“…Currently, no study has explored the existing research literature specifically on the Norwegian term PDC in Norwegian teacher education, what are teacher educators' perceptions on PDC, and how they operationalize and implement PDC in their subject disciplines with student teachers and other relevant contexts. The Norwegian term PDC and the Norwegian teacher education context are interesting to investigate because the entire education sector has undergone large scale investments by the government in digital technology, including the professional development of teachers and teacher educators, prior to the Covid-19 pandemic (Amdam et al, 2022;Andreasen et al, 2022;Arstorp and Røkenes, 2022;Aagaard et al, 2022;Røkenes et al, 2022). In addition, with the PDC Framework for Teachers (Kelentrić et al, 2017), PDC is implemented in the national regulations for Norwegian teacher education (Ministry of Education, 2016).…”