Øyvind Smestad

Todok
3540 Nesbyen, Norway
Tel: +47 901 89 628
o.smestad@gmail.com
http://www.valinor.no

Education

Master of Philosophy in Computer Science, Massey University, New Zealand, July 2004 – December 2006

With focus on Human Computer Interaction and technologies for learning, last year project titled “Fostering inter institutional knowledge sharing among students”.

Bachelor of Multimedia and Computer Science, Gjøvik University College, Norway, August 2000 – June 2003

Focus on web technologies. One semester as an exchange student at Edith Cowan University, Australia.

Work History

Programmer (part time), Massey University, New Zealand, July 2006 – August 2006

Further development of a web-based Human Resource Management simulation game, previously developed as a student project. Added group discussion and negotiation features to the system.

Programmer (part time), Massey University, New Zealand, July 2005 – June 2006

Lead programmer for the Tertiary Education Commission funded eCDF project: “Agent based intelligent help environment for New Zealand student community”. Development of Web Services based distributed system using Java, with a PHP based front-end.

Customer consultant (full time), Telenor Mobil, Gol, Norway, July 2003 – June 2004

Answering phone queries for Norway’s biggest mobile phone operator. This improved my communication and problem solving skills, by understanding customer needs and finding solutions.

Web developer (part time), Mediagården, Gjøvik, Norway, 2002 – 2003

Development of dynamic web solutions (Content Management Systems), primarily using PHP and MySQL. Including development of web based WYSIWYG HTML editor in JavaScript.

Lecturer’s assistant (part time), Gjøvik University College, Norway, January 2002 – June 2002

• In the course: Image processing and computer graphics
• Marked student assignments
• Assisted students during lab-work

Lecturer’s assistant (part time), Gjøvik University College, Norway, August 2001 – December 2001

• In the course: Multimedia 1
• Assisted students during lab-work

IT – consultant (part time), Valinor Datahjelp DA, Nesbyen, Norway, 1999 – 2000

• Started a company in cooperation with one other participant
• Which sold custom built PCs, sold and installed hardware components and did other support services

Voluntary Work

Contact-person for ANSA (Association of Norwegian Students Abroad) at Massey University, January 2006 – July 2006

Summer Jobs (during study)

Industrial worker, Protan A/S, Norway, June 2002 - August 2002

Industrial worker, Protan A/S, Norway, June 2001 - August 2001

Refereed Scientific Conference Publications

Moroni C., Smestad Ø., & Kinshuk (2006). Improving discursive negotiation in web based discussion forums. Cognition and Exploratory Learning in Digital Age (CELDA 2006), 8-10 December 2006, Barcelona, Spain.

Tretiakov A., Smestad Ø. & Kinshuk (2006). Improving the quality of discussion forum discourses by using an internal market. IEEE International Conference on Advanced Learning Technologies (ICALT 2006), 5-7 July 2006, Kerkrade, the Netherlands.

Hunt L. M., Smestad Ø., He J., Simon R., & Kinshuk (2005). Playing the Game: Equity and Diversity in the Workplace. The 13th annual International Employment Relations Association conference, 26-29 June 2005, Aalborg, Denmark.

References

Available on request