Mirka Saarela

Explaining teacher adoption of AI through the technology acceptance model: a meta-analysis and systematic review

The integration of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in education has accelerated rapidly, yet the factors shaping teachers’ adoption of these technologies remain insufficiently understood. A growing body of empirical research applies the Technology Acceptance Model (TAM) to examine how teachers integrate AI, focusing o...

Cross-Country Differences in Teachers’ Use of Learning Analytics

This qualitative study examined how K–12 teachers in Finland, Estonia, and Azerbaijan view and use learning analytics (LA). The three cases were selected to represent different levels of school-system digital maturity and institutional support for data use to enable a comparative view of teacher adoption across contras...

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