Three types of digital technology integration in schools with school-wide personalized learning

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Evidence · 3 claims (3 for) · 1 study (1 qualitative), q2 · 0 of 1 report an effect size · 3 claims rest on one study

Description

The article systematizes its three case analyses into a taxonomy of how schools integrate digital tools into daily practices under a school-wide personalized learning policy. As the authors state, "A systematization of our analyses resulted in three different types in terms of how schools integrate digital tools into their daily practices": selective use according to individual teacher preference, selective use according to individual student preference, and structural use in accordance with a school-wide strategy. The taxonomy is derived from qualitative content analysis of interviews, observations, and documents in three contrasting Swiss lower-secondary schools.

Design Implications

Context

Requirements

• Derived from multiple-case analysis of schools that have implemented personalized learning school-wide, with data triangulated across student questionnaire, interviews, observations, and curriculum documents

Constraints

• Based on three cases selected as the schools with the most frequent digital technology use among 31 Swiss lower-secondary schools; the authors present the types as indications for future research and practice rather than a validated typology

Target Learners

• lower-secondary students (8th grade) in schools with personalized learning concepts

Learning Goals

• implementation of personalized learning through digital technology use

Claims

• Type A Selective Teacher Preference Digital Use [+M]
• Type B Selective Student Preference Digital Use [+M]
• Type C Structural School Wide Digital Use [+M]

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Key Sources

• Schmid, R., Pauli, C., & Petko, D. (2023). Examining the use of digital technology in schools with a school-wide approach to personalized learning. Education Tech Research Dev. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11423-022-10167-z

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title	Three types of digital technology integration in schools with school-wide personalized learning
description	The article systematizes its three case analyses into a taxonomy of how schools integrate digital tools into daily practices under a school-wide personalized learning policy.
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generated	by process:settle-candidates on 2026-10-29
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