Teachers as a profession share a responsibility that future generations develop a sustainable digital competence being able to criticize and analyse consequences of living and participating in a contemporary and future knowledge society. This study suggests that certain academic disciplinary cultures execute a buffering effect on the introduction of technology in the educational sphere and interferes with the question of responsibility. Ways to avoid such negative buffering effects could be to: (i) skip the use of the terms IT/ICT as associated with the handling of technology which give a mandate for academic disciplines not to consider other aspects of the growing information society for its related academic and professional practices, and (ii) to focus the internal practice in terms of the everyday work of university teachers. University teachers in this study hardly ever use digital media for didactical purposes. ICT destined projects instead often focus training teachers in their training practices. The gained knowledge and experience thereby follow the students out of higher education.
Utbildning och lärande. Tidskrift