During one of the meetings, student motivation came across as one of the topics. It is always fascinating to think, what motivates another person. How could you know, you are not him/her? I started with myself – what motivated me to study back then and how did it changed now, after working for few years. At some point I was studying for the grades. Memory is very subjective to when…
The fact is, that we have build our world on plastics. 3D printing of plastic materials is already in use in the production of prototypes and miniatures as well as in the manufacturing of small plastic parts and products. Wide-spread manufacturing technology is currently under development. Interesting things may be ahead since in principle the production of our daily plastics (such as cups etc.) can be decentralized from the plastic…
Let’s get started. Shortly about our program (Bachelor of Sports Studies) : We have four competence areas which are Human in Movement (1), Pedagogic and Instruction (2), Training and Health (3) and Management (4). Studies are both theoretical and practical and will last about 3,5 years. During that time the students have the opportunity to specialize in Sports or Health Promotion. We will blog and give you a creative and…
In January 2013 I attended my first massive open online course (MOOC). MOOC are courses that universities give online for free. I attended a course called E-learning and Digital Culture from Coursera arranged by The University of Edinburgh. Together with 40.000 other students I started the course by trying to figure out what I had to do and if I had to read ALL the tweets and blogs, luckily, I didn’t have to….
The time of sun and snow is the busiest time of the year, when it comes to applying the research funding from places. Research plans are drawn and partnerships negotiated at full strength. Good bye snowboard and after-ski party’s, here we DO NOT come. But still the new horizons rising from the research keeps up the good mood. Here comes a serious go-on for you who have the opportunity to…
UPDATE: The competition has now been closed. Congratulations to Suman Thapa! You can read more about his win in this blog post. Is this your first visit to Inside Arcada? If so, we want to welcome you to our new blog that showcases life at our modern and vibrant university of applied sciences! Follow fellow students, alumni and staff in their every day life and get inspired by all the…
my work in the lab was not love at first sight not even at second the first time i left my work almost crying of happiness that i won’t ever have to see her again i can recollect the feeling of releif when i closed the door behind me on the day the contract was over then i got free, moved to another country, had little work-affairs here and there…
Thanks to our phenomenal feedback system (‘pulstagningar’), I have been able to have a look at what kind of online (or actually blended) courses our students prefer. The third week after a course has started our students can give feedback about that course. As a result of the feedback the teachers have the opportunity to make necessary changes in the course. Two of the questions are about our online course…
Arcada had invited Daniel Sá Nogueira for a lecture on leadership, coaching and changing the world. No small topic! This Portugese guy is by now quite famous for his life coach courses and his inspiring lectures, and I can see why. Daniel spices up his lectures by regularly pausing for loud energetic music and getting the audience to engage in high-fiveing, jumping and shouting. And it works. The participants can’t…
I took part in Niko Herlin’s lecture at Arcada last week. I had heard that he was a charismatic speaker, but didn’t have a clear picture of what he was an expert in or what exactly what he would talk about as the topic was quite generic. I was, however, very impressed with his lecture. Nit just because of his charisma, but because of the incredibly interesting things he had…