ILDE+ D-Tips: An Integrated Learning Design Environment to Support Design Thinking in Primary Schools

Abstract

Equipping teachers with appropriate tools and methods to impart innovative teaching practice and support their competence profile development is of high priority according to European educational policies. Previous studies have shown the benefits of integrating design thinking in educational settings as a teaching practice, but also it has been shown the need to support teachers in this process. This paper presents the D-TIPS platform aimed to build a transnational community of teachers and schools with interest in collaboration, (co)creation and exchange of knowledge about design thinking.