Search results for author:"Pentti Hietala"
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Pentti Hietala
University of Tampere
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Supporting Student Initiative and Learner-Created Content In Blended Courses
Pentti Hietala
World Conference on Educational Media and Technology 2010 (Jun 29, 2010) pp. 2399–2406
Does giving learners more choice and freedom lead to better grades and higher participation in Web courses? In this paper we study these questions in connection to a blended learning seminar course. We provide analysis of longitudinal course data...
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Enthusiasm Meets Experience: Collaboration of Two Communities through Computer Conferencing
Pentti Hietala
EdMedia: World Conference on Educational Media and Technology 2001 (2001) pp. 745–750
In this paper we report on a course format where a group of in-service teachers works together with a group of computer science and mathematics majors via a computer conferencing system. Most of the time participants studied using the Internet but ...
Topics: Teachers, Computers, Computer Sciences
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Longitudinal Data Analysis of Web Discussions in a Blended Course
Pentti Hietala
World Conference on Educational Media and Technology 2013 (Jun 24, 2013) pp. 2051–2059
Educational data mining/learning analytics community encourages e-teachers to analyze their course data. However, in our opinion, longitudinal course data analysis has not received the attention it deserves. In this follow-up paper we extend our...
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Asynchronous conferencing with a twist of synchronicity: in search for tools for collaborative moderation in online discussions
Pentti Hietala
World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education 2002 (2002) pp. 441–448
Carrying out argumentative discussion online has become rather common in higher education. This task is traditionally supported by asynchronous collaboration tools, but we believe that also synchronous supports could be useful. In this paper we...
Topics: Collaboration, Students
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Web Pedagogy: Extended Seminars on the World Wide Web
Pentti Hietala
WebNet World Conference on the WWW and Internet 1999 (1999) pp. 1292–1293
The new opportunities offered by computer networks require new kind of pedagogical thinking and course organization. The way to do it - web pedagogy - is still in its infancy, but what is already evident, is that learning on the World Wide Web...
Topics: Computers
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What do teachers need? Analysis of pedagogical tools supporting teachers online
Jukka Siltanen; Pentti Hietala
World Conference on Educational Media and Technology 2005 (Jun 27, 2005) pp. 2690–2698
In this paper we are studying how online learning environments can support teachers in their online work. First we outline a model which estimates the needs of teachers for different kinds of scaffolds in various stages of online work. This led us...
Topics: Computer Sciences, Teachers
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You’ve Got Mail: Can Automated E-Mail Notification Augment Learning in Computer Conferencing?
Pentti Hietala; Antti Kaakinen; Kimmo Koivunen; Jukka Siltanen
World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education 2003 (2003) pp. 2197–2204
Student participation in Web-based discussions seldom fulfills the expectations of the teachers. Students often report that they do not have time or energy to check the course conferencing areas and contribute. As one of the means to remedy this, we ...
Topics: Students
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Dyn3W - A Pedagogical Tool for Online Collaboration
Pentti Hietala; Kimmo Koivunen; Jukka Siltanen; Antti Kaakinen
World Conference on Educational Media and Technology 2005 (Jun 27, 2005) pp. 3679–3685
Online collaboration can be effective for learning, but there is a need for systems especially designed for this purpose. We introduce a pedagogical online collaboration tool called Dyn3W. The tool has been under development at the University of...
Topics: Collaboration, Students
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Spicing Up Student-led Discussion: Analysis of The Moderator Chat
Pentti Hietala; Antti Kaakinen; Kimmo Koivunen; Jukka Siltanen
World Conference on Educational Media and Technology 2004 (2004) pp. 1162–1170
This paper deals with collaborative learning in asynchronous web discussions with special focus on how student-led pair moderating can benefit from synchronous communication. We study this in connection with a course of 33 students who used a...
Topics: Students
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The Berlin Kompass Language Learning Environment
Pekka Kallioniemi; Laura Pihkala-Posti; Jaakko Hakulinen; Mikael Uusi-Mäkelä; Markku Turunen; Pentti Hietala; Jussi Okkonen; Sanna Kangas; Roope Raisamo
EdMedia: World Conference on Educational Media and Technology 2014 (Jun 23, 2014) pp. 1299–1304
We present a collaborative language learning environment called Berlin Kompass, where two remotely located users communicate by speaking foreign language in the context of wayfinding tasks, one providing guidance to the other. The application is...
Topics: Virtual reality, cooperative/collaborative learning, Multimedia/Hypermedia Applications
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Collaborative Learner Autonomy and Immersion in Embodied Virtual Language Learning Environment
Laura Pihkala-Posti; Pekka Kallioniemi; Mikael Uusi-Mäkelä; Pentti Hietala; Jaakko Hakulinen; Markku Turunen; Jussi Okkonen; Sanna Kangas; Roope Raisamo; Tuuli Keskinen
EdMedia: World Conference on Educational Media and Technology 2014 (Jun 23, 2014) pp. 1381–1390
Current language pedagogy emphasizes concepts such as learner autonomy, agency and authenticity. ICT-technology opens up new possibilities to support these concepts. However, we feel that there have not been holistic solutions that would support the ...
Topics: Computer-Mediated Communication, cooperative/collaborative learning, interactive learning environments