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Ola Erstad

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Email ola.erstad@ped.uio.no
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Visiting address Sem Sælands vei 7 Helga Engs hus 0371 OSLO
Postal address Postboks 1092 Blindern 0317 OSLO

Academic Interests

  • Digital literacy
  • Technology and education
  • Formal and informal ways of learning
  • Knowledge building with digital tools
  • Digital learning resources
  • Media education in schools
  • Sociocultural learning theory

Current activities

  • Project leader of project; ‘Local literacies and community spaces. Investigating transitions and transfers in the ‘learning lives’ of Groruddalen. Funded by the Norwegian Research Council.
  • Part of project ‘Elevforsk’, project leader Erik Knain. Sub-project in two upper secondary schools. Title: ‘Knowledge building with digital tools’, using a digital platform called Knowledge Forum.
  • Project called ‘Space2cre8’ (longer title: ‘Youth-Designed Social Networking: Investigating Emergent Literacies, Identities, and Relationships at the Intersection of Online and Offline Experience’) in co-operation with Berkeley University. Working with one Upper Secondary School in Norway, and schools in USA, South-Africa and India.
  • Leader of the research group TransAction at the Faculty of Education
  • Part of the international initiative on ‘Assessment and Teaching of 21st Century Skills’

Completed projects

2005-2009 Head of Steering committee for the national development project ‘Networks for Learning’ (‘Lærende nettverk’), involving almost 600 schools and teacher training colleges during this time period.

2000-2003 National Research Coordinator for Norway on the international study ’Second Information Technology in Education Study – Module 2’ (SITES M2), organized by Stanford Research International (USA), Twente University (the Netherlands) and University of Toronto (Canada)

1999-2003 Head of research for the National PILOT project, (120 schools in 9 regions of Norway, involving 16 researchers from different University Colleges in Norway doing action research in a sample of schools)

Part of project ‘Mediatized stories’, project leader Knut Lundby. Sub-project in lower secondary on ‘Digital storytelling’.

Teaching

Areas of teaching expertise: learning, technology and education, children and youth in modern society (moderne oppvekst)

Main administrative tasks

2007 - 2009 Head of Research, Institute for Educational Research

2006 – 2008 Coordinator of the doctoral program, Institute for Educational Research

Higher education and employment history

Degrees:

1997: Dr.polit., the Department of Media and Communication, University of Oslo

1988: Master degree in educational psychology, University of Oslo

Employment history:

2008: Professor, University of Oslo, Institute for Educational Research

2005 – 2008 Associate Professor, University of Oslo, Institute for Educational Research

1998 - 2005 Associate Professor and Head of Research, the National Network for IT Research and Competence in Education (ITU), University of Oslo (www.itu.no)

1997-1998 Researcher, Telenor FoU, unit working on ‘Users of the Future’.

1993-1994 Associate Expert for UNESCO, at the Headquarters in Paris, funded by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

1989 – 1996 Research Fellow, University of Oslo, the Department of Media and Communication

Appointments

  • Board member of several international journals

Publications

Erstad, O. & Solum, O. (eds.) (2007) Følelser for film. (Feelings for film.) Oslo: Gyldendal akademisk.

Erstad, O. (2005) Digital kompetanse i skolen (Digital literacy in the school.) Oslo: Universitetsforlaget (University Press)

Erstad, O.; Kløvstad, V.; Kristiansen, T. & Søby, M. (2005) ITU Monitor 2005 – På vei mot digital kompetanse i grunnopplæringen. (ITU Monitor 2005 – On the way towards digital literacy in basic education.) Oslo: Universitetsforlaget (University Press)

Erstad, O. (2004) ‘PILOTer for skoleutvikling.’ (PILOTs for school development. Final and summary report of the PILOT project. 1999-2003). Report no. 28, ITU, Unipub:University of Oslo.

Erstad, O. (In press) ‘‘Learning Networks’ – capacity building for school development and ICT’. In R. Krumsvik (ed.) Learning in the Network Society and the Digitized School. Nova Science Publishers.

Erstad, O. (In press) ‘Weaving the context of digital literacy – multi-literate practices and institutional effects’. Learning in social practices. ICT and new artifacts - transformation of social and cultural practices. Pergamon. Ludvigsen, S., Lund, A. & Säljö, R. (eds.). EARLI series: Advances in Learning. Elsevier

Erstad, O., Gilje, O., Sefton-Green, J. & Vasbo, K. (2009) Exploring ‘learning lives’: community, identity, literacy and meaning. In Literacy, Volume 43, Number 2, July 2009, pp. 100-106

 Erstad, O., Sefton-Green, J. & H. Nixon (2009) Digital literacy in retrospect – a multidimensional approach. Pedagogies: An International Journal. vol. 3 No. 2. Lawrence Erlbaum.

Erstad, O. & Quale, A. (2009) ‘National policies and practices on ICT in education: Norway’. In Cross-national Information and Communication Technology policy and practices in education. Plomp, T., Anderson, R.E., Law; N. & Quale, A. Greenwich, Connecticut: Information Age Publishing.

Erstad, O. (2008) Changing assessment practices and the role of ICT. In International handbook of Information Technology in Education. New York: Springer Publishers

Erstad, O. (2008) ‘Trajectories of remixing – digital literacies, media production and schooling’. In C. Lankshear & M. Knobel (eds.) Digital literacies. Concepts, Policies and Practices. New York: Peter Lang. pp. 177-202.

Erstad, O. & Wertsch, J. (2008) ‘Tales of mediation; narrative and digital media as cultural tools’. In Digital Storytelling, Mediatized Stories: Self-representations in New Media, K. Lundby (ed.) Book for the Digital Formation series. New York: Peter Lang Publishing.

Erstad, O. & Silseth, K. (2008) ‘Agency in Digital Storytelling – Challenging the Educational Context’. In Digital Storytelling, Mediatized Stories: Self-representations in New Media, K. Lundby (ed.) Book for the Digital Formation series. New York: Peter Lang Publishing.

Erstad, O., Gilje, Ø. & de Lange, T. (2007) ‘Re-mixing multimodal resources: multiliteracies and digital production in Norwegian media education’. Journal Learning, Media and Technology. Special Issue: 'Media education goes digital', guest editors: D. Buckingham & S. Bragg. London: Taylor & Francis. Vol. 32, No. 2, pp. 183-199.

Erstad, O. (2007) Mestring og dømmekraft i informasjonssamfunnet. (’Mastery and judgement in the information society’.) In S. Vettenranta (ed.) Mediedanning og mediepedagogikk. (‘Media ’bildung’ and media pedagogy’) Oslo: Gyldendal Akademisk.

Erstad, O. (2005) ‘Expanding possibilities: Project work using ICT’. In Human Technology. An interdisciplinary Journal on Humans in ICT environments. Volume 1, Number 2, October 2005 (pp. 109-264).

  • Erstad, Ola (2012). Approaching school change through 'learning lives': Norway, In Terry Wrigley; Pat Thomson & Bob Lingard (ed.),  Changing Schools. Alternative ways to make a world of difference..  Routledge.  ISBN 978-0-415-55860-0.  9.  s 98 - 112
  • Silseth, Kenneth & Erstad, Ola (2012). Mirroring the surfaces of the self: Exploring literacy practices of digital storytelling, In Svein Østerud; Barbara Gentikow & Egil G Skogseth (ed.),  Literacy practices in late modernity: Mastering technological and cultural convergences.  Hampton Press.  ISBN 978-1-61289-066-1.  Kapittel 12.  s 225 - 244
  • Erstad, Ola (2011). Citizens navigating in literate worlds: The case of digital literacy, In Michael Thomas (ed.),  Deconstructing digital natives. Young people, technology and the new literacies.  Routledge.  ISBN 978-0-415-88996-4.  7.  s 99 - 118
  • Erstad, Ola (2011). Digital literacies and schooling - knowledge practices in transition, In Lampros Stergioulas & Helen Drenoyianni (ed.),  Pursuing digital literacy in compulsory education.  Peter Lang Publishing Group.  ISBN 978-1-4331-0618-7.  4.  s 83 - 99
  • Erstad, Ola & Hauge, Trond Eiliv (2011). Ekspansiv skoleutvikling - kompleksitet og mangfold, I: Ola Erstad & Trond Eiliv Hauge (red.),  Skoleutvikling og digitale medier - kompleksitet, mangfold og ekspansiv læring.  Gyldendal Akademisk.  ISBN 9788205361157.  Kapittel 12.  s 231 - 244
  • Erstad, Ola & Hauge, Trond Eiliv (2011). Skoleutvikling og digitale medier - et forskningsfelt i støpeskjeen, I: Ola Erstad & Trond Eiliv Hauge (red.),  Skoleutvikling og digitale medier - kompleksitet, mangfold og ekspansiv læring.  Gyldendal Akademisk.  ISBN 9788205361157.  Kapittel 1.  s 11 - 28
  • Erstad, Ola & Hauge, Trond Eiliv (2011). To skoleledere om videregående skole, I: Ola Erstad & Trond Eiliv Hauge (red.),  Skoleutvikling og digitale medier - kompleksitet, mangfold og ekspansiv læring.  Gyldendal Akademisk.  ISBN 9788205361157.  Kapittel 5.  s 83 - 103
  • Erstad, Ola & Klevenberg, Bente (2011). Kunnskapsbygging, teknologi og utforskende arbeidsmåter, I:  Elever som forskere i naturfag.  Universitetsforlaget.  ISBN 978-82-15-01733-4.  2.  s 56 - 84
  • Hauge, Trond Eiliv & Erstad, Ola (2011). Analytiske posisjoner om teknologi og skoleutvikling, I: Ola Erstad & Trond Eiliv Hauge (red.),  Skoleutvikling og digitale medier - kompleksitet, mangfold og ekspansiv læring.  Gyldendal Akademisk.  ISBN 9788205361157.  Kapittel 2.  s 29 - 46
  • Hauge, Trond Eiliv & Erstad, Ola (2011). To skoleledere om grunnskolen, I: Ola Erstad & Trond Eiliv Hauge (red.),  Skoleutvikling og digitale medier - kompleksitet, mangfold og ekspansiv læring.  Gyldendal Akademisk.  ISBN 9788205361157.  Kapittel 6.  s 104 - 122
  • Erstad, Ola (2010). Content in motion: Remixing and learning with digital media, In Kirsten Drotner & Kim Christian Schrøder (ed.),  Digital content creation. Perceptions, practices & perspectives..  Peter Lang Publishing Group.  ISBN 978-1-4331-0695-8.  3.  s 57 - 74
  • Erstad, Ola (2010). Digital kompetens. Näring för demokratin eller oreflekterat deltagande?, I: Ulla Carlsson (red.),  Barn och unga i den digitala mediekulturen.  Nordicom.  ISBN 9789189471900.  5.  s 53 - 68
  • Erstad, Ola (2010). Educating the digital generation : exploring media literacy for the 21st century. Digital kompetanse - Nordic journal of digital literacy.  ISSN 0809-6724.  (1), s 56- 72
  • Erstad, Ola (2010). Kunnskapsbygging i kulturhistorisk perspektiv - materialitet, mediering og utforskende arbeidsmåter, I: Sylvi Stenersen Hovdenak & Ola Erstad (red.),  Kunnskap i skolen.  Tapir Akademisk Forlag.  ISBN 978-82-519-2504-4.  7.  s 113 - 134
  • Erstad, Ola (2010). Media Literacy and Education: The past, present and future, In Sirkku Kotilainen & Sol-Britt Arnolds-Granlund (ed.),  Media Literacy Education. Nordic Perspectives.  Nordicom.  ISBN 978-91-86523-00-8.  1.  s 15 - 28
  • Erstad, Ola (2010). Paths towards digital competencies. Naïve participation or civic engagement?, In Ella Carlsson (ed.),  Children and youth in the digital media culture.  Nordicom.  ISBN 978-91-86523-04-6.  3.  s 35 - 50
  • Erstad, Ola (2010). Technology and Learning - as a subject of instruction, In Penelope Peterson,; Eva Baker & Barry McGaw, (ed.),  International Encyclopedia of Education, 3rd edition, volume 7.  Elsevier.  ISBN 9780080448947.  8.  s 34 - 41
  • Erstad, Ola (2010). Weaving the context of digital library, In Sten Runar Ludvigsen; Andreas Lund; Ingvill Rasmussen & Roger Säljö (ed.),  Learning across sites : new tools, infrastructures and practices.  Cambridge University Press.  ISBN 978-0-415-58176-9.  Kapittel.  s 295 - 310
  • Erstad, Ola (2010). Weaving the context of digital literacy, In Sten Runar Ludvigsen; Andreas Lund; Ingvill Rasmussen & Roger Säljö (ed.),  Learning across sites : new tools, infrastructures and practices.  Cambridge University Press.  ISBN 978-0-415-58176-9.  Kapittel 18.  s 295 - 310
  • Erstad, Ola (2009). 'Learning Networks' - capacity building for school development and ICT, In Rune Krumsvik (ed.),  Learning in the network society and the digitized school.  Nova Science Publishers, Inc..  ISBN 978-1-60741-172-7.  6.  s 89 - 106
  • Erstad, Ola (2009). National policies and practices on ICT in education: Norway, In Tjeerd Plomp; Ronald E. Anderson; Nancy Law & Andreas Quale (ed.),  Cross-National Information and Communication Technology - Policies and Practices in Education. Revised Second Edition.  Information Age Publishing.  ISBN 978-1-60752-043-6.  31.  s 551 - 568
  • Erstad, Ola (2009). The Assessment and Teaching of 21st Century Skills Project. Digital kompetanse - Nordic journal of digital literacy.  ISSN 0809-6724.  4(3-4), s 204- 211
  • Erstad, Ola & Gilje, Øystein (2009). Digital production in and out of school - experiences, practices and implications for media literacy in a Norwegian context. Media Education Journal.  ISSN 0268-1951.  44, s 15- 20
  • Erstad, Ola; Gilje, Øystein; Sefton-Green, Julian & Vasbø, Kristin Beate (2009). Exploring ‘learning lives’: community, identity, literacy and meaning. Literacy.  ISSN 1741-4350.  43(2), s 100- 106 . doi: 10.1111/j.1741-4369.2009.00518.x
  • Erstad, Ola; Sefton-Green, Julian & Nixon, Helen (2009). Reviewing approaches and perspectives on 'Digital literacy'. Pedagogies: An International Journal.  ISSN 1554-480X.  4(2), s 107- 125
  • Erstad, Ola (2008). Changing assessment practices and the role of IT, In Joke Voogt & Gerald Knezek (ed.),  International Handbook of Information Technology in Primary and Secondary Education.  Springer Publishing Company.  ISBN 978-0-387-73314-2.  Kapittel 2.5.  s 181 - 194
  • Erstad, Ola (2008). Trajectories of remixing: digital literacies, media production, and schooling, In Colin Lankshear & Michele Knobel (ed.),  Digital literacies - concepts, policies and practices.  Peter Lang Publishing Group.  ISBN 978-1-4331-0169-4.  Kapittel 8.  s 177 - 202
  • Erstad, Ola & Silseth, Kenneth (2008). Agency in digital storytelling: Challenging the educational context, In Knut Lundby (ed.),  Digital Storytelling, Mediatized Stories: Self-representations in New Media.  Peter Lang Publishing Group.  ISBN 978-1-4331-0273-8.  Kapitelnummer 12.  s 213 - 232
  • Erstad, Ola & Wertsch, James (2008). Tales of mediation: Narrative and digital media as cultural tools, In Knut Lundby (ed.),  Digital Storytelling, Mediatized Stories: Self-representations in New Media.  Peter Lang Publishing Group.  ISBN 978-1-4331-0273-8.  Kapittel 2.  s 21 - 41
  • Gilje, Øystein & Erstad, Ola (2008). Regaining impact media education and media literacy in a Norwegian context. Nordicom Review.  ISSN 1403-1108.  29(2), s 219- 230
  • Erstad, Ola (2007). Den femte grunnleggende ferdighet - noen grunnlagsproblemer.. Norsk pedagogisk tidsskrift.  ISSN 0029-2052.  91(1), s 43- 55
  • Erstad, Ola (2007). Filmopplevelse og fascinasjon. Mot en tilskuerorientert filmpedagogikk., I: Ola Erstad & Ove Solum (red.),  Følelser for film.  Gyldendal Akademisk.  ISBN 978-82-05-37777-6.  Kapittel 8.  s 159 - 176
  • Erstad, Ola (2007). Mestring og dømmekraft i informasjonssamfunnet, I: Soilikki Vettenranta (red.),  Mediedanning og mediepedagogikk. Fra digital begeistring til kritisk dømmekraft.  Gyldendal Akademisk.  ISBN 978-82-05-37167-5.  Kapittel 9.  s 197 - 219
  • Erstad, Ola; Gilje, Øystein & de Lange, Thomas (2007). Re-mixing multimodal resources: multiliteracies and digital production in Norwegian media education. Learning, Media & Technology.  ISSN 1743-9884.  32(2), s 183- 198
  • Gilje, Øystein & Erstad, Ola (2007). Mediefagets produksjonsprosesser - morgendagens kompetanse. Digital kompetanse - Nordic journal of digital literacy.  ISSN 0809-6724.  2(4), s 226- 243
  • Erstad, Ola (2006). A new direction? Digital literacy, student participation and curriculum reform in Norway.. Education and Information Technologies : Official Journal of the IFIP technical committee on Education.  ISSN 1360-2357.
  • Erstad, Ola (2005). Expanding possibilities: Project Work Using ICT. Human Technology.  ISSN 1795-6889.  1(2), s 216- 245
  • Erstad, Ola (2004). [Anmeldelse] Barn i digitale nettverk. Barn.  ISSN 0800-1669.  (Årg. 22, nr 1), s 89-92
  • Erstad, Ola (2004). Mediekompetanse i det sosiokulturelle felt. Norsk Medietidsskrift.  ISSN 0804-8452.  (Årg. 11, nr 3), s [215]-236
  • Erstad, Ola & Quale, Andreas (2003). National Policies and Practices on ICT in Education: Norway, In Tjeerd Plomp; Ronald E. Anderson; Nancy Law & Andreas Quale (ed.),  Cross-national Information and Communication Technology -- Policies and Practices in Education.  Information Age Publishing (IAP).  ISBN 1-59311-019-7.  31.  s 551 - 568
  • Slaatta, Tore & Erstad, Ola (2003). Bit, beat, beaten. Teknologiens tyranni eller mulighetenes marked., I: Fredrik Engelstad & Guro Ødegård (red.),  Ungdom, makt og mening.  Gyldendal Akademisk.  ISBN 82-05-31533-7.  kapittel.  s 181 - 209

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  • Erstad, Ola & Hauge, Trond Eiliv (red.) (2011). Skoleutvikling og digitale medier - kompleksitet, mangfold og ekspansiv læring. Gyldendal Akademisk.  ISBN 9788205361157.  247 s.
  • Erstad, Ola (2010). Digital kompetanse i skolen (2. utgave). Universitetsforlaget.  ISBN 9788215016276.  197 s.
  • Hovdenak, Sylvi Stenersen & Erstad, Ola (red.) (2010). Kunnskap i skolen. Tapir Akademisk Forlag.  ISBN 978-82-519-2504-4.  222 s.
  • Erstad, Ola (2009). Addressing the complexity of impact - A multilevel approach towards ICT in education. Publication Office of the European Union.  ISBN 9789279131127.  20 s.
  • Erstad, Ola & Solum, Ove (red.) (2007). Følelser for film. Gyldendal Akademisk.  ISBN 978-82-05-37777-6.  178 s.
  • Erstad, Ola (2005). Digital kompetanse i skolen - en innføring. Universitetsforlaget.  ISBN 82-15-00196-3.  248 s.
  • Erstad, Ola; Kløvstad, Vibeke; Søby, Morten & Kristiansen, Tove (2005). ITU Monitor 2005. På vei mot digital kompetansen i grunnopplæringen. Universitetsforlaget.  ISBN 82-15-00904-2.  154 s.

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  • Erstad, Ola (2011). Diversity and Prospects of the Vygotskian Legacy. Mind, culture and activity.  ISSN 1074-9039.  18(3), s 301- 304 . doi: 10.1080/10749039.2010.523100
  • Erstad, Ola; Arnseth, Hans Christian & Gilje, Øystein (2011). Becoming a learner: Some methodological challenges in researching learner identities (Symposium: Expanding Cultural and Activity Theory to Research The Learning and Identity Practices of Contemporary Youth).
  • Erstad, Ola; Silseth, Kenneth & Vasbø, Kristin Beate (2011). Negotiating cultural identity in school: When a social networking site enters a multiethnic classroom.
  • Erstad, Ola; Silseth, Kenneth & Vasbø, Kristin Beate (2011). Sosiale medier, flerkulturell ungdom og læring - Brukerstyrt medieproduksjon og navigering med 'Space2cre8'.
  • Gilje, Øystein & Erstad, Ola (2011). Children´s agency in research – across settings and as co-investigators.
  • Klevenberg, Bente & Erstad, Ola (2011). Hvordan få til forandring i undervisningspraksis? .
  • Klevenberg, Bente & Erstad, Ola (2011). Kunnskapsbygging i praksis .
  • Vasbø, Kristin Beate; Stafseng, Ola & Erstad, Ola (2011). Det interkulturelle ungdomsmøtet som læringsarena. En etnografisk studie av læring mellom formelle og uformelle kontekster..
  • Erstad, Ola & Hovdenak, Sylvi Stenersen (2010). Kunnskap på dagsorden, I: Sylvi Stenersen Hovdenak & Ola Erstad (red.),  Kunnskap i skolen.  Tapir Akademisk Forlag.  ISBN 978-82-519-2504-4.  Innledningskapittel.
  • Erstad, Ola & Klevenberg, Bente (2010). Knowledge Connected ? Trajectories of Knowledge Building .
  • Silseth, Kenneth; Vasbø, Kristin Beate & Erstad, Ola (2010, 16. november). Space2cre8: Sosiale medier i klasserommet. [Internett].  www.uio.no.
  • Silseth, Kenneth; Vasbø, Kristin Beate & Erstad, Ola (2010). The Multiple Voices of Space2cre8: Negotiating Cultural Identity in the Classroom.
  • Eliassen, Erik; Jøsendal, Jan Sivert & Erstad, Ola (2009). Rapport fra rektorundersøkelsen i Lærende nettverk .
  • Erstad, Ola (2009). DIGITAL GENERATIONS: CHILDREN, YOUNG PEOPLE, AND NEW MEDIA.. Infant and Child Development.  ISSN 1522-7227.  18(4), s 368- 369 . doi: 10.1002/icd.604
  • Erstad, Ola (2009). Mediekompetence (media literacy), I: Søren Kolstrup (red.),  Medie- og kommunikation leksikon.  Samfundslitteratur.  ISBN 9788759309971.  M.  s 324 - 325
  • Erstad, Ola (2008). Digital literacies and schooling - knowledge practices in transition.
  • Erstad, Ola (2007). Designing Learning Futures.
  • Erstad, Ola; Gilje, Øystein & de Lange, Thomas (2007). Morgendagens Medieprodusenter. Om mediefagselevers produksjonspraksiser i videregående skole.
  • Erstad, Ola & Silseth, Kenneth (2007). Et digitalt kompetanseløft for alle? En midtveisrapport for Program for digital kompetanse 2004-2008..
  • Erstad, Ola; Silseth, Kenneth & Dalaaker, Dina (2007). Evaluation of the Youth community action programme 2000-2006 - Norway.
  • Morrison, Andrew; Sem, Idunn; Erstad, Ola & Toussaint, Jeremy (2007). TransActions . [www ].
  • Erstad, Ola (2004). PILOTer for skoleutvikling. Samlerapport fra forskningen PILOT 2000-2003..
  • Erstad, Ola & Flo, Cecilie (2001). Reaching out: Digital artifacts supporting knowledge construction.
  • Østerud, Svein; Larsen, Anniken & Erstad, Ola (1999). Når ideer flyter sammen ... En studie av implementering av informasjons- og kommunikasjonsteknologi i grunnskolen i Hole kommune.
  • Erstad, Ola (1997). Mediebruk og medieundervisning.
  • Erstad, Ola (red.) (1993). Vitenskapsteori og medieforskning.

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