Impact of Digital Transformation in Teacher Training Models

Through 2020-2021 school year students realized they had to become more autonomous, parents had to become more present, and teachers assumed new roles in the virtual teaching-learning experience induced by the global lockdown. Although this last school year was deeply marked by innovation at all levels, most of the changes were not planned or structured, thus becoming a difficult experience for all the educational stakeholders. Digital transformation carries unimagined possibilities, more interaction, flexibility and autonomy, the possibility for collaborative learning, developing critical thinking, resilience, and, above all, the will to change.

This book deepens this discussion of digital transformation in the educational culture and is centered at the intersection of educational technology, information systems, learning sciences, educational psychology and socio-cultural theories. The chapters in this book not only share best practices on innovative technology-based learning strategies, models, and tools, but the authors in the book are also committed to launch a reflective dialogue upon how digital transformation induces the creation of (re)new(ed) educational cultures towards a paradigm shift in the educational context. Providing an overview of research centering on the use of emerging technologies in educational contexts, and dissecting the challenges that digital transformation brings to educational technology, educational practices, teacher training models, students competence and parental roles, among others, this book aims to engage researchers, scholars and practitioners in critical reflection that will deepen the discussion about the potential paradigm shift induced by digital transformation in education.