Elsebeth Korsgaard Sorensen

Elsebeth Korsgaard Sorensen is a senior lecturer in ICT and Learning in the Department of Communication, Aalborg University, Denmark. She is head of the online master programme in ICT & learning, offered collaboratively by five Danish universities. Her international research focuses on collaborative dialogue and knowledge building online, pedagogical design and delivery of networked learning, and implementation of electronic portfolios as reflective tools in online learning process. Sorensen presents her research at international conferences, frequently as keynote speaker, and she has published extensively in international journals and books within the field. She serves on the editorial board of several international journals, and on program committees of international conferences within the field.

Publications

Reflection and Intellectual Amplification in Online Communities of Collaborative Learning
Reflection and Intellectual Amplification in Online Communities of Collaborative Learning
Elsebeth Korsgaard Sorensen. © 2008. 11 pages.
An alternative theoretical framework for analyzing and designing computer-supported collaborative learning environments is introduced. Bateson’s theory (1973) is used as a...
Enhancing Learning Through Technology
Enhancing Learning Through Technology
Elsebeth Korsgaard Sorensen, Daithi O Murchu. © 2006. 335 pages.
Digital technology for learning enhancement has been accepted in all levels of education, incorporating the ambitions of challenging traditional educational paradigms for the...
Enhancing the Design of a Successful Networked Course Collaboration: An Outsider Perspective
Enhancing the Design of a Successful Networked Course Collaboration: An Outsider Perspective
Rema Nilakanta, Laura Zurita, Olatz López Fernandez, Elsebeth Korsgaard Sorensen, Eugene S. Takle. © 2006. 19 pages.
This chapter presents a preliminary critique of an online transatlantic collaboration designed for collaborative learning. The critique by external reviewers using qualitative...
Identifying an Appropriate, Pedagogical, Networked Architecture for Online Learning Communities
Identifying an Appropriate, Pedagogical, Networked Architecture for Online Learning Communities
Elsebeth Korsgaard Sorensen, Daithí Ó Murchu. © 2006. 26 pages.
This chapter addresses the problem of enhancing quality of online learning processes through pedagogic design. Based on our earlier research findings from analysis of two...
Reflection and Intellectual Amplification in Online Communities of Collaborative Learning
Reflection and Intellectual Amplification in Online Communities of Collaborative Learning
Elsebeth Korsgaard Sorensen. © 2004. 20 pages.
An alternative theoretical framework for analyzing and designing computer-supported collaborative learning environments is introduced. Bateson’s theory (1973) is used as a...