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Program
| Monday,
September 1 |
| 7.30-8.30 |
Registration & Refreshments |
| 8.30-8.40 |
Opening of the Conference
Rector Perttu Vartiainen, University of Joensuu,
Finland |
| 8.40-9.00 |
Methods and Approaches for Contextual
Educational Technology - Fruits of Mekrijärvi Summer
School
Director of Development Dr. Esko Kähkönen,
University of Joensuu, with participants of the Workshop
on Cultural Contextuality
Professor Dr. Erkki Sutinen, University of Joensuu |
| 9.00-10.15 |
Keynote: State of Art in Contextualized
Learning
Associate Professor Dr. Kinshuk, Massey University,
New Zealand
See the Homepage) |
| 10.15-10.45 |
Coffee Break |
| 10.45-12.05 |
Session
Chair: Esko
Kähkönen
Successful Technology Transfer: Virtual Universities
for African Countries
Academic Director Dr. Wolfram Laaser, FernUniversität
Hagen, Germany
Permanency of the knowledge with traditional,
visual and experimental teaching methods in technology
education
Assistant Professor Dr. Bahadtin Ruzgar,
Marmara University Banking and Insurance School, Turkey
and
Assistant Professor Dr. Ismail Temiz,
Marmara University Technical Education Faculty, Turkey
|
| 12.05-13.15 |
Lunch |
| 13.15-14.35 |
Session Chair: Piet
Kommers
Learning Objects and Language Games
Assistant Professor Dr. Pithamber R. Polsani,
University of Arizona, USA
Principles of intercultural communication to help
students cross cultures via technology
Teaching and Research Assistant Constance Kampf,
University of Minnesota, USA
|
| 14.35-15.00 |
Coffee break |
| 15.00-16.00 |
Session Chair:
Kinshuk
Academic honesty as a significant behavioral factor in
Finnish-Russian education
Researcher Satu Alaoutinen, Co-ordinator Nina Kontro-Vesivalo,
Professor Dr. Jan Voracek, Lappeenranta University
of Technology, Finland
and
Dr. Alexei Uteshev, St. Petersburg State
University, Russia Muhammad and the Mountain: reflections
on E-learning in empowerment of people with severe mobility
impairments (by example of Estonia)
Senior Research Associate Kaido Kikkas, Tallinn
Pedagogical University, Estonia |
| 17.00- |
Social Programme |
| Tuesday,
September 2 |
| 8.30-9.45 |
Invited
Speaker:
Learning yourself in a Mediated World
Assistant Professor Dr. Piet Kommers,
University of Twente, The Netherlands |
| 9.45-11.05 |
Studying Pedagogical
Ethics on Computers - From Traditional Towards Modern
Learning Culture - or Vice Versa?
Professor Dr. Päivi Atjonen, University of
Joensuu, Finland
Problem, Knowledge, and Understanding in Ethnocomputing
Assistant Matti Tedre,
University of Joensuu, Finland
|
| 11.05-11.30 |
Coffee break |
| 11.30-12.40 |
Session
Chair: Päivi Atjonen
Europe Trainer - A Web-based Tool for Vocational Trainers
Training Intercultural Groups
Project Manager Päivi Korhonen, Adult Education
Institute of North Karelia, Finland
Improving Cultural Usability of Educational
Software
Assistant Minna Kamppuri, University of Joensuu,
Finland
|
| 12.40-13.30 |
Lunch |
| 13.30-14.30 |
Session
Chair: Pithamber R. Polsani
Perspectives on challenges in the development of educational
technology - cases:
Virtual Education and Training Development in Mexico,
an approach of Tecnológico de Monterrey
Computer Systems Engineer Fabián Garrido, ICX-Finland
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| 14.30-15.30 |
Session
Chair: Erkki Sutinen
Development and comparison of assessment as a part of
an active and interactive learning environment in the
university teaching of pharmacology
Clinical Lecturer Dr. Atso Raasmaja, University
of Kuopio, Finland
Distance Education in Turkey
Assistant Professor Dr. Nursel Selver Ruzgar, Marmara
University, Turkey |
| 15.30-16.00 |
Closing Session
Professor Dr Erkki Sutinen
- Coffee |
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