Kjartan Skogly Kversøy

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What if I don’t want confidentiality when asked to participate in qualitative research?

Not so long ago I was asked to participate in qualitative research. This was an in depth intervju and I was assured anonymity. I said that I would only participate under my full name. The...

10 January 2019 9,337 5 View

What are your views on studies that claim that writing by hand seem to engage the brain in a better way?

I challenge my students to put away their laptops in the classroom and use pencil/pen and paper instead. The laptop is often a distraction more than a learning tool. My experience is that this...

01 January 1970 3,768 11 View

What is your university doing to make exams that are better suited for online use?

Some Norwegian universities are experiencing a lot of cheating on exams this semester. It is challenging to make online exams that are secured against cheating. Multiple choice exams are useless....

01 January 1970 3,745 46 View

What medium do the students at your university prefer for taking notes and reading?

Recently youth, age 16-19 in upper secondary schools in Norway, were asked what were their preferred medium was for taking notes and for reading. They surprised us. The majority answered that they...

01 January 1970 4,652 50 View

What is the effect of the production of fishmeal and fish oil for pellets for salmon farming on local food security in places like West Africa?

There are claims that 1/5 of all wild fish caught is used for production of fishmeal and fish oil. Most of this is used for fish farming. Most of the fish used to make fishmeal and fish oil is...

01 January 1970 6,456 8 View

What makes your grandmother special?

So many people have warm feelings about their grandmothers? What makes your grandmother special?

01 January 1970 6,234 20 View

For you, what is reflective research?

In the book "Reflexive Methodology" the authors Mats Alvesson and Kaj Sköldberg (2009) challenges researchers to reflect systematically over their research methodology. For you, what is reflective...

01 January 1970 6,419 5 View

When you are in a development or learning process, do you prefer "pencil and paper" or your computer?

I find that my computer often limits my thinking. I feel much more free in my thinking when I have paper and pencil. When you are in a development or learning process, do you prefer "pencil and...

01 January 1970 5,306 18 View

What are the recommended articles on aquaponics in India?

I have been reading a little about aquaponics in India. One example is: https://aquaponicsinindia.com/ This discussion is just starting in our country. Fish farming in our country is being...

01 January 1970 7,311 3 View

How can patients with damage to the brain in areas that contain executive functions best train new ways of living?

Patients with damage to the brain in areas that contain executive functions can often struggle with getting in to action and handeling a lot of information at the same time. How can these patiens...

01 January 1970 6,322 1 View

How can we further develop our schools that to a greater degree tap into the motivational forces within youth?

For youth, as for everyone else, life here and now is important and urgent. It is not easy to be continuously motivated for preparing for an unknown future. Motivational energy seems to be closely...

01 January 1970 8,183 3 View

What is your university doing to meet the challenges with the coronavirus?

Some universities have been very swift at developing clear guidelines for handling the coranvirus situation. What is your university doing to meet this challenge?

01 January 1970 6,091 88 View

How can universities to a larger degree educate students that have relevant competence and are prepared for their future work?

Some companies are criticizing higher education for not adapting their education in a way that is relevant for the jobs the students will actually work in. How can universities to a larger degree...

01 January 1970 4,416 62 View

How do you differentiate between assessment and evaluation - and do your students understand the difference?

Assessment is sometimes understood as the feedback the student gives to the teacher about the student’s learning. Evaluation in contrast is sometimes understood as the methods and measures used to...

01 January 1970 8,576 29 View

How do you challenge your students to prepare for a rapidly changing world?

Universities face the challenge that their students might not be learning what they need for their future work life. This is a problem that is already bringing about, claimed by some, alternative...

01 January 1970 3,530 24 View

What are the success factors of your online teaching during this COVID-19 semester? Please share your experiences so we all can get better.

We have been testing different strategies of online teaching this semester. We have found some success factors. 1. The students need some basic information on how each lesson is planned and some...

01 January 1970 925 29 View

What exercises do you use in class to help the students reflect systematically over the topic they are working with?

How do you fasilitate reflection in your classes? What exercises do you use in class to help the students reflect systematically over the topic they are working with? It is good if you have...

01 January 1970 1,045 15 View

What have you experienced as the ideal number of students attending online classes?

Teaching during Covid-19 has given a lot of new experience in the field of online teaching. What have you experienced as the ideal number of students attending online classes?

01 January 1970 7,966 91 View

What is your advice to your students on how to study smart and effective?

Many students struggle with their studies. Often it is not their skills or their use of energy. Many students study hard but not smart or effective. Often it is all down to the way they study....

01 January 1970 9,753 48 View

What exercises do you use in class to help the students to interact and collaborate?

My students often make comments that they feel that they learn better if they get time to think individually, discuss further with the student sitting beside them and finally share their...

01 January 1970 6,037 97 View

How do you work with your students to get them to understand and apply the ethics of care?

Working with "the ethics of care" is a challenge for the students. They do understand the thinking, but they struggle with the actual application in to real life situations. Utility and economic...

01 January 1970 4,099 14 View

How do you work with students to develop their power of judgement and understanding of good quality?

To learn can be understood as discovering for oneself, and to master can be understood as to be able to do for oneself at a certain level of quality. How do you work with your students to develop...

01 January 1970 8,562 6 View

What strategies do you have to empower your students?

It is a challenge to get students to take control over their own learning process. What strategies do you have to empower your students? How do you take an active role to facilitate this? What...

01 January 1970 10,084 6 View

What are the most common assessment practices among teachers/academic staff in the schools/universities you know?

What are the most common assessment practices among teachers/academic staff at the schools/universities you know? ... and do you know anything about the students' preferences when it comes to...

01 January 1970 6,357 34 View

What do I do when the students would like to take over some of the teaching?

In one of my courses we had been working a lot with enmancipation and participation. One of my very capable students challenged me, in a pleasant way, and asked if the students could take turns at...

01 January 1970 4,973 14 View

Are there any real reasons to keep on learning handwriting in school?

Children in many countries do very little handwriting anymore. Is this really a problem? Is it time to stop using time to learn handwriting in school? What can we gain from this? What do we lose?

01 January 1970 3,013 12 View

What are the benefits of almond oil for sensitive skin care?

I have read claims that almond oil are beneficial for people that are sensitive for most other ingrediens. What are the benefits of almond oil for skin care?

01 January 1970 320 9 View

Is the use of biochar equally beneficial to all types of soil?

I have been reading articles about the beneficial use of biochar in agriculture in Bangladesh. Is the use of biochar equally beneficial to all types of soil? Would this be equally applicable to...

01 January 1970 3,745 29 View

How do you give credit to co-researchers that do the practical exploration and experiments in a research project, but do not write?

I am interested in hearing on how different researchers give credit to co-researchers that do essential practical exploration work and experiments in their projects, but are not taking part...

01 January 1970 3,471 6 View

What can teacher students learn from telling each other about their best experiences with teachers and learning during their own education?

I have a challenge that it would be interesting to get other teacher educators to try out with their own students. I have asked my own teacher students to tell me and each other about their best...

01 January 1970 5,358 19 View

What is the reason you became an academic?

Career guidance can for some be an important element in their choice of career. For some it is tradition og the wishes from parents. For some there was a path of many more or less intended...

01 January 1970 5,902 8 View

How can teacher students develop further and not only be copies of the teachers they had at school?

I am concerned about the development of teacher students. Often the habit of their own school years as students/pupils is deeply embedded in their own way of teaching. This is no problem if the...

01 January 1970 1,002 30 View

What is the current best research and articles on the benefits and challenges with no-till farming?

I am talking to farmers that are sceptical about no-till farming and how it can contribute to better yields and how it actually can capture/preserve carbon in the earth. What is the current best...

01 January 1970 8,590 8 View

Does anyone know about articles related to the development of wooden pencil production in India?

There is a large production of wooden pencils in India. It would be very interesting to get to know more about how this industry developed in India. Does anyone know about articles related to...

01 January 1970 3,689 15 View

What are the reactions against students caught cheating at your university?

I understand there are different reactions against students caught cheating. At our university students caught cheating are expelled for one year. How is this handled at your institution?

01 January 1970 1,084 58 View

Can anyone elaborate on the drone technology used for transporting vaccines in Ghana?

I am curious about the drones being used in Ghana for transporting vaccines to remote areas. I have heard claims that each trip costs less than 20 Euro and can carry up to 2000 doses (1,7kg) of...

01 January 1970 1,410 14 View

Does your university offer academic guidance in groups? What are important factors for successful for collective academic guidance?

Universities like Aarhus University and Oslo Metropolitan University offer academic guidance in groups of four to eight students. Does your university offer collective academic guidance? What is...

01 January 1970 497 14 View

Does your university offer career guidance to the students?

I am interested in career guidance of students. Does your University offer this? How does it work? When can the students get career guidance at your institution?

01 January 1970 7,036 87 View

What is the effect of rain on grass pollen?

Some people with allergies claim that they sometimes experience more symptoms after rain. What is the effect of rain on grass pollen?

01 January 1970 8,909 16 View

For you, what are key factors in career guidance of refugees when they arrive to your country?

In Norway it is a policy to facilitate refugees through career guidance. The aim is to get people in to work as soon as possible. The idea is that this will benefit the refugees and help with...

01 January 1970 685 3 View