Freedom of Movement: Defining, Researching, and Designing the Components of a Healthy Learning Ecosystem
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Freedom of Movement: Defining, Researching, and Designing the Components of a Healthy Learning Ecosystem
Abstract/Description
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.
Author/creator
Date
In publication
Volume
62
Issue
1-2
Pages
40-65
Resource type
Research/Scholarly Media
Resource status/form
Published Text
Scholarship genre
Reflection/Retrospective
Featured case/project
Open access/full-text available
No
Peer reviewed
Yes
ISSN
0018-716X, 1423-0054
Citation
Pinkard, N. (2019). Freedom of Movement: Defining, Researching, and Designing the Components of a Healthy Learning Ecosystem. Human Development, 62(1–2), 40–65. https://doi.org/10.1159/000496075
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