Part I – Digital Transformation in the Project #ko.vernetzt
1) #ko.vernetzt – digital transformation of an educational organization from a media educational viewpoint
2) Multi-stakeholder dialogues as instrument for design and qualitative research in educational organizations
3) Tracing digital transformation in educationcal organizations
Part II Psychiatry in Crisis as a Human and Social Science
4) Organizational learning and digital transformation: a theoretical framework
5) Learning organizations in the age of smart machines
6) The concept of a digital twin and its potential for learning organizations
7) Individualizing workplace learning with digital technologies
8) Responsible digital transformation of social welfare organizations
9) Towards a theory for leading transformation with digital innovations in schools and universities
10) The “digital facilitator”
11) Sustainability in a digital age as a trigger for organizational development in education
12) Competencies, culture, and change: a model for digital transformation
13) Resistance to (digital) change
14) Digital transformation in learning organizations – summary and outlook
Dirk Ifenthaler is Professor and Chair of Learning, Design and Technology at University of Mannheim, Germany and UNESCO Deputy Chair of Data Science in Higher Education Learning and Teaching at Curtin University, Australia. He is the Editor-in-Chief of the Technology, Knowledge and Learning, Senior Editor of Journal of Applied Research in Higher Education, and Deputy Editor-in-Chief of International Journal of Learning Analytics and Artificial Intelligence for Education.
Sandra Hofhues is Professor of Media Didactics/Media Education in the Department of Education and Social Sciences of the Faculty of Human Sciences at the University of Cologne. She leads the subproject "Multi-Stakeholder Dialogues and Qualitative Evaluation" in #ko.vernetzt.
Marc Egloffstein is a member of the Learning, Design and Technology group at the University of Mannheim, Germany (Prof. Dr. Dirk Ifenthaler). His research focus is on educational technology in higher education and professional learning and development.
Christian Helbig is research assistant at the Chair of Media Didactics/Media Education in the Department of Education and Social Sciences of the Faculty of Human Sciences at the University of Cologne. He is responsible for the subproject "Multi-Stakeholder Dialogues and Qualitative Evaluation" in #ko.vernetzt and does research on organisations with a media-pedagogical focus.
This open access volume provides insight into how organizations change through the adoption of digital technologies. Opportunities and challenges for individuals as well as the organization are addressed. It features four major themes: 1. Current research exploring the theoretical underpinnings of digital transformation of organizations. 2. Insights into available digital technologies as well as organizational requirements for technology adoption. 3. Issues and challenges for designing and implementing digital transformation in learning organizations. 4. Case studies, empirical research findings, and examples from organizations which successfully adopted digital workplace learning.