Teaching in Times of COVID-19: Determinants of Teachers’ Educational Technology Use

Matthias Dincher () and Valentin Wagner
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Matthias Dincher: Johannes Gutenberg University

No 2101, Working Papers from Gutenberg School of Management and Economics, Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz

Abstract: We conduct a large and nationwide survey among German teachers to investigate the determinants of teachers’ adaption to an increased use of educational technology during the COVID-19 school closures. We find that higher levels of technical affinity and higher perceived learning effectiveness of distance teaching are positively associated with using at least one (new) educational technology solution while teachers’ age and the digital infrastructure of the school have no predictive power.

Keywords: School closures; educational technology; COVID-19; technical affinity (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I21 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 20 pages
Date: 2021-01-01
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