Education, texts and technologies

The Education, texts and technologies (ETT) research group conducts interdisciplinary research on the relationships between education, texts and technologies.

Table of contents

Research group type
Research group
Core fields of research
Learning, teaching and interaction
Research areas
JYU.Well
Digitalization in and for learning and interaction
Faculty
Faculty of Education and Psychology
Department
Department of Teacher Education

Research group description

The Education, texts and technologies (ETT) research group conducts interdisciplinary research on the relationships between education and training, texts and technologies. Our research topics are diverse. At the moment, the focus in on issues such as:

  • datafication of institutional education and its implications for school practices and objectives (the MODALITY project), 
  • the technological conceptions of children and young people, and their professional educators (e.g., AI projects in the Innokas Network)
  • people's everyday data literacies (Running with Data project)

ETT also has its own master's thesis group, which produces around 10 theses a year.
 

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Publications

Publication
2025

Kasvatus
Palsa, Lauri
Publication
2025

Educational Research Review
Fagerlund, Janne
Palsa, Lauri
Mertala, Pekka
Publication
2025

Social Inclusion
Palsa, Lauri
Fagerlund, Janne
Mertala, Pekka
Publication
2024

International Journal of Human-Computer Interaction
Palsa, Lauri
Mertala, Pekka
Publication
2024

Datafizierung (in) der Bildung : Kritische Perspektiven auf digitale Vermessung in pädagogischen Kontexten
Mertala, Pekka
Publication
2024

Kasvatus ja aika
Mertala, Pekka
Publication
2024

Computers in Human Behavior
Mertala, Pekka
López-Pernas, Sonsoles
Vartiainen, Henriikka
Saqr, Mohammed
Tedre, Matti
Publication
2024

International Journal of Child-Computer Interaction
Mertala, Pekka
Fagerlund, Janne
Publication
2024

Journal of Childhood, Education & Society
Mertala, Pekka
Publication
2024

Learning, Media and Technology
Mertala, Pekka
Moens, Eleni
Teräs, Marko
Publication
2024

Informaatiotutkimus
Mertala, Pekka
Publication
2024

Tutkimuksia / Koulutuksen tutkimuslaitos
Fagerlund, Janne
Leino, Kaisa
Niilo-Rämä, Mikko
Puhakka, Eija
Markkanen, Ilona

Members

Pekka Mertala

Pekka Mertala

Associate professor
Janne Fagerlund

Janne Fagerlund

Postdoctoral Researcher
Lauri Palsa

Lauri Palsa

Postdoctoral Researcher

External members

Teemu Hanhela

Jyväskylän yliopisto

Related projects

Project

Movement for Data Literacy (MODALITY)

The project investigates datafication within schools and develops methods of enhancing students' data literacy.
Project

AI projects in the Innokas Network

Research on AI projects in basic education and early childhood education in the Innokas Network
Running with data -tutkimuksen kansikuvassa juoksija katsoo urheilukelloa
Project

Running with Data

Tuotamme uutta ihmislähtöistä ymmärrystä siitä, millaista juoksu ja juokseminen on digitaalisen datan aikakaudella.