Thanks and acknowledgments
We would like to take this opportunity of thanking the many people who have inspired our work and provided a solid anchor for what we are talking about:
•Colleagues at Oslo University College, Faculty of Education, especially Nora Brox, Anne Evang and Mona E. Flognfeldt with whom we worked on developing and running online in-service courses for teachers
• Our friend and colleague Sandra Foldvik at Sør Trøndelag University college whose work we have found a source of inspiration
• Our colleague at Umeå University in Sweden, Therese Ørnberg Berglund, whose interesting work on investigating the ways in which different media affect conversational structures and the use of the English language, is reflected in her excellent academic blog Emerging Communications.
• Andreas Lund, Intermedia, University of Oslo, whose doctoral thesis The Teacher as Interface has given us many valuable insights.
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• Students at Sør Trøndelag University College and Oslo University College, especially those who have given us permission to use examples from their work
• The teachers who took part in our online in service courses and were “guinea pigs” for trialing of many of our ideas, and especially those who have willingly given permission for us to quote from their work
• The Norwegian Non-Fiction Writers and Translators Association (NFF) for invaluable financial support for this project
•Oslo University College, Faculty of Education for generous scholarships which enabled us to get on with the work
•Norway Opening Universities (NOU) (Norgesuniversitet) which provided funding for the development and running of the in-service courses for teachers.
• Our friend Nora McWilliam, ex lecturer and now glassmaker who provided the subject matter of many of the abstract colour illustrations
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• Each other for remaining good colleagues and good friends throughout a long and arduous process!
