Ansvarsområder
I sitt forskningsarbeid er Toril Aagaard spesielt opptatt av utdanningskvalitet og utvikling i teknologirike læringsmiljø. Hvordan forholder lærere seg til spenninger som oppstår når teknologi forårsaker at tradisjonelle didaktiske praksiser ikke fungerer som før? Hvordan utforskes teknologiens pedagogiske potensialer? På hvilke måter kan teknologi brukes til å aktivisere elever/studenter i utforskende læringsarbeid? Hvilken pedagogisk risiko er forbundet med bruk av teknologi i utdanning? Toril Aagaard har blant annet vært prosjektleder for LUDO «Læring og undervisning i digitale omgivelser», vært ansvarlig for USNs bidrag i DIVA prosjektet ved UiO, og jobber nå i SIMPOROF. I alle prosjektene flettes utvikling og forskning sammen og hensikten er å forberede lærerstudentene bedre for yrket og i den forbindelse bruke digitale teknologier på nye måter. For tiden har Aagaard 70 % permisjon for å jobbe med instructional design og prosjektledelse i Kongsberg Maritime.
Kompetanse
PhD i utdanningsvitenskap fra Institutt for lærerutdanning og skoleforskning v/Utdanningsvitenskaplig Fakultet, Universitetet i Oslo
Avhandling: Technology vs. traditions? A study of how Teachers of Norwegian and Media approach technology-mediated affordances and constraints.
CV
Kongsberg Maritime
2023 - Instructional Design, Kongsberg Maritime
University College of South East Norway
2015 – Post-doctoral educational researcher, teacher educator and project leader
2009 – 2015 Doctoral student
2004 – 2009 Assistant Professor in Pedagogy
Telemark Institute for Research, Notodden
2007 – 2009 Researcher (20 %)
Norwegian Business School
2004 Assistant professor
2002-2004 Educational Consultant, HR-consultant, Project leader for ”The assistant professor in Focus”
Ministry of Church Affairs, Education and Research (Part-time engagement)
1999 Summarizing and presenting consultation statements
Practical pedagogical work
1993-2000 Diverse work with children and youth
Selected internal work assignments:
August – December 2017: Member of a work-group designing a Scholarship for Teaching and Learning model for USN.
August – October 2017: Leading the group applying Norwegian Agency for Digital Learning in Higher Education for project funding. USN received 20 million NOK.
August 2016 – December 2016: Member of a work-group suggesting strategies for how to develop educational quality and digital competence in a merged institution.
Selected external work assignments:
January 2016 – : Norwegian Agency for Digital Learning in Higher Education: Member of the expert group on “Digitization, quality and active learning”.
July – August 2017: Norwegian University of Science and Technology: Commission member. Evaluation of Associate Professor Competence.
September – October 2017: Norwegian University of Science and Technology: External assessor of applications for innovation funding
September 2016 – January 2017: Norwegian Agency for Quality Assurance in Education: Member of the expert committee evaluating applications for teacher education accreditations.
August 2016 – February 2017: University of Oslo, Department of Teacher Education and School Research: Evaluating the “digital exam model”.
2015 – : Diverse peer reviews for academic journals.