In search of a future learning concept
Text Ari-Matti Auvinen Researcher The Association of Finnish eLearning Centre The research project Työelämä oppimisympäristönä – Working life as a learning environment, casually dubbed Tyyne, studied working life as a future learning environment. The key…
Read morePeer learning supporting collaboration and creativity in organisations
Text Anne Rongas Leena Vainio Kaisa Honkonen-Ratinen This article is based on our experiences at Open Päivitys (Teacher Update) staff training sessions during 2011 – 2013, the respective participant feedback, and experiences gained in the…
Read moreThe open future of virtual worlds
Text Yrjö Lappalainen While the initial hype regarding virtual worlds already seems to have settled, virtual worlds still continue to be used in education around the world. Second Life has been one of the most…
Read moreKinect, a motion-sensing input device for the promotion of learning and participation in the welfare sector
Text Leena Koskimäki Merja Salminen Kinect is a device that recognises speech and gestures, interprets the user’s actions and learns from the user. All interaction at the user interface takes place in ways natural to…
Read moreWordDive – Best e-learning solution of the year
eEemeli 2011 contest results are announced The winner of the eEemeli 2011 quality contest, organised by the Association of Finnish eLearning Centre, was announced at the eEemeli gala in Hämeenlinna, on Thursday 7.4.2011, during the…
Read moreExploring the (Birth of the) CAVE
Text Jussi Kangasoja The CAVE (CAVE Automatic Virtual Environment) is a virtual reality environment that makes use of large projection surfaces around the user. A CAVE immersive space will be ready at Oulu University of…
Read moreWhat Is Mixed Reality?
Text Jussi Kangasoja Interfacing with digital information belongs to our daily routines, creating a new type of reality, Mixed Reality, combining the physical and the digital. Location-aware terminals, three dimensions, global services connected to geographic…
Read more3D Takes Us out of the Classroom and to the Far Side of the World
Text Pasi Mattila Development projects of future learning environments aim at pedagogical, architectural and technological innovations. They are cooperatively designed by users to make them meet the daily needs of students and teachers. 3D learning…
Read moreThe Innovative, Progressive School Model is Designed to Help with the Pedagogical Use of ICT
Text Liisa Ilomäki Technology in Education Research Group (TEdu) | Institute of Behavioural Sciences | University of Helsinki Minna Lakkala In principle, Finnish schools have excellent possibilities for making use of the new digital technologies,…
Read moreFröken Senja and the Delights of Learning Swedish
Text Oili Salminen The highly popular, highly praised and often awarded project “Senja Teaches You Swedish (and Finnish)” took the next step in autumn 2012 and published a book. The study book, composed of Facebook…
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