Themes of the conference and sessions related to them:
-WHAT IS THE ROLE OF THE UNIVERSITY IN A LEARNING SOCIETY?
UNIVERSITY AND THE WORKING LIFE
- Building bridges between theory and practice, poster session 30.8. 15.00
- Building bridges between academic studies and working life, paper session 31.8.
13.00
- Activity theory and new forms of university learning, symposium 31.8. 13.00
- Students as researchers, paper session 31.8. 15.00
- Studying through real-life and drama-based experiences, paper session 31.8. 16.30
- How can universities support life-long learning and career guidance, paper session
1.9. 10.30
- University and the working life - strengthening the connection, paper session 1.9.
13.00
- Mentoring as a learning method for moving towards professional life, symposium 1.9.
15.00
THE NEW IDENTITY OF UNIVERSITY
- Moving horizons in higher education, keynote address 30.8. 10.30
- Beyond the official curriculum - examining the boundaries of knowledge, paper session
30.8. 13.00
- Innovative approaches to multidisciplinary teaching, paper session 30.8. 16.30
- Experiences of international studies, paper session 1.9. 13.00
University's role in the future, paper session 1.9. 15.00
- The university of learning, keynote address 2.9. 9.00
- Challenges for international education, paper session 2.9. 10.30
CRITICAL THINKING IN HIGHER EDUCATION
- Critical thinking in higher education, keynote address 1.9. 9.00
- University's role in fostering critical thinking and argumentation in a learning
society, paper session 1.9. 10.30
- Fostering the development of scientific and critical thinking among students, paper
session 2.9. 10.30
HOW TO FOSTER EXPERT LEARNING
- On the function of learning, keynote address 30.8. 10.30
- Expert learning in higher education, invited addresses 30.8. 13.00
- Enhancing the development of teaching and learning skills, poster session 30.8.
15.00
- Studying in higher education, poster session 30.8. 15.00
- Learning strategies and approaches to learning in higher education, paper session
30.8. 16.30
- Understanding and teaching "thinking mathematically", keynote address 31.8. 9.00
- Variability and (in)stability of student learning patterns in higher education,
SIG symposium 31.8. 10.30
- Removing obstacles for successful studying, paper session 31.8. 10.30
- Research methodology learning symposium, SIG symposium 31.8. 13.00
- Improving teaching and learning in higher education, invited addresses 31.8. 13.00
- Orientations to studying in relation to academic achievement, paper session 31.8.
16.30
- Factors related to academic success, paper session 2.9. 10.30
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COUNSELLING AND TUTORING
- Tutoring first-year students, paper session 30.8. 13.00
- Peer consultation in higher education, workshop 30.8. 15.00
- Innovative approaches to counselling and tutoring, paper session 2.9.10.30
PROBLEM-BASED LEARNING
- Innovative approaches to problem-based learning, paper session 31.8. 10.30
- Improving interaction between teachers and students in a PBL curriculum, workshop
31.8. 15.00
- Evaluating problem-based learning, paper session 1.9. 10.30
- Designing problem-based learning, paper session 1.9. 13.00
- Case teaching - an introductory seminar, workshop 1.9. 15.00
THE PROMOTION OF ACTIVE LEARNING
- Innovative approaches to simulating real-life situations, paper session 30.8. 13.00
- Teaching and learning skills in higher education, poster session 30.8. 15.00
- University studies form students' point of view, poster session 30.8. 15.00
- Teaching and learning communication skills in higher education, paper session 31.8.
13.00
- Negotiating course design, workshop 31.8. 15.00
- Developing the learner's potential to learn, keynote address 2.9. 9.00
- Students' active role in designing teaching in higher education, paper session 2.9.
10.30
ACADEMIC WRITING
- Writing as a learning tool, SIG symposium 30.8. 16.30
- Enhancing student academic writing, paper session 1.9. 10.30
- Supporting students' writing process, paper session 1.9. 13.00
- Learning academic skills through writing, paper session 1.9. 15.00
- Helping students to finish their thesis, paper session 1.9. 16.30
ENHANCING TEACHING SKILLS IN HIGHER EDUCATION
- Fostering the development of teaching skills, paper session 30.8. 13.00
- Growing as a teacher, paper session 30.8. 16.30
- Fostering quality learning in higher education, paper session 31.8. 10.30
- What makes a good teacher according to students?, symposium 31.8. 10.30
- Different approaches to teacher education, paper session 31.8. 13.00
- Teachers defining the quality of teaching, symposium 1.9. 13.00
- Teaching and counselling in a culturally diverse environment, workshop 1.9. 15.00
- Teachers developing their teaching, workshop 1.9. 15.00
- Workshop for voice, body and performing skills, workshop 1.9. 15.00
ASPECTS OF GROUP DYNAMICS
- Perspectives of the study groups, paper session 30.8. 13.00
- Critical and ethical elements of group work, symposium 31.8. 10.30
- How to work with groups in higher education, socio-psychological clinic I 31.8.
15.00
- How to work with groups in higher education, socio-psychological clinic I I 1.9.
15.00
HOW TO CREATE INNOVATIVE LEARNING ENVIRONMENTS
- A good learning environment - an underestimated quality aspect, symposium 1.9. 10.30
- Changing roles of the libraries - learning resources centres, information literacy
instruction and traditional libraries, symposium 1.9. 16.30
HOW TO ACTIVATE STUDENTS IN MASS LECTURES
- "Think fearlessly" - how to activate a class of 700 students, workshop 31.8. 15.00
- How to activate students in mass lectures, paper session 1.9. 10.30
OPEN AND DISTANCE LEARNING
- Designing and organising distance learning environments, paper session 1.9. 10.30
- Studying in distance learning environments, paper session 2.9. 10.30
NEW LEARNING TECHNOLOGIES
- Applications of information technology, paper, 30.8. 13.00
- How to create innovative learning environments new learning technologies, workshop
30.8. 15.00
- An overview to innovative learning environment of the Virtual Open University of
Helsinki - new ways to activate and support virtual learning and studying, workshop
30.8. 15.00
- An overview to innovative learning environment of the Virtual Open University of
Helsinki - new ways to activate and support virtual learning and studying, workshop
31.8. 15.00
- Evaluating innovations of information technology, paper session 31.8. 10.30
- Fostering student learning in a web-based learning environment, paper session 31.8.
15.00
- Student-teacher interaction in virtual learning environment, paper session 31.8.
16.30
- Intelligent systems for intelligent learners, keynote address 1.9. 9.00
- Computer supported collaborative inquiry: Theoretical and practical considerations,
symposium 1.9. 10.30
- How to support teaching through technology, paper session 1.9. 13.00
- Innovative approaches to web-based learning, paper session 2.9. 10.30
CURRICULUM AND COURSE DEVELOPMENT
- Studying abstract domains through practical applications, paper session 30.8. 13.00
- New approaches to language learning, paper session 30.8. 13.00
- Experiences of course development, poster session 30.8. 15.00
- Renewal of curricula in higher education, poster session 30.8. 15.00
- Using a model for effective application of ICT in a university course, workshop
30.8. 15.00
- Orientation to university studies, open workshop 30.8. 15.00
- Innovative approaches to teaching and learning mathematics, paper session 30.8.
16.30
- Curriculum development in art education, paper session 31.8. 10.30
- Current trends in curriculum development, paper session 31.8. 13.00
- Extending the language classroom, symposium 31.8. 15.00
- Striving for quality in curriculum development, paper session 31.8. 16.30
- Innovative approaches to curriculum development, paper session 1.9. 10.30
- Innovative approaches to course design, paper session 1.9. 13.00
- Applying information technology to curriculum design, paper session 1.9. 13.00
- Fostering quality learning through curriculum development, paper session 2.9. 10.30
INNOVATIVE APPROACHES TO TEACHER EDUCATION
- Phenomenon and problem-centered learning in higher education, open workshop 30.8.
13.00
- Group process creating a communication culture by studying as a team, open workshop
31.8. 10.30
- Active transfer as a necessary readiness for learning to learn, open workshop 31.8.
15.00
- Educating teachers of mathematics in an innovative way - dream or reality?, open
workshop 31.8. 15.00
- Educational studies and school reality, open workshop 31.8. 16.30
- Into the great wide open - tearing the workshop method apart, open workshop 1.9.
13.00
- Giving children the floor: a listening and reflection method-based learning process
for educators, open workshop 1.9. 15.00
INNOVATIVE APPROACHES TO EVALUATION AND ASSESSMENT
- Evaluation in the language and communication -classroom, workshop 30.8. 15.00
- Improving assessment and evaluation in higher education, keynote address 31.8. 9.00
- Critical aspects of evaluation, paper session 31.8. 10.30
- Assessing skills in higher education, paper session 31.8. 13.00
- Selecting students for university, paper session 31.8. 15.00
- Assessing student learning: Expending assessment tasks to include what we really
value, workshop 31.8. 15.00
- Learning diaries as innovative learning tools, paper session 1.9. 10.30
- Assessment of performance through writing process, paper session 1.9. 13.00
- Assessing knowledge and skills, paper session 1.9. 16.30
- Portfolio as a learning tool, paper session 2.9. 10.30
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