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Teachers no longer need to provide the latest information because students themselves are taking an active role in peer collectives to help create it. This paper examines, through an Australian case study entitled ‘Design Minds’, the development of an online design education platform as a key initiative to enact a government priority for statewide cultural change through design-based curriculum. Utilising digital technology to create a supportive community,‘Design Minds’ recognises that interdisciplinary learning fostered through engagement will empower future citizens to think, innovate, and discover. This paper details the participatory design process undertaken with multiple stakeholders to create the platform. It also outlines a proposed research agenda for future measurement of its value in creating a new learning culture, supporting regional and remote communities, and revitalising frontline services. It is anticipated this research will inform ongoing development of the online platform, and future design education and research programs in K- 12 schools in Australia.  \nKey words  \ndesign thinking, digital technology, K-12 schools, distance education  \nIntroduction  \nWith an understanding of design as the link between creativity and innovation (Cox 2005, 2), more recently, the incorporation of design and design thinking across all levels of education has been acknowledged as a method of fostering the agency and capacities needed to support the transition away from the postindustrial economy, towards an emergent knowledge-based creative economy (Design Commission 2011) . An international analysis of design education policy highlights Finland’s Design 2005! program as a dynamic example of utilising design for national innovation and cultural change (Design Commission 2011, 39) . This program was underpinned by a conceptual structure in which design process skills connect cultural and social factors to business, around a central core of technology (Figure 1) .  \nFigure 1: Conceptual Diagram – Finland's Muoto 2005! Source: Drawn by Juha Jarvinen, original design by Juhani Salovaara and Ilpo Koskinen (Koskinen et al 2011, 157)  \nSignificant investment (Macleod et al 2007) in design research, education and promotion, had a dramatic positive impact on the country’s global competitiveness and its rating as the top performing education system in 2006 (Ministry of Education and Culture of Finland 2007), and later its ranking in the top three for mathematics, reading and science in the OECD 2009 Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) tests (OECD 2010) .  \nThe National Cultural Policy ”Creative Australia” recognises design thinking as a “ubiquitous capability for innovation”(Commonwealth of Australia 2013, 90) and commits to“ensuring the talent and entrepreneurial drive can be translated into further sustainable business and high skilled jobs” in the Asian century (Commonwealth of Australia 2013, 92) . However, currently no policy document addresses how this strength will be cultivated. While Australia also statistically rated significantly above the OECD average in the 2009 PISA assessments, if indeed“using creativity and design-based thinking to solve complex problems is a distinctive Australian strength that  \n62  \nDesign and Technology Education: An International Journal 19.1  \nDeveloping ‘Design Minds’ for the 21st Century Through a Public Sector Initiated Online Design Education Platform  \ncan help meet the emerging challenges of t","cbCaibn9F98POBk3","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaibn9F98POBk3","pdf",242137,13,"English","# Abstract\n# Introduction\n## Design as creativity and innovation across education\n## Policy and international design education models\n# Developing the “Design Minds” platform\n## Challenges in Australian design education\n## Framework for incorporating design thinking in K-12\n# Australia’s shifting economy and learning culture\n## From a commodity economy to a creative economy","[{\"question\":\"What problem does the paper address in 21st-century education?\",\"answer\":\"It addresses the need for a new learning-culture model amid rapid change, open access data, and geographic diversity. 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