Programme 24.11

Below you will find English-language seminar programme. If you wish to see Finnish-language programme as well, please use the Finnish version of this page. Change language from upper right corner.

PinniB aula/aulakabinetti

Morning Coffee

Pinni B aula/aulakabinetti

Opening words: Vice President for Education Marja Sutela

PinniB 1100

Aino Ahtinen: Towards Experiential and Functional Learning – Practical Change Work and Experiences from a Course

You can follow the presentation remotely via the link below. No prior registration is required for online participation.

Zoom-linkki: Pedagogiikan seminaari 241.11/Pinni B1100 klo 09.30-11.45

Psychology in Human-Technology Interaction course belongs to the degree program Human-Technology Interaction, under Computing Sciences. The course is a flipped learning course, which has been developed actively during the past years. We have had walking meetings in the course since the beginning. During covid times, we developed a new way of being in interaction with remote students – canvas-based learning. This method stayed even after covid. However, learning gets new challenges all the time. Use of AI has been now on the active discussions. As teachers, we might sometimes struggle with essays or written reports, which we assume has been copied from AI, but we cannot prove it. Also, solving the AI cases takes much time from the teacher. Last summer we decided make a renewal for the essay type weekly tasks of the course. We changed all the weekly tasks to be experiential, hands-on, DIY, functional and in many cases, physically active as well (to support students’ wellbeing). At the same time, we released many other pedagogical innovations, such as learning orienteering as the final presentation event of the course, and RoboZoo (fluffy animal-like robots for emotional support of students during the study sessions). Come and listen to my talk that will include our experiences about these renewals, i.e., how everything actually went!

PinniB 1100

Pauliina Baltzar: Experiences of Accessible Teaching and Guidance – Insights from survey

You can follow the presentation remotely via the link below. No prior registration is required for online participation.

Zoom-linkki: Pedagogiikan seminaari 241.11/Pinni B1100 klo 09.30-11.45

This talk presents findings from a survey conducted in spring 2025 that explored Tampere University teachers’ and supervisors’ experiences with accessible teaching and guidance. The presentation discusses how educators understand accessibility, how they have adapted their teaching and supervision to be more accessible, and what kinds of challenges they encounter with providing accessible teaching and supervision. The talk also highlights the types of support teachers feel are needed to improve accessibility in higher education. A follow-up study is conducted during autumn 2025, from which preliminary insights will be shared.

The main room, Paidia

Celebration of TLC’s five-year journey and Award-winning Pedagogy: A Celebration of Excellent Teaching and Pedagogical Achievements (Interpretation to English)

You can follow the presentation remotely via the link below. No prior registration is required for online participation.

Zoom-linkki: Pedagogiikan seminaari 241.11/Paidia, Nokia Arena klo 13.15-15:30

Celebration of TLC’s five-year journey. The occasion will be accompanied by a musical performance by Duo Vision, and will also feature a retrospective look at TLC’s milestones and its current activities.

The Teaching and Learning Centre network annually awards the Excellence in Teaching and Pedagogical Development Award highlighting the Tampere University’s high-quality teaching and the development of pedagogy. In 2025, the award focused on teaching activities that take into account multiculturalism and inclusiveness as well as global and ethical responsibility.

TAMK's Pedagogical Act certificate is awarded annually to activities that have significantly developed pedagogy both within and outside TAMK.

Presenting and discussing their award-winning work are Heikki Liimatainen and Sanna Ala-Kortesmaa from Tampere University, as well as Sari Myllymäki and Kai Salonen from TAMK.

Paidia, Nokia Arena

Hertta Vuorenmaa: Future Skills – What, Why and How (Interpretation to English)

You can follow the presentation remotely via the link below. No prior registration is required for online participation.

Zoom-linkki: Pedagogiikan seminaari 241.11/Paidia, Nokia Arena klo 13.15-15:30

In this talk, Hertta Vuorenmaa explores how the transformation of work is reshaping skill requirements and what capabilities will be essential in the future. She discusses the kind of organizations and cultures that continuous learning demands and how to build environments where people feel safe to develop, experiment, and renew themselves together.

Stands

Welcome to visit the stands and join discussions also in English!

FITech Mathematics

FITech Network University’s ”Vetovoimaista ja innovatiivista matematiikan korkeakouluopetusta yliopistoverkoston yhteistyönä” project addresses nationally recognised challenges, specifically increasing the attractiveness of studying mathematics and raising the level of competence. It supports the national LUMA strategy and the Digivisio 2030 project.

The project deepens the collaboration in mathematics education among Finnish universities and promotes the efficient use of resources. Additionally, it encourages students to pursue studies in engineering and natural sciences, while ensuring smoother transitions within and between higher education institutions. The aim is also to shorten the time required to complete degrees and to develop digital pedagogy in mathematics.

Read more: https://fitech.io/en/about-fitech/attractive-and-innovative-higher-education-in-mathematics-through-university-network-collaboration/

Tampere Accessibility Unit (TACCU)

At this TACCU’s (Tampere Accessibility Unit) point, you can explore accessibility and try out various accessibility-related solutions!

You’ll have the opportunity to test simulation glasses that demonstrate different visual disabilities, such as cataracts, glaucoma, and macular degeneration.

You can also try on an age suit, which simulates the effects of aging on the body and senses – what does it feel like to move, see, and hear as an older person?”

Tree – Continuing Education: POIJU Micro-Credentials: Get Involved and Renew!

The POIJU – Micro-Credentials: Get Involved and Renew! project strengthens the expertise of staff at Tampere Universities, the University of Jyväskylä, and JAMK University of Applied Sciences in the design, implementation, and management of micro-credentials. The project develops customer-oriented educational solutions that flexibly and effectively respond to the needs of working life in the social and health care sector as well as in the security field.

Tree – Continuing Education: FITech FORWARD

The FITech FORWARD project aims to develop the capability of FITech member universities to create continuous learning offerings, especially micro-credentials, in a way that is based on current knowledge of the skill needs in the fields of technology. The capability is intended to be enhanced by developing staff’s capacity to integrate the expertise of the member universities – such as research knowledge and educational offerings – to address the skill needs of the learners and industry, and to manage the related information effectively.

Tree – Continuing Education: University network at the forefront of continuous learning

The University Network at the Forefront of Continuous Learning project aims to strengthen the capabilities of university staff in designing and delivering microcredentials.. Micro-credentials are a way to meet the training needs of the workforce, which enable the flexible and rapid competence development alongside work.

Digivisio and Opin.fi

In the Digivisio 2030 programme, Finnish higher education institutions are building a future of learning together. The goal is a new era of learning where each of us can learn more easily and flexibly, thus accumulating the expertise needed in a constantly changing world.

The first product of Digivisio is the Opin.fi: a joint service of Finnish universities and universities of applied sciences with a diverse selection of open higher education studies on a single site.

Accessibility and Individual Study Arrangements

At the stand for accessible teaching and guidance, you can discuss about the principles of accessible teaching. How to promote accessibility in teaching? What is UDL (Universal design for Learning) and why it is important? And what kind of individual study arrangements can be made?

Students on the Move project

The Students on the Move project aims to make study and workdays more active, to pilot and integrate proven practices into the daily life of our higher education institutions, and to promote a comprehensive cultural shift in operations. The goal is to strengthen the perspective that students and staff at Tampere universities are encouraged and expected to take care of their own well-being.

Nationally Flexible and Profiled Bachelor's and Master's Education in Social Sciences (2025–2027)

The aim of the project is to support collaborative teaching between higher education institutions and to provide students with more flexible participation opportunities, making it easier in the future to transfer credits when moving from one university to another.

These goals are pursued through various forms of collaboration, such as identifying overlaps and potential synergies between degree programmes in workshops, and by analysing curriculum content.

From Upper Secondary School Student to Master of Science in Technology – Guiding Students of Material Engineering (Poster)

The poster presents the social media marketing of the degree programme in material engineering, the orientation week programme, first-year academic tutoring, supervision of bachelor’s theses, transitional guidance from the bachelor’s to the master’s level, academic tutoring at the master’s level, and supervision of master’s theses.

Research group TTMOT: Collaborative flipped learning

The research group TTMOT (Technology-Enhanced Mathematics Education Research Group) presents the teaching method CFL (Collaborative Flipped Learning), which is used in massive engineering mathematics courses.

The method has been developed and studied since 2019. It is based on strong collaboration between teachers and students.

JOPAS - Promoting flexible career paths in social work and the availability of skilled social workers in South Ostrobothnia and Satakunta

The presentation focuses on the methods and approaches for digitally supported multi-location social work education developed within the JOPAS project. The main emphasis is on the technological and pedagogical solutions we have built during 2025. We will share experiences from those involved in the development work, as well as from teachers and students regarding the implementation of multi-location teaching.

MOOC-Courses: Introduction to Chemistry and Introduction to Organic Chemistry

The presentation introduces the structure and implementation of the courses, as well as experiences from their development and use in teaching.The courses are specifically designed for reviewing upper secondary school chemistry and aim to support students’ smooth transition into university-level chemistry studies. The courses have also attracted participants from outside Tampere University and have generated widespread interest.

A Resource-Efficient and Scalable Online Course Model for Construction Economics Education

The aim of the project is to develop a scalable and resource-efficient model that supports the preparation and implementation of teaching by utilizing digital solutions and artificial intelligence.

The model will be piloted in its entirety during the Sustainable Real Estate Development and Construction course in the spring semester of 2026. The development work will mainly take place during the autumn semester of 2025, and parts of the model will be tested in the implementation of Construction Economics courses in the fall.Its modular structure enables flexible integration of course components into various degree programs and facilitates course updates.Digital solutions, including AI, also reduce the teacher’s workload related to communication, assessment, and feedback.The model is intended to be used more broadly in the teaching of the Faculty of Built Environment in the future. It is hoped that the model will also create capabilities for developing scalable lifelong learning services in the future.