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Author Venla Virtakoivu in Tip of the week Posted on 08/11/202111/11/2021

Development targets for teacher services raised from responses to the remote teaching survey 20–21

Development targets for the next year based on the responses in the survey:

    1. On-demand support for pedagogical and digipedagogical issues as well as well-functioning and

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Author Kalle Kataila in Tip of the week Posted on 01/11/202112/03/2024
Repurpose your lectures into podcasts

Repurpose your lectures into podcasts

Podcasts are everywhere and no doubt that they have a place in educational media. Podcasting offers the opportunity for lecturers to broadcast engaging audio that is easy to fit

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Author Antti Huittinen in Tip of the week Posted on 25/10/202125/10/2021
Using Teams for lecturing? Try out PowerPoint Live for presenting.

Using Teams for lecturing? Try out PowerPoint Live for presenting.

Want to see your PowerPoint notes while lecturing in Teams? Wonder what’s going on in the chat? Has someone raised their hand?

The next time you start sharing in

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Author Outi Rautakoura in Tip of the week Posted on 18/10/202118/10/2021

How to do grading with MyCourses and Sisu?

Starting from Period I this autumn, teachers will enter course and exam assessments into Sisu instead of emailing them to the learning services of their school.

You can get

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Author Antti Huittinen in Tip of the week Posted on 11/10/202111/10/2021

Guidelines and recommendations for hybrid teaching

Do you wish to provide a choice for the students to join your teaching either on-site or online? Give them an opportunity to have campus experience or the flexibility of remote

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Author Venla Virtakoivu in Tip of the week Posted on 04/10/202128/09/2021
Rethinking exams a bit

Rethinking exams a bit

Have you tried to understand the anatomy of a successful digital exam? We constructed you a 6 step-model to ease your way:

  1. Openness: tell students why it is

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Author Akseli Huhtanen in Tip of the week Posted on 27/09/202123/09/2021
Making groups and group assignments work in MyCourses

Making groups and group assignments work in MyCourses

Using small groups and group assignments in online teaching is a great way to achieve good learning outcomes, reduce dropout and improve retention. To get the group assignments work in MyCourses

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