CV – Therese Örnberg Berglund
During 2010 I am on parental leave.
General
Date of birth: 1978-05-02
Nationality: Swedish
Languages: Swedish, English, German
Work related interests: digitally-supported communication, emerging communication situations, ICT for learning, Interaction Design
Private interests: family and friends, traveling, boatlife, golfing, skiing, singing
Research
Ethnographic field studies
As part of my PhD project, I have conducted ethnographic field studies, both on site and online. More information is available here: http://www.multitalking.se/thestudies.html
Publications
I have published on computer-mediated communication, the notion of presence, and on ICT in language education. More information is available here: http://www.multitalking.se/publications.html
Presentations
From 2001 and onward, I have given more than 25 presentations on topics such as constructivist learning on the internet, distance education, presence in online interaction and multimodality in virtual environments. More information is available here: http://www.multitalking.se/presentations.html
Work experience
Linköping University
(March 2009 - December 2009)
Coordinator for the ICT-studio (IKT-studion) at Linköping University
HUMlab, Umeå University
- Network coordinator – ITAS
(2002-2005)
ITAS: A Swedish national network for information technology in academic language education
Tasks: Creation and maintenance of web page; creation of meeting space in ActiveWorlds; preparation of instructions for, and organization and moderation of online events in ActiveWorlds, in Traveler, in FlashMeeting and in Yahoo! /events IRL, distributed via the internet; reporting in writing from these and other events (some examples can be found here). Providing support to teachers and students using these tools in their distance courses.
- Presentations of HUMlab
(2002–)
Presenting HUMlab to different groups at different occassions.
- Managerial tasks in HUMlab
(2006 - 2007)
Organizing weekly meetings, writing the annual report etc.
- Teaching in HUMlab
(2002-2007)
About 10 short courses on topics such as constructivist learning on the internet, transcribing and analyzing video, virtual environments and real-time interaction in distance education.
- Course development HUMlab
(2005-2007)
Member of the groups working with the development of courses and programs:
- web media for language consultants
- “Information technology for humanists”
- early stages of development of a masters program in the humanities and information technology.
Open University, Milton Keynes, England
- Visiting Research Assistant
(December 2005)
Visiting Research Assistant at the Department of Languages, Open University, Milton Keynes, England. Here I was involved in one of the projects of the INTELLECT research group, dealing with multimodal transcription and analysis.
The Department of Modern Languages, Umeå University
- Teaching
(2005–)
- Writing proficency and grammar for the International Business Program
- Cyberculture and translation on the net course
- Computer-Assisted Language Learning and Computer-Mediated Communication for practicing teachers
- Distance education development
(2005-2007)
Development of the oral component of the distance education courses at the department.
Projects
- EUROCALL Virtual Strand 2006 (member of the planning group and of the blogging team of this first attempt at a Virtual Strand to the EUROCALL conference)
- Moblogging Jokkmokk 2004
- The Virtual Weddings Project 2001
Organized activities
- DIRN workshop (August 2006)
- Over the years that I have worked in HUMlab, I have had the opportunity to help out in connection to different activities organized there.
Other responsibilities
- National representative for EUROCALL in Sweden
(2005–)
- Student representative on the board of the Centre of Educational Technology, Umeå University
(2005-2006)
- Motherhood
In April 2007, I was blessed to welcome my son into the world. I was on maternity leave between April 2007 and March 2008, which explains the low activity rate during this year. During 2010, I am on parental leave again.
Education
- The PhD program for English linguistics, Umeå University (2003-2009)
- ICT and the Humanities Summer School, (Karlskrona, 2003)
- Upper secondary teacher diploma, Umeå University (German & English, January 2004)
- Exchange semester in Würzburg, Germany (Summer 2002)
- High school year in the States (1995-96)