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#Intelligence Hunt 6, the finals – Arcada students happy about the opportunity and experience

27.01.2020

The finals of the 6th IntelligenceHunt Company and Student Competition took place 22.1.2020 in Turku, at the NaviGate 2020 Maritime Fair Trade. The finals gathered students, business professionals and others interested in the maritime business. Intelligence Hunt invites talented students in universities all over Europe and matches them with companies that give them real business case assignments. Students work virtually in international and interdisciplinary teams. Every team has a mentor…

A new study module up and running

19.11.2019 ,

Monday morning started in Arcada’s simulation center, where students in the study module My Future Work Life 1 experienced learning in a different environment than usual. The brand new study module is open for all students in all programmes, however it just so happens that the participants this first time are all engineering students. This was one workshop out of five, and the topic was communication, verbal as well as…

Nordyrk Research Network Conference Day 3

18.06.2019

Our final day together began with a keynote speech by Raija Hämäläinen from Jyväskylä University, Finland. Her presentation encompassed literacy in technology rich environments (TRE). Specifically, she has been focusing on what the push toward digitization and technology means for those working within higher education. The aim of her research is to gain understanding as to the skill level of Europe’s higher education adult teachers, specifically focusing on technologically rich…

Nordyrk Research Network Conference Day 2

14.06.2019 ,

Our second day of sharing together began with Lazaro Moreno Herrera from Stockholm University, Sweden. His talk focused on some of the challenges within the Nordic context relating to employability. Some of the contextualizing factors within the realities of work market dynamics are due, in part, by new requirements and policies within the EU and nationally that relate to working life. In terms of restructuring within higher education, there are…

Nordyrk Research Network Conference Day 1

13.06.2019

The TyöPeda & Toteemi project members thought to share some pictures and thoughts about some of the activities from the Nordyrk conference (day 1), taking place at Arcada. The main theme of this conference is, Learning and working life competencies in a future perspective – challenges in professional education. The event kicked-off with a warm greeting from Camilla Wikström-Grotell, followed by a presentation by our Rector Mona Forsskåhl that provided…

Did you know?

21.01.2019

Hello everyone! There is an additional portal where you can find additional activities related to the TyöPeda project. Check it out or better yet, sign-up to follow the progress at:https://www.researchgate.net/project/Tyoeelaemaepedagogiikka-korkeakoulutuksessa-Tyoepeda-Work-Integrated-Pedagogy-in-Higher-Education-WORKPEDA Warm wishes on this special morning of the blood moon, Denise

TyöPeda Excursion to Tallinn Provides Inspiration

10.01.2019

Yesterday, January 9th, members of the TyöPeda RD&I project spent an intensive day together while traveling to Tallinn and back. The day included identifying and developing the broad strokes that will become the core activities of our undertaking. This included discussions on the broad-based competencies we consider most vital and those that are aligned with the goals of this project; discussions about current business contacts and models as well as…

An Experimental Approach to Managing Change in Higher Education: A Way Forward?

13.12.2018

Denise Villikka, Senior Lecturer in Nursing, Arcada UAS, (denise.villikka@arcada.fi) Christa Tigerstedt, Senior Lecturer in Business Administration, Arcada UAS, (christa.tigerstedt@arcada.fi) On the first Wednesday of November, members of faculty involved in the TOTEEMI project attended a seminar that was hosted by Haaga-Helia University of Applied Sciences. The main theme of this day was, Kokeile ja kehitä, which when translated to English could mean, Development through Experimentation. There were three presenters during…

Developing Innovative & Integrated Approaches in Learning

13.12.2018

Denise Villikka, Senior Lecturer in Nursing, Arcada University of Applied Sciences, (denise.villikka@arcada.fi) On 8 November, Arcada University of Applied Sciences hosted an event where approximately 200 individuals from around Finland met for a full day of presentations and discussions relating to the TYÖPEDA research, development and innovation project that is sponsored by the Ministry of Education and Culture. The main aim of this four-year collaboration is to develop new ways…