{"id":95862,"date":"2025-06-20T11:32:39","date_gmt":"2025-06-20T15:32:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/?p=95862"},"modified":"2025-06-20T11:35:28","modified_gmt":"2025-06-20T15:35:28","slug":"how-do-you-build-a-learner-centered-ecosystem-macdonald-bennett","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/2025\/06\/20\/how-do-you-build-a-learner-centered-ecosystem-macdonald-bennett\/","title":{"rendered":"How Do You Build a Learner-Centered Ecosystem? [Macdonald &#038; Bennett]"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gettingsmart.com\/2025\/06\/12\/how-do-you-build-a-learner-centered-ecosystem\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>How Do You Build a Learner-Centered Ecosystem?<\/strong><\/a> &#8212; from gettingsmart.com by Bobbi Macdonald and Alin Bennett<\/p>\n<p><strong>Key Points<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong>It\u2019s not just about redesigning public education\u2014it\u2019s about rethinking <em>how, where and with whom<\/em> learning happens.<\/strong> <\/span>Communities across the United States are shaping learner-centered ecosystems and gathering insights along the way.<\/li>\n<li>What does it take to build a learner-centered ecosystem? A shared vision. Distributed leadership. Place-based experiences.\u00a0 Repurposed resources. And more. This piece unpacks 10 real-world insights from pilots in action.<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gettingsmart.com\/2025\/06\/12\/how-do-you-build-a-learner-centered-ecosystem\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gettingsmart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/DSC02565-1-1024x684.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"100%\" height=\"100%\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong>We believe the path forward is through the cultivation of\u00a0<em>learner-centered ecosystems<\/em> \u2014 adaptive, networked structures that offer a transformed way of organizing, supporting, and credentialing community-wide learning. These ecosystems break down barriers between schools, communities, and industries, creating flexible, real-world learning experiences that tap into the full range of opportunities a community has to offer.<\/strong><\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">Last year, we announced our\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/education-reimagined.org\/announcing-the-learner-centered-ecosystem-lab\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Learner-Centered Ecosystem Lab<\/a>, a collaborative effort to create a community of practice consisting of twelve diverse sites across the country \u2014 from the streets of Brooklyn to the mountains of Ojai \u2014 that are demonstrating or piloting ecosystemic approaches. Since then, we\u2019ve been gathering together, learning from one another, and facing the challenges and opportunities of trying to transform public education. And while there is still much more work to be done, we\u2019ve begun to observe a deeper pattern language \u2014 one that aligns with our ten-point\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/thebigidea.education-reimagined.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Ecosystems-for-the-Future-of-Learning-FINAL-Report.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ecosystem Readiness Framework<\/a>, and one that, we hope, can help all communities start to think more practically and creatively about how to transform their own systems of learning.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">So while it\u2019s still early, we suspect that the way to establish a healthy learner-centered ecosystem is by paying close attention to the following ten conditions:<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>How Do You Build a Learner-Centered Ecosystem? &#8212; from gettingsmart.com by Bobbi Macdonald and Alin Bennett Key Points It\u2019s not just about redesigning public education\u2014it\u2019s about rethinking how, where and with whom learning happens. 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