Education
Norm Friesen studied German Literature, Secondary Education, and Communication at the Johns Hopkins University, University of Alberta and Simon Fraser University (respectively).
Norm Friesen studied German Literature, Secondary Education, and Communication at the Johns Hopkins University, University of Alberta and Simon Fraser University (respectively).
He has undertaken teaching and research at the University of Toronto, the University of Innsbruck and Athabasca University. Doctor Friesen has been involved in Wikiversity research.
He has led the CanCore Learning object metadata initiative from 2003 to 2010, and is co-editor of the peer reviewed open content journal Phenomenology and Practice. Doctor Friesen"s research interests include media theory, alternative pedagogies, technical e-learning standardization, phenomenology and ethnomethodology.
Doctor Friesen is also a member of the Canadian delegation to the International Organization for Standardization/International Electrotechnical Commission JTC1 subcommittee 36, for Learning, Education and Training.