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Teacher educators as gatekeepers: Preparing the next generation of teachers for technology integration in education
Jo Tondeur; Ronny Scherer; Evrim Baran; Fazilat Siddiq; Teemu Valtonen; Erkko Sointu
British Journal of Educational Technology Vol. 50, No. 3 (May 2019) pp. 1189–1209
This study aims at investigating the profiles of teacher educators in order to explore their ability to prepare preservice teachers for technology integration in education. Specifically, the current study examines whether teacher educators can be...
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Differences in pre-service teachers' knowledge and readiness to use ICT in education
Teemu Valtonen; Jari Kukkonen; Sini Kontkanen; Kati Mäkitalo‐Siegl; Erkko Sointu
Journal of Computer Assisted Learning Vol. 34, No. 2 (April 2018) pp. 174–182
The aim of this paper is to provide insights into differences between pre-service teachers based on the areas of technological pedagogical content knowledge (TPACK) and the areas of theory of planned behaviour (TPB) in the context of using...
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Differences in Pre-Service Teachers' Knowledge and Readiness to Use ICT in Education
Teemu Valtonen; Jari Kukkonen; Sini Kontkanen; Kati Mäkitalo-Siegl; Erkko Sointu
Journal of Computer Assisted Learning Vol. 34, No. 2 (2018) pp. 174–182
The aim of this paper is to provide insights into differences between pre-service teachers based on the areas of technological pedagogical content knowledge (TPACK) and the areas of theory of planned behaviour (TPB) in the context of using...
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Education Systems in the Digital Age: The Need for Alignment
Deirdre Butler; Margaret Leahy; Peter Twining; Ben Akoh; Yousra Chtouki; Sara Farshadnia; Kanda Moore; Roumen Nikolov; Carlos Pascual; Barbara Sherman; Teemu Valtonen
Technology, Knowledge and Learning Vol. 23, No. 3 (2018) pp. 473–494
The focus of Thematic Working Group 1 at EDUsummIT 2017 centred on the need for alignment in education systems and was driven by two key questions relating to (a) if and how all the parts of an education system work together to support the type of...
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TPACK updated to measure pre-service teachers\u2019 twenty-first century skills
Teemu Valtonen; Erkko Sointu; Jari Kukkonen; Sini Kontkanen; Matthew Lambert; Kati Mkitalo-Siegl
Australasian Journal of Educational Technology Vol. 33, No. 3 (Jul 24, 2017)
Twenty-first century skills have attracted significant attention in recent years. Student of today and the future are expected to have the skills necessary for collaborating, problem solving, creative and innovative thinking, and the ability to take ...
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Pre-Service Teachers' Experiences of ICT in Daily Life and in Educational Contexts and Their Proto-Technological Pedagogical Knowledge
Sini Kontkanen; Patrick Dillon; Teemu Valtonen; Sami Renkola; Mikko Vesisenaho; Pertti Väisänen
Education and Information Technologies Vol. 21, No. 4 (2016) pp. 919–943
Many pre-service teachers are members of the net generation and are expected to be familiar with different ICTs, yet several studies have indicated that they are not necessarily able to use them for teaching and learning. The notion of teachers'...
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The impact of authentic learning experiences with ICT on pre-service teachers' intentions to use ICT for teaching and learning
Teemu Valtonen; Jari Kukkonen; Sini Kontkanen; Kari Sormunen; Patrick Dillon; Erkko Sointu
Computers & Education Vol. 81, No. 1 (February 2015) pp. 49–58
This research focuses on how experiences of learning with ICT in pedagogically meaningful ways can affect pre-service teachers' intentions to use ICT for teaching and learning. The research is based on the framework of the theory of planned...
Language: English
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Upper Secondary and Vocational Level Teachers at Social Software
Teemu Valtonen; Sini Kontkanen; Patrick Dillon; Jari Kukkonen; Pertti Väisänen
Education and Information Technologies Vol. 19, No. 4 (December 2014) pp. 763–779
This study focuses on upper secondary and vocational level teachers as users of social software i.e. what software they use during their leisure and work and for what purposes they use software in teaching. The study is theorised within a...
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Pre-service teachers' experiences of using social software applications for collaborative inquiry
Teemu Valtonen; Stina Hacklin; Sini Kontkanen; Anu Hartikainen-Ahia; Sirpa Kärkkäinen; Jari Kukkonen
Computers & Education Vol. 69, No. 1 (November 2013) pp. 85–95
This case study focuses on the use of social software applications for supporting pre-service teachers' collaborative inquiry. Second year pre-service teachers (N=98) were instructed to carry out an inquiry using a selection of suitable applications ...
Language: English
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Perspectives on personal learning environments held by vocational students
Teemu Valtonen; Stina Hacklin; Patrick Dillon; Mikko Vesisenaho; Jari Kukkonen; Aija Hietanen
Computers & Education Vol. 58, No. 2 (February 2012) pp. 732–739
This article focuses on personal learning environments (PLEs). The idea with PLEs is to put students in a more central position in the learning process by allowing them to design their own learning environments and by emphasising the self-regulated...
Language: English
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Confronting the Technological Pedagogical Knowledge of Finnish Net Generation Student Teachers
Teemu Valtonen; Susanna Pontinen; Jari Kukkonen; Patrick Dillon; Pertti Vaisanen; Stina Hacklin
Technology, Pedagogy and Education Vol. 20, No. 1 (2011) pp. 3–18
The research reported here is concerned with a critical examination of some of the assumptions concerning the "Net Generation" capabilities of 74 first-year student teachers in a Finnish university. There are assumptions that: (i) Net Generation...
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Blended Learning with Everyday Technologies to Activate Students' Collaborative Learning
Mikko Vesisenaho; Teemu Valtonen; Jari Kukkonen; Sari Havu-Nuutinen; Anu Hartikainen; Sirpa Karkkainen
Science Education International Vol. 21, No. 4 (December 2010) pp. 272–283
Schools are facing challenges to meet the demands of the information society and the student generation of today. Not only are students carrying their mobile phones everywhere, they are also familiar with different online environments, especially...
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Net generation at social software: Challenging assumptions, clarifying relationships and raising implications for learning
Teemu Valtonen; Patrick Dillon; Stina Hacklin; Pertti Väisänen
International Journal of Educational Research Vol. 49, No. 6 (2010) pp. 210–219
This paper takes as its starting point assumptions about use of information and communication technology (ICT) by people born after 1983, the so called net generation. The focus of the paper is on social networking. A questionnaire survey was...
Language: English
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Finnish high school students’ readiness to adopt online learning: Questioning the assumptions
Teemu Valtonen; Jari Kukkonen; Patrick Dillon; Pertti Vaisanen
Computers & Education Vol. 53, No. 3 (November 2009) pp. 742–748
The Finnish high school system in rural areas is facing challenges because of a decreasing number of the students. This situation places new emphasis on online learning. Online learning offers new possibilities for high schools to provide equal...