Norwegian Child Sexual Abuse Anti Distribution Filter

Today Nesna University College announced that it will install the Norwegian Child Sexual Abuse Anti Distribution Filter on its DNS-server. This is a continuing of the work started at the Department of Computer Science with Project Getting Involved.
The College is so far the only educational institution in Norway to do so.
So what exactly is this [...]

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Tips for Online Teaching

Teaching online is by no means a simple task, and requires both a lot of time and patience. In theory anyone who voluntarily engages him/herself in higher education is by definition motivated, but unfortunately that`s not always the case. One may of course just shrug ones shoulders and say that it`s not the lecturers problem if the [...]

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Virtual Community

Since Web 2.0 is all the rage nowadays, I enjoyed re-reading an old classic in the field of Social Informatics – “The Virtual Community” by Howard Rheingold. His work on cooperation and collective action is relevant for everyone who ponders the possibilities and pitfalls of online education and project based learning. 
And while we are talking about Virtual Community [...]

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When the classroom is in Cyberspace

The northern coastal parts of Norway represent a vast stretch of fjords, mountains and islands, with many small communities. If a person wants to study at a college or a university he or she may have to travel a great distance. This may not be practical if the person has a job and family.
Before [...]

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