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Title
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Freedom of Movement: Defining, Researching, and Designing the Components of a Healthy Learning Ecosystem
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Abstract/Description
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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.
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Date
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2019
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In publication
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Human Development
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Volume
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62
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Issue
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1-2
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Pages
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40-65
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Featured case/project
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Digital Youth Network
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Language
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english
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Open access/full-text available
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en
No
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Peer reviewed
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Yes
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ISSN
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0018-716X, 1423-0054
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Citation
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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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Abbreviation
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HDE
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