Morten Flate Paulsen ’98 D.Ed. Adult Education
“Before I came to Penn State in 1990, I felt like an online education pioneer and expert. But I later realized that my Penn State studies had given me broader perspectives and propelled my academic and international career. My Penn State experiences were instrumental in allowing me to build a broad international network in distance and online education. They also helped me develop the Theory of Cooperative Freedom, which has become my guiding star in online education.”
26
Alumni Feature
Professor of Online Education and Director of Development and Innovations NKI Nettstudier NKI Nettstudier is a leading distance education institution in Morten’s native country, Norway. Morten is recognized as one of Europe’s first online educators. In 1986 he designed and utilized the EKKO Learning Management System for delivering online courses. Paulsen has served as an adjunct professor for Athabasca University (Canada) and as an associate professor at Universidade Aberta in Portugal. Last year, he was elected president of the European Distance and E-Learning Network (EDEN), an academic association with 200 institutional and 1,200 individual members in more than 50 countries.