Our research covers phenomena such as the use of digital tools in the classroom, leisure time and everyday life. The technology development is rapid, and it is difficult at all times to say what is relevant to research and which technologies will appear in the near future. It is therefore important to have a broad approach to the field and employ a variety of analytical tools for such research.
The group belongs to the Faculty of Education and International Studies.
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More about the research
Our main areas of research:
- Classroom research: Related to digital competence (primarily in the 1-13 school)
- Teacher qualification: Research related to digital competence in teacher education
- Research and development work on digitisation in higher education in general (e-learning)
Our research topics:
- Professional digital competence
- Digital judgment
- Collaborative learning
- Online learning
- Digital learning resources
- Mobile technologies in learning
- Augmented reality
- Social Media
- Programming in school
- Games and learning
- ICT for development
Research in the field of digital learning arenas can be understood in several ways, either as an interdisciplinary / multidisciplinary field, such as the use of tools or as a complex interaction with technology. Regardless of what understanding one assumes, research in the field must relate to the technological artefacts that are brought into the field of practice, as well as to changed ways of working and communication.
Methodically, we apply both qualitative and quantitative approaches. The practices are often exploratory or experimental.
Projects
Ongoing projects:
- MASCOT: Mathematics, Science and Computational Thinking (2021-2025)
- STRIDE: Strategies for Achieving Equity and Inclusion in Education, Training and Learning in Democratic Europe (2024-2027)
- DigiLiv (2020-2025)
- TEFF: Teacher education for a future in flux (2023-2026)
Completed projects:
- TRELIS: Teachers’ Research Literacy for Science teaching (2021-2024)
- TEQ21: Teacher Qualification for the 21st Century – teachers' professional competence (2019-2023)
- ProSkap: Programming and makerspace in schools
- DigiGen - The Impact of Technological Transformations on the Digital Generation (2019-2023)
- SMILE: Minecraft in Teacher Education: Developing 21st Century Skills in Social Studies
- DICTE: Developing ICT in Teacher Education
- QUANTICT: Quality and Access in Nepalese Teacher education with the use of ICT
- Master in Vocational Pedagogy
