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Striving for Tesla” – A paradigm shift seriously needed

Introduction

To support my heading and my introduction to what is a modern learning ecosystem, I am drawing from the vision of

Elon Musk. He envisages building a modern, self-driving, sustainable vehicle that will change the future of the motor

industry. Therefore, and I quote “With Tesla building its most affordable car yet, Tesla continues to make products
accessible and affordable to more and more people, ultimately accelerating the advent of clean transport and clean

energy production. Electric cars, batteries, and renewable energy generation and storage already exist independently,
but when combined, they become even more powerful – that’s the future we want.” (Tesla Motors, 2003).

Re-imagine the world of learning, accessible, and affordable to all, with a multitude of sustainable, supportive learning
opportunities in various environments, where technology and people are interconnected creating powerful

knowledge.

Walcutt et al. (2019) used the phrase “future learning ecosystem” to describe this new “tapestry of learning.” The
word “tapestry” indicates the interconnectedness of various components of a modern learning ecosystem. The

authors define the “future learning ecosystem” moves away from disengaged, sporadic encounters of learning
towards a collected range of lifelong learning (culture of learning), individualized for all needs, distributed across

various environments, channels and time periods, transferring learning from “practice to real-world settings”. One of
my peers provided a valuable definition from the authors, Jeladze et al. (2017) of a digital learning ecosystem as ”

adaptive socio-technical system consisting of mutually interacting digital species (tools, services, digital resources) and
communities of social agents (such as learners, teachers, support specialists, policymakers), and socio-technically

created digital learning services existing in the symbiosis of digital assets and its producers (such as ICT support and
training, networks) within a wider socio-technical regime”. My peer re-iterated that interaction between the

components are key, to fulfil a fully functional modern, sustainable learning ecosystem. It is with this in mind I am
using the interaction “lens” to re-look how the components of my learning ecosystem are functioning and interacting

and to analyse the deficiencies. I will attempt to provide possible suggestions or solutions for improvements, to
support the vision of “Striving for “Tesla”, creating powerful knowledge connecting technology, the environment,

resources, and people.

In chapter two I have included an infographic on the various components of a modern learning ecosystem and
customized it for our environment. Arun Pradhun (2017), created another model with similar components. The image

below shows the various components of a learning and performance ecosystem.

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