Crina Dam?a|Malcolm Langford|Dan Uehara|Ronny Scherer
Teachers’ agency and online education in times of crisis
University of Oslo|University of Oslo|University of Oslo|University of Oslo
study examines academic teachers agency emergency responses prompted physical closure universities university colleges due covid19 crisis pandemicrelated lockdown accelerated digitalization education forced teachers adjust teaching theoretical model elucidated teachers agency understood willingness engage iterational practicalevaluative projective transformative action despite existence practical personal institutional constraints explored nature degree agency survey university teachers norway first month lockdown teachers attempted create learning environments facilitated knowledge transfer interaction sought solve problems selfhelp support colleagues network although many struggled insufficiently developed digital competence institutional support latent profile qualitative analyses revealed different clusters teacher responses strong resistance online teaching transformation teaching practices qualitative analyses unveiled different expressions teachers agency ostensible occlusive whereby action shaped constraining circumstances findings inform future studies online teaching indicate conditions development teachers digital competence illustrate challenges brought crises