• Collaborative Writing through iPad Sharing 

      Engen, Bård Ketil; Giæver, Tonje Hilde; Mifsud, Louise (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2017)
      In this paper, we present the findings from a study on the collaborative use of tablets (iPads) in a third-grade primary classroom in Norway where pupils worked on creating fairy tales. The pupils had been using iPads since ...
    • Digital Competence for Teachers: Perspectives and foresights for a new school 

      Rubio, Juan Carlos Colomer; Gassó, Héctor Hernández; Engen, Bård Ketil (Comunicar; Vol. XXVII, n. 61, 4th quarter, October 1 2019, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019)
      This paper analyzes the links that exist between the perceptions of teachers-in-training regarding the use of digital resources in the Secondary Education classroom and their own methodological and epistemological conceptions. ...
    • Guidelines and regulations for teaching digital competence in schools and teacher education : a weak link? 

      Engen, Bård Ketil; Giæver, Tonje Hilde; Mifsud, Louise (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2015)
      Teacher education has recently been criticised for not fulfilling its obligation to adequately prepare teachers to utilise digital tools in the classroom. In this paper, we raise the question of why Norwegian teacher ...
    • Integrating ICT without throwing the baby out with the bathwater 

      Engen, Bård Ketil; Øgrim, Leikny (Chapter; Peer reviewed, 2009)
      This paper presents a case study of how novice schoolteachers experience the usefulness of ICT skills in their work context as professionals in compulsory schools in Norway. The first part describes the general framework ...
    • Introducing the PEAT model to frame professional digital competence in teacher education 

      McDonagh, Adrian; Camilleri, Patrick; Engen, Bård Ketil; McGarr, Oliver (Nordic Journal of Comparative and International Education (NJCIE);Vol. 5 No. 4 (2021): Special Issue: Digital Competence in Teacher Education across Europe, Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021-11-30)
      This paper puts forward a case for using the PEAT model in teacher education, a framework designed to capture the different dimensions of teachers’ professional digital competence (PDC). The model arose from an Erasmus+funded ...
    • ‘It’s a Fairy Tale’ Using Tablets for Creating Composite Texts 

      Engen, Bård Ketil; Giæver, Tonje Hilde; Mifsud, Louise (The Journal of Interactive Learning Research;Volume 29, Number 3, July 2018, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018-07)
      In this article, we analysed the collaborative use of tablets (iPads) in a third-grade primary classroom in Norway where the pupils created fairy tales. The pupils worked in groups of five and shared an iPad in their group. ...
    • Student teachers and their attitudes towards ICT Lesson learned from three different countries 

      Camilleri, Patrick; Engen, Bård Ketil; Hatlevik, Ove Edvard; Colomer Rubio, Juan Carlos; Gassó, Héctor Hernández (Nordic Journal of Comparative and International Education (NJCIE);Vol. 5 No. 4 (2021): Special Issue: Digital Competence in Teacher Education across Europe, Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021-11-30)
      This paper explores the attitudes that student teachers in Malta, Norway, and Spain convey to digital technologies in formal educational settings as they start the 1st semester. A number of studies look at educational ...
    • Teaching and Learning with Wearable Technologies 

      Engen, Bård Ketil; Giæver, Tonje Hilde; Mifsud, Louise (Chapter; Peer reviewed, 2017)
      This paper presents analysis and findings from a research-driven experimental study that was designed to explore the possibilities of and challenges in the use of wearable computers for supporting learning activities. The ...
    • Understanding social and cultural aspects of teachers’ digital competencies 

      Engen, Bård Ketil (Comunicar;n. 61, v. XXVII, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019-05-10)
      Many European governments, including Norway, have ambitious educational policies regarding digitalisation. Many businesses and policymakers pay great attention to the use of digital technologies in education in order to ...
    • Wearable computer: what's in it for schools? Opportunities and risks 

      Engen, Bård Ketil (ICERI2016 Proceedings;9th, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2016)
      In this paper I present and discuss preliminary findings from an on-going experimental study on the use of wearable technologies (FitBit Surge) in two secondary schools in Norway. The Horizon report lists wearable computers ...
    • Wearable Technologies in the K-12 Classroom — Cross-disciplinary Possibilities and Privacy Pitfalls 

      Engen, Bård Ketil; Giæver, Tonje Hilde; Mifsud, Louise (The Journal of Interactive Learning Research;Volume 29, Number 3, July 2018, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018-07)
      This qualitative study explored the opportunities and challenges of wearable computers for supporting learning activities. Specifically, we address the following: 1) whether, and if so how, wearable technologies can be ...