A wide range of disciplines are engaged in studies on how technology is developed and utilized by individuals, groups, organizations, and societies, and each discipline that addresses technology development is likely to have a different perspective depending on whether the area of study is more learning-oriented, as in HRD, or more technology-oriented, as in IS. In VHRD, technology development involves building learning capacity by integrating technology and traditional HRD techniques and theories (Bennett, IN PRESS-b; Bennett & McWhorter, 2014; McWhorter, IN PRESS), which suggests a larger and more complex perspective involving the confluence of people and technology. This section explores how IS and HRD have evolved to share a concern with effective technology development and how an enhanced understanding of technology and technology development can enable the field of HRD to more effectively contribute to the design, deployment, and evolution of novel emergent digital systems such as VHRD in the future.