IMPDET-LE Kick Off Workshop

Jarkko SuhonenSchool of Computing, UEF

March 11, 2013

jarkko.suhonen@uef.fi

INTRODUCTION TO edTechΔ RESEARCH GROUP AT SCHOOL OF

COMPUTING

edTechΔ@ UEFEducational technology & CSE

ICT for Development (ICT4D)Human Language

Technologies

4 Senior researchers

15+ Active PhD students

Extensive international collaboration network

Over 8 M€ external funding (since 2001)

In average 23 peer-reviewed publications per year (since 2001)

Reserach@ edTechΔ

Open & Distance Learning

HIV/AIDS Educatio

Computer Science Educatio

n

Educational

Games

Leadership

Story Telling &

Text Mining

Semi-automatic

assessment of essays

SURA YA UKMWI – The Faces of AIDS

Jeliot Mobile games in museums, UFractions

1) Minining opinions of customers via Social

environments2)

Automatic analysis of customer feedback

Smart Design

Participatory and

Strength-based design

methods

NETAIDS in Uganda

Contextualised IT

Education, Social tools

in collaborativ

e work/distance learning

Hypercontextualised

game design

Sentimental analysis - Detecting

emotions in texts

SURA YA UKMWI – The Faces of AIDS

http://www.surayaukimwi.com/

Jeliot

Mobile game example 1: Bagomoyo Caravan

Mobile game example 1: UFractions

Outreach: Kids’ Club

VIDEO

Example of a Kids’ Club Spinoff – The CASCATE project

Symbol recognitionStory telling

Modelling

Physical gaming

International Annual SciFest - Festival of Science and Technology

http://www.scifest.fi/home_en.php

Outgoing activities - SciFest

IMPDET-LE STUDIES

The main research interests

1) Digital story telling & narratives in education

2) Learning analytics - novel text mining and data mining applications in education

3) Real-life innovations in education

4) Smart design: agile, participatory, inclusive and inter-contextual design methods in educational technology

5) Technologies for children with individual needs

Study requirements in Computer Science

1) Doctoral dissertation– Monograph– Article Collection

• Introduction• 5-6 published papers in peer-reviewed scientific forums• List of suggested journals in edtech

2) Course work– 30 ECTS

• 4 ECTS General postgraduate studies• 26 ECTS Research specific studies

– Online and campus-based courses, individual scholarly tasks and learning activities, online research seminars, presenting a paper in a scientific conference etc.

Applying

• Computer Science students apply to ECSE – East Finland Doctoral Programme in Computer Science and Engineering

• Deadlines: February 28, May 31, August 31, November 30• Application documents

– Filled out application form– Copies of your Master's degree certificate and transcript of

academic records. If the degree certificate is awarded by another university than University of Eastern Finland, the copies must be certified

– Research plan– Study plan– Names of supervisors– Prove of English proficiency in the case of foreign applicants.

English language requirements

• Foreign applicants must prove their English language proficiency by any of the following language tests

– PTE (Academic), minimum of 59– TOEFL, minimum PBT 580 and in writing minimum of 4 / IBT

90 and in writing minimum of 22– IELTS (Academic), minimum overall score 6.5, in writing

minimum of 5,5• The English language test is not required for applicants who

have completed their previous studies in English OR taken the matriculation examination in English language in Finland (IB degree or English as A1 language) OR conducted their secondary education in English in Australia, Canada, New Zealand, United Kingdom or United States.

• An official statement given by that institution and indicating that the medium of instruction of the previous studies has been English must be included to the application