User:Norman Bier

Norman Bier is the Associate Director of the Open Learning Initiative (OLI) at Carnegie Mellon University. OLI is dedicated to the development of freely available “stand-alone” college-level online courses and web-based learning environments informed by the best current research from the cognitive and learning sciences. Prior to joining OLI, he was Director of Training and Development at iCarnegie Inc., a CMU subsidiary chartered to deliver software development education through international partnering institutions. Using technology and faculty support, iCarnegie reaches thousands of students who would not have had access to a CMU-level education. His principal responsibilities at iCarnegie included course, curricula and program development; faculty support and training; and business development. Before his work at iCarnegie, he taught computer science courses as an adjunct faculty member at the Community College of Allegheny County, philosophy courses as an instructor at Carnegie Mellon University and served as a founding member of the Robert E. Cook Honors College at Indiana University of Pennsylvania.