Showing posts with label gigs. Show all posts
Showing posts with label gigs. Show all posts

Monday, March 11, 2013

Network visualisations of LLP project organisations

This visualisation allows you to see how a number of European organisations (about one thousand) are connected to each other through the involvement in the LLP programmes between 2006-2009.

Below you can explore the data. The first image is a static image and it shows how the institutions are clustered. We can see that there is lots of small clusters and one major one.

 LLP projects and networks connecting organisations

In the live image below, you should be able to zoom into the image and explore the clusters (note, you need a mouse for that!).

Once the report becomes public, I will share more about it.  In case it does not work, here is the link to ManyEyes: http://www-958.ibm.com/software/data/cognos/manyeyes/visualizations/llp-projects-and-networks-connecti-2.

Monday, January 21, 2013

International Conference on Web-based Learning (CfP)

One of the truly international e-learning conferences that crosses the boundaries between continents is the International Conference on Web-based Learning. This year, the ICWL takes place in Taiwan on 6-9 October 2013. In 2009 it took place in Germany, where my paper won the best-paper award. This year again, I'm serving as part of the International Program Committee (IPC) which gives me a privileged access to review the papers!

Abstract submission deadline: April 8, 2013

Wednesday, May 30, 2012

Contributing to the Polish Presidency on Mobility


The Polish Presidency of the Council of the European Union organised a conference on "Mobility as a tool to acquire and develop competences from childhood to seniority” in October 2011. I participated  in two workshops as an expert on virtual mobility for teachers. The proceedings of the conference include my short paper called Virtual mobility and teachers’ collaboration networks.

Do netbooks require a different type of pedagogy?

In the beginning of the Educational Netbook Pilot, I was often asked whether netbooks really require a different type of pedagogy. I was rather convinced that they do, especially under the circumstances that our pilot was implementing them: 8000 netbooks were distributed in more than 200 classes in 6 European countries. This was a rather disruptive change.

From the end of 2009 until the end of 2011, I was the project manager and chief investigator of the Acer-European Schoolnet Educational Netbook Pilot. I was responsible for implementing the pilot from scratch, meaning establishing links with national points in 6 countries, facilitating finding the schools, organising a network of national pedagogical coordinators,  implementing pedagogical support through a community website, conducting evaluation and finalising the evaluation report. At the end, I was rather convinced that to use netbooks successfully, a netbook pedagogy is needed.

Below a 30-minute video presentation of the final results elaborating also on the concept of the netbook, or any 1:1 pedagogy (e.g. with tablets). Links to the reports can also be found below.



The final report "Introducing netbook pedagogies in schools" is available to download here (pdf, 7Mb).

Reference: Vuorikari, R., Garoia, V., & Balanskat, A. (2011). Introducing Netbook Pedagogies in Schools. Acer - European Schoolnet Educational Netbook Pilot. European Schoolnet.

The country reports are available in respective languages:

Monday, May 21, 2012

Rethinking skills in education and training

Recently, there has been a lot of talk about skills and competences needed for the future. This is the case especially in the field of education and training, which is in a prime spot to influence on how the young citizens "turn out" after their initial basic education, and what kind of attitudes do they have regarding lifelong learning and future skills acquisition in the future.

In the European Commission's Road map for 2012, the on-going work in Education and Culture concentrates on Rethinking skills in the context of Europe 2020.

As part of an assignment, I've collected links to recent publications, studies and programmes in the field of education and training (initial, youth and adults, disadvantaged groups) that deal with skills acquisition, evaluation of skills, etc. Here is a list of interesting publications related to:
Here is also a (not-an-exhaustive) list of some references to relevant studies recently conducted in Finland (mostly in Finnish). I was very positively surprised and impressed with the high quality reports that the Finnish Board of Education and the Ministry of Education and Culture have published!

Aihekokonaisuuksien tavoitteiden toteutumisen seuranta-arviointi 2010. (2012).Koulutuksen seurantaraportit 2012:1. Retrieved from http://www.oph.fi/julkaisut/2012/aihekokonaisuuksien_tavoitteiden_toteutumisen_seuranta_arviointi_2010
Harjunen, E., Jurvonen, R., Kuusela, J., Silen, B., Sääskilahti, M., & Örnmark, M. (2011). Opetushallitus - Miten peruskoululaiset kirjoittavat? (Raportit ja selvitykset 2011:2). Retrieved from http://www.oph.fi/julkaisut/2011/miten_peruskoululaiset_kirjoittavat
Havén, H., & Tuononen, M. (2011). Performance indicator for initial vocational education and training in Finland 2011 (Publications 2011:1). The Finnish National Board of Education. Retrieved from http://oph.fi/english/publications/2011/performance_indicator_for_initial_vocational_education_and_training_in_Finland_2011
Hildén, R., & Kantelinen, R. (2012). Language Education - Foreign Languages. In H. Niemi, A. Toom, & A. Kallioniemi (Eds.), Miracle of Education (pp. 161–176). Rotterdam: SensePublishers. Retrieved from http://rd.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-94-6091-811-7_11

Hirvonen, K. (2012). Onko laskutaito laskussa? - Matematiikan oppimistulokset peruskoulun päättövaiheessa 2011 (Koulutuksen seurantaraportit 2012:4). Opetushallitus. Retrieved from http://www.oph.fi/julkaisut/2012/onko_laskutaito_laskussa

Jäppinen, A.-K. (2010). Onnistujia opinpolun siirtymissä – Ammatilliseen peruskoulutukseen ohjaavan ja valmistavan koulutuskokeilun (ammattistartti) vaikuttavuus. Opetushallitus. Retrieved from http://www.oph.fi/julkaisut/2010/onnistujia_opinpolun_siirtymissa

Kärnä, P., Hakonen, R., & Kuusela, J. (2012). Luonnontieteellinen osaaminen perusopetuksen 9. luokalla 2011 (Koulutuksen seurantaraportit 2012:2). Opetushallitus. Retrieved from http://www.oph.fi/julkaisut/2012/luonnontieteellinen_osaaminen_perusopetuksen_9_luokalla_2011
Kilpinen, J., & Salonen, M. (2011). Maahanmuuttajien ammatillisen peruskoulutuksen tila lukuvuonna 2009-2010. Koulutuksen seurantaraportit 2011:3. Opetushallitus. Retrieved from http://www.oph.fi/julkaisut/2011/maahanmuuttajien_ammatillisen_peruskoulutuksen_tila_lukuvuonna_2009_2010
Lappalainen, P. (2011). Opetushallitus - Sen edestään löytää (Koulutuksen seurantaraportit 2011:2). Opetushallitus. Retrieved from http://www.oph.fi/julkaisut/2011/sen_edestaan_loytaa
Mäkelä, M., & Salonen, M. (2010). Hyvä startti! – Ammatilliseen peruskoulutukseen ohjaavan ja valmistavan koulutuksen kokeilun loppujulkaisu. Opetushallitus. Retrieved from http://www.oph.fi/julkaisut/2010/hyva_startti
Opetus- ja kulttuuriministeriö. (2012a). OKM - Ammatillisen lisäkoulutuksen työelämän kehittämis- ja palvelutoiminnan kehittämishankkeen loppuraportti. Opetus- ja kulttuuriministeriön työryhmämuistioita ja selvityksiä 2012:3. Retrieved from http://www.minedu.fi/OPM/Julkaisut/2012/Amm_lisakoulutuksen_tyoelaman_kehittamis_ja_palvelutoiminta.html?lang=fi
Opetus- ja kulttuuriministeriö. (2012b). Koulutus ja tutkimus vuosina 2011–2016. Kehittämissuunnitelma/ Education and Research 2011–2016 (Opetus- ja kulttuuriministeriön julkaisuja 2012:1). Retrieved from http://www.minedu.fi/OPM/Julkaisut/2012/Kehittamissuunnitelma.html
Ouakrim-Soivio, N., & Kuusela, J. (2012). Historian ja yhteiskuntaopin oppimistulokset perusopetuksen päättövaiheessa 2011 (Koulutuksen seurantaraportit 2012:3). Opetushallitus. Retrieved from http://www.oph.fi/julkaisut/2012/historian_ja_yhteiskuntaopin_oppimistulokset_perusopetuksen_paattovaiheessa_2011
Rajala, S., Salonen, M., Blomerus, S., & Nissilä, L. (2011). Romanioppilaiden perusopetuksen tilannekatsaus 2010-2011 ja toimenpide-ehdotukset (Raportit ja selvitykset 2011:26). Retrieved from http://www.oph.fi/julkaisut/2011/romanioppilaiden_perusopetuksen_tilannekatsaus_2010_2011_ja_toimenpide_ehdotukset
Rauhanen, T., Kangasharju, A., & Kröger, O. (n.d.). VATT - Talouden rakenteet 2011 (VATT Publications 59). 2011: Government institute for economic research. Retrieved from http://www.vatt.fi/en/publications/latestPublications/publication/Publication_1345_id/905
Sulkunen, S., & Välijärvi, J. (2012). OKM - PISA09. Kestääkö osaamisen pohja? (Opetus- ja kulttuuriministeriön julkaisuja 2012:12). Opetus- ja kulttuuriministeriö. Retrieved from http://www.minedu.fi/OPM/Julkaisut/2012/PISA09.html?lang=fi
Tuokko, E. (2009). Miten ruotsia osataan peruskoulussa? Opetushallitus. Retrieved from http://www.oph.fi/julkaisut/2009/miten_ruotsia_osataan_peruskoulussa
Tuokko, E., Takala, S., Koikkalainen, P., & Mustaparta, A.-K. (2012). Kielitivoli! - Peruskoulun vieraiden kielten opetuksen kehittämishankkeessa 2009–2011 koettua: tuloksia ja toimintatapoja (Raportit ja selvitykset 2012:1). Opetushallitus. Retrieved from http://www.oph.fi/www.oph.fi/julkaisut/2012/kielitivoli_!
Työ- ja elinkeinoministeriö. (2011). Rekrytoinnin mustan laatikon avaaminen: rekrytoinnin syyt, rekrytointiongelmat ja hakukanavat Suomessa v. 2010 (TEM-analyyseja 38/2011). Retrieved from http://www.tem.fi/index.phtml?C=97987&s=2687&xmid=4737