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Knowledge sharing and collaboration as a part of the Toteemi project – Smart learning at Novia University of Applied Sciences

12.03.2019 Education

On Tuesday, February 9, I had the privileged to travel to Vaasa where I met Maj-Helen Nyback and Iren Vikström who are working within the Health Care & Welfare Department at Novia University of Applied Sciences. The visit was arranged in connection with the Toteemi RD&I project where the sharing of best practices and the planning of future collaboration is encouraged. I was especially impressed with their extensive facility where…

Students love the new trend in education…

02.12.2014 Education, Research

I have just finished an ICT course with almost 500 students. To make this work smoothly I’ve decided to jump on a (relatively) new trend in education called Flipped classroom. The idea is simple, you let the students absorb the knowledge at home (or wherever they are), and when they come to class you do the real work to understand and apply the newly acquired knowledge. In my case, I…