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We offer five online writing courses in English. Click the pictures and read the detailed course descriptions.

 

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Morten Flate Paulsen - Rektor Campus NooA

Morten Flate Paulsen is CEO of NooA, professor of online education, Acting Secretary General for ICDE – the International Council of Distance and Online Education and former President of EDEN – the European Distance and E-Learning Network, Norway.

My four favourite online education words are flexibility, cooperation, transparency and celebration. Four words that guide my work and are central in my Theory of Cooperative Freedom and Transparency in Online Education.

I have advocated, practiced and studied online education since I started developing the EKKO learning management system in 1986. In 2012, I established NooA – the Nordic open online Academy which has given me hands on experience in most imaginable functions of online education. Besides, I work as a part-time professor of online education at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology. In 2017 I was appointed Vice Chair of the ICDE Board of Trustees and Member of Reference Group at the ICDE Global Doctoral Consortium. In these positions, I benefit from my time as President of EDEN – the European Distance and E-Learning Network and as a member of EADL – the European Association for Distance Learning R&D committee.

For many years, I thrived as director of development at NKI Nettstudier. There, I designed the EKKO computer conferencing and LMS system for distance education and initiated the NKI Internet College in 1987. This was probably the first European online college, and I’m still proud of being a central pioneer and implementer in the period when NKI developed its unique SESAM LMS system and excelled as one of Europe’s first megaproviders of online education and Scandinavia’s largest provider of online courses.

I learned a lot from my years as a doctoral student of adult education and instructional systems at the Pennsylvania State University. My dissertation was on «Teaching Techniques for Computer-mediated Communication» and my research included a survey of 150 online teachers in 30 countries. There, I established The Distance Education Online Symposium (DEOS) in 1990, when working as a graduate assistant at the American Center for the Study of Distance Education. I’m still proud of being the founding editor of DEOSNEWS and the first moderator of DEOS-L – among the world’s very first international online journals and discussion forums.

I also appreciate the friends and colleagues I met, both face-to-face and in Moodle, when I worked part time for Universidade Aberta in Portugal and was appointed Adjunct Professor, at the Athabasca University, Centre for Distance Education in Canada.

I gained valuable experience as regional editor for IRRODL (The International Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning) and EURODL (The European Journal of Open, Distance and E-Learning). I also have some experience from the Editorial Board of the Asian Journal of Distance Education and seminar.net.

I have enjoyed sharing my views and experience in a number of Keynote presentations and probably more than 50 other presentations at international conferences. Looking back, I have also published more papers than I can remember and edited at least twenty major books and reports about online education. More than 100 of my publications are listed in Google Scholar.

Finally, I want to say that I have developed a strong belief in international collaboration through participation in more than a dozen international projects related to e-learning and online education.

My education

Doctor of Education at the Pennsylvania State University, Department of Adult Education and Instructional Systems.

Master of Science in Engineering at the Norwegian Institute of Technology (The University of Trondheim), Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science.

My part-time engagements in online education

2017 – Vice Chair at the ICDE Board of Trustees

2017  – Member of Reference Group at the ICDE Global Doctoral Consortium

2016 –  Professor II at the Department of Computer Science, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway

2016 – Board member at FUN – Flexible Education Norway

2013 – 2015. Professor II at Sør-Trøndelag University College, Norway

2012 – 2013. Professor II at Gjøvik University College, Norway

2010 – 2013. President of EDEN – European Distance and E-learning Network

2009 – 2010. Professor associado at Universidade Aberta, Portugal

2004 – 2010. Member of the R&D committee of the European Association for Distance Learning.

1999 – 2005. Appointed Adjunct Professor at the Athabasca University, Centre for Distance Education, Canada

My work history in online education

2012 – CEO of Campus NooA – the Nordic open online Academy

1992 – 2012. NKI Distance Education, Program Director, Director of Development and Professor of Online Education.

1990 – 1992. Doctoral Student at Pennsylvania State University, Editor of DEOS – the Distance Education Online Symposium, and Graduate Assistant at the American Center for the Study of Distance Education.

1989 – 1990. The NKI College of Computer Science, Project Manager for the development, implementation and operation of «The NKI Electronic College».

1986 – 1989. The NKI College of Computer Science, Assistant Professor. Engaged as Project Manager for the EKKO-project, i.e. development, implementation and operation of a computer mediated conferencing system for distance education.

Morten Flate Paulsen
Lars Rudolf Stadil

Lars Rudolf Stadil

Lars Rudolf Stadil er dansk forfatter med doktorgrad i filosofi. Han er en av grunnleggerne bak www.forfatterskole.dk og medlem av NooAs Advisory Board. Han har arbeidet som redaktør, idéutvikler, anmelder og høgskolelærer.

Han er NooAs samarbeidspartner på Forfatterskolen.

Lars Rudolf Stadil

Student testimonials

Siri Hjartholm anbefaler skrivekurs på nett

Siri Hjartholm anbefaler skrivekurs på nett

”Skrivekursene til Campus NooA passer meg svært godt fordi jeg kunne begynne når jeg selv ville, og fordi jeg kunne jobbe med dem når jeg hadde ledig tid. Oppgavene var inspirerende, samtidig som kommentarene og tilbakemeldingene jeg fikk fra lærerne var både nyttige og inspirerende.”

Siri Hjartholm er daglig leder i TaStyring (www.tastyring.no) der hun som coach arbeider med leder- og selvutvikling. Siri Hjartholm er glad i å skrive og er helt avhengig av skriftlig kommunikasjon i jobben sin. Derfor har hun lenge ønsket å videreutvikle sine skriveferdigheter. Utfordringen har vært å få tid til dette i en travel hverdag.

Siri Hjartholm

Herleif Håvik anbefaler Forfatterskole på det varmeste

Jeg anbefaler Forfatterskole på det varmeste

Alle reiser startet med et første skritt. Så også drømmen om å skrive. Kursene til Forfatterskole var for meg en god begynnelse og en berikende opplevelse.

Kriteriene mine for å velge kurs var like enkle som de var vanskelige å oppfylle. Det måtte passe inn i hverdagens tidsklemme og samtidig gi meg skriveerfaring, praktiske verktøy og ikke minst konstruktive tilbakemeldinger –alt til en overkommelig pris.

Jeg har nå fullført grunnkursene I og II, masterklassen og fortellervinkler. Kursene bygger fint på hverandre. Oppgavene og verktøyene introduseres i et fint tempo og med stigende kompleksitet. Min stilsikkerhet har blomstret i takt med kursene. Tekstene mine er grundigere gjennomarbeidet og jeg er blitt en bedre formidler.

Språkbruk er noe svært personlig. Tilbakemeldinger blir derfor lett tatt personlig. Det var ikke et problem her. Jeg sitter igjen med en følelse av at kurslederen hadde fokus på mine tekster og ville mitt beste. Tilbakemeldingene var vennlige, konstruktive og oppmuntrende. Samtidig ble de gitt med autoritet, av personer som selv er publiserte forfattere.

Hvor min nye kunnskap og evner tar meg, vet jeg ikke. Og det er heller ikke viktig. Jeg har blitt utfordret, lært mye og hatt det morsomt underveis.

Herleif Håvik

Kristin Manger Lindner anbefaler Campus NooA på det varmeste

Kristin Manger Lindner

Jeg anbefaler Campus NooA på det varmeste, det er inspirerende å være student her!

Som selvstendig næringsdrivende er jeg i kontakt med en rekke mennesker, organisasjoner og bedrifter med jevne mellomrom. I den forbindelse er det viktig å kunne uttrykke meg troverdig, strukturert og engasjerende.

I fjor begynte jeg å skrive fortellinger og bøker, noe helt annet det jeg har jobbet med tidligere. Karakterer og historier rett og slett sloss om å få komme ut og jeg hadde behov for å finne en ny måte å uttrykke meg på. Jeg henvendte meg til Campus NooA som ikke bare svarte i løpet av få timer, men kom med en seriøs tilbakemelding til hvordan de mente at de kunne hjelpe meg i min situasjon.

Undervisningsopplegget er godt lagt opp med teori, oppgaveskriving og tankedelinger. I et on-line forum kan studenter «tenke høyt» ved å dele sin oppfatning av gitte påstander og spørsmål med andre studenter.

Min erfaring som student hos Campus NooA er at de er tilgjengelige, lydhøre og oppriktig entusiastiske på mine vegne. De faglige utfordringene er spennende, lærerike og motiverende.

Les også dette intervjuet der Kristin Manger Lindner forteller om sine erfaringer som nettstudent.

Kristin Manger Lindner

 

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Find your course and start today. Learn when and where you want – in a social environment with excellent teachers and individual support.

 

Our online writing courses are developed in collaboration with Forfatterskole.dk. They are also available as norske skrivekurs, svenske skrivekurs and danske skrivekurs.

Want to be a writer?

We have online writing courses for beginners and experienced writers. Good online teachers provide advice and feedback to improve your writing.

The online writing courses are developed for everyone who want to develop their writing and language skills: bloggers, journalists, writers, executives, seniors and students.

Brief information about the online writing courses

The writing courses

Writing course I

Writing course I concentrates on developing the natural language and writing skills that we all, in one way or another, possess. We look at both theory and practice in relation to the ‘melody’ of language, personal style and artistic means employed by authors and other artists. Through course content, practical exercises and constructive criticism, we attempt to answer the Who, What and Where of the author.

Writing course II

Writing course II is building on Writing course I. It has six units which consist of readings, tasks and shared reflections. In each unit, there is an assignment you must submit. Your teacher will give you feedback and good advice on your submissions.

Masterclass

The Masterclass course is geared toward the more seasoned language user, writer, or author, with a good grasp of language who still requires an introduction to techniques and tools that are useful in larger projects. The course includes collections of short stories, novels and larger prose texts. There is a significant amount of homework, and the feedback is more detailed than in writing courses I and II.

Author Course

Author Course is a favorable offer if you want to study all the first three courses: Writing course I, Writing course II and Master Class. Please contact post@nooa.no if you want more information.

Narrative angles

The narrative angles course has seven units which you can study at your own pace, when it is convenient for you. Each unit includes some theory, opportunities to share reflections with other students and an assignment for submission. Your teacher will give you personal advice and feedback on you submitted submissions. If you are not so concerned with detailed criticism, and you are looking for a writing course where the joy of writing and inspiration are at the core, then our narration angles course is the natural choice.

Manuscript

This Manuscript course has five units which comprise the introductory phases of the manuscript work. They focus on the back cover text, the plot, the characters, the dramatic structure and the novel´s roadmap, before it put all the preparatory work together. In addition to the five units, you may also have three consultations with your writing coach.

Have you reached a dead end half way into a novel? Has your manuscript been returned by a publisher? Do you need input to help you rework it? If this is you, then our Manuscript course is the natural choice. We take our starting point in your manuscript, giving you the tools to rework and improve it.

Writers Lounge

In Writers Lounge, participants can share their texts, ask questions and provide comments to participants in all the writing courses. All participants in our writing courses have free access to the Writers Lounge.