Networked Professional Learning: Emerging and Equitable Discourses for Professional Development (1st ed. 2019) (Research in Networked Learning)

Synopsis

Over the past decades a new form of professionalism has emerged, characterized by factors of fluidity, instability and continual change, leading to the necessitation of new forms of professional development that support agile and flexible expansion of professional practice. At the same time, the digitization of work has had a profound effect on professional practice. This digitization opens up opportunities for new forms of professional learning mediated by technologies through networked learning. Networked learning is believed to lead to a more efficient flow of complex knowledge and routine information within the organization, stimulate innovative behaviour, and result in a higher job satisfaction. In this respect, networked learning can be perceived as an important perspective on both professional and organizational development. This volume provides examples of Networked Professional Learning, it questions the impact of this emerging form of learning on the academy, and it interrogates the impact on teachers of the future. It features three sections that explore networked professional learning from different perspectives: questioning what legitimate forms of networked professional learning are across a broad sampling of professions, how new forms of professional learning impact institutions of higher education, and the value creation that Networked Learning offers professionals in broader educational, economic, and social contexts. The book is of interest to researchers in the area of professional and digital learning, higher education managers, organizational HR professionals, policy makers and students of technology enhanced learning.

Copyright:

2019

Book Details

Book Quality:

Publisher Quality

ISBN-13:

9783030180300

Related ISBNs:

9783030180294

Publisher:

Springer International Publishing

Date of Addition:

11/27/22

Copyrighted By:

Springer

Adult content:

No

Language:

English

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No

Categories:

Nonfiction, Computers and Internet, Business and Finance, Technology, Education

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Bookshare Staff

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This is a copyrighted book.

Edited by:

Allison Littlejohn

Edited by:

Jimmy Jaldemark

Edited by:

Emmy Vrieling-Teunter

Edited by:

Femke Nijland