Norm Friesen | |
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| Born | (1966-03-21)March 21, 1966 (age 59) |
| Education | Johns Hopkins University,University of Alberta,Simon Fraser University |
| Occupation | Professor inEducational Technology |
Norm Friesen (born March 21, 1966) is Professor inEducational Technology atBoise State University and Canada Research Chair in E-Learning Practices atThompson Rivers University.[1]
Norm Friesen studied German Literature, Secondary Education, and Communication at theJohns Hopkins University,University of Alberta andSimon Fraser University (respectively). He has undertaken teaching and research at theUniversity of Toronto, theUniversity of Innsbruck andAthabasca University.
He has led the CanCoreLearning object metadata initiative from 2003 to 2010, and is co-editor of thepeer reviewedopen content journalPhenomenology and Practice. Friesen is also a member of the Canadian delegation to theISO/IEC JTC 1 subcommittee 36, for Learning, Education and Training.[2]
Friesen has been involved inWikiversity research.
Friesen's research interests include media theory, alternative pedagogies, technical e-learning standardization, phenomenology and ethnomethodology.[3]
