The Lecture as a Transmedial Pedagogical Form: A Historical Analysis

Norm Friesen

Educational Researcher Vol. 40, No. 3 (April 2011) pp. 95–102

The lecture has been much maligned as a pedagogical form, yet it persists and even flourishes today in the form of the podcast, the TED talk, and the "smart" lecture hall. This article examines the lecture as a pedagogical genre, as "a site where...

Learning Analytics: Readiness and Rewards / L’analyse de l’apprentissage : état de préparation et récompenses

Norm Friesen

Canadian Journal of Learning and Technology / La revue canadienne de l’apprentissage et de la technologie Vol. 39, No. 4 (Dec 21, 2013)

This paper introduces the relatively new field of learning analytics, first by considering the relevant meanings of both “learning” and “analytics,” and then by looking at two main levels at which learning analytics can be or has been implemented in ...

The International Learning Object Metadata Survey

Norm Friesen

International Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning Vol. 5, No. 3 (Nov 01, 2004)

CanCore in Canada and Around the World

Norm Friesen

International Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning Vol. 6, No. 1 (Mar 01, 2005)

Genre and CSCL: The Form and Rhetoric of the Online Posting

Norm Friesen

International Journal of Computer-Supported Collaborative Learning Vol. 4, No. 2 (June 2009) pp. 171–185

Genre analysis, the investigation of typified communicative actions arising in recurrent situations, has been developed to study information use and interchange online, in businesses and in other organizations. As such, it holds out promise for the...

Interoperability and Learning Objects: An Overview of E-Learning Standardization

Norm Friesen

Interdisciplinary Journal of E-Learning and Learning Objects Vol. 1, No. 1 (Jan 01, 2005) pp. 23–31

The observation "the nice thing about standards is that there are so many to choose from" (Tanenbaum, 1981, p. 221) has been circulating in e-learning standards circles for some time. This statement certainly reflects the varied and complex nature...

"CanCore": In Canada and around the World

Norm Friesen

The International Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning Vol. 6, No. 1 (Mar 01, 2005)

In this article, the author discusses "CanCore," a learning resource metadata initiative funded by Industry Canada and supported by Athabasca University, Alberta, and TeleUniversite du Quebec, and describes the increasing range of international uses ...

Learning Analytics: Readiness and Rewards

Norm Friesen

Canadian Journal of Learning and Technology / La revue canadienne de l’apprentissage et de la technologie Vol. 39, No. 4 (Dec 21, 2013)

This paper introduces the relatively new field of learning analytics, first by considering the relevant meanings of both “learning” and “analytics,” and then by looking at two main levels at which learning analytics can be or has been implemented in ...

Language: English Translations: English, français, langue française/French

Topics: Learning Management Systems

Chronicles of Change: The Narrative Turn and E-Learning Research

Norm Friesen

E-Learning Vol. 5, No. 3 (2008) pp. 297–309

Narrative case research has been widely utilized in educational inquiry to investigate different and changing positions and perspectives on questions of identity, curriculum and classroom practice. Despite the fact that case-study research of this...

Discursive Psychology and Educational Technology: Beyond the Cognitive Revolution

Norm Friesen

Mind, Culture, and Activity Vol. 16, No. 2 (April 2009) pp. 130–144

As an alternative to dominant cognitive-constructivist approaches to educational technology, this article makes the case for what has been termed a discursive, or postcognitive, psychological research paradigm. It does so by adapting discursive...

The Past and Likely Future of an Educational Form: A Textbook Case

Norm Friesen

Educational Researcher Vol. 42, No. 9 (December 2013) pp. 498–508

At a time when it is seen as increasingly "obsolete," this article analyzes the textbook as an evolving pedagogical form, as a changing medium comprised of smaller media components. These components include images, diagrams and also oral...

Open Educational Resources: New Possibilities for Change and Sustainability

Norm Friesen

International Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning Vol. 10, No. 5 (Oct 14, 2009)

In an attempt to understand the potential of OER for change and sustainability, this paper presents the results of an informal survey of active and inactive collections of online educational resources, emphasizing data related to collection...

Re-Thinking E-Learning Research

Norm Friesen

International Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning Vol. 10, No. 3 (May 27, 2009)

"Ed Tech in Reverse": Information Technologies and the Cognitive Revolution

Norm Friesen; Andrew Feenberg

Educational Philosophy and Theory Vol. 39, No. 7 (December 2007) pp. 720–736

As we rapidly approach the 50th year of the much-celebrated "cognitive revolution", it is worth reflecting on its widespread impact on individual disciplines and areas of multidisciplinary endeavour. Of specific concern in this paper is the example...

Learning with Web 2.0: Social Technology and Discursive Psychology

Norm Friesen; Shannon Lowe

E-Learning and Digital Media Vol. 9, No. 4 (2012) pp. 375–384

Recent years have seen the rise of Internet technologies which facilitate activities that are, above all, social and participatory, allowing children and adults to create and share their own content, and to communicate in a wide range of forums....

Online Education: A Science and Technology Studies Perspective / Éducation en ligne: Perspective des études en science et technologie

Edward Hamilton; Norm Friesen

Canadian Journal of Learning and Technology / La revue canadienne de l’apprentissage et de la technologie Vol. 39, No. 2 (Apr 05, 2013)

This paper argues that research into the pedagogical value and potential of new technologies is limited by the implicit philosophical perspectives on technology that such research adopts. These perspectives either imbue technologies with inalienable ...

"Open Learning 2.0"? Aligning Student, Teacher and Content for Openness in Education

Norm Friesen; Judith Murray

E-Learning and Digital Media Vol. 10, No. 2 (2013) pp. 200–207

The mission of Thompson Rivers University Open Learning (TRU-OL) can be understood in terms of three entities: the student, the faculty member and the curriculum content. Their conjuncture--when a TRU-OL student works with TRU-OL courseware and is...

International E-learning Specifications

Norm Friesen; Rory McGreal

International Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning Vol. 3, No. 2 (Oct 01, 2002)

The Learning Sciences: The Very Idea

Liam Rourke; Norm Friesen

Educational Media International Vol. 43, No. 4 (December 2006) pp. 271–284

Attempts to frame the study of teaching and learning in explicitly scientific terms are not new, but they have been growing in prominence. Journals, conferences, and centres of "learning science" are appearing with remarkable frequency. However, in...

From OER to PLAR: Credentialing for Open Education

Norm Friesen; Christine Wihak

Open Praxis Vol. 5, No. 1 (Jan 14, 2013) pp. 49–58

Recent developments in OER and MOOCs (Open Educational Resources and Massive Open Online Courses) have raised questions as to how learners engaging with these courses and components might be assessed or credentialed. This descriptive and exploratory ...

Tact and the pedagogical triangle: The authenticity of teachers in relation

Norm Friesen; Richard Osguthorpe

Teaching and Teacher Education: An International Journal of Research and Studies Vol. 70, No. 1 (February 2018) pp. 255–264

Language: English

A New Learning Object Repository for Language Learning: Methods and Possible Outcomes

Catherine Caws; Norm Friesen; Martin Beaudoin

Interdisciplinary Journal of E-Learning and Learning Objects Vol. 2, No. 1 (Jan 01, 2006) pp. 111–124

Learning objects and repositories have been receiving more and more attention in the area of computer assisted language learning. The integration of learning object repositories into language programs presents both opportunities and challenges. This ...

Online Course Design and Development among College and University Instructors: An Analysis Using Grounded Theory

Sally J. Baldwin; Yu-Hui Ching; Norm Friesen

Online Learning Vol. 22, No. 2 (2018) pp. 157–171

In this study, a grounded theory approach was used to investigate the process college and university instructors undergo to design and develop online courses. Fourteen instructors who created online courses for four-year colleges and universities...

Future trends and directions in Learning, Technology and Standards

Norm Friesen; Feenberg Andrew; Wayne Hodgins; Lassi Nirhamo

World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education 2005 (October 2005) pp. 2755–2756

The future of learning, and the impact of technology and standards on learning and teaching have been hotly debated issues. Some envision a day when every person on the planet is able to experience personalized learning at any time. Others see...

CanCore: Metadata for Learning Objects

Norm Friesen; Anthony Roberts; Sue Fisher; Sue Fisher

Canadian Journal of Learning and Technology / La revue canadienne de l’apprentissage et de la technologie Vol. 28, No. 3 (Oct 15, 2002)

The vision of reusable digital learning resources or objects, made accessible through coordinated repository architectures and metadata technologies, has gained considerable attention within distance education and training communities. However, the...

The Athabasca University eduSource Project: Building an accessible learning object repository

Martha Cleveland-Innes; Rory McGreal; Terry Anderson; Norm Friesen; Mohamed Ally; Tony Tin; Rodger Graham; Susan Moisey; Anita Petrinjak; Steve Schafer

Australasian Journal of Educational Technology Vol. 21, No. 3 (Jan 01, 2005) pp. 367–381

Athabasca University - Canada's Open University (AU) made the commitment to put all of its courses online as part of its Strategic University Plan. In pursuit of this goal, AU participated in the eduSource project, a pan-Canadian effort to build...