Abstract
The Digitalisation has rapidly developed into one of the main drivers of change in higher education (HE) and language learning in Finland. Consequently, there are multiple active ministry-funded national projects that have been initiated to support this development. One of them is DIGIJOUJOU, the main aim of which is to develop digital pedagogy and materials for teaching Finnish and Swedish (both official national languages in Finland) to be utilised both at universities and universities of applied sciences. In this paper, we introduce a development of the course Tyoelaman suomi ('Finnish for professional needs'), which was created by combining materials produced in DIGIJOUJOU sub-project. In particular, we will outline practical means by which we have aimed to enhance teacher's presence and availability for students in an online setting. Observations from course pilot and future developments for the course format are discussed.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | 12TH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE OF EDUCATION, RESEARCH AND INNOVATION (ICERI 2019) |
| Editors | LG Chova, AL Martinez, IC Torres |
| Publisher | International Academy of Technology, Education and Development (IATED) |
| Pages | 3067-3073 |
| Number of pages | 7 |
| ISBN (Electronic) | 978-84-09-14755-7 |
| Publication status | Published - 2019 |
| MoE publication type | A4 Conference publication |
| Event | International Conference of Education, Research and Innovation - Seville, Spain Duration: 11 Nov 2019 → 13 Nov 2019 Conference number: 12 |
Publication series
| Name | ICERI Proceedings |
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| Publisher | IATED-INT ASSOC TECHNOLOGY EDUCATION & DEVELOPMENT |
| ISSN (Print) | 2340-1095 |
Conference
| Conference | International Conference of Education, Research and Innovation |
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| Abbreviated title | ICERI |
| Country/Territory | Spain |
| City | Seville |
| Period | 11/11/2019 → 13/11/2019 |
Keywords
- digitalisation
- language learning
- teacher presence
- online guidance
- higher education