Norm Friesen is an Educational Technology Professor at Boise State University's College of Education. Dr. Friesen's expertise lies in pedagogy, educational technology, and qualitative research. He is a well-published author and has conducted research stints at several institutions, including Humboldt University in Berlin, the University of Vienna, the University of Göttingen, and the University of British Columbia in Canada. Additionally, he held a Canada Research Chair position at Thompson Rivers University from 2006 to 2014. Norm Friesen pursued studies in German Literature, Secondary Education, and Communication at Johns Hopkins University, the University of Alberta, and Simon Fraser University, respectively. Throughout his career, he has taught and conducted research at the University of Toronto, the University of Innsbruck, and Athabasca University. Friesen's research interests encompass media theory, alternative pedagogies, standardization in technical e-learning, phenomenology, qualitative research methods, education foundations and ethnomethodology. 

Most Recent Work:

• Friesen, N. (2022). Tact and the Pedagogical Relation: Introductory Readings. Paedagogica, Vol 1. Oxford.

• Friesen, N. (2023). Phenomenology and education: Researching pedagogical experience. The International Encyclopedia of Education (4th ed).

• Friesen, N, & Kenklies, K. (2021). What is Pedagogy? Esha Magazine. (26-31).

• Friesen, N. 2020. The Technological Imaginary in Education: Myth and Enlightenment in ‘Personalized Learning’. In: Stocchetti, M (ed.), The Digital Age and Its Discontents. Helsinki: Helsinki University Press. DOI: https://doi.org/10.33134/HUP-4-8

Most Cited Work:

• Friesen, N. (2004). Three objections to learning objects and e-Learning standards. Online Education Using Learning Objects, 59-70.

• Friesen, N. (2012). Report: Defining blended learning.

• Friesen, N., Saevi, T., & Henriksson, C., (Eds., 2012). Hermeneneutic Phenomenology in Education: Method and Practice. Rotterdam: Sense Publishers.

• Friesen, N., & Lowe, S. (2012). The questionable promise of social media for education: Connective learning and the commercial imperative. Journal of Computer Assisted Learning, 28(3), 183-194.

• Friesen, N. (2001). What are educational objects? Interactive learning environments, 9(3), 219-230.

• Friesen, N., & Lang, P. (2009). Re-thinking e-learning research: Foundations, methods, and practices.

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