Learning Engineering / Concept
Practitioner expertise
Definition
Knowledge and professional judgment developed through direct practice, including practical understanding of learners, settings, workflows, constraints, and implementation.
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Practitioner expertise can reveal requirements and consequences that are difficult to see from research or technical development alone.
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- CIRCLS / Digital Promise — Unveiling the Value of Exploration — PDF p. 40 · report p. 40 — Equitable co-design with practitioners — practitioner expertise and autonomy as inputs to technology development (direct)
- CIRCLS / Digital Promise — Unveiling the Value of Exploration — PDF p. 48 · report p. 48 — Discussion: Key Ideas — practitioner expertise in equitable co-designed interdisciplinary exploratory research (supporting)