Patricia Cirera Diaz

I defended my PhD thesis at KTH in the autumn of 2025 with a dissertation in Technology and Learning. My research explored why and how digital response systems are used within teacher education, and how their use can contribute to the development of teacher students’ digital competence. During my doctoral studies, I also taught and supervised students in KTH’s teacher education programmes as part of my departmental duties.

Since 2017, I have been employed as an educational developer at the Department of Digital Learning at KTH, but was on leave for five years (2020–2025) to complete my doctoral studies – a period during which technological development accelerated rapidly due to the pandemic and the emergence of generative AI. In my role as an educational developer, I support teachers in developing their courses and teaching through supervision and educational initiatives such as workshops and courses. My areas of interest and expertise include student participation, formative assessment, feedback, digital response systems, and generative AI.

I am originally a qualified upper secondary school teacher of English and Spanish, and have authored several books on how digital tools can be used to support formative, responsive, and language-developing teaching practices.