Littlejohn, Allison;
(2023)
Challenges of Digital Professional Learning: Digital Technology Systems Are No Substitute for Human Agency.
In: Evans, Karen and Lee, Wing-On and Markowitsch, Jörg and Zukas, Miriam, (eds.)
Third International Handbook of Lifelong Learning.
(pp. 1201-1218).
Springer, Cham: Cham, Switzerland.
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Abstract
Digital technology is changing how people work and learn, as technology systems accelerate the growth of work roles and practices. These changes open up opportunities for professionals to learn in new ways while working. Research provides evidence of the ways professionals learn in work, emphasizing the importance of different forms of agency. However, those who design digital learning systems have yet to develop an understanding of how professionals learn, particularly with respect to the personal and relational agency needed to learn through work. This chapter aims to bridge this gap by reviewing examples of digital professional learning systems and then, drawing on a set of case studies, setting out a model to support future developments. A set of three case examples are used to derive a model that takes into account forms of agency: the Workplace Learning Agency Model. The purpose of this model is to aid computer scientists and systems architects in building use cases that better inform the design of future digital systems that support professional learning.
| Type: | Book chapter |
|---|---|
| Title: | Challenges of Digital Professional Learning: Digital Technology Systems Are No Substitute for Human Agency |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1007/978-3-031-19592-1_56 |
| Publisher version: | https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-19592-1_56 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | This version is the author-accepted manuscript. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher’s terms and conditions. |
| Keywords: | Professional learning, Personal agency, Relational agency Use case, Workplace Learning Agency Model |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Education UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Education > UCL Institute of Education UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Education > UCL Institute of Education > IOE - Culture, Communication and Media |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10195078 |
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