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...

Insights into pre-service teachers’ TPACK

Teemu Valtonen; Sini Kontkanen; Jari Kukkonen; Erkko Sointu; Susanna Pöntinen

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2017 (Mar 05, 2017) pp. 2489–2496

This research focuses on pre-service teachers’ Technological Pedagogical Content Knowledge (TPACK). Research data consists of 61 lesson plans written by second-year pre-service teachers in a Finnish teacher education department. The lesson plans...

Topics: Technological, Pedagogical Content Knowledge (TPACK)

Students’ perceptions of ICT use in higher education context

Teemu Valtonen; Erkko Sointu; Jari Kukkonen; Jenni Kankaanpää

EdMedia + Innovate Learning 2018 (Jun 25, 2018) pp. 431–439

This research focuses on students’ perceptions of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) use in higher education. This research focuses on students’ perceptions of their teachers’ knowledge and attitudes as ICT-skilled teachers and how...

Topics: Contextualized innovation (accessibility, scalability, usability, & sustainability)

Best of Finland: Perspectives for the Pre-service Teachers’ Readiness to Take Advantage of ICT in Education

Teemu Valtonen; Erkko Sointu; Jari Kukkonen; Kati Makitalo

EdMedia + Innovate Learning 2018 (Jun 25, 2018) pp. 667–674

This paper focuses on first-year pre-service teachers’ readiness to use Information and Communication Technology (ICT) in education. Readiness to use ICT in education is studied as part of 21st century skills, where the role of ICT is emphasised....

Topics: Teacher education and technology integration

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...

Best of Finland: Mapping support strategies for pre-service teachers’ ICT integration: SQD in Finland.

Teemu Valtonen; Nhi Hoang; Anneke Smits; Jo Tondeur; Jari Kukkonen; Jari Laru; Jenni Kankaanpää; Erkko Sointu

EdMedia + Innovate Learning 2019 (Jun 24, 2019) pp. 676–683

This study focuses on pre-service teachers’ experiences with the strategies used in teacher education to support their readiness to use Information and Communication Technology (ICT) for teaching and learning. The study is grounded in the SQD model...

Topics: Teacher education and technology integration

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...

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...

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...

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

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

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...

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 ...

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

Pre-Service Teachers' Experiences of Scaffolded Learning in Science through a Computer Supported Collaborative Inquiry

Jari Kukkonen; Patrick Dillon; Sirpa Kärkkäinen; Anu Hartikainen-Ahia; Tuula Keinonen

Education and Information Technologies Vol. 21, No. 2 (2016) pp. 349–371

Scaffolding helps the novice to accomplish a task goal or solve a problem that otherwise would be beyond unassisted efforts. Scaffolding firstly aims to support the learner in accomplishing the task and secondly in learning from the task and...

Differences in preservice teachers’ readiness to use ICT in education and development of TPACK

Erkko Sointu; Teemu Valtonen; Christine Cutucache; Jari Kukkonen; Matthew C. Lambert; Kati Mäkitalo-Siegl

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2017 (Mar 05, 2017) pp. 2462–2469

Education for the 21st century society requires the use of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) in education. This presents challenges for preservice teacher education. Thus, more cognate understanding about preservice teachers’ readiness...

Topics: Technological, Pedagogical Content Knowledge (TPACK)

Quasi-Experimental Study for Enhancing Pre-Service Teachers’ TPACK

Erkko Sointu; Teemu Valtonen; Jari Kukkonen; Sirpa Kärkkäinen; Teija Koskela; Susanna Pöntinen; Päivi Rosenius; Kati Mäkitalo-Siegl

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2016 (Mar 21, 2016) pp. 3067–3074

This study investigated how pre-service teachers’ knowledge to apply Information and Communication Technology (ICT) in education can be enhanced. Pre-service teachers (N = 115) were asked to design a lesson in teams as part of a course titled...

Topics: Science Education, Technological, Pedagogical Content Knowledge (TPACK)

Development in pre-service teachers’ readiness to use ICT in education – longitudinal perspectives

Teemu Valtonen; Jari Kukkonen; Erkko Sointu; Susanna Pöntinen; Tom Stehlik; Piia Näykki; Anne Virtanen; Kati Mäkitalo-Siegl

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2018 (Mar 26, 2018) pp. 1755–1763

This study focuses on pre-service teachers’ readiness and willingness to use Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) in education. The study was conducted using the Theory of Planned Behavior (TPB) focusing on attitudes, subjective norms,...

Topics: Technological, Pedagogical Content Knowledge (TPACK), Teaching and Learning with Emerging Technologies

PREP21 - Preparing teacher student for 21st century learning practices

Teemu Valtonen; Erkko Sointu; Kati Mäkitalo-Siegl; Päivi Häkkinen; Sanna Järvelä; Arto Ahonen; Piia Näykki; Jari Kukkonen; Jaana Isohätälä; Johanna Pöysä-Tarhonen

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2016 (Mar 21, 2016) p. 3104

Teacher education has an important role in preparing new teachers with adequate 21st century skills, i.e. skills for learning, creative and critical thinking, collaboration, also for the ability to take advances of ICT. However, the current teacher...

Topics: Technological, Pedagogical Content Knowledge (TPACK)

(Future) Teachers’ Use of Technology and Development of TPACK: Insights from a Global Perspective

Joke Voogt; Teemu Valtonen; Erkko Sointu; Sini Kontkanen; Jari Kukkonen; Susanna Pöntinen; Jo Tondeur; Fazilat Siddiq; Ronny Scherer; Evrim Baran; Anneke Smits; Roland Bruijn; Henk La Roi; Floor van Renssen; Heleen Vellekoop; Lieke van Velze; Lin Zhang; Josh Rosenberg

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2017 (Mar 05, 2017) pp. 2499–2502

This contribution presents and discusses factors that affect (future) teachers uses of technology in their teaching in Finland, the Netherlands, Belgium and China. The contributions provide insights in teachers’ Technological Pedagogical Content...

Topics: Research & Evaluation, Technological, Pedagogical Content Knowledge (TPACK)