Mathematical Abilities and Development of Mathematical Word Problem-Solving Skills in a Technology-Based Learning Environment: Methods and Main Results

Heli Ruokamo

World Conference on Educational Media and Technology 2000 (2000) pp. 981–986

This article examines Solver Learning Environment, methods and main results of the study dealing with mathematical abilities and development of mathematical word problem-solving skills in a technology-based learning environment. To collect data a...

Topics: Teaching Methods, Mathematics

Pedagogical Model for Innovative Learning

Heli Ruokamo

EdMedia: World Conference on Educational Media and Technology Vol. 2018, No. 1 (2018)

The development of pedagogical models is crucial. Teachers are not yet fully aware of how to use technology in pedagogically appropriate ways, and they need functional examples. An effective pedagogical model will make teachers aware of the...

The Solver Learning Environment and Anchored Instruction on Mathematical Word Problem-Solving

Heli Ruokamo

EdMedia: World Conference on Educational Media and Technology 2001 (2001) pp. 1595–1600

This article examines the Solver Learning Environment and anchored instruction on mathematical word problem-solving. To collect data, a teaching experiment was arranged in 1996 at the Kaukajärvi School in the city of Tampere, Finland. The...

Topics: Mathematics, Attitudes

Distance Learning in Multimedia Networks Project – Experiences and Results

Seppo Pohjolainen; Heli Ruokamo

EdMedia + Innovate Learning 1999 (1999) pp. 922–927

This paper discusses a goal-oriented project called Distance Learning in Multimedia Networks (ETÄKAMU) that is a part of the Finnish Multimedia Programme (FMP). The project started on the 1st of February 1996...

Topics: Multimedia, Distance Education, Networking Technologies

Students? Emotions in Simulation-Based Medical Education

Tuulikki Keskitalo; Heli Ruokamo

Journal of Interactive Learning Research Vol. 28, No. 2 (April 2017) pp. 149–159

Medical education is emotionally charged for many reasons, especially the fact that simulation-based learning is designed to generate emotional experiences. However, there are very few studies that concentrate on learning and emotions, despite...

Multidisciplinary Network-Based Mobile Education (NBME) and Teaching–Studying–Learning (TSL) processes: The MOMENTS Integrated Metamodel

Heli Ruokamo; Seppo Tella

World Conference on Educational Media and Technology 2005 (Jun 27, 2005) pp. 324–329

One of the principal pedagogical insights of recent years has been the recognition of the teaching–studying–learning (TSL) process, whose three components are equally pivotal and essential to understanding the entirety (e.g., Uljens 1997; Tella 2001;...

Topics: Educational Technology, Networking Technologies, Information Communication Technologies

Engagement Enhances Well-Being in Simulation-Based Healthcare Education

Heli Ruokamo; Tuulikki Keskitalo

EdMedia: World Conference on Educational Media and Technology 2017 (Jun 20, 2017) pp. 138–147

There is no previous studies focused on student engagement and well-being within healthcare education. The aim of this study is to examine connection between student engagement and well-being in order to better understand their role in simulation...

Topics: Institution-Specific Cases

The Realization on Interaction in Cognitive Science Network Studies

Heli Ruokamo; Tuovi Johansson

World Conference on Educational Media and Technology 2002 (2002) pp. 863–867

This article deals with the research of the realization interaction in the Finnish Virtual University's network-based studies of cognitive science in the autumn 2001. In this research, we examine the independent study of cognitive science which...

Topics: Cognition, Interaction, Science, Students

Students? Emotions in Simulation-Based Medical Education

Tuulikki Keskitalo; Heli Ruokamo

E-Learn: World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education 2016 (Nov 14, 2016) pp. 719–725

Medical education is emotionally charged for many reasons, especially the fact that simulation-based learning is designed to generate emotional experiences. However, there are very few studies that concentrate on learning and emotions, despite...

Topics: research, Instructional Design

How to Design Effective Healthcare Computer-based Simulation Games

Tuulikki Keskitalo; Heli Ruokamo

EdMedia + Innovate Learning 2016 (Jun 28, 2016) pp. 341–348

This thematic research review is aimed at synthesizing the knowledge we already have regarding the effective design principles for and implementation of computer-based simulation games in healthcare education. In particular, the aim of this study is ...

Topics: Design Principles, pedagogical issues, interactive learning environments

Towards meaningful learning through digital video supported, case based teaching

Päivi Hakkarainen; Tarja Saarelainen; Heli Ruokamo; Tarja Saarelainen; Heli Ruokamo

Australasian Journal of Educational Technology Vol. 23, No. 1 (Jan 01, 2007)

This paper reports an action research case study in which a traditional lecture based, face to face Network Management course at the University of Lapland's Faculty of Social Sciences was developed into two different course versions resorting to...

Language: English

Pedagogical Models in the Design and Assessment of Network-Based Education

Sanna Vahtivuori; Heli Ruokamo; Seppo Tella; Heli Tuovinen

World Conference on Educational Media and Technology 2002 (2002) pp. 1676–1681

This article presents the Helsinki-Lappi project (HelLa) co-run by two Finnish universities: the University of Helsinki, and the University of Lapland. The general aim of the project is to study, develop, and assess how different training programs...

Topics: Students, Information Communication Technologies, Networking Technologies, Communication, Educational Technology

How does the facilitating, training and learning model support characteristics of meaningful learning in a simulation-based learning environment from facilitators` and students` perspectives?

Tuulikki Keskitalo; Heli Ruokamo; Olli Väisänen

World Conference on Educational Media and Technology 2010 (Jun 29, 2010) pp. 1736–1746

This study aims to develop and test a pedagogical model for a simulation-based learning environment in healthcare education on the basis of a design-based research (DBR) method. The model is based on the ideas of facilitating, training and learning (...

The Development Project for University-Level Teaching Methods, New Learning Environments in the Work of the Teacher (NET) - Development and the Assessment of Effectiveness

Irmeli Heikkilä; Heli Ruokamo; Sirpa Liimatta

World Conference on Educational Media and Technology 2002 (2002) pp. 748–752

Abstract. This article describes the New Learning Environments in the Work of the Teacher (NET) development project in the Province of Lapland for university-level teaching methods. NET is organized by the Centre for Media Pedagogy and funded by the ...

Topics: Information Communication Technologies, Research Methods, Teaching Methods, Programming, Teachers

The University of Lapland Faces the Challenges of the Virtual University

Päivi Karppinen; Heli Ruokamo; Maire Syrjäkari

World Conference on Educational Media and Technology 2002 (2002) pp. 1682–1686

This article presents the solution developed at the University of Lapland for organizing local activities to support the Finnish Virtual University. The Centre for Media Pedagogy (CMP) was established in February 2001 and its fields of operation...

Topics: Learning Objects, Networking Technologies, Information Communication Technologies, Training, Educational Technology

The added pedagogical value of using laptops in computer-supported collaborative learning on a wireless campus

Hanna Vuojärvi; Miika Lehtonen; Heli Ruokamo

World Conference on Educational Media and Technology 2008 (Jun 30, 2008) pp. 2760–2768

The article reports the results of a case study focusing on the added pedagogical value that laptop computers can afford to students in computer-supported collaborative learning (CSCL) on a wireless campus, how the key elements of CSCL are...

Topics: Students, Computers, Interaction, Collaboration

Exploring the Meaningful Learning of Students in Second Life

Tuulikki Keskitalo; Elli Pyykko; Heli Ruokamo

Educational Technology & Society Vol. 14, No. 1 (2011) pp. 16–26

This study reports a case study in which a pedagogical model, namely the Global Virtual Education (GloVEd) model, which is based on the teaching-studying-learning process (TSL process) and the characteristics of meaningful learning, is developed and ...

Distance Learning in Multimedia-Networks: a Finnish National Multimedia Project

Seppo Pohjolainen; Heli Ruokamo-Saari; Tampere University

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 1998 (1998) pp. 131–135

The Finnish National Multimedia Programme (FNMP) supports the Finnish communication, media and telecommuni cation industry and improves that field’s international competitiveness. The Distance Learning in MultimediaNetworks project is part of the...

Towards a Multidisciplinary Metamodel for Network-Based Mobile Education: The MOMENTS Metamodel

Miika Lehtonen; Heli Ruokamo; Seppo Tella

World Conference on Educational Media and Technology 2004 (2004) pp. 2020–2025

Abstract: MOMENTS (Models and Methods for Future Knowledge Construction: Interdisciplinary Implementations with Mobile Technologies) is a multidisciplinary research project focusing on fu-ture teaching, studying and learning using mobile solutions....

Topics: Educational Technology, Teaching Methods, Networking Technologies, Research Methods

Best of Finland: Adult Playfulness in Simulation-based Healthcare Education

Tuulikki Keskitalo; Marjaana Kangas; Heli Ruokamo

EdMedia + Innovate Learning 2018 (Jun 25, 2018) pp. 2316–2324

Abstract: In many studies, simulation-based healthcare education has been observed to be enjoyable and meaningful. The objectives of simulation-based learning can be multifaceted, such as learning basic resuscitation or more complex crisis resource...

Topics: Simulations for learning

Developing a Pedagogical Model for Immersive Virtual Reality in Teaching and Learning

Anu Lehikko; Heli Ruokamo; Mikko Nykänen

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2022 (Apr 11, 2022) pp. 1990–1994

To advance the study of immersive virtual reality (IVR) in education and training, we are developing a theoretically grounded and empirically tested pedagogical model for IVR learning in the context of occupational safety training. The main research ...

Topics: Teaching and Learning with Emerging Technologies, X Realities and Learning

Facilitators’ and Students’ Conceptions of Teaching and Learning in Simulation-Based Learning Environment

Tuulikki Keskitalo; Heli Ruokamo; Olli Väisänen

World Conference on Educational Media and Technology 2011 (Jun 27, 2011) pp. 2215–2224

Conceptions of teaching and learning affect the approaches to teaching and learning, as well as learning outcomes, and therefore need to be made explicit. Here the research question is as follows: How do facilitators and students view teaching and...

Does teaching method affect learning and how meaningful learning is from student perspectives?

Paula Poikela; Heli Ruokamo; Tuulikki Keskitalo

EdMedia: World Conference on Educational Media and Technology 2014 (Jun 23, 2014) pp. 1760–1768

This study examines how two different teaching methods affect learning in two first-year nursing student groups trained to use the TETRA phone. One group listened to a lecture on the TETRA phone and the second group learned to use it through a...

Topics: pedagogical issues, Teaching/Learning Strategies, improving classroom teaching

Designing Pedagogical Models for Tourism Education: Focus on Work-Based Mobile Learning

Heli Ruokamo; Miikka Eriksson; Hanna Vuojärvi

International Journal of Mobile and Blended Learning Vol. 4, No. 3 (July 2012) pp. 53–67

The main objective of the TravEd Research project is to develop a pedagogical model that exploits mobile technologies and electronic learning environments and that is applied especially to develop decentralised tourism education in tourist...

A Computer-Based Simulation to Enhance Official Communication in the Health Care Process— How Does it Promote the Facilitating and Learning Processes?

Paula Poikela; Heli Ruokamo; Tuulikki Keskitalo

E-Learn: World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education 2013 (Oct 21, 2013) pp. 2051–2060

ABSTRACT: One of the big gaps in all routine daily health care and social sector processes is poor com-munication. The goal of this study is to examine how to teach and enhance the use of the TETRA phone in communication. Educating a huge amount of...

Topics: research, Other

Network-Based Mobile Teaching and Studying on a Wireless Campus

Hanna Räisänen; Miika Lehtonen; Heli Ruokamo; Hannakaisa Isomäki

World Conference on Educational Media and Technology 2005 (Jun 27, 2005) pp. 599–604

The paper describes two case studies in the MobIT research project that examines how students entering the University of Lapland in autumn 2004 make use of laptop computers and the wireless campus network in teaching, studying and learning. The...

Topics: Networking Technologies, Students, Community

Distance Learning in Multimedia-Networks: a Finnish National Multimedia Project

Seppo Pohjolainen; Heli Ruokamo-Saari; Tampere University; Tampere University

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 1997 (1997) pp. 131–135

The Finnish National Multimedia Programme (FNMP) supports the Finnish communication, media and telecommuni cation industry and improves that field’s international competitiveness. The Distance Learning in MultimediaNetworks project is part of the...

Healthcare facilitators’ and students’ conceptions of teaching and learning – An international case study

Tuulikki Keskitalo; Heli Ruokamo; Olli Väisänen; David Gaba

International Journal of Educational Research Vol. 62, No. 1 (2013) pp. 175–186

Conceptions of teaching and learning affect approaches to teaching, learning and learning outcomes, and they therefore need to be made explicit. This study addresses how healthcare simulation facilitators and students view teaching and learning....

Language: English

Laptop computers and wireless university campus networks: Is flexibility and effectiveness improved?

Miikka Eriksson; Hanna Vuoj; #228;rvi ; Heli Ruokamo

Australasian Journal of Educational Technology Vol. 25, No. 3 (Jan 01, 2009) pp. 322–335

This study explores whether university students find that laptop computers and networks increase flexibility and effectiveness of studying. Special attention has been paid to non-traditional students who have extra commitments, such as taking care...

Teachers' engagement and students' satisfaction with a playful learning environment

Marjaana Kangas; Pirkko Siklander; Justus Randolph; Heli Ruokamo

Teaching and Teacher Education: An International Journal of Research and Studies Vol. 63, No. 1 (April 2017) pp. 274–284

The aim of this mixed-method study was to explore connections between student satisfaction and teacher engagement in a playful learning environment (PLE). Altogether, 331 students and 15 teachers were involved in a playful learning designed to...

Language: English

Creative and Playful Learning on Technology-Enriched Playgrounds: An International Investigation

Justus J. Randolph; Marjaana Kangas; Heli Ruokamo; Pirkko Hyvönen

Interactive Learning Environments Vol. 24, No. 3 (2016) pp. 409–422

The purpose of this quasi-experimental study was to determine the degree that creative and playful learning (CPL) in a technology-enriched playground influences academic achievement of students and what factors are responsible for successes. The...

First Evaluations of Network-Based Education: Preliminary Findings of the ICT Programs Evaluation Project

Sanna Vahtivuori; Heli Tuovinen; Seppo Tella; Heli Ruokamo; Varpu Tissari; Virpi Vaattovaara

EdMedia: World Conference on Educational Media and Technology 2003 (2003) pp. 3177–3184

The educational use of ICT programs evaluation project researches and develops pedagogical models and principles for the design and assessment of network-based education. The study is part of the Finnish Virtual University project KasVi. The...

Topics: Tutoring, Faculty, Community, Research Methods, Students

A cultural approach to networked-based mobile education

Raine Koskimaa; Miika Lehtonen; Ulla Heinonen; Heli Ruokamo; Varpu Tissari; Sanna Vahtivuori-Hänninen; Seppo Tella

International Journal of Educational Research Vol. 46, No. 3 (2007) pp. 204–214

This paper discusses cultural conditions for networked-based mobile education. In our paper, we demonstrate how an Integrated Meta-Model that we have been developing in our MOMENTS project, i.e. Models and Methods for Future Knowledge Construction:...

Language: English

Applying Pedagogical Models in Network-Based Education: Research Findings from the Finnish HelLa Project Case Studies

Varpu Tissari; Sanna Vahtivuori-Hänninen; Virpi Vaattovaara; Heli Ruokamo; Seppo Tella

World Conference on Educational Media and Technology 2005 (Jun 27, 2005) pp. 656–663

One special challenge facing teachers, planners and researchers is the development of pedagogical models, teaching methods and teaching practices that are applicable in network-based education (NBE). The Finnish HelLa project (2001–2003) studied how ...

Topics: Teaching Methods, Information Communication Technologies, Teachers

A Learning Experiment Using A&O Open Learning Environment

Seppo Pohjolainen; Heli Ruokamo; Ossi Nykänen; Katja Pesonen; Vesa-Matti Hartikainen

World Conference on Educational Media and Technology 2000 (2000) pp. 916–921

This paper describes some design principles, main actors and functions of an open learning environment called A&O. A&O is an open learning environment which can be used via computer networks, especially over the Internet. It supports both self...

Topics: Collaboration, Learning Management Systems