“Design thinking” is a term born from the study of design beyond the visual, and this approach has become an underpinning of innovation in technology, learning, and virtually every thoughtfully considered human activity. As Löwgren and Stolterman remind us, design is never neutral. Sketches, prototypes, and interfaces we create shape the ways people live, learn, and make sense of their world. Even unintended choices, the “side effects or consequences of mistakes or lack of kn

It has been an interesting journey to researcher for Xenia Panayot, who completed the IT & Learning Master’s program in 2024. Today she is a doctoral student in pedagogy at Jönköping University, exploring the connections between education, design, and technology.