1. “UNIVERSITY TOWARDS E-LEARNING: A FOCUS ON FINLAND, FRANCE AND ITALY” National results from Finland Pekka Kess University of Oulu pekka.kess@oulu.fi

2. The Finnish Universities participating the ELUE survey Participating Universities University of Helsinki University of Kuopio University of Lapland University of Oulu University of Tampere Åbo Akademi University Lappeenranta University of Technology Tampere University of Technology Turku School of Economics and Business Administration Sibelius Academy Theatre Academy University of Art and Design represent about 70 % of the university sector

3. Reasons for eLearning in Finland

4. Functions in Finland

5. eLearning course history in Finland

6. eLearning course fetures - Finland

7. eLearning tools in Finland

8. Platforms in Finland

9. People in charge of eLearning in Finnish universities Management team Planning officers Project Manager Vice Rector with manager at the student services Net producer Variable – for instance IT manager A responsibility area of the department of administration. eLearning is one are with annual financial, targets and other planning and control elements. Manager of the Learning Center eLearning is not a separate issue, but part of normal responsibilities at all levels of the university. Only limited amount of resources allocated specifically into eLearning.