Digitalisation in Swiss schools and its impact on educational trajectories: extent, opportunities and risks (DigiPrim)
The project ‘Digitalisation in Swiss Schools and Impacts on Educational Trajectories (DigiPrim)’ was funded by the University of Bern (as part of the BeLEARN initiative of the Canton of Bern). The goals of ‘DigiPrim’ are, on the one hand, to collect a large data set on the state of digitalisation in Swiss elementary schools and, on the other hand, to analyse the conditions and effects of the digital transformation in education. ‘DigiPrim’ was launched in January 2022 as a joint project of ICER and TREE.
Key facts about DigiPrim
Website
Funding
University of Bern as part of the BeLEARN initiative of the Canton of Bern
Duration
2022-2024
Project team at the University of Bern
Dr Andrea Erzinger
Dr Jessica Herzing
M.A. Leo Röhlke
M.A. Thomas Wicki
Prof. Dr Ben Jann
Dr Sandra Hupka-Brunner
Dr Thomas Meyer
Cooperation partners
Selected publications
Reports
Herzing, Jessica M. E., Wicki, Thomas; Röhlke, Leo (2025). Treiber und Barrieren der ICT-Integration auf der Primarstufe. Universität Bern, Interfaculty Centre for Educational Research.
Röhlke, Leo; Herzing, Jessica M. E. (2024). Regeln, Richtlinien und Massnahmen zum Umgang mit digitalen Medien an Schweizer Primarschulen. Universität Bern, Interfaculty Centre for Educational Research.
Röhlke, Leo; Herzing, Jessica M. E. (2024). Vorsprung von Anfang an? Familiärer Hintergrund und digitale Anwendungskompetenzen von Schüler*innen in der Deutschschweiz am Ende des Zyklus 1. Universität Bern, Interfaculty Centre for Educational Research.
Herzing, Jessica M. E.; Röhlke, Leo (2024). Der Status quo der Digitalisierung auf der Primarstufe. Universität Bern, Interfaculty Centre for Educational Research.
Scientific publications
Röhlke, Leo (2025): Socioeconomic disparities in Swiss children’s use of digital technology: A typological approach based on parental reports. Journal of Children and Media 19(online first). https://doi.org/10.1080/17482798.2025.2464841
Röhlke, Leo; Herzing, Jessica M. E.; Gomensoro, Andrés; Krebs-Oesch, Dominique (2024): ICT Interest and ICT Self-concept as Determinants of Adolescents’ Vocational Choices. Implications for Gender Segregation in the Labor Market. SocArXiv. https://doi.org/10.31235/osf.io/spjvb
Röhlke, Leo (2024): Changes in early adolescents' time use after acquiring their first mobile phone. An empirical test of the displacement hypothesis. University of Bern Social Sciences Working Paper 49. University of Bern, Department of Social Sciences. https://doi.org/10.48350/199760
Hlosta, Martin; Herzing, Jessica M. E.; Seiler, Simon; Nath, Sukanya; Zai, Florian Keller; Bergamin, Per; Erzinger, Andrea B. (2024): Analysis of Process Data to Advance Computer-Based Assessments in Multilingual Contexts. In: Muhittin Sahin und Dirk Ifenthaler (Hg.): Assessment Analytics in Education. Design, methods and solutions: Springer Cham, S. 207-233. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-56365-2_11
Related publications
Röhlke, Leo; Herzing, Jessica M. E. (2024). Collecting Occupational Information from Young Children – Coding Procedures and Data Quality. Universität Bern, Interfaculty Centre for Educational Research.
Herzing, Jessica M. E.; Röhlke, Leo; Erzinger, Andrea B. (2023). DigiPrim as an add-on study of the ÜGK / COFO / VECOF 2024 (HarmoS 4) Field Trial 2022: Study Description. Universität Bern, Interfaculty Centre for Educational Research.