The School Technological Infrastructure As A Factor For The Successful Digitalisation of Education

Technological infrastructure is often treated as a basic technical requirement for school digitalisation, while its organisational meaning receives less atten-tion. This study explores how technological infrastructure relates to schools’ digital maturity, drawing on the DigCompOrg framework and data from the SELFIE instruments. A mixed-methods design was employed, combining survey data from school leaders (n=349) and teachers (n=2,190) with quali-tative interviews conducted in 30 schools. The quantitative findings show that technological infrastructure is closely connected to all dimensions of organisational digital maturity. The qualitative findings add depth to these results by illustrating how infrastructure is expe-rienced in everyday school life and how it supports or constrains digital prac-tices. They also shed light on how a “good” technological infrastructure is understood in relation to reliability, access, sustainability, and its fit with eve-ryday pedagogical and organisational needs. Overall, the study presents technological infrastructure as a dynamic and evolving element of school digitalisation and highlights the importance of leadership alignment and sus-tained support in schools’ ongoing development towards digital maturity.