Digital educational platforms in primary education: the case of Catalonia

Figures & data

Figure 1. Age distribution of the sample (N = 491).

Figure 2. Experience distribution of the sample (N = 491).

Figure 3. Digital educational platforms used in primary schools.

Size represents frequency.

Figure 4. Distribution by type of digital platforms used (n = 8404)³.

Each participant (491) was allowed to record more than one tool.

Figure 5. Distribution of Big Tech global platforms (n = 4965).³

Table 1. Ranking of digital platforms most used in schools.

Ranking	Tool	Frequency	Percentage	Ranking	Tool	Frequency	Percentage
1	Google Drive	464	94.5%	6	Google Search	393	80%
2	Google Meet	446	90.8%	7	YouTube	393	80%
3	Xtec	445	90.6%	8	G. Classroom	391	79.6%
4	M. Office	442	90%	9	Pinterest	391	79.6%
5	Instagram	428	87.2%	10	G. Docs and Slides	384	78.2%

Figure 6. Percentage frequency of use by teachers (n = 491).

Figure 7. Frequency of use regarding teachers’ experience (n = 491).

Table 2. Correlation between age and type of digital platforms used (N = 491).

		BIGTECH	PGLOBAL	PLIMITED	OPENSOURCE	NONCOMMERCIAL
Spearman’s rho	Age	0.053	−0.203	0.042	0.053	0.012
		0.244	0	0.354	0.242	0.798
		491	491	491	491	491

Table 3. Correlation between frequency and type of digital platforms used at home and in school.

		BIGTECH	PGLOBAL	PLIMITED	OPENSOURCE	NONCOMMERCIAL
Spearman’s rho	TFreq_Current_school	0.274	0.136	0.067	0.094	0.017
		0	0.003	0.14	0.037	0.705
		491	491	491	491	491

Figure 8. Distribution of percentage of digital platform use according to grade.

Table 4. Correlation between class size and frequency of students’ use of digital platforms.

	Students_per_class
	Less than 10	Between 10 and 20	More than 20
Never	0.00%	0.70%	0.70%
Sporadically	11.10%	8.50%	6.60%
Weekly	13.30%	16.30%	20.50%
2 or 3 times a week	24.40%	28.80%	31.30%
Daily	33.30%	31.40%	25.30%
Several times a day	17.80%	14.40%	15.60%

Figure 9. Frequency of use by school subjects as a percentage.

Figure 10. Frequency of teachers’ use of digital platforms in school and at home before and after Covid (N = 491).

Table 5. Frequency of teachers’ use of digital platforms before and after Covid-19 (N = 491).⁴

TEACHERS	SCHOOL			HOME
	before	currently	% difference	before	currently	% difference
Never	1.2	0.2	↓ 83.33	2.6	1	↓ 61.54
Sporadically	14.6	5.9	↓ 59.59	12.6	4.7	↓ 62.70
Weekly	12	9.6	↓ 20.00	11	9.6	↓ 12.73
2 or 3 times a week	20.1	12	↓ 40.30	20.1	14.6	↓ 27.36
Daily	31.1	39	↑ 25.40	35.2	42.7	↑ 21.31
Several times a day	20.7	33.1	↑ 59.90	18.3	27.2	↑ 48.63

Figure 11. Frequency of students’ use of digital platforms in school and at home before and after Covid (N = 491).

Table 6. Frequency of students’ use of digital platforms before and after the Covid-19 pandemic (N = 491).

	SCHOOL			HOME
STUDENTS	before	currently	% difference	before	currently	% difference
Never	1.2	0.6	50	23.6	6.5	72.46
Sporadically	18.9	7.5	60.32	39.8	29.1	26.88
Weekly	26.6	18.3	31.2	11.6	22.6	−94.83
2 or 3 times a week	29.5	29.5	0	12	20.5	−70.83
Daily	15.4	27.8	−80.52	6.3	13.8	−119.05
Several times a day	6.7	15.2	−126.87	3.9	5.1	−30.77