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Sastamalan Opisto
SASTAMALA COMMUNITY COLLEGE • Citizen's institute• Liberal education &
open university courses• Owned by Sastamala
Town (local municipality)
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SASTAMALA COMMUNITY COLLEGE• Situated in SW Finland • Rural college with about
28.000 inhabitants in the college annex
• 60 km x 50 km area
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5000 STUDENTS
• More than 50% are over 50 years
• Students' ages vary between 1-102 years
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• 600 COURSES- in about 100 locations• 200 TEACHERS- part-time• FULL TIME STAFF 7
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CURRICULUM Arts and crafts Music Expressive arts Physical education Languages Life skills ICT-studies
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OPEN UNIVERSITY- Education sciences - Psychology - Art history- IT Sciences- Environmental
Sciences- Compulsory language
studies
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ICT VISION & STRATEGY• Open source programs• Social media tools - e.g. Skype, Second Life, Blogs
• EdUbuntu (Linux)- Edubuntu (Linux) and opensource programs allow inexpensive and operational IT classrooms
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EU PROJECTS
ALFA – Adults Learn in Family 1.8.2009-31.7.2011
Website:http://server02.is.uni-sb.de/projekte/alfa/
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EU PROJECTS
True Interaction 1.8.2009-31.7.2011
Blog:
http://trueinteraction.posterous.com/
http://trueinteraction.posterous.com/
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EU PROJECTSActiveICT – Active Citizenship
through Information and Communication Technologies
1.8.2008-31.7.2010Blog:http://activeict.posterous.com/
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EU PROJECTS
Teddy Bear – Twinning the Elderly
Disadvantaged and Disabled With the Young By Enabling Active
Reminiscence
2004-2007
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THANK YOU!
Tuija HyvönenCoordinatorSastamala [email protected]: tuijamhSecond Life: Hazel Swords
