Implications of Teacher Motivation in the Digital Age: Does Teacher Motivation Contribute to the Adoption of E-Learning Tools

Abstract

Modern technology has changed the traditional education system as we know it. This has been especially evident during the pandemic, when, as an emergency response to COVID-19 lockdown, the wave of intense digitalization of education and teaching methods spread around the world. However, e-learning tools have been developing intensively ever since 1990s and many teachers used them before, and continued to use them after the lockdown. This paper tests whether educators’ motivational factors are in any way related to the use of new digital tools in classrooms. Empirical research was conducted among 140 elementary school teachers in Croatia.