1. Visit to Portsmouth,NH-November 14-17, 2006 1 E-learning University of Jyväskylä Personal experiences Pekka Makkonen Lecturer of information systems

2. Visit to Portsmouth,NH-November 14-17, 2006 2 1. Overview of lecture –Virtual university in Jyväskylä and Finland –My own research –Telling about the latest web-assignment based on problem-based learning and making screen- capturing videos

3. Visit to Portsmouth,NH-November 14-17, 2006 3 2. Introducing Lecture of information systems (permanent office) at the University of Jyväskylä Basic courses of IS For international co-operational a course on virtual learning environments Research in the field of e-learning

4. Visit to Portsmouth,NH-November 14-17, 2006 4 3. University of Jyväskylä and Agora center University of Jyväskylä –See transparencies at http://www.cs.jyu.fi/~pmakkone/November2006 http://www.cs.jyu.fi/~pmakkone/November2006 Agora center –See transparencies at http://www.cs.jyu.fi/~pmakkone/November2006 http://www.cs.jyu.fi/~pmakkone/November2006

5. Visit to Portsmouth,NH-November 14-17, 2006 5 3. Virtual university project The Virtual University Project aims at promoting the use of information and communication technology in the everyday activities of the university. The new technologies enable: –flexible, cross-university study rights as well as multi- disciplinary information resources –developing the quality of teaching and research –producing electronic access services –support for networks and decentralized teams http://virtuaaliyliopisto.jyu.fi/etusivu/en/vu

6. Visit to Portsmouth,NH-November 14-17, 2006 6 4. Finnish Virtual University A joint effort by all the universities (21) in Finland project strives for structural changes in the university infrastructure One practical solution is online course database http://www.virtuaaliyliopisto.fi/?node=vy_front_page_eng

7. Visit to Portsmouth,NH-November 14-17, 2006 7 5. My own research in the postgraduate studies (Case 1) Collaborative hypertext –discussion phase – authoring phase –annotative phase Toolbook as a tool –http://www.sumtotalsystems.com/toolbook/index. html

8. Visit to Portsmouth,NH-November 14-17, 2006 8 5. My own research in the postgraduate studies (Case 2) WWW-based coursework in the basics of informatics –a slideshow presentation –coursework of three layers 1) slides themselves 2) links 3) search engines and directories (e. g. Altavista or yahoo) –The students were required to report their findings (learning) concerning three features in the course work

9. Visit to Portsmouth,NH-November 14-17, 2006 9 5. My own research in the postgraduate studies (Case 3) The Course Knowledge work and its tools Web CT and its presentations feature Working in small groups (3 to 5 students) dealing with one typical knowledge work profession (lawyer, teacher, etc.) Presentations were put in each group’s separate workspace on the web Other groups commented on the outcomes Control groups to compare the value

10. Visit to Portsmouth,NH-November 14-17, 2006 10 5. My own research in the postgraduate studies (Case 4) The Course Information resources management Problem-based learning Self-defined problems from our lecture hand-out Searching for web sites which may give clarify these problems and reporting based on that Composing HTML documents or making Windows Media Player videoclips (5 to 10 minutes) Optima e-learning platform and its presentations feature Presentations were put in each group’s separate workspace on the web Other groups commented on the outcomes Control groups to compare the value

11. Visit to Portsmouth,NH-November 14-17, 2006 11 6. Exercise in Thessaloniki based on Case 4 Selecting other group members Selecting your group’s topic Searching on the web to find brilliant web sites dealing with your topic Composing PowerPoint slides about your topic Making video with narration Uploading video into the web server In the Blackboard (or Optima) workspace creating the link to your stuff on the web server