Rolf Erik Jorgenson Steier

Adjunct Professor - Institutt for pedagogikk
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Mobile phone 90692626
Room 4391
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Visiting address Gustadallèen 21 Forskningsparken 0349 Oslo
Postal address Postboks 1092 Blindern 0317 Oslo

Academic Interests

My research focuses on collaborative learning processes in a variety of contexts and disciplines including museums, classrooms, and professional design settings, with specialized interest in the relationship face-to-face collaboration and mediating technologies. I am currently researching processes of embodied meaning making and imagination across multiple disciplinary settings and large-scale research projects. I am participating in the ReleQuant research project in the Department of Physics to design and research digital tools for learning modern physics. I am also participating in the Mediascapes research project in the Department of Education to study digital practices of architects and the implications for curation and participation and the National Museum of Architecture.

Education

2015-2018: Postdoctoral fellow, Department of Education, University of Oslo

2010-2014: PhD candidate, InterMedia, University of Oslo

2013: Visiting Fellow - Educational Communication and Technology, New York University,  DOLCE lab under Professor Chris Hoadley 

2008-2009: Fulbright Scholar, Norway

2007: Master of Arts in Education: Learning, Design & Technology. Stanford University

2006: Bachelor of Science in Engineering: Product Design. Stanford University

Teaching

UV9120 - (PhD Course) Design-based Research and Case Studies

PED4550 – Design-Based Research, Virtual Ethnography, and Interaction Analysis

PED4510 - Learning, Creativity and Innovation

Honoraria

  • Fulbright Grant Award Winner 2008-09
  • Lois Roth Award 2008
Tags: Education, Museums, Learning Sciences, Imagination, Design-based research

Publications

  • Silseth, Kenneth; Steier, Rolf Erik Jorgenson & Arnseth, Hans Christian (2024). Exploring students’ immersive VR experiences as resources for collaborative meaning making and learning. International Journal of Computer-Supported Collaborative Learning. ISSN 1556-1607. doi: 10.1007/s11412-023-09413-0.
  • Kersting, Magdalena; Bondell, Jackie; Steier, Rolf & Myers, Mark (2023). Virtual reality in astronomy education: reflecting on design principles through a dialogue between researchers and practitioners. International Journal of Science Education, Part B: Communication and Public Engagement (IJSE). ISSN 2154-8455. doi: 10.1080/21548455.2023.2238871. Full text in Research Archive
  • Kersting, Magdalena; Amin, Tamer G.; Euler, Elias; Gregorcic, Bor; Haglund, Jesper & Hardahl, Liv Kondrup [Show all 7 contributors for this article] (2023). What Is the Role of the Body in Science Education? A Conversation Between Traditions. Science & Education. ISSN 0926-7220. doi: 10.1007/s11191-023-00434-7.
  • Paulsen, Lucas; Davidsen, Jacob & Steier, Rolf (2022). “Do you see what we see?” – Perspective-taking across realities. In Weinberger, Armin; Chen, Wenli; Hernández-Leo, Davinia & Chen, Bodong (Ed.), Proceedings of the 15th International Conference on Computer-Supported Collaborative Learning - CSCL 2022. International Society of the Learning Sciences (ISLS). ISSN 978-1-7373306-4-6. p. 300–303.
  • Pierroux, Palmyre; Steier, Rolf & Ludvigsen, Sten Runar (2022). Group Creativity in Adolescence: Relational, Material and Institutional Dimensions of Creative Collaboration. The Journal of the Learning Sciences. ISSN 1050-8406. doi: 10.1080/10508406.2022.2025813. Full text in Research Archive
  • Steier, Rolf & Davidsen, Jacob (2021). Adapting Interaction Analysis to CSCL: a systematic review. In Hmelo-Silver, Cindy E.; De Wever, Bram & Oshima, Jun (Ed.), Proceedings of the 14th International Conference on Computer-Supported Collaborative Learning - CSCL 2021. International Society of the Learning Sciences, Inc.. ISSN 978-1-7373306-2-2. p. 157–160.
  • Pierroux, Palmyre; Sauge, Birgitte & Steier, Rolf (2021). Exhibitions as a Collaborative Research Space for University-Museum Partnerships. In Achiam, Marianne; Haldrup, Michael & Drotner, Kirsten (Ed.), Experimental Museology. Institutions, Representations, Users.. Routledge. ISSN 9780367406776. p. 149–166.
  • Kersting, Magdalena; Haglund, Jesper & Steier, Rolf (2021). A growing body of knowledge. Science & Education. ISSN 0926-7220. doi: 10.1007/s11191-021-00232-z. Full text in Research Archive
  • Kersting, Magdalena; Steier, Rolf & Venville, Grady (2020). Exploring participant engagement during an astrophysics virtual reality experience at a science festival. International Journal of Science Education, Part B: Communication and Public Engagement (IJSE). ISSN 2154-8455. doi: 10.1080/21548455.2020.1857458. Full text in Research Archive
  • Steier, Rolf (2020). Designing for Joint Attention and Co-presence Across Parallel Realities. In Gresalfi, Melissa & Horn, I. (Ed.), The Interdisciplinarity of the Learning Sciences, 14th International Conference of the Learning Sciences (ICLS) 2020, Volume 3. International Society of the Learning Sciences (ISLS). ISSN 978-1-7324672-7-9. p. 1309–1316.
  • Steier, Rolf & Christidou, Dimitra (2020). Embodying Artistic Process in Art Gallery Visits. In Knutson, Karen; Okada, Takeshi & Crowley, Kevin (Ed.), Multidisciplinary Approaches to Art Learning and Creativity Fostering Artistic Exploration in Formal and Informal Settings. Routledge. ISSN 9780815361886. p. 22–46. doi: 10.4324/9781351114035-3. Full text in Research Archive
  • Ludvigsen, Sten Runar & Steier, Rolf (2019). Reflections and looking ahead for CSCL: digital infrastructures, digital tools, and collaborative learning. International Journal of Computer-Supported Collaborative Learning. ISSN 1556-1607. 14(4), p. 415–423. doi: 10.1007/s11412-019-09312-3.
  • Steier, Rolf; Shapiro, Ben; Christidou, Dimitra; Pierroux, Palmyre; Davidsen, Jacob & Hall, Rogers (2019). Tools and Methods for ‘4E Analysis’: New Lenses for Analyzing Interaction in CSCL, A Wide Lens: Combining Embodied, Enactive, Extended, and Embedded Learning in Collaborative Settings. 13th International Conference on Computer Supported Collaborative Learning (CSCL) 2019, Volume 2.. International Society of the Learning Sciences (ISLS). ISSN 978-1-7324672-4-8. p. 759–766. Full text in Research Archive
  • Steier, Rolf; Kersting, Magdalena & Silseth, Kenneth (2019). Imagining with improvised representations in CSCL environments. International Journal of Computer-Supported Collaborative Learning. ISSN 1556-1607. 14(1), p. 109–136. doi: 10.1007/s11412-019-09295-1. Full text in Research Archive
  • Pierroux, Palmyre; Steier, Rolf & Sauge, Birgitte (2019). Imagining, Designing and Exhibiting Architecture in the Digital Landscape. In Makitalo, Åsa; Nicewong, Todd E. & Elam, Mark (Ed.), Designs for Experimentation and Inquiry. Approaching Learning and Knowing in Digital Transformation. Routledge. ISSN 978-1-13-8592711. doi: 10.4324/9780429489839-6.
  • Steier, Rolf & Kersting, Magdalena (2019). Metaimagining and embodied conceptions of spacetime. Cognition and Instruction. ISSN 0737-0008. 37(2), p. 145–168. doi: 10.1080/07370008.2019.1580711. Full text in Research Archive
  • Kersting, Magdalena & Steier, Rolf (2018). Understanding Curved Spacetime: The Role of the Rubber Sheet Analogy in Learning General Relativity. Science & Education. ISSN 0926-7220. 27(7-8), p. 593–623. doi: 10.1007/s11191-018-9997-4. Full text in Research Archive
  • Pierroux, Palmyre & Steier, Rolf (2016). Making it Real: Transforming a University and Museum Research Collaboration into a Design Product. In Svihla, Vanessa & Reeve, Richard (Ed.), Design as Scholarship. Case Studies from the Learning Sciences. Routledge. ISSN 9781138891654. p. 115–129.
  • Jornet, Alfredo & Steier, Rolf (2015). The matter of space: Bodily performances and the emergence of boundary objects during multidisciplinary design meetings. Mind, Culture, and Activity. ISSN 1074-9039. 22(2), p. 129–151. doi: 10.1080/10749039.2015.1024794.

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  • Pierroux, Palmyre & Steier, Rolf (2023). Expert and non-expert narratives in a hybrid reality architecture exhibition.
  • Steier, Rolf (2023). Expert and non-expert narratives in a hybrid reality architecture exhibition.
  • Domanchin, Morgane Barbara; Arnseth, Hans Christian; Silseth, Kenneth & Steier, Rolf (2023). Co-designing for Immersive Learning Experiences in the Classroom .
  • Engen, Bård Ketil; Helle-Valle, Jo; Giæver, Tonje Hilde; Karstensen, Steinar; Steier, Rolf Erik Jorgenson & Storm-Mathisen, Ardis (2023). Planlagt og gjennomført fakultetsseminar om digitalisering på fakultet for lærerutdanning on internasjonale studier (DIGILUI).
  • Pierroux, Palmyre & Steier, Rolf Erik Jorgenson (2023). Experts and novice narratives in a virtual architecture exhibition.
  • Engen, Bård Ketil; Steier, Rolf & Giæver, Tonje Hilde (2023). Digitalisering ved GFU.
  • Arnseth, Hans Christian; Silseth, Kenneth & Steier, Rolf (2022). Co-developing Immersive Learning Experiences in Interdisciplinary Projects in Upper Secondary Education.
  • Aardalen, Henrikke Flittig & Steier, Rolf (2020). Understanding Visitors’ Immersive Experiences in a Multisensory Architecture Exhibition.
  • Beck, Eevi Elisabeth; Stalenget, Thale Kristin; Lie, Elin Rødahl & Steier, Rolf (2020). Being and Not-Being at NERA. Towards Research Practices Responsive to Planetary Capacity.
  • Pierroux, Palmyre; Steier, Rolf; Liu, Thomas; Qvale, Anne; Sauge, Birgitte & Rudi, Jøran [Show all 7 contributors for this article] (2019). Virtual Reality Architecture Exhibitions: Means for Experimenting with Future Objects in Anticipation Studies.
  • Steier, Rolf & Pierroux, Palmyre (2019). Mapping Mediated Interaction in Museums: VisiTracker tool for ethnographic observations of visitor groups.
  • Pierroux, Palmyre; Steier, Rolf & Qvale, Anne (2019). Studying Visitors' Exhibition Experiences in a Virtual Reality Environment.
  • Steier, Rolf & Beck, Eevi Elisabeth (2018). Presence and Meaning Making.
  • Steier, Rolf & Kersting, Magdalena (2018). When a sandwich becomes the earth: imagination and creativity with improvised representations.
  • Sauge, Birgitte; Qvale, Anne & Steier, Rolf (2018). Skogen i huset. Utforsking av parallelle virkeligheter. [Internet]. Nasjonalmuseet nettsider.
  • Pierroux, Palmyre; Steier, Rolf; Sauge, Birgitte; Grefsgård, Ulf & Qvale, Anne (2018). Arkitekturutstilling eksperimenterer med VR- teknologi og lyd. [Internet]. UiO nettsider.
  • Pierroux, Palmyre & Steier, Rolf (2018). Group Creativity in Early Adolescence: Relational and Material Aspects of Collaborative Interactions.
  • Kersting, Magdalena & Steier, Rolf (2018). Gravity, imagination and embodied conceptions of spacetime.
  • Sauge, Birgitte; Pierroux, Palmyre & Steier, Rolf (2018). Skogen i huset. Utforskning av parallelle virkeligheter.
  • Sauge, Birgitte & Steier, Rolf (2018). Real Visitors and Virtual Reality in Architecture Exhibitions.
  • Kersting, Magdalena & Steier, Rolf (2017). GRAVITY, IMAGINATION AND EMBODIED CONCEPTIONS OF SPACETIME.
  • Steier, Rolf (2016). Designing learning spaces: moving between schools and museums.
  • Steier, Rolf (2016). Conceptual Understanding and Embodied Learning in General Relativity.
  • Steier, Rolf (2016). Making Do-ing: On the Emergence of Representation and Meaning in Collaborative Design Work.
  • Steier, Rolf (2016). Imagining Space and Time: distributed imagination in upper secondary physics classrooms.
  • Pierroux, Palmyre; Steier, Rolf & Sauge, Birgitte (2016). Digital curation and expert practices in museums: A case study of archiving and exhibiting architectural design.
  • Steier, Rolf (2014). Designing Interactives in Art Museums: Situating Learning Technologies and Interactions in Gallery Space .
  • Steier, Rolf (2014). Embodied Meaning Making and the Museum: Bodies, Artifacts, and Spaces in Sociocultural Approaches to Museum Learning and Design. Akademika forlag.

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