A toolkit to enhance work-integrated learning coordinators’ understanding of practical problems
Maria Spante, James Garaway, Christine Winberg, Fundiswa Noffemela, Thulile Princess Duma
Maria Spante
Professor
Organization
Staff member at Division of Informatics.Research area
Conducts research in social sciences, workintegrated learning, informatics, industrial workintegrated learning.Professor Maria Spante’s research focuses on digitalization, organizational transformation, and sustainable societal development, with expertise in Work-Integrated Learning (WIL). Grounded in Cultural-Historical Activity Theory (CHAT) and the Change Laboratory methodology, her work examines how systemic tensions and contradictions can drive innovation, collective learning, and transformative change within and between organizations. Her research is characterized by participatory, interdisciplinary, and practice-oriented collaboration, bringing together researchers and practitioners in the co-development of work practices and organizational processes addressing severe complex problems.
Publications
For the Fun of IT : In Search for Sensemaking of Digitalization Training Program for Leaders in Schools and Pre-schools in Sweden
Elin Wihlborg, Maria Spante
Att leda digitalisering : Avrapportering
Maria Spante
Historicity in change laboratories: the role of the history wall tool to understand collective concept formation and model creation
Monica Egelström, Maria Spante
Diversity in agency : experiences from three Change Laboratories to tackle gender related grade gap in school
Maria Spante, Anita Varga, Monica Egelström
Expansive Learning And Transformative Agency For School Professionals
Anita Varga, Maria Spante
Hitta drivet : Studiemotivation och genusmönster i grundskolan
Maria Spante, Anita Varga, Helena Korp
Find The Drive : On Co-Designing Practice And Experience Of A Research And Development Project Driven By Municipalities And University
Maria Spante, Anita Varga, Helena Korp, Henrik Lind, Lars Jansson, Björn Lindeberg, Ann-Helen Adler Johannesson
Digital competence and digital literacy in higher education research : Systematic review of concept use
Maria Spante, Sylvana Sofkova Hashemi, Mona Lundin, Anne Algers
Digital Creativity : Enabling Learning Of Gender Roles In Society In Primary School By Story Driven Digital Production
Maria Spante
Den didaktiska designens betydelse : IT-didaktiska modeller och ramvillkor
Sylvana Sofkova Hashemi, Maria Spante
Competence development at workplace : a work integrated informal learning (WIIL) approach
Rashid Ali, Summara Ashgar, Maria Spante, Sung Won Kim, Byung-Seo Kim
A model for instructional design in virtual Nordic classrooms
Lena Pareto, Karsten Gynther, Bent Lindhardt, Maria Spante, Leif Vejbaek, Tor Arne Wølner
Interprofessionellt lärande som arbetsintegrerat lärande : när samtal om databaser och informationssökning skapar grund för lärande
Maria Spante, Elisabeth Näverå
Exploring the raison d’etre of an incident reporting system in an elementary school
Christina Mauléon, Maria Spante
Are Two Heads Better than One? : Object-focused Work in Physical and in Virtual Environments
Ilona Heldal, Maria Spante, Mike Conell
Desktop VR and Filmmaking : a case study of how web3D models and chat can be used in the product design process
Thommy Eriksson, Maria Spante, Sven Andersson
Immersiveness and Symmetry in Copresent Scenarios
Ilona Heldal, Ralph Schroeder, Ann-Sofie Axelsson, Maria Spante, Josef Wideström
Elaborating Distraction-Conflict Theory towards and Analytical Model for Evaluating Collaboration in Shared Virtual Environment
Maria Spante
Interactivity, Visualization and Learning : Challenges and Possibilities
Maria Spante
Designing with rather than for : On the relevance, joy and importance of collaborative engaged work in the design process of a home care mobile service
Ulrika Lundh Snis, Anna Sigridur Islind, Maria Spante
Doing cross-border science experiments using ICT for co-planning, documentation and evaluation as a method for increased motivation to participate in and learn about science experiments
Maria Svedäng, Maria Spante
Challenges of Implementing Interactivity in the Classroom
Lena Pareto, Maria Spante, Sara Willermark
A Model for Instructional Design in Virtual Nordic Classrooms
Lena Pareto, Bent Lindhardt, Leif Vejbaek, Tor Arne Wølner, Karsten Gynther, Maria Spante
From industrial mentality to entrepreneurial spirit : an engaged research approach for regional transformation
Maria Spante, Ulrika Lundh Snis, Pia Svanberg
Coworker Phubbing and Links to the Psychosocial Work Environment Among Electricians in Sweden
Per Martinsson, Pernilla Larsman, Karin Allard, Mattias Gunnarsson, Maria Spante, Sara Thomée
Activity theory as a tool for reimagining workintegrated learning : Conducting contradiction analysis
Maria Spante, James Garraway, Christine Winberg, Fundiswa Noffemela, Princess Thulile Duma
Break the habit : Using an active learning classroom to promote collective reflection in and on action at the workplace
Maria Spante
In change we trust: : A study of a professional development project despite challenging times
Maria Spante, Monica Egelström
Following the flow-zooming in on configurations : Shadowing teachers’ socio-material practice in motion
Maria Spante
Change laboratories for all schools in a Swedish municipality : A systematic approach
Maria Spante
Digital creativity : learning by story driven digital production
Maria Spante
Interprofessional learning as work integrated learning : when conversations regarding databases and information literacy create a common base for professional learning
Maria Spante, Elisabeth Näverå
Digitaliseringen i skolan : möjligheter och utmaningar
Thomas Winman, Maria Spante, Sara Willermark, Lars Svensson, Ulrika Lundh Snis
Cross Competence Collaboration to Design for Inclusion
Maria Spante, Karl Alfredsson
Dialog och digital teknik som stöd för att förstå människans levnadsvillkor
Maria Spante
Is everyone on board : A study investigating the implementation of a programme with a "new " learning design.
Kristina Johansson, Maria Spante
Collaborative Work and ICT Tools Enabling Science Teaching and Learning in a Cross-Border Context
Maria Svedäng, Maria Spante
Didaktisk design och IT-didaktiska samarbetsmodeller i gränsöverskridande undervisning
Sylvana Sofkova Hashemi, Maria Spante
Is there a Trade-off between Presence and Copresence?
Maria Spante, Ilona Heldal, Ann-Sofie Axelsson, Ralph Schroeder
Assessing collaboration in virtual environments
Ilona Heldal, Maria Spante
Att etablera ett kollaboratorium inom biblioteks- och informationsvetenskap : behov och utmaningar från ett praktikerperspektiv
Ann-Sofie Axelsson, Diane Sonnenwald, Maria Spante
Connected Practice : The Dynamics of Social Interaction in Shared Virtual Environment
Maria Spante
How Putting Yourself into the Other Person´s Virtual Shoes Enhances Collaboration
Maria Spante, Ralph Schroeder, Ann-Sofie Axelsson
Grænser, barrierer og broer : Kulturmøder og computermedieret kommunikation i online synkrone arbejdsfællesskaber
Anne-Mette Nortwig, Rene.B. Christiansen, Asgjerd Vea Karlsen, Maria Spante, Kurt Wicke
Cross-border collaboration in History among Nordic students : a case study about creating innovative ICT-didactic models
Maria Spante, Asgjerd Karlsen, Anne-mette Nortvig, Rene Christiansen
Cross-border collaboration in history among Nordic students : a case study about creating innovative ICT-didactic models
Maria Spante, Asgjerd Karlsen, Anne-Mette Nortvig, Rene Christiansen
A Systematic Process for Selecting a Typical Case in School Setting
Said Morad Babaheidari, Lena Pareto, Maria Spante, Lars Svensson
Developing teachers’ interactive competence with the support of video recalled interviews : a training method in the making – Some initial results and lessons learned
Maria Spante, Pia Svanberg
Disparity in practice : diverse strategies among teachers implementing interactive whiteboards into teaching practice in two Swedish primary school
Bodil Sundberg, Maria Spante, Jörgen Stenlund
Research projects