This document discusses online learning and vocational teacher education. It describes a project in Finland called "Opiminen Online" that provides professional learning through gamification elements over three levels - novice, expert and developer. The project runs from 2014-2015 and uses an online platform for students to learn rules, follow progress, and apply for badges in over 50 subjects. Gamification aims to improve learning through open badges, social media for visualization of skills, and setting small, criteria-based tasks. The document promotes online and individualized learning paths for teachers.

1. L E A R N I N G O N L I N E
S A N N A B R A U E R
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O U L U U N I V E R S I T Y O F A P P L I E D S C I E N C E S
S C H O O L O F V O C A T I O N A L T E A C H E R E D U C A T I O N

2. V O C AT I O N A L T E A C H E R E D U C AT I O N
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T H E K N O W L E D G E A N D S K I L L S N E E D E D I N G U I D I N G I N D I V I D U A L S T U D E N T S ’
L E A R N I N G P R O C E S S E S
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T H E C O M P E T E N C I E S T O P R O M O T E T H E I R F I E L D S O F T E A C H I N G , PAY I N G
AT T E N T I O N T O T H E D E V E L O P M E N T O F W O R K I N G L I F E A N D P R O F E S S I O N S
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T H E E X T E N T O F V O C AT I O N A L T E A C H E R E D U C AT I O N I S 6 0 E C T S C R E D I T S . T H E
S T U D I E S I N C L U D E B A S I C S O F E D U C AT I O N A L S C I E N C E S , V O C AT I O N A L
P E D A G O G Y, T E A C H I N G P R A C T I C E A N D O P T I O N A L S T U D I E S .
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T H E S C H O O L H A S B E E N P R A I S E D F O R I T S M U LT I D I S C I P L I N A RY S T U D I E S .
E N G I N E E R S , P I A N I S T S , T H E O L O G I A N S A N D E C O N O M I S T S A L L S T U D Y T H E B A S I C
T E A C H I N G S K I L L S T O G E T H E R . I T O F F E R S A G O O D S TA RT I N G P O I N T F O R
T E A C H E R S ' I N T E R A C T I O N W I T H E A C H O T H E R N O W A N D I N T H E F U T U R E .

3. G U I L D S C H O O L S
H T T P S : / / P R E Z I . C O M / K Y O L 0 7 - E 1 E O Y / K I LTA K O U L U T- I N - E N G L I S H /
T H E F U T U R E O F V O C AT I O N A L
E D U C AT I O N I N F I N L A N D

4. H T T P : / / Y O U T U . B E / V Y-
X 5 B F C O E 0
I N N O VA T I V E U S E O F T E C H N O L O G Y I N F U R T H E R E D U C A T I O N A T
C O L E G C A M B R I A

5. P E R S O N A L G R O W T H
A N D P R O F E S S I O N A L
I D E N T I T Y
• Professionals of the future find their
identity consisting of growth towards
goal-orientation, commitment, attitude
and ethics of the profession. This
process is based on a connective
knowledge and shared expertise with
both learning networks and
professionals in the district.
• The teacher’s role is to encourage and
guide the student to become aware of
their professional identity and skills:
• Visualizing the puzzle of expertise
into concrete skills
• Visible work processes during the
training

6. P E R S O N A L I Z E D L E A R N I N G PAT H S
• Connectivism is an alternative theory of a digital age for
behaviourism, cognitivism, and constructivism
• Learning as a network-forming process
• Learning happens as a part of diverse, social network,
which is augmented by the modern digital technology
• Personalized learning path is always a combination of a
variety of different learning environments and
pedagogical approaches, blended solutions

7. L E A R N I N G O N L I N E
H T T P : / / W W W. O P P I M I N E N O N L I N E . C O M / I N - E N G L I S H /

8. “ O P P I M I N E N ” I S F I N N I S H F O R L E A R N I N G A N D
O P P I M I N E N O N L I N E O F F E R S A N E W M E T H O D O F
I M P L E M E N T I N G P R O F E S S I O N A L L E A R N I N G W I T H
G A M I F I C AT I O N E L E M E N T S .
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O P P I M I N E N O N L I N E I S A PA R T O F T H E “ O S A O P P I I I I –
O S A A M I S P I S T E E T P E L I S S Ä ” P R O J E C T I N W H I C H T H E
R E Q U I S I T E S K I L L S E T S , A S D E F I N E D B Y T H E O P E . F I
S TA N D A R D S ( I N F I N N I S H ) , A R E P R O V I D E D O V E R 3 L E V E L S
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S O M E - N O V I C E = O P E . F I I = P E R S O N A L G R O W T H
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S O M E - E X P E R T = O P E . F I I I = S H A R E D E X P E R T I S E
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S O M E - D E V E L O P E R = O P E . F I I I I = D E V E L O P M E N T O F
V O C AT I O N A L E D U C AT I O N A N D E D U C AT I O N A L
I N S T I T U T I O N S
W E L C O M E T O L E A R N O N L I N E !

9. M O O C = M A S S I V E O P E N O N L I N E C O U R S E
• The course starts in the bootcamps
• Locations compete with each other to earn badges which are earned
by providing evidence of a skill competency over approximately 50
different subjects.
• Mozilla Open Badge Standard http://openbadges.org/
• For each subject, an online training session is offered that teaches the
requisite skill set for that subject and allows the student to meet the
badge criteria.
• The project lasts from November 2014 to November 2015.
• The Online site provides the students a place to learn the rules of the
game, follow the game’s progress, find more information on the
online training sessions and apply for the much-coveted badges.

10. G A M I F I C AT I O N
• Improve student
performance and learning
outcomes
• Open Badges and Social
media services as a platform
of visualisation on what
students have learned
• Reflection on a variety of
ways to work
• Criteria set the tasks
sufficiently small
• Badges in a Backpack
visualise progress
Photo by UGL_UIUC@Flickr
Learning can be fun
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ONLINE

11. Opettaja!
Tehttp://farm4.static.flickr.com/3273/2980062437_94defd08f1.jpgksti!
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Individual Learning Paths

12. Photo: Esko Lius

13. http://www.flickr.com/photos/benny4bs/4257144990/sizes/z/in/photostream/
”Alone with your
new ideas?”

14. You are there - next to peer
developers go on-line
Sanna Brauer
sanna.brauer@oamk.fi
+358 50 4084686
http://twitter.com/sannabrauer
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15. M E E T T H E C R I T E R I A
I S T H I S Y O U R F I R S T B A D G E ?
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