Publications

Selected publications from the Centre for Educational Technology, spanning educational technology, learning analytics, teacher professional development, and AI in education.


2025

Enhancing Learning Transfer From Continuing Education to the Workplace Through an Actor-Oriented Approach: A Design-Based Research Study Hirv-Biene, J., Tammets, K., Ley, T., & Wagner, M. International Journal of Training and Development, 29(3), 267–279. DOI: 10.1111/ijtd.12354

2025

Exploring Teachers' Adoption of Learning Analytics Enhanced Pedagogical Practices: A Longitudinal Intervention Study Khulbe, M., Tammets, K., Ley, T., Coelho, R., Kurvits, J., & Cukurova, M. Technology Knowledge and Learning. DOI: 10.1007/s10758-025-09896-w

2025

The Role of Training Design and Individual Characteristics in Influencing Teachers' Intention to Adopt Learning Analytics Tammets, K., Kollom, K., Ley, T., Sillat, P.J., & Khulbe, M. Journal of Computer Assisted Learning, 41(6), e70143. DOI: 10.1111/jcal.70143

2025

Teaching with AI: The Role of Teachers in the Hybrid Intelligent System Ley, T., Cukurova, M., Edwards, J., Falhs, A.-C., Järvelä, S., Kasepalu, R., Molenaar, I., Pishtari, G., Rummel, N., Sikk, J., Suraworachet, W., Tammets, K., Topali, P., & Zhou, Q. In: Tammets, K. et al. (Eds.). Two Decades of TEL. Springer (LNCS 16064), 32–45. DOI: 10.1007/978-3-032-03873-9_3

2025

Supporting Student-Centered Learning with Flexible Learning Trajectories and Open Learner Models Chejara, P., Tammets, K., Laanpere, M., Volt, A., Tammets, P., & Savitski, P. Companion Proceedings of the 15th International Learning Analytics and Knowledge Conference (LAK'25), Dublin, Ireland. Society for Learning Analytics Research, 108–110.

2024

The effectiveness of personalized technology-enhanced learning in higher education: A meta-analysis with association rule mining Hooshyar, D., Weng, X., Sillat, P.J., Tammets, K., Wang, M., & Hämäläinen, R. Computers & Education, 223, 105169. DOI: 10.1016/j.compedu.2024.105169

2024

Co-Creation of Learning Technologies in School–University–Industry Partnerships: An Activity System Perspective Sillaots, P., Tammets, K., Väljataga, T., & Sillaots, M. Technology Knowledge and Learning. DOI: 10.1007/s10758-023-09722-1

2024

School culture and teaching practices for the effective student-centred learning during emergency remote teaching Tammets, K., Ley, T., Seitlinger, P., & Eisenschmidt, E. European Journal of Teacher Education. DOI: 10.1080/02619768.2024.2368019

2024

Exploring leaders' perceptions of school resilience during COVID-19: Constructing the framework for school development Eisenschmidt, E., Ley, T., Seitlinger, P., & Tammets, K. International Journal of Educational Research Open, 7, 100375. DOI: 10.1016/j.ijedro.2024.100375

2024

Exploring Situation-Specific Skills to Boost Teachers' Use of Analytics Kasepalu, R., Saar, M., & Tammets, K. EC-TEL 2024, Krems, Austria. Springer (LNCS 15159), 179–192. DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-72315-5_13

2023

Towards a partnership of teachers and intelligent learning technology: A systematic literature review of model-based learning analytics Ley, T., Tammets, K., Pishtari, G., Chejara, P., Kasepalu, R., Khalil, M., Saar, M., Tuvi, I., Väljataga, T., & Wasson, B. Journal of Computer Assisted Learning, 39(5), 1397–1417. DOI: 10.1111/jcal.12844

2023

Integrating AI tools in teacher professional learning: a conceptual model and illustrative case Tammets, K. & Ley, T. Frontiers in Artificial Intelligence, 6, 1255089. DOI: 10.3389/frai.2023.1255089

2023

Mediating Teacher Professional Learning with a Learning Analytics Dashboard and Training Intervention Khulbe, M. & Tammets, K. Technology Knowledge and Learning. DOI: 10.1007/s10758-023-09642-0

2023

Learning Analytics in Supporting Student Agency: A Systematic Review Hooshyar, D., Tammets, K., Ley, T., Aus, K., & Kollom, K. Sustainability, 15(18), 13662. DOI: 10.3390/su151813662

2023

Teachers' occupational stress and perceived support in Finland and Estonia during the COVID-19 lockdown Pöysä, S., Jõgi, A.-L., Tammets, K., Eisenschmidt, E., Pakarinen, E., & Lerkkanen, M.-K. Frontiers in Education, 8, 1156516. DOI: 10.3389/feduc.2023.1156516

2022

A Digital Learning Ecosystem to Scaffold Teachers' Learning Tammets, K., Khulbe, M., Sillat, L.H., & Ley, T. IEEE Transactions on Learning Technologies, 15(5), 620–633. DOI: 10.1109/TLT.2022.3198739

2022

The patterns of school improvement in digitally innovative schools Pata, K., Tammets, K., Väljataga, T., Kori, K., Laanpere, M., & Rõbtsenkov, R. Technology Knowledge and Learning, 27(3), 823–841. DOI: 10.1007/s10758-021-09514-5

2022

Adopting technology in schools: modelling, measuring and supporting knowledge appropriation Ley, T., Tammets, K., Sarmiento-Márquez, E.M., Leoste, J., Hallik, M., & Poom-Valickis, K. European Journal of Teacher Education, 45(4), 548–571. DOI: 10.1080/02619768.2021.1937113

2021

A four-country cross-case analysis of academic staff expectations about learning analytics in higher education Kollom, K., Tammets, K., Scheffel, M., Tsai, Y.-S., Jivet, I., Muñoz-Merino, P.J., Moreno-Marcos, P.M., Whitelock-Wainwright, A., Ruiz Calleja, A., Gašević, D., Kloos, C.D., & Drachsler, H. The Internet and Higher Education, 49, 100788. DOI: 10.1016/j.iheduc.2020.100788

2021

Digital Competence Assessment Methods in Higher Education: A Systematic Literature Review Sillat, L.H., Tammets, K., & Laanpere, M. Education Sciences, 11(8), 402. DOI: 10.3390/educsci11080402

2021

Exploring the Perceptions of Estonian Teachers' Data Use in School Development Rääk, K., Eisenschmidt, E., & Tammets, K. Education Sciences, 11(6), 262. DOI: 10.3390/educsci11060262

2020

Assessing the validity of a learning analytics expectation instrument: A multinational study Whitelock-Wainwright, A., Gašević, D., Tsai, Y.-S., Drachsler, H., Scheffel, M., Muñoz-Merino, P., & Tammets, K. Journal of Computer Assisted Learning, 36(2), 209–240. DOI: 10.1111/jcal.12401

2020

Contextualising Learning Analytics with Classroom Observations: a Case Study Eradze, M., Rodríguez-Triana, M.J., Milikic, N., Laanpere, M., & Tammets, K. IxD&A Interaction Design & Architecture(s), 44, 71–95. DOI: 10.55612/s-5002-044-004

2019

Novice teachers' learning and knowledge building during the induction programme Tammets, K., Pata, K., & Eisenschmidt, E. European Journal of Teacher Education, 42(1), 36–51. DOI: 10.1080/02619768.2018.1523389

2019

Co-Creating Learning Designs in Professional Teacher Education: Knowledge Appropriation in the Teacher's Innovation Laboratory Leoste, J., Tammets, K., & Ley, T. IxD&A Interaction Design & Architecture(s), 42, 131–163. DOI: 10.55612/s-5002-042-007