Presentations

2011

Enhancing community gravity in open online courses
ECER 2011 – The European Conference on Educational Research, September 2011
Berlin, Germany

Personal Learning Contracts for modeling one’s personal learning environment
ECER 2011 – The European Conference on Educational Research, September 2011
Berlin, Germany

Expanding the concept of learner control in higher education: Consequences for intervention design
ICALT 2011 – 11th IEEE International Conference on Advanced Learning Technologies, July 2011
Athens, Georgia

Competence development of pre-service teachers with the support of LeContract
ICALT 2011 – 11th IEEE International Conference on Advanced Learning Technologies, July 2011
Athens, Georgia

Interventions in higher education: Re-interpreting the concept of learner control
NBE 2011 – Social Media in the Middle of Nowhere, June 2011
Salla, Finland

Self-directed learner: a challenge for instructional design
FINEST OPEN – Finnish-Estonian Open University Seminar, June 2011
Tallinn, Estonia

2010

Personal Learning Contracts as a modeling device for one’s activities and instrumentation
together with Sebastian Fiedler
Workshop on Self-regulated Learning in Technology Enhanced Learning Environments: Challenges and Promises, October 2010
Barcelona, Spain

Externalisation of a PLE: conceptual design of LeContract
together with Hans Põldoja
PLE2010, July 2010
Barcelona, Spain

2009
Reconfiguring existing teaching practices: sustained impact or unexpected failures?
Symposium: Cascading change: The role of social software and social media in educational intervention and transformation
together with Sebastian Fiedler, Rob Fitzgerald, George Siemens
ASCILITE 2009: same places, different spaces, December 2009
Auckland, New Zealand

If a student takes control: a facilitator’s tasks and responsibilities
ICWL 2009, August 2009
Aachen, Germany

Selecting tools and services: an expression of self-direction in higher education
and
Interventions for second-order change in higher education: challenges and barriers
together with Sebastian Fiedler
ECEL conference, October 2009
Bari, Italy

2008
Stories of success and failure in distributed learning environments
ICEL, Experiential learning conference, December 2008
Sydney, Australia

Supporting distributed learning environments with loosely-coupled tools and services
together with Sebastian Fiedler
Free knowledge, free technology conference, July 2008
Barcelona, Spain

Self-directing at social spaces: conceptual framework for course design
together with Kairit Tammets and Kai Pata
ED-Media conference, July 2008
Vienna, Austria

Inquiry in distributed learning environments
together with Sebastian Fiedler
EDEN conference: New learning cultures, June 2008
Lisbon, Portugal

Competence advancement supported by social media
together with Sebastian Fiedler
4th Edumedia conference: Self-organized learning in the interactive Web – A change in learning culture? June 2008
Salzburg, Austria

Tegevusmustrid ja õpimaastikud e-õppes
together with Kai Pata
E-university conference: „e-õpe on siin, kus oled sina? April 2008
Tallinn, Eesti

Fostering self-direction in higher education with social media
together with Sebastian Fiedler
1st Designs for learning conference, March 2008
Stockholm, Sweden

Supporting self-directed activities with social media
together with Sebastian Fiedler
EATIS 2008, September 2008
Aracaju, Brasil

Inquiry in distributed learning environments
8th International School on Educational Research, January 2008
Jyväskylä, Finland

2007
Theoretical framework of the iCampFolio – new approach to comparison and selection of systems and tools for learning purposes
together with Kai Pata
EC-TEL Second European Conference on Technology Enhanced Learning, September 2007
Crete, Greece

Personaalne õpikeskkond õppejõu seisukohalt
together with Kai Pata
E-university conference: E-õppe jäljed infoajastu kiirteel, November 2007
Võru, Estonia

Uus trend e-õppes: personaalsed õpikeskkonnad
E-university conference: E-õpe e-riigis: strateegiad ja tehnoloogiad, April 2007
Tartu, Estonia

2005
Õpiobjektid ja pedagoogiline kontseptsioon
E-university conference: e-õpe versus administratiivsed takistused, April 2005
Tartu, Estonia

Progressive inquiry learning object templates (PILOT)
together with Hans Põldoja
Workshop: Learning objects in context, March 2005
Leuven, Belgium