Morten Paulsen
NKI, Norway
Morten Flate Paulsen [http://home.nettskolen.com/~morten/], who is a Doctor of Education from Pennsylvania State University, has worked with online education since 1986. He designed the EKKO computer conferencing system for distance education which lead to the establishment of the NKI Internet College (www.nettskolen.com) in 1987. He was the founding editor of DEOSNEWS and the first moderator of DEOS-L. Paulsen's dissertation is on "Pedagogical Techniques for Computer-mediated Communication". He has also written the report "Online Education: An International Analysis of Web-based Education and Strategic Recommendations for Decision Makers" for the European CISAER-project [www.nettskolen.com/cisaer].
Torstein Rekkedal
NKI, Norway
Torstein is Director of Research and Development at NKI, Norway. He has worked in distance education research since 1970. His work has covered survey research, experimental research and evaluation studies. He has chaired the ICDE Research Committee and the Research and Development Committee of EADL (European Association for Distance Learning). He is presently member of the Steering Committee of the Network of Academics and Professionals of EDEN (European Distance Education Network) and member of the Executive Board of SOFF (The Norwegian Agency for Flexible Learning in Higher Education). He is also chairing the Norwegian Standing Committee for Quality in Distance Education. Since 1987 he has specifically been involved in development of and research on online education. Since 1997 he has worked in a number of projects financed by the European Commission.
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