The Sino – Finnish Joint Learning Innovation Institute Education ICT Center Ari Korhonen, Aalto University Dept. of Computer Science

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AALTO Administrative staff 4,000+ Students ~19,000 1. Helsinki University of Technology •  School of Chemical Technology •  School of Electrical Engineering •  School of Engineering •  School of Science (Aalto SCI) 2. Helsinki School of Art & Design •  School of Arts, Design and Architecture 3. Helsinki School of Economics •  School of Business (Aalto BIZ)

LeTech @ SCI •  Courses with hundreds of

students •  Programming education •  Automatic assessment methods •  Advanced interactive learning

materials •  High-quality feedback •  Visualizations •  Interactive simulation problems

Cooperation in a nutshell - key institutions and student exchange numbers

•  Tongji University (Shanghai) strategic partner from 2010

•  Fudan University (Shanghai)

e.g. Nordic Center

•  Tsinghua University (Beijing) mostly research collaboration

•  Beihang University (Beijing) IT and space related issues

•  Student union links with Tongji and Tsinghua

•  Chinese students at Aalto ( 2014) -  Bachelor students 16 -  Master students 210 -  PhD students 54 -  Visiting/Exchange students 37 -  Total 317 (from several universities)

•  Aalto exchange students in

China (2014) -  Total 28

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•  Reputation as the trailblazing university in China •  German roots: familiarity to collaborate with Europeans •  Leading university in China in architecture and urban planning •  Very strong in some fields of engineering, e.g. automotive •  Board of Governors includes European industry leaders

-> Aalto invited a Board Member 2016 •  Works with industry, e.g. Volkswagen Group and Siemens as key partners

-> Siemens has 7 strategic university partners in innovation: Berkeley, MIT, Aachen, TU Berlin, TUM, DTU, Tongji and Tsinghua

+ Chance always plays a role

Tongji University -- Aalto’s Strategic Partner

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Aalto-Tongji Partnership: Major Steps 2010:

•  Agreement towards building a strategic partnership •  Aalto-Tongji Design Factory established at Tongji Campus to serve as the platform for the Sino-Finnish

Centre 2011 •  Double Degree cooperation on International Design Business Management (IDBM) 2012 •  First Aalto-Tongji Professor nominated (a key person to manage the partnership) 2014 •  Second Aalto-Tongji Professor nominated 2015 •  Joint Application to the Chinese Ministry of Education by Tongji University in partnership with Aalto

University for the establishment of Shanghai International College of Design and Innovation (Shanghai D&I), Tongji University under ”Chinese-foreign cooperation in running schools”

2016 •  Application approved 2017 •  Shanghai D&I will start operarting •  Aalto will provide commissioned education and teaching

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DATA

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Learning Analytics

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Wolfgang Greller Vice-Principal for Research and Quality Vienna University of Education

Educational Data Mining

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Educational data mining Feedback loops in digital ecosystems

Objectives for Education ICT Center

•  Source of data •  Data driven research •  Evidence based improvement

of learning facilities •  Joint research projects

•  cooperation between the two countries

•  Mobility •  exchange, visiting scholars

•  Funding

See also foundations for Learning Research Innovation Center: •  quality assurance •  conferences, seminars,

webinars, lectures, publications

•  financial and human resources •  supervising theses

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Education ICT Center

Questions? Comments?

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