About
Heka is a doctoral student at the Centre for the Study of Professions at Oslo Metropolitan University. He is also a fellow at DIGIT (the Norwegian Research School on Digitalization, Culture and Society). His research focuses on teachers’ pedagogical approaches and professional competences in relation to teaching practices that address digitalization, misinformation, and platformisation in education. He holds a master’s degree in Educational Sciences with a specialisation in Communication, Technology, and Learning from the University of Gothenburg.
Heka has international research experience as a research assistant on the RED (Reconfiguration of Educational In/equality in the Digital World) project, where he collaborated with researchers from Sweden, Germany, Mexico, Argentina, and South Africa. He also has over five years of professional experience as a secondary and upper secondary school teacher, as well as in the role of Head of Digital Learning. His PhD project explores the competences and pedagogical approaches needed to empower students to critically search for and evaluate online information. The project is part of SciLMi: Meta-Scientific Literacies in the (Mis-)Information Age, an Erasmus+ Teacher Academy project.
https://www.digitresearchschool.no/heka-arcana-putra
https://www.scilmi.eu/team
Research groups
Research projects
Ongoing research projects
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Knowledge and Approaches to Teach Socio-Scientific Mis/Disinformation
The flood of socio-scientific information on issues like pandemics, climate change, and natural resource scarcity represents just three of the critical global challenges facing our world today.
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Meta-Scientific Literacies in the (Mis-)Information Age
An international research project addressing the role of education in response to the flood of public disinformation and mistrust against science and research.
Publications and research
Dissemination
Putra, I Wayan Heka Arcana (2025). Teaching Students to Evaluate Online Information: Teachers’ Professional Responses in Practice. European Conference on Educational Research. European Educational Research Association.
