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Dan Yngve Jacobsen

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Dan Yngve Jacobsen

Associate Professor
Department of Education and Lifelong Learning

dan.jacobsen@ntnu.no
+4773590457 +4741403003 Dragvoll
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About

Education:

1998: Ph.D. in Educational Science
Dissertation: Tutorial Processe in a Problem-based Learning Context; Medical Students' Reception and Negotiations. Trondheim, NTNU.  http://www.svt.ntnu.no/psy/Dan.Jacobsen/Utlegg%20i%20PDF-format/Dissertation%20PBL.pdf

1991: Master in Educational Science.
Dissertation: Lokalstyrt pedagogisk utviklingsarbeid i et handlingsperspektiv; En organisasjonsteoretisk drøfting og en case-studie av verdier, virkelighetsoppfatning og handlinger hos en gruppe forandringsorienterte lørere i videregående skole.

1991: Certified as "Lektor" (high-school teacher) by Sør-Trøndelag Fylkesskommune.

1983: Formal teacher training. University of Trondheim, Department of Teacher Training

1982: Bachelor of Social Sciences; Majors: Education, Psychology, Social Science and Social Economics.

Continuing education:
2015: 90 ICT Credits in English at the level of Bachelor (Tilsvarende mellomfag).

Relevant work experience:

1983 - 1992: High-school teacher, various schools.
1992 - 1997: Scholar and Ph.D. student: Higher Education Studies
1997 - 1999: High School teacher at Orkdal videregående skole, Orkdal, Norway and associate professor of education at Levanger University College, Research assistant at Department of Education at NTNU, Trondheim.
1999 - 2004: Head of Educational Development Unit at NTNU
2004 - 2005: Research Fellow at University of California, Santa Barbara
2005 - 2017: Associate Professor at NTNU; Dept for Psychology, Deparment of Teacher Training and Department of Education
2014 - 2016: Coworker at the "Smart Learning" - project at NTNU
2017 - dd:    Coworker at NTNU FUeL (Framtidsrettet utvikling av e-Læring)

 

Competencies

  • Digitalisering av undervisning
  • Peer assisted learning
  • Problem-based learning
  • Undervisning i høyere utdanning
  • Undervisning på nett

Publications

The Role of Support Units in Digital Transformation: How Institutional Entrepreneurs Build Capacity for Online Learning in Higher Education

This study used New Institutional Theory to explore entrepreneurial activities in support units in digital transformation in higher education in Norway.
  • Chronological
  • By category
  • All publications registered in NVA

2026

  • Langseth, Inger Dagrun; Jacobsen, Dan Yngve. (2026) «Jeg synes nettskole er en god løsning». Nordic Journal of Digital Literacy
    Academic article
  • Jacobsen, Dan Yngve. (2026) Student Response Systems (SRS): A Game Changer in College Classrooms?-An Explorative Study of Technology-Enhanced Learning. Technology, Knowledge and Learning
    Academic article

2025

  • Langseth, Inger Dagrun; Nykvist, Shaun S.; Jacobsen, Dan Yngve. (2025) USING GENAI AS A CATALYST FOR FOREIGN LANGUAGE LEARNING: STUDENT PERCEPTIONS FROM THE CLASSROOM. ICERI Proceedings
    Academic article

2024

  • Langseth, Inger Dagrun; Jacobsen, Dan Yngve. (2024) Nettlærernes agency i den offentlige videregående skolen. Nordic Journal of Digital Literacy
    Academic article

2023

  • Jacobsen, Dan Yngve. (2023) DIDACTICAL MODELS FOR USING STUDENT-RESPONSE TECHNOLOGY IN COLLEGE CLASSROOMS – HOW SPECIFIC MODELS MAY CONTRIBUTE TO ADVANTAGEOUS OUTCOMES IN COLLEGE CLASSROOMS. ICERI Proceedings
    Academic article
  • Langseth, Inger Dagrun; Jacobsen, Dan Yngve; Haugsbakken, Halvdan Gaute Søvik. (2023) Institutional Entrepreneurship in Loosely Coupled Systems: The Subject Position of MOOC Entrepreneurs and Their Interpretive Struggles in a Norwegian Context. Technology, Knowledge and Learning
    Academic article

2022

  • Langseth, Inger Dagrun; Jacobsen, Dan Yngve; Haugsbakken, Halvdan Gaute Søvik. (2022) Correction: The Role of Support Units in Digital Transformation: How Institutional Entrepreneurs Build Capacity for Online Learning in Higher Education (Technology, Knowledge and Learning, (2022), 10.1007/s10758-022-09620-y). Technology, Knowledge and Learning
    Corrigendum
  • Langseth, Inger Dagrun; Jacobsen, Dan Yngve; Haugsbakken, Halvdan Gaute Søvik. (2022) The Role of Support Units in Digital Transformation: How Institutional Entrepreneurs Build Capacity for Online Learning in Higher Education. Technology, Knowledge and Learning
    Academic article

2021

  • Langseth, Inger Dagrun; Jacobsen, Dan Yngve; Haugsbakken, Halvdan Gaute Søvik. (2021) MOOCs for Flexible and Lifelong Learning in Higher Education.
    Academic chapter
  • Langseth, Inger Dagrun; Jacobsen, Dan Yngve; Haugsbakken, Halvdan Gaute Søvik. (2021) MOOCs for Flexible and Lifelong Learning in Higher Education.
    Academic chapter

2018

  • Langseth, Inger Dagrun; Jacobsen, Dan Yngve; Haugsbakken, Halvdan. (2018) Digital professional development: towards a collaborative learning approach for taking higher education into the digitalized age. Nordic Journal of Digital Literacy
    Academic article

2017

  • Jacobsen, Dan Yngve. (2017) Dropping out or dropping in? A connectivist approach to understanding participants’ strategies in an e-learning MOOC pilot. Technology, Knowledge and Learning
    Academic article

2012

  • Nayar, Usha S.; Hagen, Ingunn; Nayar, Priya; Jacobsen, Dan Yngve. (2012) Mental Health for the Media Generation: Balancing Coping and Riskiness.
    Academic chapter

2009

  • Stav, John Birger; Nielsen, Kjetil Liestøl; Jacobsen, Dan Yngve; Bergh, Roger; Thorseth, Trond M.. (2009) Integrating Student Response Services for iPod Touch and iPhone into e-learning environments.
    Academic chapter

2006

  • Jacobsen, Dan Yngve. (2006) Studentrespons systemer (SRS)- hjelp til interaktivitet i store klasser?. Norges Teknisk Naturvitenskapelige Universitet
    Research report

2004

  • Jacobsen, Dan Yngve. (2004) Students� understanding of frame-factor and the influence on PBL tutorials.
    Academic chapter
  • Jacobsen, Dan Yngve. (2004) The Influence of Participants' Reception of Problem-based Learning on Problem-based Learning Tutorials.
    Academic chapter

2002

  • Jacobsen, Dan Yngve. (2002) Lycke, Kirsten H. (red): Kommunikasjonsprosesser i problembaserte læringsgrupper. Cappelen Damm Akademisk
    Non-fiction monograph

1999

  • Jacobsen, Dan Yngve. (1999) Problembasert læring og kulturer for læring. Kognitive, affektive og sosialpsykologiske aspekter. Uniped - Tidsskrift for universitets- og høgskolepedagogikk
    Academic article

Journal publications

  • Langseth, Inger Dagrun; Jacobsen, Dan Yngve. (2026) «Jeg synes nettskole er en god løsning». Nordic Journal of Digital Literacy
    Academic article
  • Jacobsen, Dan Yngve. (2026) Student Response Systems (SRS): A Game Changer in College Classrooms?-An Explorative Study of Technology-Enhanced Learning. Technology, Knowledge and Learning
    Academic article
  • Langseth, Inger Dagrun; Nykvist, Shaun S.; Jacobsen, Dan Yngve. (2025) USING GENAI AS A CATALYST FOR FOREIGN LANGUAGE LEARNING: STUDENT PERCEPTIONS FROM THE CLASSROOM. ICERI Proceedings
    Academic article
  • Jacobsen, Dan Yngve. (2023) DIDACTICAL MODELS FOR USING STUDENT-RESPONSE TECHNOLOGY IN COLLEGE CLASSROOMS – HOW SPECIFIC MODELS MAY CONTRIBUTE TO ADVANTAGEOUS OUTCOMES IN COLLEGE CLASSROOMS. ICERI Proceedings
    Academic article
  • Langseth, Inger Dagrun; Jacobsen, Dan Yngve; Haugsbakken, Halvdan Gaute Søvik. (2022) Correction: The Role of Support Units in Digital Transformation: How Institutional Entrepreneurs Build Capacity for Online Learning in Higher Education (Technology, Knowledge and Learning, (2022), 10.1007/s10758-022-09620-y). Technology, Knowledge and Learning
    Corrigendum
  • Jacobsen, Dan Yngve. (2017) Dropping out or dropping in? A connectivist approach to understanding participants’ strategies in an e-learning MOOC pilot. Technology, Knowledge and Learning
    Academic article
  • Jacobsen, Dan Yngve. (1999) Problembasert læring og kulturer for læring. Kognitive, affektive og sosialpsykologiske aspekter. Uniped - Tidsskrift for universitets- og høgskolepedagogikk
    Academic article
  • Langseth, Inger Dagrun; Jacobsen, Dan Yngve. (2024) Nettlærernes agency i den offentlige videregående skolen. Nordic Journal of Digital Literacy
    Academic article
  • Langseth, Inger Dagrun; Jacobsen, Dan Yngve; Haugsbakken, Halvdan Gaute Søvik. (2022) The Role of Support Units in Digital Transformation: How Institutional Entrepreneurs Build Capacity for Online Learning in Higher Education. Technology, Knowledge and Learning
    Academic article
  • Langseth, Inger Dagrun; Jacobsen, Dan Yngve; Haugsbakken, Halvdan Gaute Søvik. (2023) Institutional Entrepreneurship in Loosely Coupled Systems: The Subject Position of MOOC Entrepreneurs and Their Interpretive Struggles in a Norwegian Context. Technology, Knowledge and Learning
    Academic article
  • Langseth, Inger Dagrun; Jacobsen, Dan Yngve; Haugsbakken, Halvdan. (2018) Digital professional development: towards a collaborative learning approach for taking higher education into the digitalized age. Nordic Journal of Digital Literacy
    Academic article

Books

  • Jacobsen, Dan Yngve. (2002) Lycke, Kirsten H. (red): Kommunikasjonsprosesser i problembaserte læringsgrupper. Cappelen Damm Akademisk
    Non-fiction monograph

Part of book/report

  • Langseth, Inger Dagrun; Jacobsen, Dan Yngve; Haugsbakken, Halvdan Gaute Søvik. (2021) MOOCs for Flexible and Lifelong Learning in Higher Education.
    Academic chapter
  • Jacobsen, Dan Yngve. (2004) Students� understanding of frame-factor and the influence on PBL tutorials.
    Academic chapter
  • Stav, John Birger; Nielsen, Kjetil Liestøl; Jacobsen, Dan Yngve; Bergh, Roger; Thorseth, Trond M.. (2009) Integrating Student Response Services for iPod Touch and iPhone into e-learning environments.
    Academic chapter
  • Jacobsen, Dan Yngve. (2004) The Influence of Participants' Reception of Problem-based Learning on Problem-based Learning Tutorials.
    Academic chapter
  • Langseth, Inger Dagrun; Jacobsen, Dan Yngve; Haugsbakken, Halvdan Gaute Søvik. (2021) MOOCs for Flexible and Lifelong Learning in Higher Education.
    Academic chapter
  • Nayar, Usha S.; Hagen, Ingunn; Nayar, Priya; Jacobsen, Dan Yngve. (2012) Mental Health for the Media Generation: Balancing Coping and Riskiness.
    Academic chapter

Report

  • Jacobsen, Dan Yngve. (2006) Studentrespons systemer (SRS)- hjelp til interaktivitet i store klasser?. Norges Teknisk Naturvitenskapelige Universitet
    Research report

Outreach

2023

  • Feature article
    Jacobsen, Dan Yngve. (2023) Pedagogisk utviklingsarbeid eller regelrett skivebom?.
  • Feature article
    Jacobsen, Dan Yngve. (2023) Kriteriene i meritteringsordningen er for snevre.

2022

  • Conference lecture
    Jacobsen, Dan Yngve. (2022) Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) and NTNU Drive - A local digital initiative and some outcomes. INVESTIGACIÓN EDUCATIVA - SINERGIAS DESDE LA INNOVACIN EDUCATIVA,

2021

  • Conference lecture
    Jacobsen, Dan Yngve; Langseth, Inger Dagrun; Haugsbakken, Halvdan. (2021) MOOCS FOR FLEXIBLE AND LIFELONG LEARNING IN HIGHER EDUCATION: THE STRUGGLE FROM WITHIN LOOSELY COUPLED ORGANIZATIONS?. EMOOCS 2021

2016

  • Conference lecture
    Jacobsen, Dan Yngve. (2016) Dropping out or dropping in? Participants’ behavior in an e-learning MOOC pilot. MOOCs in Scandinavia

2009

  • Lecture
    Jacobsen, Dan Yngve; Hansen, Gabrielle. (2009) Studentresponssystemer. Noen konkrete eksempler og sentrale begrunnelser. HITECH - LOTECH 2009

2008

  • Conference lecture
    Jacobsen, Dan Yngve. (2008) Min visjon om studentrespons ved NTNU. Seminar om Studentresponssytemer ved NTNU

2006

  • Feature article
    Jacobsen, Dan Yngve. (2006) Matematikk for mestere? (Kronikk om endring av opptaksreglene ved masterstudiet i teknologi ved NTNU).
  • Feature article
    Jacobsen, Dan Yngve. (2006) Juksemaker pipelort. (Kronikk om forskningsjuks).
  • Conference lecture
    Jacobsen, Dan Yngve. (2006) Student response – What does it mean?. IHSRC 2006 ,

2005

  • Conference lecture
    Jacobsen, Dan Yngve. (2005) Learning assistants; just another label or a tool for development?. ECER 2005
  • Lecture
    Jacobsen, Dan Yngve. (2005) Qualitative Research Methods. Nordic Specialist Course in Palliative Medicine

2004

  • Conference poster
    Jacobsen, Dan Yngve. (2004) Program for pedagogisk merittering ved NTNU - notat til det strategiske utdanningsutvalget. Innspill til ledelsen ved NTNU
  • Feature article
    Jacobsen, Dan Yngve. (2004) Med LAOS på vei til Kina.
  • Feature article
    Jacobsen, Dan Yngve. (2004) Forskningsbasert undervisning i ny tapning?.
  • Feature article
    Jacobsen, Dan Yngve. (2004) Kvalitetsreformen setter spor.
  • Lecture
    Jacobsen, Dan Yngve. (2004) Program for pedagogisk merittering ved NTNU. Møte i NTNUs strategiske utdanningsutvalg.

2003

  • Conference lecture
    Jacobsen, Dan Yngve. (2003) Partakers� understanding of problem-based learning and the influence on PBL-tutorials. UNIQUAL 2003; International conference on universities' quality development
  • Conference lecture
    Jacobsen, Dan Yngve. (2003) The LAOS- project at NTNU � A system for training students as learning assistants. UNIQUAL Conference;International conference on universities' quality developmentOct. 2, 2003-06-25.
  • Lecture
    Jacobsen, Dan Yngve; Engvik, Gunnar. (2003) Fra løsningsassistent til læringsassistent? LAOS- prosjektet ved NTNU. Nettverkskonferansen i universitets og høgskolepedagogikk, 22. � 23. oktober 2003.
  • Lecture
    Jacobsen, Dan Yngve. (2003) LAOS � prosjektet ved NTNU. Studentenes landsforbunds fagpolitisk konferanse: �Studenten som utdanner�.

2002

  • Conference lecture
    Jacobsen, Dan Yngve; Tjeldvoll, A.. (2002) Graduate Students as Learning Assistants. Paper to the Seminar on Universities and Firms: A Comparative Analysis of the Interactions Between Market Processes, Organizational Strategies and Governance, at Université Libre de Bruxelles

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