prof. UW dr hab. Joanna Nijakowska
prof. UW dr hab. Joanna Nijakowska
University of Warsaw, Centre for Foreign Language Teacher Training and European Education
Joanna Nijakowska is a university professor in the Centre for Foreign Language Teacher Training and European Education, University of Warsaw, Poland. Her research and publications focus is on foreign language acquisition and didactics, special educational needs, specific learning difficulties, inclusive foreign language classroom practices as well as foreign language teacher training and professional development. She was an initiator and co-ordinator of the award-winning (ELTons, European Language Label, Success Story) international projects (co-financed by the European Commission) and DysTEFL teacher training materials.
prof. Dina Tsagari
Department of Primary and Secondary Teacher Education, Faculty of Education and International Studies, OsloMet - Oslo Metropolitan University
Dina Tsagari, PhD, is a Professor at Oslo Metropolitan University, Norway. She has also worked for the University of Cyprus, the Greek Open University and the Polytechnic University of Hong Kong. She has researched and published in the field of learning difficulties (journal articles and book chapters) and has offered undergraduate and postgraduate courses, workshops and conference presentations in teaching and assessing EFL students with learning difficulties. She has supervised MA thesis and has participated in EU-funded projects (DysTEFL 1 and 1) in the field. Her research interests also include language testing and assessment, materials design and evaluation, differentiated instruction, multilingualism, and distance education. She coordinates research groups, e.g. CBLA SIG - EALTA, EnA - OsloMet and is involved in other EU-funded and other research projects (e.g. Kids4All, KriT, DINGLE, ENRICH, TALE, PALM, etc).
dr Agnieszka Kałdonek-Crnjaković
University of Warsaw, Faculty of Modern Languages, Institute of English Studies
Agnieszka’s research interests include special educational needs with a focus on specific learning difficulties, language learning strategies in reading and spelling, and strategy and differentiated second or foreign language instruction. Before joining academia, she worked as a foreign/second language and special needs teacher. She held the positions of a director of studies in language schools in Poland and Croatia, and of a special educational needs and English as an additional language coordinator in an all-through school in London, UK.
dr Astrid Gillespie
Oslo Metropolitan University
School teacher, PhD in Special needs education with a particular interest in language learning for students with special learning needs and inclusive classroom practices.
dr Hege Knudsmoen
Department of Primary and Secondary Education, Faculty of Education and International Studies, OsloMet
Hege Knudsmoen research interests are in the area of inclusive and special education, and internationalisation at home and abroad.
dr Norun Christine Sanderson
Department of Computer Science, OsloMet
Associate professor Norun Christine Sanderson is currently teaching a master level course on diversity and ICT barriers. She has been teaching courses and supervised students within the area of universal design of ICT and human-computer interaction since 2013, and was academic coordinator for a master program in universal design of ICT for several years. Relevant research within universal design of ICT include accessibility of digital learning management platforms and MOOCs from the teacher's perspective, teachers' awareness of universal design and their knowledge about how to make their courses and teaching materials universally designed, and the use of digital learning tools among dyslexic students. She has also participated in a pilot project on training and supporting university staff in making their digital learning materials universally designed and contributed to a university staff course on universal design of ICT. She has a PhD in Informatics from the University of Oslo.
prof. Weiqin Chen
Department of Computer Science, OsloMet
Weiqin Chen is a Professor at the Department of Computer Science at Oslo Metropolitan University and the leader of the Universal Design of ICT research group. She has many years of teaching practice and research experiences in human computer interaction, assistive technology, and universal design of ICT. Her current research interest is focused on digital accessibility in higher education.
Veerle Garrels
Department of Vocational Teacher Education, Oslo Metropolitan University
Veerle Garrels an associate professor and a PhD student in special needs education at Oslo Metropolitan University. Her doctoral study at the University of Oslo explores self-determination for students with intellectual disability. Her research interests include neurodevelopmental disorders, quality of life, quality of special education, student-participation and self-determination, school-work transition for students with special needs, and research on vulnerable groups.
As a teacher in higher education, Veerle is especially interested in how we may accommodate our teaching to a diverse student population, and she enjoys being creative in her course design.