Kasvatustieteen päivät 2020

Kasvatustieteen päivät 2020 conference was organised as an online event on 14.-16.12. 2020 by the University of Helsinki. The conference included a thematic group session coordinated by the researchers in AI in Learning project. The thematic group was entitled “Intelligent digital tools and learning environments in education and lifelong learning”.

On Tuesday, the thematic group included the following presentations:

  • AI and Learning: The ethical challenges and solutions of education technology companies (Päivi Kousa ja Hannele Niemi)
  • Supporting learners within immersive virtual reality: why and how to scaffold training with artificial intelligence? (Joakim Laine, Tiina Korhonen ja Kai Hakkarainen)

On Wednesday, the following presentations were heard in the session:

  • AI Supported Game-Based Learning: Mixed Methods Research on Emotions in Problem-Solving Processes (Heli Ruokamo, Marjaana Kangas, Hanna Vuojärvi, and Pekka Qvist)
  • Gaming in children’s foreign-language learning (Sari Ylinen, Katja Junttila, Anna-Riikka Smolander, Reima Karhila, and Mikko Kurimo)
  • Student teachers’ experiences of learning in simulated classroom cases (Anna Slotte and Kirsi Wallinheimo)
  • A Pedagogical Model for Artificial Intelligence in Simulation-based Language Learning in Bloom’s Taxonomy: systematic literature review (Fengyan He)

Sino-Finnish Joint Learning Innovation Institute Conference on AI in Learning (24.-25.11. 2020)

Sino-Finnish Joint Learning Innovation Institute organised an online conference entitled AI in Learning on November 24–25, 2020 in Beijing Normal University.

Sino-Finnish Joint Learning Innovation Institute (JoLII) is coordinated by the University of Helsinki and Beijing Normal University. The institute is a network of ten Finnish universities and one company, together with seven Chinese universities, one society and two companies, which are engaged in research cooperation for future schools and high quality education.

The mission of JoLII is to get Chinese and Finnish researchers, teachers and companies to work together for high quality learning and education for all people. The shared vision of the parties is to establish the Sino-Finnish Joint Learning Innovation Institute with the purpose to co-create inclusive, student-oriented learning solutions for future in China and Finland. More information about the collaboration can be found here.

The conference included presentations also from the members of our AI in Learning project. The themes of the conference included, among others, AI in education and learning–equity and ethics as big challenges, Ethical dilemmas in AI based learning environments from the perspective of educational technology companies, and Application of Machine Learning Methods in Intelligent Tutoring Systems.

 

 

 

AI in Learning project in Digitori event on 23.9.

The Digitori event organised in the Faculty of Educational Sciences at UH has highlighted interesting research related to digital technologies for a few years now. The autumn’s first online Digitori event featured researchers and business representatives also from the AI ​​in Learning project to talk about the research being carried out in the project. The event was attended by more than 50 participants. During the afternoon, interesting presentations related to artificial intelligence and augmented reality were heard.

The presentations related to AI in Learning project that were heard during the event are summarized below:

  • 14.10 Student wellbeing during remote study period: First measurement model and preliminary results, Mikko Kylväjä, creative director, School Day Finland, and Xin Tang, postdoctoral researcher, University of Helsinki
  • 14.40 AI in Learning: Games and Simulations, Heli Ruokamo, professor, Media Education Hub, Faculty of Education, University of Lapland, Pekka Qvist, manager, UI and Usability Engineering, NAPCON, Neste Engineering Solutions Oy
  • 15.15 AI tutor -tutkimusta Iivari-laboratoriossa, Joakim Laine, VR-oppimisen tutkija, Kai Hakkarainen, professori, Tiina Korhonen, yliopistonlehtori, Innokas-verkoston johtaja, Helsingin yliopisto & Timo Lindqvist, Upknowledge
  • 15.45 Tekoäly ja oppiminen: Eettiset haasteet koulutuspalveluita tarjoavien yritysten näkökulmasta, Päivi Kousa, tutkijatohtori, hankkeen koordinaattori & Hannele Niemi, professori, hankkeen tieteellinen johtaja, Helsingin yliopisto

Abstract invitation to our theme group session in FERA 2020

FERA conference (Kasvatustieteen päivät) will be organised this year by the University of Helsinki. The conference will be held online 15.-16.12. As part of the conference, the research consortium AI in Learning organises a theme group session about artificial intelligence and digital learning environments. We invite you to submit an abstract proposal to the session! Call for papers opens on 31.8. and ends on 27.9.

You can find the description of our theme group session below. More information about the program and the theme group sessions can also be found here.

Intelligent digital tools and learning environments in education and life-long learning (Hannele Niemi, University of Helsinki & Heli Ruokamo, University of Lapland)

The research consortium AI in Learning (Artificial intelligence in Learning ) invites researchers, practitioners  and companies to share their research findings how artificial intelligence as well as other intelligent digital tools and learning environments can open new ways to promote learning in different kinds of educational and working life settings. The special interest areas are e.g. how  these tools will promote students’ learning, socio-emotional well-being and ways to life-long learning; and how intelligent tutoring, games and simulations can support learners to achieve demanding expert skills in education and working life. The presentations of the thematic group can also focus on ethical issues that are related to AI in learning and education. The aim of the thematic group is to provide a forum for multi-disciplinary discussion and to explore new opportunities and challenges of AI and other intelligent digital tools in learning and education.

Teacher Education Policy in Europe (TEPE) conference at the University of Helsinki, May 13–15, 2020

The theme of the 14th TEPE conference is sustainability and ethics in teacher education and education policy.  Urgent themes are how teacher education can provide solutions to global learning crises through teachers’ high-quality professional work and by creating sustainable learning opportunities for all learners. Read more

Artificial intelligence was also present in the conference. You can find Päivi Kousa’s presentation slides here.

During the three days, the conference hosted four eminent keynote speakers and their presentations are still available, any time – it’s all just a click away on the website of TEPE 2020!

 The whole conference book is also available.