Multilevel analysis of the educational use of technology: Quantity and versatility of digital technology usage in Finnish basic education schools

• Published in: Journal of computer assisted learning Vol. 37; no. 4; pp. 953 - 965
• Main Authors: Kaarakainen, Meri‐Tuulia, Saikkonen, Loretta
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Chichester, UK John Wiley & Sons, Inc 01.08.2021; Wiley; Wiley Subscription Services, Inc
• Subjects: Age Differences; Attitudes; basic education; Compulsory Education; Context; Correlation; COVID-19; Digital technology; Education; Educational Policy; Elementary School Teachers; Foreign Countries; grouping effects; Hierarchies; Individual Differences; multilevel analysis; Norms; Pandemics; Research Needs; schools; Secondary School Teachers; Self Efficacy; Skills; Teacher Attitudes; Teacher Characteristics; Teachers; Teaching; Teaching Methods; Technological Literacy; Technology Integration; technology usage; Technology utilization; Finland

The adoption of technology in teaching has been identified to relate to various factors from attitudes and self‐efficacy to subjective norms and digital references. The aim of this study is to broaden the perspective to hierarchical grouping effects. Multilevel modelling of the study utilizes the da...