Author Archives: Norm Friesen
Article for Handbook of Distance Education
Alex Kuskis and I recently completed the final revisions to this article on “interaction” for the 3rd edition of the Handbook of Distance Education (proof version only). We worked on emphasizing the historical rooting of the concept in cybernetics and the … Continue reading
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Where does "Blended" End & Virtual Begin?
Just finished a paper that tries to draw a fine line between blended learning and fully online delivery. Even though “blended learning” was coined in the run-up to the dot-com frenzy at the turn of the century, it didn’t acquire … Continue reading
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Reviews are in for: Place of the Classroom & Space of the Screen
Just got a couple of excellent reviews for my 2011 book, one from the British Journal of Educational Technology, and the other from Erziehungswissenschaftliche Revue (Educational Studies Review). First from BJET: “Friesen argues, tenaciously and knowledgeably, in favour of a different … Continue reading
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Ludwig Wittgenstein and Klaus Mollenhauer’s Forgotten Connections
A recently completed paper (.pdf): Klaus Mollenhauer’s Forgotten Connections: On Culture and Upbringing is internationally regarded as a key post-war text in the philosophy of education. This paper introduces this text (translated by the presenter) by focusing on its highly … Continue reading
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Credentialing for Open Education
Just finished a co-authored piece with Christine Wihak on using PLAR (Prior Learning Assessment and Recognition) in the open education space. It turns out that some of the more popular ideas and practices in open, personalized learning, such as badges, personal … Continue reading
Forget Twitchspeed & Twitter; Confronting “Boys’ Crisis” via Dance & Motion
I’m a proud as heck of these two students, my thesis supervisees, whose excellent MEd research is featured in this article in the local paper. Jennifer Swan-Rogers (pictured here) and Tannis Tate (whose abstract is below) undertook case studies of … Continue reading
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Silence in the Classroom: One Student's Experience
[slideshare id=13622450&doc=onestudentsexperienceof-120712192640-phpapp02] Here’s the slides (above) and the text (download pdf) that I had the pleasure of presenting in support of one of my students, Merilee Hamelock. In many classrooms, evaluation of learning relies on easily observable, easily measurable student … Continue reading
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Learning Theory as Instructional Technology – or "the Animal Method of Learning"
Just got a paper accepted for a collection (edited by Neil Selwyn & Kari Facer) on The Politics of Education & Technology forthcoming from Palgrave. The focus of my contribution is on the technological, instrumentalist character of learning theories that … Continue reading
Who was Klaus Mollenhauer?
I’ve been working on the introduction for the translation of Klaus Mollenhauer’s Forgotten Connections (more info about the book here). Through the generous of Alex Aβmann, I’ve gotten a hold of some interviews and a photo (right). Some of the … Continue reading
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