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Digital Agency: Empowering Equity in and through Education

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  • Don Passey
  • Miri Shonfeld
  • Lon Appleby
  • Miriam Judge
  • Toshinori Saito
  • Anneke Smits
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<mark>Journal publication date</mark>1/10/2018
<mark>Journal</mark>Technology, Knowledge and Learning
Issue number3
Volume23
Number of pages15
Pages (from-to)425-439
Publication StatusPublished
Early online date10/08/18
<mark>Original language</mark>English

Abstract

This theoretical paper is concerned with conceptualising a major issue that faces all those concerned with and charged with influencing the future of equity in education—the need for digital agency (DA). The paper offers a rationale for this concern, highlights the importance of the concept and its practices, presents the challenges it brings, some current ways in which practices are tackling these challenges, and considers the theoretical foundation for how it might be addressed further in the future. The paper defines DA, and its three component parts—digital competence, digital confidence, and digital accountability. The
paper argues that DA is a fundamental requirement for and through education, that it affects all citizens in a global society, and should be enabled through their ongoing and developing digital practices. The paper concludes with recommendations for different educational
groups—including policy makers, practitioners, developers, and researchers.