ALO FINLAND MOOCINNOVATIVE PEDAGOGY AND EDTECH IN FINLAND
MOOC AS A GLOBAL LEARNERS COMMUNITY
• ALO Finland MOOC starts the conversation by introducing Innovative
Pedagogy and EdTech in Finland. The emphasis is on the practical and
holistic approach as well as simple solutions that can be easily repeated,
adopted and further developed further worldwide.
• The course is aiming to be more than just content delivery and theory. MOOC
at its best is a global learners community with plenty of interaction and
collaboration; sharing good ideas, thoughts and also failures, developing
good practices further together!
THE NEW NATIONAL CURRICULUM AND DIGITALIZATION OF EDUCATION
• Technology is a tool among other tools, and pedagogy should always be in the front.
• Finland is facing changes in developing and digitalization of education. According to
OECD studies the very same challenge is happening globally. Therefore it will be not
only interesting, but also useful to discuss different practical ways to successfully
integrate technology, teaching and learning.
• ICT is not the only innovation in education, but the new national curriculum in also
introducing phenomenal learning and other changes to meet the needs of the rapidly
changing living, learning and working environments.
COURSE CONTENT:
• 1. Introduction to MOOC as a global learning environment and authentic learning.
• 2. Flipped classroom-pedagogy in secondary school in the European School of
Brussels IV. Experimenting in English as a second language classes, was the starting
point to further experiments in the primary school and the Finnish Twist-pedagogy.
• 3. Coding lessons in the primary school. Instead of teaching primary year 3
pupils how to code, they were taught how to teach coding to other classes. They have
taught around 200 other pupils the basics of coding
CODING, COMMUNICATION AND COLLABORATION
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=
PsTNZJiWUqg
GAMIFIED, FLIPPED CLASSROOM IN PRIMARYSCHOOL
• 4. Gamified lessons with the little
learners. A digital maths learning game
was used to enhance learning and
collaboration between primary year 1
pupils. Also maths videos were given as
homework, so that pupils could practice
the skills needed to play the game
effectively in the class.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tQz
HuyucdX0
EDTECH IN PRESCHOOL
• 5. Preschool, ICT and child-centered
approach. They have 28 preschoolers,
a smartboard and three Ipads and they
have managed to do many interesting
projects with the children. Lack of
resources is no excuse!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AcB
_xL-xPwA
ENVIRONMENTAL SCHOOL
• 6. Award winning environmental
school and phenomenal learning in
practice. It is an old school in the
most beautiful surroundings and they
use the whole village as their
learning environment.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=
IEuzhnH2Zr4
WEBINARS:
• Please use Twitter, #ALOFinland in advance to send interesting topics to
discuss and questions to be answered.
LEARNING OBJECTIVES:
• 1. Learn about interesting and innovative practical experiments and
pedagogy in Finnish preschools and primary education.
• 2. Learn to share, benchmark and collaborate in a global MOOC community.
• 3. Practice positive peer assessment skills, emphasis on problem solving and
solutions.
CREATIVITY, COLLABORATION AND INNOVATION IN EDUCATION
• 4. Innovate! Create, try in practice, share your brave experiments with others
and learn from other teachers innovations in learning and teaching.
• 5. Develop together! Share the good practices and also the mistakes that you
made along the way. Failures can be great learning opportunities and there is
rarely a straight route to success stories.
CERTIFICATE:
• A free online certificate is provided
after successful completion of the
course. It is an online version, which
can be easily linked to your LinkedIn
profile.
• Also a printed certificate can be
ordered
THANK YOU AND SUNNY GREETINGS FROMFINLAND!