Narrating the Learning Ecosystem: Knowledge, Environment and Relationships for Participatory and Principled Design of Educational Technology for Childhood and Youth

What systematic connections should we have around schools to support the work of teachers?

“…Foresight approaches, such as anticipation (Facer and Sriprakash, 2021 [18]; Amsler and Facer, 2017 [19]), do not predict the future (Amsler and Facer, 2017 [19]; Holfelder, 2019 [20]; OECD, 2021 [17]) but provide a way to examine possible futures that can impact on the near and distant futures (Holfelder, 2019[20]). Foresight can focus on "what if…" (Gümüsay and Reinecke, 2022 [21]) as a way of looking at preferred (Hsu, 2020[22]) and possible futures (Cork and Horsfall, 2019[23]). Forward-looking approaches show how futures are "shapeable" (Holfelder, 2019, p. 943[20]) at all levels and in ways that "improve the quality of knowledge and hence the precision of inferential entailments" (Fuller, 2017, p. 49[24]) to create positive, sustainable futures.…”

“…Using the Ambition loops tool promotes systematic curiosity. The focus on "what if" (Gümüsay and Reinecke, 2022 [21]) can extend thinking beyond a starting point of current practice. Considering next practice ideas can also open transformation possibilities.…”