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Latest update: 2009-04-08 13:58:57

University of Oulu - Oulun yliopisto
   LEARNING AND EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH UNIT

News

New publication  (19.02.2010)
Thesis offer in OPTEK research project  (28.12.2009)
Doctoral school positions for LET-team members  (7.12.2009)
LET-team members applied successfully several doctoral school positions.
LET received research funding from Academy of Finland SKIDI-kids –program  (3.12.2009)
Doctoral defence at the LET  (16.10.2009)
Ass. Prof. Hadwin visits LET  (15.09.2009)
Sanna Järvelä to the administration of Oulu University  (15.09.2009)
Sanna Järvelä to the EARLI executive committee  (7.09.2009)
She was also invited as a co-editor to the Learning and instruction
EARLI Conference in Amsterdam next week  (19.08.2009)
Mr. Jari Laru will give a paper presentation on June 12 in Rhodes at the International Conference on Computer Supported Collaborative Learning  (7.06.2009)
Landsdowne scholarship to Sanna Järvelä  (24.02.2009)
The Finnish Cultural Foundation Grants 2009  (20.02.2009)
Researchers Tiina Luokkanen and Jonna Malmberg received both one year grants from the Finnish Cultural Foundation for their researches. Tiinas research is focused on higher education students and knowledge workers coping strategies in stressful learning situations. Jonnas research concerns about elementary school students self-regulated study strategy use.
LEAF-network's workshop in Oulu  (10.02.2009)
New Special issue dealing with qualitative and quantitative methods in research in motivation  (4.11.2008)
The Address project received funding from Academy of Finland  (30.09.2008)
International Conference of Motivation 2008 in Turku  (22.08.2008)
Researchers from the Research Unit for Educational Technology participated in International Conference of Motivation (ICM) and summerschool in Turku 17th to 22th of August.
Associate professor Mary Ainley visits Edtech unit  (9.06.2008)
New publication  (31.03.2008)
New Publication 20.3.2008  (25.03.2008)
Professor Julianne Turner's visit  (7.02.2008)
Visiting PhD students Mingming Zhou and Zoltan Galik  (30.01.2008)
PhD Karsten Stegmann visits Edtech Unit on 11.-12.12.2007  (3.12.2007)
Kaleidoscope NoE symposium  (28.11.2007)
Research Unit participated to the Kaleidoscope symposium in Berlin.
Associate Professor Allyson Hadwin's visit  (5.11.2007)
Associate Professor Dr. Allyson Hadwin from the University of Victoria visits Edtech Research Unit on 12th-16th of November 2007.
Kaleidoscope news  (5.11.2007)
Piritta Leinonen's defence  (5.11.2007)
Researcher Hanna Järvenoja received an award at the EARLI conference  (4.09.2007)
EARLI conference in Budapest on August 27 - September 1  (7.08.2007)
Gate challenges our understanding of teamplay  (23.05.2007)

Interactive Technology in Education - conference  (13.04.2007)
CAL (Computer Assisted Learning)-conference  (2.04.2007)
Alpine CSCL Rendez-Vous  (19.01.2007)
Professor Sanna Järvelä and researchers Piia Näykki and Jari Laru will participate in the Alpine CSCL Rendez-Vous workshop in Svitzerland. The workshop is organised by the Kaleidoscope Noe CSCL SIG.
Visiting researcher Zoltan Galik  (12.01.2007)

PhD student Zoltan Galik from Comenius University in Bratislava (Slovakia), working at the Department of Informatics Education, is visiting the Research Unit for Educational Technology from early January 2007 till end of May 2007. Zoltan’s research interest is related to the field of computer supported collaborative learning. He is joining the research unit to work particularly in our ongoing research project: SCORE (Pedagogical Structuring of Collaboration and Self-Regulated Learning: Individual and Group-Level Perspectives).

New Doctoral students to the Finnish Graduate School  (4.12.2006)

Researcher Piia Näykki has been selected to the Finnish Graduate School in Education and Learning (FiGSEL, in finnish KASVA) to Doctoral Programme on Learning, Learning Contexts and Teacher Education (LCTE).

PhD-student Fleur Prinsen visits the Research Unit  (27.11.2006)
Ph D Jan-Willem Strijbos visits the Research Unit in November  (6.11.2006)
JURE conference  (30.06.2006)
Recearch Unit for Educational Technology will participate in JURE conference on 30.6.-4.7.2006.
EARLI SIG 6 & 7  (21.06.2006)
Researchers from the Research Unit for Educational Technology will participate in EARLI SIG meeting in Belgium on 21st to 23rd of June 2006.
Human Centered Technology Workshop in Pori, Finland  (11.06.2006)
Researcher Johanna Bluemink will participate in the HCT06 workshop, held in Pori, Finland, 11.-13.6.2006. Her presentation is entitled "Group Dynamics in Collaborative Virtual Game".
Wireless Cities Conference  (8.06.2006)
Research Unit for Educational Technology participated to the Wireless Cities conference, on 5th-8th of June 2006.
Hanna Salovaara promoted as Doctor Primus of the University of Oulu  (19.05.2006)
Ph.D. Hanna Salovaara, who defended her Doctoral Thesis in June 2005 at the Research Unit for Educational Technology, will be promoted as Doctor Primus of the University of Oulu in the Doctoral Promotion seremonies in 19.-21.5.2006.
Senior Scientist Grant of the Academy of Finland to Professor Sanna Järvelä  (19.05.2006)
Professor Sanna Järvelä has received the Senior Scientist Grant of the Academy of Finland for one year scientific work.
Teresa Dillon´s visit  (25.01.2006)
Visitor from Centre for Educational Research, University of Koblenz-Landau: Mr. Dirk Bissbort  (8.12.2005)

Mr. Dirk Bissbort from Centre for Educational Research (Zepf), University of Koblenz-Landau gives presentation: Possibilities of more differentiated explanation of the dynamics of self-direction in learning. Thursday 8.12 klo 12.30- 14.00 KTK 234. Welcome

InterLearn 2005 Conference in Helsinki  (1.12.2005)
Research Unit for Educational Technology will participate in InterLearn conference, which is arranged by the Life as Learning research programme (LEARN) of the Academy of Finland (2002-2006) in 1st to 2nd of December in Helsinki, Finland.
Workshop: Multiple Technologies and Tools for Supporting CSCL  (21.11.2005)
On the 21st–23rd of November The Research Unit for Educational Technology is arranging a Kaleidoscope networks of excellence workshop in Oulu for 25-30 persons.

Information: http://let.oulu.fi/workshop

Scamo Project Received Funding from Finnish Science Academy  (16.11.2005)
Prof. Järvelä's project "Studying and Scaffolding Motivation and Self-Regulated Learning among Elementary School Students" received three year funding. Hanna Salovaara and Hanna Järvenoja have participated the project planning.
Mr. Jari Laru has been selected to the affiliate position to the Graduate School for Interdisclipnary Research on Learning Environments  (16.11.2005)
The Management Group of the Graduate School for Interdisclipnary Research on Learning Environments has selected mr. Jari laru to the affiliate position to the Graduate School for three years period starting 1st july 2006.
Prof. Sanna Järvelä visited Stanford University 10.-14.10.2005  (15.10.2005)
Prof. Sanna Järvelä visited Stanford University 10.-14.10.2005 (in CICERO
Learning delegation). Collaborative research activities were created in between
EdTech and SCIL (Stanford Center for Innovation in Learning, directed by
Prof.Roy Pea.
Hanna Järvenoja's article has been published in Learning and Instruction  (1.10.2005)
Hanna Järvenoja's article "How students describe the
sources of their emotional and motivational experiences during the
learning process: A qualitative approach" has been published in Learning & Instruction journal