Eivind Rudjord Hillesund

Eivind Rudjord Hillesund is an Associate Professor in the Department of Mathematical Sciences at the University of Agder. He holds qualifications in teaching mathematics and physics from the University of Oslo's lektorprogrammet and defended his doctoral thesis in January 2021 on engineering students' use of learning resources in mathematics courses. His teaching focuses on statistics courses within GLU programs and assignments in EVU courses at UiA since 2019.

Research Interests:

• Resource use and decision-making in undergraduate mathematics education
• Educational strategies for engineering students
• Development of tools for tracking student resource utilization

Publications include studies on resource systems analysis, didactical purposes of resources, and data collection methodologies. His work emphasizes improving understanding of how students interact with learning materials in STEM fields.