Inclusion going digital: An international perspective on empirical studies

Abstract With this paper we present a systematic review of empirical studies published between January 2013 and December 2023 in English on the use of information and communication technology in inclusive and special educational needs school contexts. We are replicating – as far as possible – a prior review of studies conducted in German‐speaking countries (Germany, Austria and Switzerland) from 2022 to 2023 aiming to provide an international perspective on the same research question. We begin with an overview of a ‘classical’ web‐based search of existing meta‐analyses and reviews from the international context before reviewing studies systematically. We then depict in detail the research question of our own international systematic review for studies published between 2013 and 2023 in English—including the inclusion criteria and the discussion of the applied research string. For each analytical category, we compare the results of our previous research (narrowed to the European German‐speaking countries) to those of the international review. In the last step, we discuss our findings highlighting similarities and differences between German‐speaking and international research.