Jon Harman
Institutt for film og animasjon
Høgskulelektor
Biography
Jon started his career in television production. He has produced feature films, directed documentaries and been head of production on a multitude of productions for Disney, BBC, Channel Four, Rapture TV and ITV in the UK. For 10 years he ran a production company in the UK which produced specialist factual documentaries and a news channel, along with interactive digital media and apps. He has worked as a consultant on digital publishing and learning strategies with Pearson Innovation, the Dept of Education and Law Without Walls.
Jon has a Bachelor with Honours in Professional Broadcasting from Ravensbourne University and a Masters in Education. In addition, he has studied executive management at Oxford University.
He hosts the podcast Grit, about people who work in the international creative industries
Teaching
Jon teaches media production at bachelor and masters level. His focused areas are creative producing, social media platform distribution, production management, and media concept development.
Research
Jon's research areas are in media futures, innovative pedagogy, talent and skills development, creativity and digital culture. He has given conference talks on these topics around the world.
Research
CRIStin
Scientific articles and book chapters
Escape Room Pedagogy and Its Role in Design Thinking Education
Published 2025 by Theo Sikkes, Thomas Lewe, Jon Harman, Mariusz Wszolek
Other works
AI Landscapes Presentation
Published 2024 by Jon Harman
Rekruttering i norske produksjonsselskap
Published 2024 by Irene Hillestad, Jon Harman, Kjetil Vaage Øie, Ivar John Erdal
Escape Room Pedagogy and The Star Model
Published 2024 by Jon Harman
Escape Room Pedagogy and its Relevance to Education for Creative Professions
Published 2024 by Jon Harman, Thomas Lewe, Theo Sikkes, Mariusz Wszolek
Memory Dialogues on antisemitism and racism - summery of international and interdiscilinary workshops for students and experts from Germany, Norway and Poland.
Published 2023 by Thomas Lewe, Jon Harman, Irmgard Zündorff, Kathrin Lemme, Kramer Hilde
Volda lecturer uses genAI for more than journalistic experiments
Published 2023 by Jon Harman
Escape Rooom Pedagogy
Published 2023 by Jon Harman
Chasing strategies: A qualitative study of recruitment practices in smaller
Norwegian media companies
Published 2023 by Irene Hillestad, Ivar John Erdal, Jon Harman, Kjetil Vaage Øie
AI Creativity & Storytelling
Published 2023 by Jon Harman
Experiential Learning Design
Published 2022 by Jon Harman
Velkommen inn! Eller? Ei kvalitativ studie av rekrutteringsstrategiar og -praksis i norske mediebedrifter
Published 2022 by Ivar John Erdal, Irene Hillestad, Jon Harman, Kjetil Vaage Øie
Sadness & Joy
Published 2020 by Jon Harman
Barneturnstevne 2019 Live
Published 2019 by Jon Harman
From Reality TV to Netflix Producer
Published 2019 by Jon Harman
Nordic Travel Workshop 2019
Published 2019 by Jon Harman
The Future of Storytelling and AX
Published 2018 by Jon Harman
Media and Future
Published 2017 by Jon Harman
Media Landscapes and Future
Published 2017 by Jon Harman
A Crisis of Creativity
Published 2017 by Jon Harman
Læringsdesign i kontekst: Hvordan designe de beste forutsetningene for læring?
Published 2016 by Jon Harman, Marianne Hagelia
Borders & Boxes, Brexit & Creativity
Published 2016 by Jon Harman
The Global Search for Education: Learning How to Learn
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/c-m-rubin/the-global-search-for-edu_b_9022680.html
Published 2016 by C.M Rubin, Jon Harman
From sound to screen: a qualitative study of NRK P3 Dokumentar
Published 2016 by Ana Luisa Sanchez Laws, Tormod Utne, Jon Harman
Learning Literacy by Design Debate
Published 2016 by Jon Harman, Synnøve Hedemann Amdam, Synnøve Moltudal
Learning Literacy By Design - Education Fast Forward 16 Debate
Published 2016 by Jon Harman
A Dystopian Vision of the Future for Learning
Published 2015 by Jon Harman
Wha´s a MOOC: A Personal Reflection
Published 2014 by Jon Harman
Improving Learning Environments, Increasing Values
Published 2014 by Jon Harman
The Perfect Storm of Legal Education
Published 2013 by Jon Harman