Postdigital Learner Agency
Navigating Hybrid and Algorithmically Mediated Education
This edited volume examines how learners exercise agency in an era where digital and non-digital learning experiences are inseparable — where algorithms influence what we see, how we interact, and the choices available to us as learners.
Building on the theoretical framework of The Entangled Learner (Code, 2025), this book brings together international scholars to explore what agency means in postdigital education — and how educators, researchers, and learners can navigate hybrid and algorithmically mediated environments with critical awareness.
- Springer
- Publisher
- 2026
- Forthcoming
- Edited
- Volume
- Open Access
- Postdigital S&E
Themes
Key Areas of Inquiry
The Entangled Learner
Critical agency in the postdigital era — where learners, technologies, and environments are fundamentally intertwined.
Algorithmic Literacy
How learners develop awareness of algorithmic influence on their learning pathways, information access, and decision-making.
Hybrid Learning Environments
Agency in spaces where physical and digital learning are no longer separable — from classrooms to clinical settings.
Patient & Learner Agency
Bridging education and health — how patients exercise agency as knowledge producers and advocates.
Assessment & Agency
Evidence-centred design approaches that support learner agency through formative and immersive assessment.
Equity & Inclusion
How postdigital conditions create new barriers — and new possibilities — for historically marginalized learners.
Editor
About the Editor
Dr. Jillianne Code is Associate Professor and Canada Research Chair in Learner Agency at the University of British Columbia. Her research program investigates how learners exercise agency in postdigital environments, bridging education and health. She is the author of The Entangled Learner: Critical Agency for the Postdigital Era (2025, Postdigital Science and Education) and directs the ALIVE Research Lab at UBC.
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Related Work
Code, J. (2025). The entangled learner: Critical agency for the postdigital era. Postdigital Science and Education, 7, 336–358.
DOI →Moylan, R. & Code, J. (2024). Algorithmic futures: An analysis of teacher professional digital competency frameworks. Teachers and Teaching, 30(4), 453–470.
DOI →Moylan, R., Code, J., & O'Brien, H. (2025). Teaching and AI in the postdigital age: Learning from teachers' perspectives. Teaching and Teacher Education, 153, 104851.
DOI →Code, J. (2020). Agency for learning: Intention, motivation, self-efficacy and self-regulation. Frontiers in Education, 5(19), 1–15.
DOI →Questions about the volume?
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