Category: Education

  • From delivery to results: Streamlining assessments with Inspera

    Neves S & Martin S (Inspera) 28.5.2024, 14:00–14:30, Small Hall (F4050) We’ll showcase the backend with live demos of the Planner, Monitor, and Grader roles. See how to seamlessly deliver assessments, monitor exam progress, and collaborate with colleagues on grading and marking – all within Inspera.

  • Case study: Conducting user testing provides insights into the design of online courses related to energy transition

    Iskala E & Aejmelaeus M (Metropolia University of Applied Sciences) 27.5.2024, 15:00–15:20, F3010 Based on the feedback from user testing and results from prior research we developed the “Energy Transition Today” online course. In this presentation, we discuss the processes of course development and user testing. The aim of the course is not only to…

  • Revolutionize education with generative AI on AWS

    Lavanko H (AWS) 28.5.2024, 12:30–13:30, Studium 1 (F3020), Workshop Generative AI is revolutionizing the educational landscape, and AWS provides a powerful platform to harness its potential. In this talk, we’ll explore how you can leverage AWS services to integrate Generative AI into your educational workflows, enhancing learning experiences and driving innovation. During the session, you…

  • Level up! – A useful tool for online courses?

    Kärppä L (University of Helsinki) 27.5.2024, 15:00–15:20, F3017 Gamification of learning has increased its popularity as a teaching strategy, increasing student motivation, especially in self-directed online courses. There are different approaches to gamification of learning, for example gathering experience points and progressing from one level to another based on a learner’s activity on online course…

  • Katsaus taaksepäin: 20 vuotta Moodlea Suomessa – Miten olemme onnistuneet? (Looking back at 20 years of Moodle in Finland – How have we succeeded?)

    Rytkönen A (Aalto university) 28.5.2024, 12:30–13:30, F3005, Workshop, In Finnish First Moodle installations in Finnish Higher Education were set up in about 2004. Until then, at least BSCW and WebCT/Blackboard were used, with some additional in-house tools. The variety of tools was wide and heterogeneous. At CS departments, in-house tools focused on a specific pedagogical…

  • Moodle as an instant accessibility improvement

    Kivelä M (University of Helsinki) 27.5.2024, 10:30–11:10, F3010 This paper examines the user-perceived accessibility of a fully online course for Uni Helsinki undergraduates. The course has been running since August 2017, first on Confluence Wiki, then Teams and nowadays in Moodle. We focus on comparing delivering the same content on two different platforms in relation…

  • Curriculum knowledge and AI as a critical friend: Teachers’ challenges and opportunities using Moodle LMS

    Sandström N, Nevgi A & Rekola M (University of Helsinki) 28.5.2024, 10:30–11:30, Studium 1 (F3020), Workshop University teachers design courses sometimes with little knowledge of the curriculum and of their students’ prior knowledge of the course topics. Nuanced understanding of students’ prior knowledge is pivotal for curriculum development and personalised instruction, serving as a cornerstone…

  • Videotallenteiden luonti, säilytys ja jakelu helposti ja turvallisesti (Create, store and share video recordings easily and securely)

    Kolmakow A (Ilona IT) 27.5.2024, 13:20–13:40, F3017, in Finnish Videotallenteiden merkitys opetuksessa on kasvanut ja tulee edelleen kasvamaan. Kuinka videoiden tekeminen tallennus opetuksesta voidaan automatisoida ja tallenne lopuksi julkaista helposti opiskelijoiden käyttöön? Esityksessä kerron esimerkein yleisesti Suomessa käytössä olevan videoneuvottelujärjestelmän, Zoomin ja sen tallenteiden automatisoinnista Panopto ympäristöön. Lopuksi tallenteet julkaistaan helposti opiskelijoiden käyttöön.

  • From repository to ILE: Improving user experience in Moodle with H5P

    Swanepoel C (Tampere University) 27.5.2024, 10:30–11:10, F3017 From the first LMS in the early nineties (Pressey’s “Teaching Machine”), the use of these systems in Higher Education continues to advance alongside rapidly changing technology. Initially, course pages at universities only provided a space where students submitted assignments and downloaded teaching resources as files. Over time, more…

  • Practical use of AI in Moodle

    Korsgaard T (Moxis) 27.5.2024, 12:40–13:10, F3010 The rapid advancement of Artificial Intelligence (AI) technologies has opened new frontiers in educational methodologies. This presentation aims to explore the current state of AI within the Moodle ecosystem. Our discussion begins with an overview of the AI landscape in education, emphasizing recent developments and their implications for online…