Course staff
Contact information
Responsible person
Dr. Pirkko Siklander (pirkko.siklander@oulu.fi)
Discussion & Ask/Answer forum:
Google Classroom (chat): https://classroom.google.com/u/1/c/MTgwODg2NTIzMzE1 (see instructions how to log-in into Google Classroom)
Introduction
University of Oulu, Finland
Pirkko Siklander
Pirkko Siklander is a university researcher, and responsible for the CSCL course, and she teachers what ever is asked. Her doctoral dissertation deals with playful learning and teaching and playful learning environments. She is an adjunct professor in technology-enhanced teaching and learning. Her research interest is focused on collaborative learning environments and collaborative learning, particularly creative collaboration and triggers for raising interest in learning. Pirkko is interested also in expertise research, including mentoring.
Pirkko's zoom: https://oulu.zoom.us/j/6952021067
Bhavna Rawat
Bhavna is currently working as a Research Assistant with the Learning and Learning Processes Research Unit at the Faculty of Education. She assists in the coordination of teaching and research activities for projects related to collaborative learning and technology-enhanced learning. Her interests include - culturally responsive digital pedagogies and learning environments, situated learning perspectives, design and sustainability of communities of practice, and the role of datafication in the field of educational research.
Jari Laru
Jari Laru is a university lecturer, and a specialist in technology-enhanded learning. He has been a nerd since 1983 when he got his very first computer. In his dissertation Jari was exploring different aspects of mobile learning. Whenever you want to discuss about technological issue, Jari is the person you should contact first.
Ismail Celik
Ismail Celik is a postdoctoral researcher in the Learning and Learning Processes Research Unit at the Faculty of Education, University of Oulu. In his doctoral dissertation, Ismail investigated teachers and pre-service teachers’ use of instructional technologies based on Technological Pedagogical and Content Knowledge (TPACK). His research areas cover social media use, technology integration models in education, epistemological beliefs, mobile learning, and scale development.
University of Saarland, Germany
Armin Weinberger
My research interests are in analyzing and facilitating the generation, construction and sharing of knowledge in small groups of learners, working teams, and communities. I have developed multiple computer-supported collaboration scripts that orchestrate roles and activities of learners. The scripts I have designed facilitate specific interaction patterns and enhance individual knowledge acquisition as well as knowledge convergence within a group. Learners supported with these scripts do participate more actively and equally and can attain higher levels of argumentation and reasoning. I have implemented scripting in online scenarios, e.g. involving the use of discussion boards, and I have expanded the use of scripts to orchestrate various learning arrangements and technology-enhanced learning settings inside and outside the classroom.
Open University, Netherlands
Karel Kreijns
Karel Kreijns is associate professor at the Welten Institute of the Open University of the Netherlands. His primary research interests are 1) the application of computer-supported collaborative learning (CSCL) in the classroom as well as in online distance education and in open online learning (e.g., MOOCs) using an ecological approach and the affordance theory of James Gibson. 2) the use of technology in learning and teaching. The focus is on the use of open educational resources (OER), smart devices (e.g., iPads), and in CSCL (keywords: awareness widgets, learning analytics).
Mari Ader
Mari Ader is a PhD researcher at the Faculty of Educational Science at the Open University of the Netherlands. With the Master´s degrees in School and Psychology and Developmental Psychology, she is interested in combining research from cognitive psychology and educational science. Mari`s PhD research focuses on eliciting socially shared metacognitive regulation in both face-to-face and online collaborative learning settings.
Slavisa Radovic
Slavisa Radovic is an educational research PhD-candidate at the Open University of the Netherlands. His interest encompasses different aspects of newly emerging technologies used in education, and the role of instructional design in supporting de- and re-contextualization of practice experience and academic knowledge. In his research, he is focused on the more authentic, reflective and collaborative – mARC instructional elements that could be used to foster experiential education within Higher Education. Previously Slavisa was within Faculty of Mathematics at University of Belgrade, investigating issues related to the mathematics curriculum design and pedagogic approaches for math teaching in primary and secondary schools.
University of Turku, Finland
Tarja-Riitta Hurme
Tarja-Riitta Hurme (PhD, Education) is a senior researcher at the Department of Teacher Education, University of Turku, Finland. Her main research interest focuses on collaborative learning processes in technology-supported as well as in face-to-face learning situations.
Hurme's research has been focused on self- and shared regulated learning in different learning context and domains, like mathematics and music.
Her publications include both international peer-reviewed scientific journals articles and book chapters. Email: tarja-riitta.hurme@utu.fi