InterMedia
University of Oslo
P.O. Box 1161 Blindern
NO-0318 Oslo
Norway

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PhD projects

Understanding reuse of digital learning resources
Study of use & reuse of learning resources. Aims to inform design & deployment of learning technology standards. Based on a socio-cultural understanding of learning & development. Part of the COOL project.  Ola Berge
Verktøy og fellesskap i desentralisert lærerutdanning
Prosjektet undersøker på et aktivitetsteoretisk grunnlag, hvordan studenter lærer i praksis, på samling og på Internett.  Hallstein Hegerholm
Reforms in Teacher Education: ICT as a catalyst for learning
A challenge in teacher education is that learning occurs within two organisations, campus & partner schools, with different goals & cultures of study, at the same time. This project studies how different objects can work as boundary zone activities between different activity systems.  Cecilie Flo Jahreie
Collaborative learning in 3D learning environments
On the characteristics of 15 year old students collaborations while solving different tasks in ICT learning resources. A webpage & a networked 3D learning environment support a science knowledge domain. Videotaped collaborations are analysed, mainly via interaction analysis.  Ingeborg Krange
Higher order learning in ICT rich school environments
Connection between higher order learning & ICTs in classroom teaching in secondary schools. Theoretical links between Activity theory & perspectives on learning by Gregory Bateson. A project related to the CMC network.  Thomas de Lange
Use of mediating artifacts in students learning processes
Studies how students construct knowledge within complex knowledge domains via ICT-based learning resources in different institutional settings. Units of analysis are speech & interaction during work on gene technology via the web-resources FLE & Viten.no.   Anniken Furberg Larsen
ICT & new learning environments: The teachers role in a changing school
Læringsmiljø og rammebetingelser ved bruk av IKT i ungdomsskolen studeres. Fokuset rettes mot forhold rundt teknologibruken, særlig knyttet til organisatorisk og pedagogisk tilrettelegging, samt til arkitektoniske forhold.   Lars Opdal
Aesthetic Education in Schools and Museums
This project examines current educational theory and practice in the subject of modern and contemporary art in classrooms and museums in Norway and the United States.  Palmyre Pierroux
Project work & ICT: A study of learning as trajectories of participation
This study of how pupils learn looks into the relationship between the use of ICT & project work. The aim is to contribute to understanding of how participants in a social situation construct knowledge & understanding in interaction.  Ingvill Rasmussen
NetCase: The multimedia case in teacher education
NetCase connects the design & development of the multimedia case for teacher training. Dramatised situations of interaction between pupils & teacher in primary school are discussed by students. Video-recorded discussions are analysed. Design principles for the multimedia case are built.   Bjørn Skaar
Web Interfaces: experimental screen designs
Textual analysis of a variety of Web interface design. Intersections of aesthetics, interface, interaction & graphic design.  Synne Skjulstad
Learning in knowledge organisations: The role of the super user
Workplace learning in technology rich environments & the role of super users who are employees with in-depth, expert knowledge of one or more of the organistions computer applications.  Hege Rene Hansen Åsand

Completed

Trust & communication in digital learning environments
New criteria for establishing trust are one potential outcome of online education. This project refers to research into distributed teaching for medical students at the University of Oslo.   Bård Ketil Engen
Negotiations & persuasions: Building knowledge & crossing boundaries in participatory design of new ICT
Examines how multidisciplinary understanding & collaboration are related to understanding of crossing knowledge traditions. Consequently, cultural historical aspects of design of ICT are approached.  Dagny Stuedahl