Author Archives: Norm Friesen

Updates on ISO Standardization of E-Learning Technology

Posted on March 25, 2009 by Norm Friesen

The meetings of the ISO Sub-Committee that is responsible for technical standardization of e-Learning technology (full name ISO/IEC JTC1 SC36, Information Technology for Learning, Education and Training) in Wellington New Zealand are currently winding up. In this posting, I try … Continue reading →

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Presentation: E-Learning Myths and their Undoing

Posted on March 20, 2009 by Norm Friesen

Here’s the PowerPoint for a presentation that I gave at Massey University Here’s a podcast of an interview about the presentation topics (with John Milne). The abstract is below: “There a number of claims, truisms or clichés that are frequently … Continue reading →

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Presentation: Standards for E-Learning Innovation?

Posted on March 18, 2009 by Norm Friesen

Here are the powerpoint slides of a presentation I just gave in Wellington, NZ. With the rapid pace of change on the world wide web, many “standards” have evolved in response to the needs of the medium. These are technical … Continue reading →

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Paper: Interaction Paradigms for new Web Technologies – Shift Happens

Posted on March 11, 2009 by Norm Friesen

The concept of “interaction” lies at the foundation of many theories and applications of computer and Internet technologies. Taking the specific example of those theories and applications associated with distance education and educational technology, this paper looks at the role … Continue reading →

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Paper: Open Educational Resources: New Possibilities for Change and Sustainability

Posted on February 22, 2009 by Norm Friesen

Here’s a draft of a paper I just completed on OERs and sustainability. Drawing a number of lessons from an informal survey of educational resource projects, both past and present, it warns: “OER projects suffer from the same incompatibilities with … Continue reading →

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Presentation: "Discursive Psychology and Web 2.0 Technology"

Posted on November 19, 2008 by Norm Friesen

I recently had the pleasure of giving a presentation at the Centre for Social Innovation in Vienna. The title of my presentation was “Discursive Psychology and Web 2.0 Technology: Investigating Web 2.0 in Education.” A copy of the PowerPoint used … Continue reading →

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The Mediatic Turn: Exploring Concepts in Media Pedagogy

Posted on November 19, 2008 by Norm Friesen

Here’s a paper that I wrote together with an Austrian colleague, Theo Hug as a chapter inMediatization: Concept, Changes, Consequences (K.Lundby, ed.). It explores the definition and practices of “media literacy” in the context of recent developments in the sociology … Continue reading →

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BOOK: Re-Thinking E-Learning Research

Posted on October 9, 2008 by Norm Friesen

This book, forthcoming from Peter Lang Publishers, undertakes a re-thinking of e-learning research in the light of new developments in technology, social practice and psychological theory. It both describes and enacts a range of possibilities for resesarch that are a … Continue reading →

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Wikiversity; or Education meets the Free Culture Movement

Posted on October 6, 2008 by Norm Friesen

During the spring, I worked with Janet Hopkins (an MEd student) on a directed study examining Wikiversity, a sister project of Wikipedia. Initially in this study, Janet took a free, open, online course offered through Wikiversity, “Composing Free and Open … Continue reading →

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Hermeneutic Phenomenologies and new Technologies

Posted on September 9, 2008 by Norm Friesen

A brief description of the mini-seminar, to be delivered in English and German on Nov. 4 & 5, 2008. Hermeneutic phenomenology, as the study of lived experience and its meanings, has had a rich and complex relationship with both the … Continue reading →

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