About
Louise Mifsud holds a PhD in Education from the University of Oslo. Her research and teaching interests are in the areas of digital competence in schools and teacher education, more specifically cyber ethics and computational thinking. She is currently lead PI on a Norwegian Research Council funded project on Mathematics, Science and Computational Thinking in Nordic schools and teacher education (MASCOT).
Research groups
Research projects
Ongoing research projects
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Artificial Intelligence and Digital Citizenship in Education
The PhD project explores how artificial intelligence shapes digital citizenship education, focusing on AI literacy, ethical awareness, and sociotechnical imaginaries.
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Empowered
The research project aims to develop innovative practices, methods and tools that promote ‘digital empowerment’ in schools and teacher education.
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Enhancing student teachers' abilities to facilitate learners' digital competence (ENHANCE)
The project aims to strengthen teacher education programmes across Europe, equipping student teachers with the digital readiness and capacity to empower learners’ digital competence and address digital exclusion.
Completed 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
Frågåt, Thomas;
Pajchel, Katarina
;
Mifsud, Louise
(2025).
Applying Computational Thinking to Enhance Learning About Electricity: A Norwegian Case Study.
Cakmakci, Gültekin; Tasar, Mehmet Fatih (Ed.).
Connecting Science Education with Cultural Heritage. p. 113-126.
Springer.
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-90944-3_9
Ukkonen, Aino
;
Pajchel, Katarina
;
Mifsud, Louise
(2024).
Teachers’ understanding of assessing computational thinking.
Computer Science Education.
https://doi.org/10.1080/08993408.2024.2365566
Pajchel, Katarina
;
Mifsud, Louise
; Frågåt, Thomas; Rehder, Mads Middelboe; juuti, kalle; Bogar, Yurdagul; Lavonen, Jari; Schrøder, Vibeke;
Aalbergsjø, Siv Gundrosen
;
Rognes, Andre
(2024).
Sign of the Times An Analysis of Computational Thinking in Norwegian, Finnish and Danish Curricula.
Nordic Journal of Comparative and International Education (NJCIE).
Vol. 8.
https://doi.org/10.7577/njcie.5744
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.
https://hdl.handle.net/11250/3357461
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_13
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_6
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
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.
https://hdl.handle.net/11250/3117494
