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
Ukkonen, Aino
;
Pajchel, Katarina
;
Mifsud, Louise
(2024).
Teachers’ understanding of assessing computational thinking.
Computer Science Education.
https://doi.org/10.1080/08993408.2024.2365566
Mørch, Anders
;
Andersen, Renate
;
Eie, Siv
;
Mifsud, Louise
(2024).
Emergent group understanding: Investigating intersubjectivity in sociotechnical interdependencies.
International Journal of Computer-Supported Collaborative Learning.
https://doi.org/10.1007/s11412-024-09432-5
Nordby, Siri Krogh
;
Mifsud, Louise
;
Bjerke, Annette Hessen
(2024).
Computational thinking in primary mathematics classroom activities.
Frontiers in Education.
Vol. 9.
https://doi.org/10.3389/feduc.2024.1414081
Symeonaki, Maria;
Hyggen, Christer
; Parsanoglou, Dimitris;
Mifsud, Louise
; Stamou, Giorgos
(2024).
Investigating Patterns of Digital Socialisation During Leisure Through Multimodal Social Research.
Holmarsdottir, Halla Bjørk; Seland, Idunn; Hyggen, Christer; Roth, Maria (Ed.).
Understanding The Everyday Digital Lives of Children and Young People.
Springer Nature.
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-46929-9_5
Rustad, Mikkel Bertram ; Parsanoglou, Dimitris; Symeonaki, Maria; Mifsud, Louise ; Hyggen, Christer ; Ghetau, Cosmin (2024). ‘Of gaming and other demons’: Defining children and young people’s meaningful leisure activities in the digital era. Holmarsdottir, Halla Bjørk; Seland, Idunn; Hyggen, Christer; Roth, Maria (Ed.). Understanding The Everyday Digital Lives of Children and Young People. Springer Nature.
Gudmundsdottir, Greta Björk;
Holmarsdottir, Halla Bjørk
;
Mifsud, Louise
; Teidla-Kunitsõn, Gertha; Barbovschi, Monica; Sisask, Merike
(2024).
Talking about digital responsibility: children’s and young people’s voices.
Holmarsdottir, Halla Bjørk; Seland, Idunn; Hyggen, Christer; Roth, Maria (Ed.).
Understanding The Everyday Digital Lives of Children and Young People. p. 379-431.
Springer Nature.
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-46929-9
Pajchel, Katarina
;
Mifsud, Louise
;
Frågåt, Thomas
; Rehder, Mads Middelboe; juuti, kalle; Bogar, Yurdagul; Bogar, Yurdagül; Lavonen, Jari; Schrøder, Vibeke;
Aalbergsjø, Siv Gundrosen
; Rognes, Anne
(2024).
Sign of the Times An Analysis of Computational Thinking in Norwegian, Finnish and Danish Curricula.
Nordic Journal of Comparative and International Education (NJCIE).
https://doi.org/10.7577/njcie.5744
Labusch, Amelie; Eickelmann, Birgit; Casamassima, Gianna; Drossel, Kerstin; Gudmundsdottir, Greta Björk; Kazani, Aggeliki;
Mifsud, Louise
; Symeonaki, Maria; Teidla-Kunitsõn, Gertha
(2024).
Children’s and young people’s ICT experiences in school education: Participatory research design to engage children and young people as experts in research.
Holmarsdottir, Halla Bjørk; Seland, Idunn; Hyggen, Christer; Roth, Maria (Ed.).
Understanding The Everyday Digital Lives of Children and Young People. p. 143-165.
Springer Nature.
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-46929-9
Eie, Siv
;
Andersen, Renate
;
Mifsud, Louise
;
Mørch, Anders
;
Rustad, Mikkel Bertram
(2023).
Kritisk tenkning og Minecraft i lærerutdanningen: en studie av samfunnsfagundervisning om det industrielle
gjennombruddet i Norge.
Nordidactica.
http://hdl.handle.net/10852/109179
Andersen, Renate
;
Frågåt, Thomas
; Bogar, Yurdagül; Juellund, Jesper;
Mifsud, Louise
(2023).
Representations of Computational Thinking in Policy Documents in an Educational Context: The Cases of Denmark, Finland, and Norway.
Proceedings (International Conference of the Learning Sciences).
https://2023.isls.org/proceedings/