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Over the last two decades, millions of Open Educational Resources (OER) have become freely availa... more Over the last two decades, millions of Open Educational Resources (OER) have become freely available for teachers and learners online. These resources are usually accessible through Learning Object Repositories (LORs), which are databases with a user interface. LORs are rarely used to their full potential and often considered as ‘failures’. Previous studies have shown that quality has a critical role in the success of information systems such as LORs. However there are no common guidelines for quality assurance approaches for LORs, nor are there studies into the contribution made by different LOR quality assurance approaches to the success of a repository. Measuring quality and success have proven to be a challenge in the research community due to the subjective and dynamic nature of such concepts. To meet this challenge, this thesis studied the perceptions of LOR users and developers with multiple methodological perspectives. The contribution of this thesis to academic discourse co...

ICERI2021 Proceedings, 2021

This study aims to further the understanding of the opportunities and challenges for online educa... more This study aims to further the understanding of the opportunities and challenges for online education from the perspective of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak. The situation was unique in many ways, as the migration from traditional to online education was very rapid and forced by situational circumstances. However, it also had the potential to foster organizational change in the use of online education in a way that has never been seen before. A literature review was used to explore the opportunities and challenges for online education, and the results are discussed in connection with the COVID-19 crisis. The study identified nine opportunities and nine challenges for online education that apply to online education in general and that can be considered when creating strategies for dealing with a crisis situation similar to COVID19.

The aim of the report is to present predictions and innovative trends of the future LEARNTECH mar... more The aim of the report is to present predictions and innovative trends of the future LEARNTECH market. The deliverable discusses current trending technologies, alongside with prominent new technologies such as wearable technology, blockchain and makerspaces, going further to make predictions of the future of learning. Different examples are chosen and predictions of the future are made with regard to their likely impact on learning and instruction in current and future educational designs.

Dialogue between procurers and suppliers is vital because the failure of technology development p... more Dialogue between procurers and suppliers is vital because the failure of technology development projects is still relatively high and one of the key success factors is the smooth dialogue in between the supply and demand sides of the process. (Liu et al., 2011) One of the major lessons learned in the previous PCP project IMAILE was that the dialogue between supply and demand must start early and there should be means to ensure that the different parties are involved in the discourse on the same level (Clements & Wallin, 2017). This deliverable D4.2 presents recommended tools for increasing dialogue and defragmentation of public demand. In this work, LEA Project identified available digital tools and methods for innovative procurement dialogue. These channels were then analysed through stakeholder interviews and expert statements on how they can be utilised effectively. This document also contains dialogue process model involving all key stakeholders of the innovative procurement and...

This is the LEA state-of-the-art (SotA) Learning technologies report which introduces the stage o... more This is the LEA state-of-the-art (SotA) Learning technologies report which introduces the stage of innovation in learning technologies in 2018. This state-of-the-art analysis is the baseline for LEA project's PPI and PCP proposal preparation. In the Open Market Consultation these issues will be revisted and updated. This report will look into the state of learning technologies in the market based on the IMAILE extensive D2.1 Need and market analysis with identified Gap, which was conducted in July 2015. This report focuses on what has happened in Learning technologies over the last three years. This report will be a common tool to use for dialogue and to create a common understanding of Learntech for all stakeholders and in particular to train procurers into understanding the potential assistance which the solutions in the market could provide for their schools, teachers & students. This report will be the base of LEA PPI open market consultation and IPR search of innovative sol...

The overall objective of LEA is to "speed up" knowledge transfer, dialogue and awarenes... more The overall objective of LEA is to "speed up" knowledge transfer, dialogue and awareness raising of innovative procurement. One of the key objectives of the LEA project is to strengthen the dialogue between the demand and supply stakeholders of the Learntech procurement process. The purpose of WP4 is to support this objective by developing trainings and capacity building across various formats - including seminars, webinars, labs and think tank events - with a focus on accelerating knowledge exchange between the demand- and supply-side of the learntech market. The overall objective of increasing knowledge exchange and dialogue between demand- and supply-side stakeholders is to inform the development of demand-based and cost-effective future learning environments. This dialogue has been accelerated in four main ways to ensure that suppliers have a good knowledge of the end users´ demands: Open dialogues between the demand- and supply-side are fundamental for the success of ...

Scientific data is expensive and time consuming to generate. The gathered data is refin... more Scientific data is expensive and time consuming to generate. The gathered data is refined and the results published, but until recent years the raw data has been hidden away from outsiders. The same researchers and their peers in the same institutions have had an upper hand, as they had a lot of raw data to test their hypotheses on before starting a new study. The goal of open access data repositories is that scientists not only publish the results, but also publish the data behind it for others to study and to generate more results. This opens up the scientific research capabilities to everyone everywhere, if someone has already gathered the data needed. Open access repositories are platforms to store the data. They are free and normally specialized in one field of study. There's a plethora of public open access repositories and it's impossible to single out any recommended o...

This is an electronic reprint of the original article. This reprint may differ from the original ... more This is an electronic reprint of the original article. This reprint may differ from the original in pagination and typographic detail. Author(s):

Proceedings of the Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences, 2022

While the importance of sustainable consumption is well acknowledged and consumers increasingly d... more While the importance of sustainable consumption is well acknowledged and consumers increasingly demand sustainable alternatives, the consumption of environmentally strenuous products continues to grow. Technological solutions have been discussed for addressing the misalignment between consumers' attitudes and behavior. This study is the first to use the service-dominant logic lens to investigate how digital services may be harnessed to drive the co-creation of sustainability value in the retail industry. We conduct 10 semi-structured interviews with a Finnish retail company and its customers and reflect on the customers' experiences with respect to the company's value propositions in the servicescape. Our findings indicate that understanding and harnessing consumers' personal sustainability goals may be the key to designing digital services that help mitigate the impacts of consumption through value co-creation (VCC). We propose a preliminary framework for sustainability VCC and value co-destruction (VCD) in the retail industry and discuss its implications.

INTED2021 Proceedings, 2021

INTED2019 Proceedings, 2019

EDULEARN proceedings, 2017

Emerge of new technologies such as mobile devices, social media, gamification and learning analyt... more Emerge of new technologies such as mobile devices, social media, gamification and learning analytics using big data have opened up solutions to meet the increased demand of personalized learning in the 21st century European classroom (Fizgerald et al., 2013). Yet many challenges remain, particularly in topics of science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM)(Bybee, 2010). Students are unmotivated to head for STEM careers where professionals are increasingly needed (Harackiewicz et al., 2012). Future learning environments should be able to support personalized, tailored solutions for all students (Santos et al., 2014). Costs and risks of early school leavers are a global societal challenge, in which the emerge of new learning technologies, could have a direct impact upon. Technology-supported PLEs have been developed over the last few decades to increase students' motivation and support individual learning paths suitable for each student's learning styles (Felder & Spurlin, 2005) and preferences. Fast developing technologies propose a challenge also for teachers who lack both the time and the competences (Clements & Pawlowski, 2012) to make use of these technologies.

The aim of this research is to explore the positive user interface (UI) design of digital mental ... more The aim of this research is to explore the positive user interface (UI) design of digital mental health resources for children and youth. For this purpose, a heuristic model is introduced and heuristic evaluation is used as a method to systematically assess 49 digital mental health resources. In the assessment, the resources are evaluated by observing the prevalence of UI design strengths defined in the heuristic model. The results of the study indicate that the resources analyzed have strengths especially in the dimensions of visual design, content, reliability, engagement and functional design. Furthermore, all of the resources have at least four design strengths, creating a good basis for increasing positive design. However, further research is needed to establish how to incorporate positive design into digital mental health resources designed for children and youth.

Computational Thinking has become an important concept for almost all age groups. It describes th... more Computational Thinking has become an important concept for almost all age groups. It describes the purposeful utilization of Information and Communication Technologies for solving problems. The approach of Computational Thinking and Acting combines the computational thinking approach with physical computing, including physical activities to explore real-world problems and tangible outcomes. In this paper, we present a competency framework, design principles, and a sample learning scenario for Computational Thinking and Acting. The evaluation has shown that the approach can be integrated across subjects and is promising for both teachers and pupils.

This paper reports on an exploratory study analyzing the Educational Resources’ packaging standar... more This paper reports on an exploratory study analyzing the Educational Resources’ packaging standards SCORM and IMS Common Cartridge’s (CC) regarding interoperability from the point of view of key users: teachers. The two specifications SCORM and CC to package Educational Resources have been developed to help the users to re-use Learning Objects from Learning Object Repositories (LORs) in Learning Management Systems (LMS) of schools. In our study, we found that teachers find packaging solutions highly useful, especially the interoperability between LORs and LMSs. Teachers also appreciated that they can modify packaged content after it has been uploaded to the LMS. The teachers also strongly appreciated the additional functionalities of CC packages while teaching courses online or giving home work/extra assignments to their students.

The Social Dimension of Higher Education in Europe, 2020

Strategies for Facilitating Inclusive Campuses in Higher Education: International Perspectives on Equity and Inclusion, 2019

In this chapter, the project’s main results are reviewed, with: (1) a brief overview of inclusion... more In this chapter, the project’s main results are reviewed, with: (1) a brief overview of inclusion policies and practices in European HE; (2) an operational definition of “good practice” and criteria for selecting examples of good practice for inclusion in HE; (3) a self-assessment tool enabling the characterization of institutional capacity for innovation and of inclusion policies and practices; and (4) a model for promoting strategic planning, focusing on inclusion in HE.

ICERI2021 Proceedings, 2021

Proceedings of the Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences, 2022

INTED2021 Proceedings, 2021

INTED2019 Proceedings, 2019

EDULEARN proceedings, 2017

The Social Dimension of Higher Education in Europe, 2020

Strategies for Facilitating Inclusive Campuses in Higher Education: International Perspectives on Equity and Inclusion, 2019