Author Archives: Terje

A unique opportunity to visit Tallinn

By Terje | Published: February 28, 2012
In summer, from July 30th till August 3rd there is going to be a conference OST’12: Open and Social Technologies for Networked Learning in the premises of Tallinn University. It is sponsored by IFIP Working Group 3.4 (Professional Education) and is jointly organized by Tallinn University (Estonia) and University of Tampere (Finland). The deadline for [...]
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Conferences waiting for me in 2011

By Terje | Published: April 20, 2011
I have planned a few conference trips in 2011 and I was encouraged to check out conferences I have never been to so far. 1. 20-22.06 2011 NBE2011 – The Social Media in the Middle of Nowhere is going to take place in Salla, Lapland, Finland. The conference is organised by University of Lapland, Faculty [...]
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Teaching two new courses at Tallinn University

By Terje | Published: October 13, 2010
This academic semester started for me with two new courses: New Interactive Environments for IMKE (Interactive Media and Knowledge Environments) international master’s program and Learning Environments and Learning Networks for Educational Technology master’s program. Both of them have been rather challenging tasks mainly because I teach them with other colleagues and we had to design [...]
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Barcelona Conference, Oct.1st, 2010

By Terje | Published: July 30, 2010
I don’t know why, but it seems that many interesting conferences and events in my field happen in Barcelona. Don’t get me wrong, Barcelona is a very nice city and I would always go back. Next event I am interested in is called Barcelona Conference – Self-regulated Learning in Technology Enhanced Learning Environments: Challenges and [...]
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An insight to the PLE 2010 conference in Barcelona

By Terje | Published: July 27, 2010
Unbelievably nice weather here in Estonia has kept me away from all the work related tasks. Thus, my PLE 2010 conference insight comes with a delay. About my observations… First of all, the PLE2010 conference confirmed the fact that conferences can be organised in a nice way and they can provide a nice atmosphere. I [...]
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Grading as a motivational factor in adult education

By Terje | Published: May 27, 2010
Recently I was working on the master’s level course descriptions I teach. This year, we can decide whether our course ends with an exam (it can be whatever student work that can be graded from A to F) or a pass-fail assessment without any grades. I was very eager to choose the opportunity to change [...]
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