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Research interests

  • ICT & learning, participatory design, human-computer interaction, end-user development
  • More specific: ICT & learning at work, multiple perspectives on user-developer relations, educational applications of software agents (critics; pedagogical agents), end-user tailoring toolkits and design environments, application of theory-based design to socio-technical systems (sociotechnical interaction design)

Keywords

HCI, CSCW, CSCL

Qualifications

  • Ph.D. (Dr.Scient) in Informatics, University of Oslo (1997). Thesis on end-user tailoring of object-oriented applications ;
  • M.S. in Computer Science, University of Colorado, Boulder, USA (1988). Specialization in HCI and AI ;
  • B.S. in Electrical & Computer Engineering, University of California, Santa Barbara, USA (1985).

Current and prior occupations

  • Associate Professor, InterMedia, University of Oslo, since 2001
  • Co-Director of ICT & Learning at Work Research Cluster, since 2004
  • Associate Member, Centre for E-Transformation Research, Hong Kong Baptist University, since 2005
  • Associate Professor II (20 %), Department of Information Science and Media Studies, University of Bergen (2000 - 2006)
  • Associate Professor, Oslo University College, School of Engineering (1999 - 2001)
  • Assistant Professor, Department of Information Science, University of Bergen (1997-2000)
  • Member of Technical Staff, NYNEX Science & Technology , White Plains, New York (now defunct) (1989 -1992)

Visiting positions

  • Visiting Research Scholar, Department of Computer Science, Hong Kong Baptist University (fall 2004)
  • Visiting Associate Professor, Center for Information Technology in Education, University of Hong Kong (summer 2004)
  • Visiting researcher, Center for Lifelong Learning and Design, University of Colorado, Boulder, USA (spring 1996)
  • Visiting researcher, Department of Computer Science, University of Aarhus, Denmark (spring 1994)

Projects

KP-Lab: Developing Knowledge-Practices Laboratory. EU FP6 integrated project coordinated by Department of Psychology, University of Helsinki, Finland (2006 - 2011).

KIKK:  Knowledge Management for Internal Communication and Customer Relations. This is also a case in KP-Lab. (2006 - 2008)

EssayCritic: A Computer Supported English Essay Critiquing System using Latent Semantic Analysis for English as second language students. Collaboration with Hong Kong Baptist University (2004 - )

Memberships and representation

Member editorial board:  Research and Practice in Technology Enhanced Learning;
Executive Peer-Reviewer: Educational Technology & Society; Frequent reviewer: International Journal of Human-Computer Studies, and International Journal of Computer-Supported Collaborative Learning

Conference organization: Program chair (NordiCHI 2006), Tutorials chair (CSCL 2002-3, NordiCHI 2002), Interactive events chair (CSCL 2005), General chair (IRIS 24)

Paper reviewing for conferences: ICCE 2008, CHI 2008, NordiCHI 2006, CSCW 2006, KES-2006, Communities & Technologies 2005, CSCL 2005, ICIC 2005, EEE-05, KES-2004, CHI 2004, NordiCHI 2004, Communities & Technologies 2003, ECSCW 2003, CSCL 2003

Opponent on doctoral dissertations (EUD/EUT, ICT & learning, CSCW)

  • Department of Interaction and System Design, Blekinge Institute of Technology, Sweden (2008)
  • Department of Computer Science, Roskilde University, Denmark (2007);
  • Department of Computer and Information Science, Norwegian University of Science and Technology (2006);
  • Department of Information Processing Science, University of Oulu, Finland (2005);
  • Telematica Instituut, University of Enschede, The Netherlands (2004);
  • Department of Informatics, Göteborg University, Sweden (2002);
  • Department of Computer Science, Roskilde University, Denmark (2001);
  • Department of Informatics, University of Science and Technology, Lille, France (2000);

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