. I close with a suggested framework for defining a healthy learning ecosystem, one that utilized existing infrastructure and sociotechnical systems to leverage movement within communities towards the goal of optimizing youth development.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 40-65 |
Number of pages | 26 |
Journal | Human Development |
Volume | 62 |
Issue number | 1-2 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Apr 1 2019 |
Keywords
- Culture
- Design experiments
- Development
- Ecological systems
- Social networks
- Technology
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Developmental and Educational Psychology