About
My research interests are in the areas of digital literacy in schools and teacher education, more specifically cyberethics and computational thinking. I frequently work with design-based methods and research-practice partnerships focussing on the relationship between digital technologies and education.
Within the department, my teaching has focused on the integration of digital competence in initial teacher courses in different subjects and at different levels.
Research groups
Research projects
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Developing ICT in Teacher Education (DiCTE)
The overarching aim of the project is to develop ICT in teacher education.
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DigiGen – The Impact of Technological Transformations on the Digital Generation
DigiGen aims to develop knowledge about how children and young people use and are affected by the technological transformations in their everyday lives.
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Mathematics, Science and Computational Thinking (MASCOT)
MASCOT is an interdisciplinary, collaborative and innovative research collaboration that aims to develop knowledge about teaching, learning and assessment processes of computational thinking in teacher education and school.
Publications and research
Scientific publications
Eie, Siv; Andersen, Renate; Mifsud, Louise; Mørch, Anders Irving; Rustad, Mikkel Bertram
(2023).
Kritisk tenkning og Minecraft i lærerutdanningen: en studie av samfunnsfagundervisning om det industrielle gjennombruddet i Norge.
http://kau.diva-portal.org/smash/get/diva2:1750519...
Nordby, Siri Krogh; Bjerke, Annette Hessen; Mifsud, Louise (2022). Primary Mathematics Teachers’ Understanding of Computational Thinking. Künstliche Intelligenz .
Arinaitwe, Dinavence; Mifsud, Louise; Habib, Kato; Sannerud, Arne Ronny (2022). Learning through collaboration between vocational teacher training institutions and workplaces: Barriers and contradictions. Nordic Journal of Vocational Education and Training . Vol. 12.
Nordby, Siri Krogh; Bjerke, Annette Hessen; Mifsud, Louise (2022). Computational Thinking in the Primary Mathematics Classroom: a Systematic Review. 23 p. Digital Experiences in Mathematics Education .
Andersen, Renate; Eie, Siv; Mørch, Anders Irving; Mifsud, Louise; Rustad, Mikkel Bertram
(2021).
Rebuilding the Industrial Revolution: Using Minecraft in Teacher Education in Social Studies.
de Vries, Erica; Hod, Yotam; Ahn, June (Ed.).
Proceedings of the 15th International Conference of the Learning Sciences - ICLS 2021. Long papers. p. 27-35.
International Society of the Learning Sciences.
https://oda.oslomet.no/oda-xmlui/handle/11250/2986...
Milton, Josephine; Giæver, Tonje Hilde; Mifsud, Louise; Gassó, Héctor Hernández (2021). Awareness and knowledge of cyberethics: A comparative study of preservice teachers in Malta, Norway, and Spain. Nordic Journal of Comparative and International Education (NJCIE) .
Mørch, Anders Irving; Eielsen, Carl Sebastian; Mifsud, Louise
(2021).
Using Minecraft to Reconstruct and Roleplay Local History: Intersubjectivity, Temporality, and Tension.
Hmelo-Silver, Cindy E.; De Wever, Bram; Oshima, Jun (Ed.).
Proceedings of the 14th International Conference on Computer-Supported Collaborative Learning - CSCL 2021. Long paper no. 4. p. 27-34.
http://hdl.handle.net/10852/92570
Engen, Bård Ketil; Giæver, Tonje Hilde; Mifsud, Louise (2021). Digital dømmekraft. ISBN: 9788205554467. Gyldendal Akademisk.
McGarr, Oliver.; Mifsud, Louise; Rubio, Juan Carlos Colomer (2021). Digital competence in teacher education: comparing national policies in Norway, Ireland and Spain. Learning, Media & Technology .
Mørch, Anders Irving; Mifsud, Louise; Eie, Siv
(2019).
Developing a Model of Collaborative Learning with Minecraft for Social Studies Classrooms Using Role-play Theory and Practice.
Lund, Kristine; Niccolai, G; Hmelo-Silver, Cindy E.; Gweon, G; Baker, Michael J. (Ed.).
A Wide Lens: Combining Embodied, Enactive, Extended, and Embedded Learning in Collaborative Settings, 13th International Conference on Computer Supported Collaborative Learning (CSCL) 2019, Volume 1. Konferansepaper. p. 272-279.
International Society of the Learning Sciences.
https://repository.isls.org/handle/1/1578
