Stephen Downes

This report (72 page PDF) is a few years old, and it's the end point of a series of links I traced from Sam Chaltain to the ecosystem lab page to this intro. It speaks to "a growing movement among school leaders to reimagine learning in ways that center the child, prioritize equity, and recognize the integrated nature of community," According to the authors, learner-centered ecosystems "are networked systems that support children and young people to find, build, and navigate their individual learning journeys while tapping into the connections, community, and resources that have widely been left out of the conventional public education experience." This has all the words that appeal to me. In addition, the ecosystems in question are place-based and teacher and community led.