Creativity in digital coaching education: A collective auto-ethnographic approach

Mangion-Thornley, Karine; Turner, Arthur; Keyworth, Alison

Abstract

This paper offers a critical reflection of digital coaching education, specifically the use of creative coaching tools and techniques in the digital space. Digital coaching is defined as ‘a digital-technology-enabled, synchronous conversation between a human coach and a human coachee’, which is distinct from artificial intelligence (AI) coaching (Diller & Passmore, 2023: 1). Coaching training is traditionally delivered face-to-face, yet the COVID -19 pandemic has shifted its delivery online or in hybrid settings. Our enquiry follows a small-scale quantitative study which indicates that playfulness and creative approaches embedded in digital coaching education affects positively the self-awareness, self-reflection, and self-confidence of the students (Mangion-Thornley, 2023). However, little is known about how creative coaching approaches may be used in online coaching education to facilitate learning (Passmore & Woodward, 2023). It is important to explore how creative approaches could be adapted to support the development of digital coaches.

• Presentation Conference Type: Conference Paper (unpublished)
• Conference Name: UFHRD Conference
• Start Date: Jun 12, 2024
• End Date: Jun 14, 2024
• Acceptance Date: Feb 14, 2024
• Deposit Date: Jul 28, 2024
• Publicly Available Date: Jul 29, 2024
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Public URL: https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/12712217