Geir Hareide Hansen
Leader (Head Teacher), Nordland County Virtual School, Norway
Geir Hareide Hansen is the current leader of Nordland County Virtual School established 1. August 2014. Before this he was the Head of Office of COLT - Competence Center for Learning and Technology at the University of Nordland. He has quite a long experience in developing web- and practice-based education, and is now the leader of an upper secondary virtual school in Nordland County in Norway. He has among other activities participated and contributed in several national and international conferences the past years, for instance Bett (London 2012, 2014), EDEN (Dublin 2011), ECER (Cadiz 2012). He has also written a chapter in a Norwegian book called “helse.digital” ("health.digital") - the chapter is focusing on tips and tricks for both students and teachers regarding the use of generic LMS’s. He is currently writing a chapter in a book about communication, where as the chapter is focusing on digital communication at your own workplace.