PhD students

Gréta Björk Guðmundsdóttir – University of Oslo
The Norwegian Centre for ICT in Education

Title: From digital divide to digital opportunities?
Defense: May 30 2011 – Completed – congratulations DR. GRÉTA!
Co-adviser; Adviser: Dr. Birgit Brock-Utne professor við University of Oslo
Recent publications include

Guðmundsdóttir, G. B. &Jakobsdóttir, S. (2009). A digital divide: challenges and opportunites for learners and schools on each side. In H. B. Hólmarsdóttir og M. O’Dowd (Eds.), Nordic Voices: Teaching and researching comparative and international education in the Nordic countries (pp. 173-201). Rotterdam: SensePublishers.
Guðmundsdóttir, G. B. & Jakobsdóttir, S. (2009). Digital Divides: Learning and Lessons from Opposite Sides. In A. Gaskell og R. Mills (Eds.), The Cambridge International Conference on Open and Distance Learning 2009. Supporting learning in the digital age:rethinking inclusion, pedagogy and quality (collected conference papers and workshops on CD-ROM, ISBN 978-0-7492-29269) (pp. 177-188). Cambridge: Von Hügel Institute, St Edmund’s College, The Open University and The Commonwealth of Learning. http://www2.open.ac.uk/r06/documents/CambridgeConferenceMainPaper2009.pdf

Ásrún Matthíasdóttir School of Education – University of Iceland
Assistant professor University of Reykjavík
After they turn on the screen: Use of information and communication in upper secondary school in Iceland
Recent publications: Poster at Menntakvika 2010: Hvað segja kennarar? Reynsla og viðhorf framhaldsskólakennara til notkunar upplýsinga- og samskiptatækni (UST) í skólastarfi
Specialist/reader; supervisor: Dr. Jón Torfi Jónasson, professor and dean of School of Education – University of Iceland

Thomas Spencer D’Agostino School of Education – University of Iceland
Senior Coordinator, Arts & Health Academy
John Bartram High School, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.
Started fall 2011. Recent publication: Closing the Digital Divide: Using Web 2.0 Technology to Improve Academic Performance and Increase Digital Literacy Among Students in Urban Secondary Schools. Paper presented at the World Conference on Educational Multimedia, Hypermedia and Telecommunications(EDMEDIA) 2012.
From 2011
Adviser

School of Education – University of Iceland
Skúlína Kjartansdóttir (collaboration in a NordForsk project and evaluation project on tablet comuters in Norðlingaskóli)
Adviser

Recent publications:
Jakobsdóttir, S., Kjartansdóttir, S. H., Þórormsdóttir, H. Ó. S. og Pálsdóttir, R. L. (2012). Spjaldtölvur í Norðlingaskóla – þróunarverkefni 2012-2013: Áfangaskýrsla [Tablet computers in Nordlinga School – development project 2012-2013: A progress report]. Reykjavík: Centre for Educational Research on ICT and Media. https://skrif.hi.is/rannum/rannsoknir/utgafa-a-vegum-rannum/

Kjartansdóttir, S. H. og Jakobsdóttir, S. (2012). Participatory learning through introduction of tablet computers and 1:1 pedagogy in Norðlingaskóli, Reykjavík. Paper presented at a NordLAC meeting in Helsinki.

Skúlína Hlíf Kjartansdóttir og Sólveig Jakobsdóttir. (14.-16. March 2013). Tablet computers on trial: A transformative force in education? Paper presented at the Mobile LearningIADIS International Conference in Lissabon.

Master’s students

2011-2012

Helgi Þórhallsson, teacher Álfhólsskóla
M.Ed. project on the ICT and the elderly – quality of life. Completed spring 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/1946/12986
Adviser

Bergþóra Þórhallsdóttir, assistant principal Brekkuskóli
M.Ed. project: Effects of ICT and electronic governance on the role of the principal
Project linked to RANNÍS-project Þróun starfshátta í grunnskólum. Completed October 2011.
Presentation at the School Development conference November 2011
http://hdl.handle.net/1946/10279

Hildur Óskarsdóttir, project manager SagaMedia
Computer Games in Schools: Teachers‘ attitudes and experiences of using a simulation (Raunveruleikurinn) in financial education
Completed February 2012. Presented at Menntakvika 2011.
http://hdl.handle.net/1946/10905

Hólmfríður J. Ólafsdóttir, technology manager FÁ
M.Ed. project: Moving to Moodle at Fjölbrautaskólinn við Ármúla

María Ölversdóttir, Course Writer Assistant University of St. Augustine
M.Ed. project: An Assessment of Online Education by Online Course Faculty: A Delphi Study

Sigríður Halldóra Gunnarsdóttir
M.Ed. verkefni: Notkun heimilda vegna lokaverkefna nemenda á Menntavísindasviði [Use of references in relation to students’ master’s projects at the School of Education]

Sveinn Ingimarsson, math teacher Hagaskóli, Completed May 2011
M.Ed. project: Problem solving in math – via competition on the Math Games web (http://www.leikar.net)
http://skemman.is/en/item/view/1946/9107

2009-2010

Bryndís Ásta Böðvarsdóttir, consultant and designer at Mentor
Mentor í grunnskólum: þróun og innleiðing á Námsframvindu, nýrri einingu til að efla faglegt starf kennara. http://skemman.is/handle/1946/5670
Recent publications: Presentation and poster at Menntakvika 2010: MENTOR Í GRUNNSKÓLUM – Þróun og innleiðing Námsframvindu, nýrrar einingar til að efla faglegt starf kennara

Bryndís Ásta Bödvarsdóttir og Sólveig Jakobsdóttir. (2010). Keeping track of learning: the use and design of a new unit in InfoMentor, a school information system, EDEN ráðstefnunni. Valencia, Spáni.

Ingibjörg S. Helgadóttir, Danish teacher VÍ
„Þetta er náttúrulega heimur nemendanna …“: upplýsingatækni og miðlun í kennslu – notkun og viðhorf dönskukennara í framhaldsskólum. http://skemman.is/handle/1946/5664
Nýleg birting: Samnefnt erindi á Menntakviku-ráðstefnunni 2010

Anna Guðrún Sigurvinsdóttir
Verkefni á lesnámskeiðinu Tengslanet og netsamfélög – notkun og nýting í menntun)
Leiðbeinandi, kennari
Recent publication

Anna Guðrún Sigurvinsdóttir og Sólveig Jakobsdóttir. (2010). Fésbók í skólastarfi – boðin eða bannfærð? Netla – veftímarit um uppeldi og menntun, 9(2). http://netla.khi.is/menntakvika2010/001.pdf

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