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Student agency analytics: learning analytics as a tool for analysing student agency in higher education
2020
This paper presents a novel approach and a method of learning analytics to study student agency in higher education. Agency is a concept that holistically depicts important constituents of intentional, purposeful, and meaningful learning. Within workplace learning research, agency is seen at the core of expertise. However, in the higher education field, agency is an empirically less studied phenomenon with also lacking coherent conceptual base. Furthermore, tools for students and teachers need to be developed to support learners in their agency construction. We study student agency as a multidimensional phenomenon centring on student-experienced resources of their agency. We call the analyt…
Higher education teachers’ descriptions of their own learning: a quantitative perspective
2017
In this large-scale study, higher education teachers’ (n = 1028) descriptions of their own learning are examined with quantitative analyses. The study follows up an earlier qualitative study that, using a phenomenographic approach, identified four different ways in which teachers at Finnish universities of applied sciences described their own learning. The purpose of the present study was to find out how teachers’ descriptions were divided into the categories formed in the previous study and to examine whether teachers’ descriptions of their learning differ according to their position, gender and age. The results show that most teachers described their learning as an individual activity. Di…
Eye-Movement Study of Mechanics Problem Solving Using Multimodal Options
2020
We used an eye-tracking method to investigate students’ approaches to solving a physics task using various representations. Eight upper-secondary school students from Finland took part in the study. We found that students who preferred either the text or graph representations watched the options differently, but they used both representations to be sure of their solution. Transitions between text and graph alternatives were different for students preferring either text or graph representations. Interviews revealed typical misconceptions about the concept of force. Implications for physics instruction are presented. peerReviewed
Collaborative web-based course to learn military English vocabulary on the FDFMoodle platform : how can collaboration based on the KATRIKS-model in m…
2014
Tämän työn tarkoituksena oli suunnitella kielikurssi, joka edistäisi puolustusvoimien henkilökunnan sotilasterminologian oppimista. Kurssin päätavoitteena oli käyttää täysipainoisesti konstruktivismiperustaista PVMoodlea oppimisessa, sekä sitouttaa oppijat yhteisölliseen oppimiseen, ottaen huomioon sotilaspedagogiikan oppimisen ohjaamisen KATRIKS periaatemallin (muistimalli, joka tukee oppimis- ja opetussuunnitelman laadintaa). Teoriataustassa käsitellään kohderyhmän mukaisesti aikuisoppimista, yhteisöllistä oppimista, sanaston oppimista, sekä verkon käyttöä oppimistapahtumassa. Teoreettisen osan perusteella luotiin PVMoodleen sanastokurssi. Kurssin painotus on konstruktiivisessa oppimisess…
Pair interactions in online assessments of collaborative problem solving: case-based portraits
2018
This exploratory case study focuses on how pairs of students can build a shared understanding and acquire collaborative problem-solving (CPS) practices during an online assessment of CPS skills, which is seen in the context of the CPS construct, in a symmetrical and asymmetrical task type. Even though CPS is widely recognised as a core twenty-first-century competency, its nature is not yet well understood. Also, until recently, most of studies have focused on the individual’s solution to a problem or on the skills individuals bring into a problem-solving space. This study extends from an individual- to group-level focus in CPS, emphasising the role and quality of the social aspects in CPS p…
Insights into Finnish first-year pre-service teachers’ twenty-first century skills
2016
This study focuses on Finnish pre-service teachers’ perceptions of their twenty-first century skills, especially their learning strategies, collaboration and teamwork, as well as knowledge and attitudes related to ICT in education. The target group consist of 263 first-year pre-service teachers from three universities. The results outline how pre-service teachers perceive their twenty-first century skills, the relationships between different areas of these skills, and the differences among pre-service teachers in terms of perceived skills. The results indicate that the pre-service teachers perceive themselves as skilled learners in terms of learning strategies used as well as collaboration …
Early science learning with a virtual tutor through multimedia explanations and feedback on spoken questions
2018
The purpose of this pilot study with a within-subject design was to gain a deeper understanding about the promise and restrictions of a virtual tutoring system designed to teach science to first grade students in Finland. Participants were 61 students who received six tutoring science sessions of approximately 20 min each. Sessions consisted of a sequence of narrated multimedia science presentations during which a virtual tutor explained science phenomena displayed in pictures. Narrated science explanations were followed by one or more multiple choice questions with immediate feedback about students’ choices and a possible second attempt, during which students reached 97% accuracy. A pretes…
Teacher experiences of supporting bilingual pupils and bilingual learning in Finnish and English mainstream school contexts
2017
Tämän tutkimuksen tarkoituksena on selvittää, miten sekä koulukieltä että oppilaiden ensikieliä huomioidaan ja tuetaan kouluissa. Tutkimuksessa keskitytään alakoulun opettajien kokemuksiin ilmiöstä. Koska käytänteet, jotka tukevat kielten rinnakkaista käyttöä (translanguagining) ovat keskeisiä kaksikielisen oppimisen toteuttamisessa yleisluokissa, tässä tutkimuksessa pyritään myös selvittämään opettajien näkemyksiä kaksikielisestä oppimisesta ja kielten rinnakkaisesta käytöstä koulussa. Tutkimus sijoittuu Suomen ja Englannin konteksteihin. Tutkimuksen tarkoituksena ei ole kuitenkaan tehdä vertailuja kahden maan välillä, vaan saada laajempi kuva ilmiöstä. Tutkimus on ajankohtainen, sillä mon…
Kids Inspire Kids for STEAM
2017
Abstract The goal of the Kids Inspiring Kids in STEAM (KIKS) project was to raise students' awareness towards the multi- and transdisciplinary connections between the STEAM subjects (Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts & Mathematics), and make the learning about topics and phenomena from these fields more enjoyable. In order to achieve these goals, KIKS project has popularized the STEAM-concept by projects based on the students inspiring other students-approach and by utilizing new technologies, tools, open educational resources, and everyday items and materials. Through the students-inspiring-other-students-approach, we have aimed to get participating students developing STEAM activitie…
Disrupting neural activity related to awake-state sharp wave-ripple complexes prevents hippocampal learning
2012
Oscillations in hippocampal local-field potentials (LFPs) reflect the crucial involvement of the hippocampus in memory trace formation: theta (4–8 Hz) oscillations and ripples (~200 Hz) occurring during sharp waves are thought to mediate encoding and consolidation, respectively. During sharp wave-ripple complexes (SPW-Rs), hippocampal cell firing closely follows the pattern that took place during the initial experience, most likely reflecting replay of that event. Disrupting hippocampal ripples using electrical stimulation either during training in awake animals or during sleep after training retards spatial learning. Here, adult rabbits were trained in trace eyeblink conditioning, a hippoc…