1. @the Finnish Virtual Polytehnic 1 The Finnish Virtual Polytechnic Virtual organization, Finnish Polytechnics’ co-operation www.amk.fi The Finnish Virtual Polytechnic Virtual organization, Finnish Polytechnics’ co-operation www.amk.fi

2. @the Finnish Virtual Polytehnic 2 The Finnish Virtual Polytechnic  Networked co-operation organization formed by the Finnish polytechnics (31 polytechnics)  Activities are coordinated by the Virtual Polytechnic’s Development Unit  The goal is to define, produce, and offer internationally recognized, high-standard and competitive education services and educational entities aiming at flexible studies  The training and services make good use of different teaching and learning methods as well as modern information and communications technology

3. @the Finnish Virtual Polytehnic 3 The Virtual Polytechnic’s portal, www.amk.fi  centralized e-learning services for all polytechnics  forum for professional cooperation  a place where polytechnics’ expertise can be brought together and information can be shared for different target groups  gateway to educational contents and courses offered by polytechnics  based on a single-sign-on -principle

4. @the Finnish Virtual Polytehnic 4 www.amk.fi, www.virtualyh.fi Production platform eLearning environment eStudy Office www.amk.fi – centralized services with single-sign-on -principle www.amk.fi – centralized services with single-sign-on -principle on-line course TR1 Production teams Material bank metadata copyright agreements

5. @the Finnish Virtual Polytehnic 5 The portal offers various tailored services to meet the requirements of customers and partners for students for polytechnics’ administration for teachers for researchers and developers

6. @the Finnish Virtual Polytehnic 6 The production teams Teachers and students from polytechnics produce network-based courses for different study fields. The production is based on reusable learning objects. About 50 new production teams started their activities in 2004. By the end of 2006 polytechnic students will have a chance to gain at least 30 ECTS credits of e-learning studies via the Virtual Polytechnic’s portal.

7. @the Finnish Virtual Polytehnic 7 Online training at the Virtual Polytechnic Something else than:  web-pages made by html-language  link collections  books removed to the web Characteristics:  interactive network-based training  teacher’s role is significant  teamwork  flexibility for traditional training  books remain as an important part of the education  learning process is well planned  High quality