User:Nfriesen

=contact=

Thompson Rivers University Box 3010, 900 McGill Rd. Kamloops British Columbia Canada V2C 5N3 Phone: +1 250 852-6256 Fax: +1 250 828-5328 Skype: normfriesen Blog: http://learningspaces.org/n

=teaching=

Here are Websites (or descriptions) for the last few courses I've developed and taught:


 * E-Learning Research and Practice (MEd Course at TRU)
 * Hermeneutic Phenomenologies and new Technologies (Short seminar taught Nov. '08 at the Technical U. of Dresden)
 * Internet Research Methods: A Canadian Perspective (Short lecture course taught at the U. of Innsbruck)
 * Information Technology Applications (Taught at the Faculty of Information Studies, University of Toronto)

=research interests=

Check out my 2009 book, Re-Thinking E-Learning Research Sample Chapters At Amazon.com
 * using phenomenology and ethnomethodology to investigate experiences of engagement with e-learning technologies
 * critical theory of e-learning technology
 * technology and alternative pedagogies
 * e-learning standardization and metadata

=service activities=


 * Co-Editor and Technical Editor for the international journal, Phenomenology & Practice
 * Supervisor of (appx.) 6 masters- and doctoral-level students
 * Director of the CanCore Initiative, whose guidelines for the implementation of Learning Object Metadata have been adopted internationally
 * Member of Canadian Delegation to ISO/IEC JTC1/SC36 (committee on IT in learning, education and training)

=fun=

Not enough of it these days, but check out:


 * Ambient Sound for your computer: Brian Eno, Music for Airports 2/1
 * My travels (and pictures): My Flickr Photos

= other =
 * Community Journalism project

=Comments= Welcome to Wikieducator. You are off to a great start, Norm. Please add your username to the following : page --Nellie Deutsch 14:58, 30 January 2009 (UTC)