1. Designing Technology-Enhanced Learning
(TEL1)
418021P
Start-up meeting in Oulu
Fri 27. January 2012
Venla Vallivaara
LET – Learning and Educational Technology Research Unit
University of Oulu
27.1.2012

2. Schedule for the day
Time Topic / Room / Teacher
08:30-09:45 Course info / KTK305 / Venla, Essi and Tommi
10:00-11:00 Introduction to SecondLife / KO101/ Tommi
11:00-12:00 Lunch
12:00-13:00 Group 1: Group 2: Group 3:
Learning to use Moodle / Research aspects / KTK234 Learning to use SL /KO101/
KTK207 / Venla / Essi Tommi
13:15-14:15 Group 1: Group 2: Group 3:
Learning to use SL / KO101 / Learning to use Moodle / Research aspects / KTK234
Tommi KTK207 / Venla / Essi
14:30-15:30 Group 1: Group 2: Group 3:
Research aspects / KTK234 Learning to use SL / KO101 / Learning to use Moodle /
/ Essi Tommi KTK207 / Venla
Venla Vallivaara
LET – Learning and Educational Technology Research Unit
University of Oulu
27.1.2012

3. The groups for the afternoon
Group 1 Group 2 Group 3
Kristabell Alvarado Asta Kaarniemi Kari Hannonen
Asher Scott Juha Saarikoski Satu Lumijärvi
Lili Flink Päivi Lamminen Kati Mattila
Elina Määttä Susanna Tervonen Virpi Pietikäinen
Veijo Väisänen Pia Myllyaho Tiina Rusanen
Mari-Selina Kantanen Ari Rapo Harri Pulkkinen
Tapio Moilanen Pirjo Kananen Päivi Paakinaho
Eija Moilanen Hannu Mäkiö Tuula Myllylä-Nygård
Mia Kemppaala Janne Länsitie Jake Lahti-Olsen
Helmi Kuittinen Timo Palmu
Päivi Toppinen Jaana Hautamäki
Outi Vähäkari Kirsi Korkealehto
Venla Vallivaara
LET – Learning and Educational Technology Research Unit
University of Oulu
27.1.2012

4. TEL1-course
• Objective
– Students become familiar with the key concepts, competing
theories and approaches of designing Technology-Enhanced
Learning (TEL). In collaboration with international students they will
develop practical skills of setting up, implementing and evaluating
the use of distributed set of integrated TEL systems and tools, and
they will design a prototype of an advanced TEL course. This
course will be implemented in international collaboration.
• Content
– Technology-Enhanced Learning (TEL) concept
– Designing TEL: design process, selection of technology,
constructing TEL environment
– Implementing TEL
– Evaluating TEL
Venla Vallivaara
LET – Learning and Educational Technology Research Unit
University of Oulu
27.1.2012

5. Learning objectives
– Students will be capable to describe characteristics of
TEL
– Students will be capable to define main stages of
designing TEL
– Students will be proficient to design and implement
pedagogically well-grounded web-course
– Students will be competent to assess pedagogical
use of Information and Communication Technology
(ICT).
Venla Vallivaara
LET – Learning and Educational Technology Research Unit
University of Oulu
27.1.2012

6. CoCreat (1)
Enabling Creative Collaboration Through Supportive
Technologies
www.cocreat.eu
• Funded by EU’s Lifelong Learning Programme 2010-2013
• Partners come from Finland, Sweden, Norway, Estonia, Romania,
United Kingdom and Spain
• Research aims
– How technology can enhance creative and effective collaborative
learning
– The ultimate implication leads to increased competences in
acting and learning in complex environments where creative
solutions for problems are required
Venla Vallivaara
LET – Learning and Educational Technology Research Unit
University of Oulu
27.1.2012

7. CoCreat (2)
• Practical aims
– The practical aim of the project is to explore, develop and
evaluate technologically enhanced learning environments
(called collaborative spaces)
– There will be five collaborative spaces created for different
aged learners
– Mobile devices, 3D-environment and social media
applications will be used
• Partners in TEL1-course:
– Tallinn University, Estonia
– Valahia University Targoviste, Romania
– Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU),
Norway
Venla Vallivaara
LET – Learning and Educational Technology Research Unit
University of Oulu
27.1.2012

8. Getting to know each other
• Introduce yourself (in English) to the person sitting
next to you and discuss about the following questions:
– What do you want to learn during this course? What are your
goals?
– Which subjects you are especially interested in the field of
technology-enhanced learning?
– What are your earlier experiences and knowledge about
technology enhanced learning?
 Introduce briefly your pair to the rest of the group
Venla Vallivaara
LET – Learning and Educational Technology Research Unit
University of Oulu
27.1.2012

9. Learning environments
SecondLife Sloodle Moodle

Venla Vallivaara
LET – Learning and Educational Technology Research Unit
University of Oulu
27.1.2012

10. Orientation phase
in University of Oulu
Time Content and tasks Classroom /
Environment
Friday the 27th of • Course info KTK305 / KTK234 /
January • Getting familiar with KO101
08:30am-3:30pm the course
environments
27th Jan  2nd Feb • Practicing SL and SecondLife
developing your
avatar
Friday the 3rd of • Interacting with the KO101
February SL-environment
12:00am-3:30pm
3rd Feb  23th Feb • More practicing and SecondLife
tutor meeting in SL
Venla Vallivaara
LET – Learning and Educational Technology Research Unit
University of Oulu
27.1.2012

11. Course timetable
Week Content and tasks Environment
8 Start-up video conference SÄ111
Fri 24th February
9 Get to know each other Moodle
10 Discussion about working methods Moodle, SecondLife
11
12 Writing a pedagogical script Moodle, SecondLife,
Teams’ own working spaces
13
14 Peer-evaluation of the pedagogical decisions SecondLife
15 Technical script of the course Moodle, Teams’ own working
spaces
16
17 Building up a course platform Moodle, Teams’ own working
spaces
18
19 Peer-evaluation of the virtual courses and finalizing the course Moodle, SecondLife, Teams’
platform own working spaces
20
21 Summing up the course SecondLife, Moodle
Venla Vallivaara
LET – Learning and Educational Technology Research Unit
University of Oulu
27.1.2012

12. Assessment and grading
• Assessment methods
– Active participation to the lectures and individual and
collaborative studying in virtual learning environment
• Grading
– 0-5
• Collaboratively constructed course products
– Pedagogical script
– Technical script
– Course platform
– Peer-evaluation of other team’s course
Venla Vallivaara
LET – Learning and Educational Technology Research Unit
University of Oulu
27.1.2012

13. If you have any questions…
Technical support Teacher Reseacher
Tommi Inkilä Venla Vallivaara Essi Vuopala
In SecondLife: TommyDoe In SecondLife: Venlis In SecondLife: Essmeralda
Tel. 08 553 3653 Tel. 08 553 3649 Tel. 08 553 3666
E-mail: tommi.inkila@oulu.fi E-mail: venla.vallivaara@oulu.fi E-mail: essi.vuopala@oulu.fi
Venla Vallivaara
LET – Learning and Educational Technology Research Unit
University of Oulu
27.1.2012