Teachers' Technology-Enhanced Remote Teaching Competency in an Arctic Ubiquitous Pedagogical Context

Abstract

This article presents the findings of a survey (N = 35) conducted among teachers working above the Arctic Circle in Northern Finland, specifically in the Sámi Domicile Area educational institutions (the Utsjoki, Enontekiö, Inari, and Sodankylä municipalities). The survey's goal was to determine what types of premises instructors worked in when working in online environments, as well as what types of developmental needs they indicated. The survey was designed around a technology integration framework that focuses on and combines technological, pedagogical, and content knowledge, and technological-pedagogical content knowledge (TPACK) by Mishra and Koehler for the effective and meaningful integration of technology in teaching and learning activities. The findings suggest that digital education is still being implemented at a variety of levels in Northern schools and that greater efforts should be made to ensure that appropriate techniques and equal learning opportunities are available to all students.