In the project "Tablets in Practicum Supervision", the tablet has been tested as a tool for observation and supervision in Norwegian teacher education. The study incorporates 14 practicum supervision groups and focuses on how the use of tablets can influence the quality of the supervision and the coherence between teaching, observation and supervision. Throughout the supervision process, the groups have used tablets to produce and share texts, pictures and video recordings. The use of tablets has resulted in eight aspects of quality improvement: improved observations, stronger motivation, improved feedback, increased sharing of opinions, improved coherence, improved structure, improved preparations, and increased reflection.

The purpose of this article is to promote the significance of feedback regarding students' working with written texts in higher education and to point out how technology can develop the quality and form of teachers' feedback. The results of studies and tests completed in eight separate subject areas demonstrate that video feedback simplifies and increases the efficiency of responding to students' work, as it allows the opportunity to achieve increased levels of precision and quality in the feedback process. Students emphasize their learning dividend and the inspiration they experience from working with this format. They actively use their teacher's comments and acquire a stronger emotional bond with him/ her as well.

Syftet med denna artikel är att bidra med kunskap om hur digitala redskap kan påverka lärarstudenters deltagande i handledningsprocessen. Trots att lärarstudenter och handledare ofta befinner sig i digitala klassrumsmiljöer används digitala redskap endast i begränsad omfattning under handledningsprocessen. Med utgångspunkt i Wengers teori om lärande i en praktikgemenskap har lärarstudenter och handledare arbetat med stöd av digitala observationsunderlag. Processen har studerats på fyra övningsskolor. Information om studenternas erfarenheter av handledningen har samlats in via enkäter och fokusgruppsamtal. Resultatet visar att det är fyra moment som påverkat studenters deltaganden i handledningsprocessen. Studenter 1) delar sin planering digitalt inför undervisning, 2) skapar digitala observationsunderlag från undervisning, 3) använder digitala observationsunderlag för att förbereda handledningssamtal, 4) väljer aspekter från digitala observationsunderlag för bearbetning i handledningssamtal. Resultatet ger också signaler om två kritiska moment som särskilt underlättat deltagande i handledningsprocessen: dels bearbetningen av planering före undervisning, dels bearbetningen av observation före handledning. Det visar att studenters och handledares gemensamma deltagande och ansvar för handledningsprocessen påverkar både form, innehåll och utfall.

The institutional regulation of counselling conversations does not always provide optimal conditions for counselling. Many teachers experience that some ''normal'' conversations develop into conversations which are of a counselling nature. Conversations which resemble counselling can be optimal counselling opportunities. In this paper we describe and develop these counselling conversations, which we call Informal Situated Counselling.

The practicum supervision process in teacher education comprises various cyclic experiential learning activities (e.g. planning, observation and supervision conversation). Research has documented considerable challenges relating to this process, but also that digital technology can help. In the study, a software program designed for practicum supervision (MOSO) is tested in three Scandinavian teacher education programmes in which groups of student teachers are supervised by a mentor teacher. Throughout this process, the participants continuously alternate between individual reflection, and analogue/digital collaborative reflection. The aim of the study is to contribute knowledge about the experiences of using this technology, and data was collected through qualitative survey and focus groups. The software contributed to improving the quality of the practicum supervision process, for example by: safeguarding supervision on lesson planning; improving observations, feedback and recollection; and facilitating more reflective and collaborative student teachers. The study also identifies important challenges when using such technology.