Information experiences in the workplace: Foundations for an Informed Systems Approach

Title

Information experiences in the workplace: Foundations for an Informed Systems Approach

ORCiD

0000-0002-4201-8335

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Document Type

Contribution to Book

Book Title

Information Experience: Approaches to Theory and Practice

Editor(s)

Christine Bruce, Helen Partridge, Hilary Hughes, Kate Davis, & Ian Stoodley

Description

Informed learning can be enlivened through explicit and persistent attention to using information to learn during collaborative design activities. The resulting information experiences and accompanying information practices in the workplace, when combined with systems principles, can produce transferable individual and group (and, ultimately, organizational) capacity to advance knowledge in ever expanding professional contexts.

In development in North America since 2003, the Informed Systems Approach incorporates principles of systems thinking and informed learning though an inclusive, participatory design process that fosters information exchange, reflective dialogue, knowledge creation, and conceptual change in workplace organizations. It also furthers expression of collaborative information practices that enrich information experiences by simultaneously advancing both situated domain knowledge and transferable learning capacity. Integrated design activities support participants’ developing awareness of the conceptions of information experience and informed learning, in a cyclical and iterative fashion that promotes and sustains continuous learning.

A shared learning focus evolves through intentional use of information to learn, including collective reflection on information sources, collaborative practices, and systems functionalities, which further participants’ topical understandings and enrich their information experiences. In addition, an action-oriented intention and inclusive participatory disposition ensures improvements of real world situations.

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http://www.worldcat.org/title/information-experience-approaches-to-theory-and-practice/oclc/887932625&referer=brief_results

ISBN

978-1-78350-815-0

Publication Date

7-16-2014

Publisher

Emerald

City

Bingley, England

First Page

203

Last Page

220

Keywords

Informed learning, organizational learning, systems design, informed systems approach

Disciplines

Library and Information Science

Comments

Chapter 13. Library and Information Science, Vol. 9. Doi: 10.1108/S1876-056220140000010010

Information experiences in the workplace: Foundations for an Informed Systems Approach

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