Barbara Wasson is a Professor in Information Science at the University of Bergen, and the Scientific Leader of InterMedia, University of Bergen. While a Masters and Ph.D student in Canada in the mid-late 1980's she was involved in the design of pedagogical agents for content planning in Intelligent Tutoring Systems. Wasson moved to Tromsø in 1991 where she worked for both Telenor FOU and NORUT Information Technology. She accepted a position at the University of Bergen in 1995 and has had visiting positions at both Linköping University, Sweden and LICEF Research Centre, Télé-université, Montreal. Current research interests are focused on collaborative telelearning, sociocultural learning theories, research methodologies for studying virtual environments and pedagogical agents.