Equitable, Communal, Learner-Centered Ecosystems With Bobbi Macdonald

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Hello everyone! My name is Ladek and my guest for this episode is Bobbi Macdonald. Bobbi is an education innovator and pioneer. Her work focuses on catalyzing transformation and building capacity. She co-creates with high performing communities dedicated to equity, liberation, and love.In this ‘community-focused’ conversation, Bobbi and I discuss00:00 › Start4:50 › What Exactly Is A Global Perspective—and what does that look like right now, in terms of different cultures and countries Bobbi has been working and collaborating with?6:22 › Bobbi Provides Her Vision for what an equitable community-based, learner-centered ecosystem makes available for childrens, families and communities; and some of the constraints for parents or teachers that struggle with letting go with the traditional structures we have in place16:00 › Bobbi Talks The Tension between the need of resources, abundance and stability, and the need for adaptability, iteration and  personalization, specifically in the context of her research26:13 › We Discuss The Challenges other than financial resources that are typical, and barriers to getting community based learning going; and how rare it is for a community to take the time to reflect and share together42:05 › Bobbi Discusses The Help she provides to communities to find shared value systems within larger contexts.Subscribe for the latest news, practice and thought leadership at eLearnMagazine.com