About the project
It is commonly argued that the intensified use of digital technologies generate changes in work practices. Such changes relate to ways of accessing information and coordinating work, ways of working with clients, and ways of performing human judgement.
However, there is a lack of knowledge about how these developments play out in specific work settings and what the changes imply for workers’ opportunities to engage, learn and stay included in professional communities over time.
The CORPUS project will generate new knowledge on skills requirements and learning in the public health services, by conducting close-up studies on how digitization generates changes in work organization and task distribution, what competences are needed to cope with and resolve these challenges, and what learning opportunities are afforded in everyday work.
CORPUS examines work and learning in settings where new technologies for service coordination and delivery are recently designed, implemented or reinvented for specific use. The project conducts fieldwork in two cases in the City of Oslo. One case follows the design, development and implementation of ELISE, a digital technology to facilitate information flow and coordination when patients move between units. The other case follows knowledge sharing and collaborative practice development within and between selected city districts, where new care technologies are taken into use in clients’ homes and changes the way health services are provided.
Background
The CORPUS project is an interdisciplinary collaboration between the Departments of Education and Informatics at the University of Oslo. It includes collaboration with users and stakeholders, as well as comparisons to other Nordic contexts. The results of CORPUS will be valuable for work organizations and for the further development of lifelong learning policies, by providing advice for how inclusion and continuous learning can be supported among workers of various background in the public services and beyond.
Financing
The project is funded by the Research Council of Norway through the programme Welfare, working life and migration (VAM)
Cooperation
The project collaborates with existing projects in Finland and Sweden