Podcasts and Videos Produced with the Help of Social Media Tools in the Web-Based Teacher Education Program

Paivi Aarreniemi-Jokipelto

World Conference on Educational Media and Technology 2012 (Jun 26, 2012) pp. 2229–2234

This paper presents the early stages of a study that investigates how Ning learning environment and social media tools can be applied for guidance letters, feedback on assignments, and orientation videos and podcasts in teacher education. We have...

Social Media and New Educational Modelsin Teacher Education

Paivi Aarreniemi-Jokipelto

World Conference on Educational Media and Technology 2011 (Jun 27, 2011) pp. 2645–2650

The HAAGA-HELIA School of Vocational Teacher Education has conducted research in the use of social media as a learning environment since 2007. Learning is organized with the help of collaborative communities and social networking. In this work...

A Strategy to Increase Students’ Motivation and Decrease Dropout Rates on Computer Programming Courses in a Public Institute of Education and Technology

Alexandre Correia; Essi Ryymin; Fernando Pacheco; Paivi Aarreniemi-Jokipelto; Brian Joyce

EdMedia: World Conference on Educational Media and Technology 2015 (Jun 22, 2015) pp. 1171–1176

This paper is a report on a exploratory design research of educational intervention conducted on a public institute of education and technology. The institution of 3,000 students is an important regional educator in Sao Francisco Valley, which is...

Topics: Computer Sciences, improving classroom teaching, Programming, Teaching/Learning Strategies, pedagogical issues

Dialogue Design System to Share Information and Construct Knowledge

Paivi Aarreniemi-Jokipelto; Yukari Makino

EdMedia: World Conference on Educational Media and Technology 2015 (Jun 22, 2015) pp. 109–118

The Dialogue Design System (DDS) facilitates the process of guided dialogue and provides all students equal opportunity to participate in a learning community. The dialogue is based on a framework called the Message Construction Cross model. In this ...

Topics: Middle School Education, cooperative/collaborative learning, Teaching/Learning Strategies, improving classroom teaching