Explanipedia

Transformed knowledge work infrastructures in times of forced remote work Open

Sami Paavola, Minna Lakkala, Liubov Folger, Karin Preegel, Juhana Kokkonen , et al. · 2025

Student groups evaluating their group work and learning of critical online reading Open

Timo Salminen, Minna Lakkala, Liisa Ilomäki, Miika Marttunen · 2024

The study examined student groups’ (n = 72) self-evaluations of their group work and their learning of critical online reading during an inquiry task. The analyses focused on aspects of critical online reading, describing group work practi…

Re-thinking Critical Digital Literacies in the Context of Compulsory Education Open

Anastasia Gouseti, Liisa Ilomäki, Minna Lakkala · 2024

Critical digital literacies at school level: A systematic review Open

Liisa Ilomäki, Minna Lakkala, Veera Kallunki, Darren Mundy, Marc Romero Carbonell , et al. · 2023

The rapid and ongoing technological developments and the changes in societal practices require us to update our understanding and skills relating to digital technology use continuously. Various frameworks have been created in recent years …

Investigating the Characteristics of Knowledge-Related Learning Assignments in Upper Secondary School Open

Liisa Ilomäki, Minna Lakkala, Hanni Muukkonen, Sami Paavola, Auli Toom · 2023

This study reports on whether students have the opportunity to acquire generic competencies when they work with knowledge-related assignments at upper secondary school. We investigated 30 assignments. The data included lesson observations …

Exploring teachers’ perceptions of critical digital literacies and how these are manifested in their teaching practices Open

Anastasia Gouseti, Minna Lakkala, Juliana Elisa Raffaghelli, Maria Ranieri, Alice Roffi , et al. · 2023

Digital systems are increasingly becoming central to the running of contemporary schools. A range of digital tools are also adopted by teachers to facilitate face to face teaching and learning and more recently to accommodate remote school…

Learning Workplace-Relevant Competence in Agricultural Sciences Courses: Students’ Perceptions Open

Minna Lakkala, Hanni Muukkonen, Hanna‐Riitta Kymäläinen, Liisa Ilomäki, M.L. Seppänen , et al. · 2023

The aim of this Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL) study was to examine instructional methods that promote students’ generic workplace-relevant competence in university education. We investigated courses that differed from each ot…

Teaching sourcing during online inquiry – adolescents with the weakest skills benefited the most Open

Elina K. Hämäläinen, Carita Kiili, Eija Räikkönen, Minna Lakkala, Liisa Ilomäki , et al. · 2022

Juxtaposing generic skills development in collaborative knowledge work competences and related pedagogical practices in higher education Open

Hanni Muukkonen, Minna Lakkala, Liisa Ilomäki, Auli Toom · 2022

This study employs the term knowledge work competence to address generic aspects of higher education graduates’ expected learning outcomes. Twenty-eight higher education courses were investigated: 1069 students responded to the Collaborati…

Lower secondary students’ poetry writing with the AI-based Poetry Machine Open

Arja Irmeli Kangasharju, Liisa Ilomäki, Minna Lakkala, Auli Toom · 2022

Despite poetry’s important role in improving linguistic skills and creative thinking, students often find poetry writing to be difficult and boring. This study is an investigation of how the digital Poetry Machine influences students’ poet…

Making people work skillfully together with the support of the TeamFluent tool - video of a demonstration Open

Minna Lakkala, Philip Dexter, Jukka Rautiainen, Tomi Männistö, Auli Toom · 2021

This is a video prepared for a demonstration held at the OCCE 2021 conference: Lakkala, M., Dexter, P., Rautiainen, J., Männistö, T., & Toom, A. (2021). Making people work skillfully together with the support of the TeamFluent tool. OCCE 2…

Designing Classroom Practices for Teaching Online Inquiry: Experiences from the Field Open

Carita Kiili, Minna Lakkala, Liisa Ilomäki, Auli Toom, Julie Coiro , et al. · 2021

Students face several challenges when asked to locate relevant and credible information from the internet. This article introduces three principles for designing online inquiry lessons and documents what we learned from five language arts …

Schools' perceptions and experiences of critical digital literacies across four European countries - DETECT project report 2 Open

Anastasia Gouseti, Isabella Bruni, Liisa Ilomäki, Minna Lakkala, Darren Mundy , et al. · 2021

This is the second report of the DETECT project. The report aims to develop an understanding of teachers’ needs in relation to critical digital literacies within a school context. It presents the empirical activities carried out as part of…

Codebook for the analysis of focus group interview data collected as part of the DETECT project. Open

Anastasia Gouseti, Minna Lakkala, Juliana Elisa Raffaghelli, Alice Roffi · 2021

This is the codebook created for the analysis of focus group interview data collected as part of the DETECT project. In particular, nine interviews were conducted with primary and secondary school teachers in Finland, Italy, Spain and the …

Codebook for the analysis of focus group interview data collected as part of the DETECT project. Open

Anastasia Gouseti, Minna Lakkala, Juliana Elisa Raffaghelli, Alice Roffi · 2021

This is the codebook created for the analysis of focus group interview data collected as part of the DETECT project. In particular, nine interviews were conducted with primary and secondary school teachers in Finland, Italy, Spain and the …

Critical Digital Literacies framework for educators - DETECT project report 1 Open

Anastasia Gouseti, Isabella Bruni, Liisa Ilomäki, Minna Lakkala, Darren Mundy , et al. · 2021

This is the first report of the DETECT project. The report presents the Critical Digital Literacies framework that has been created as part of the project’s Intellectual Output 1. This framework is the result of collaborative work across a…

Enrolled or engaged? tudents’ perceptions of engagement and oral interaction in a blended learning language course Open

Kirsi Korkealehto, Minna Lakkala, Auli Toom · 2021

Student engagement is essential in online language courses where the risk of suspending studies is higher than in face-to-face teaching. Furthermore, oral language rehearsal is challenging in such a course; therefore providing sufficient a…

The Digital Poetry Machine Supporting Lower Secondary Students’ Poetry Writing Open

Arja Irmeli Kangasharju, Liisa Ilomäki, Auli Toom, Minna Lakkala, Anna Kantosalo , et al. · 2021

In this study we investigate whether a digital tool supports lower secondary school students in poetry writing and influences on students’ perceptions of poetry. It is essential to find new means to develop students’ weakening writing comp…

Finnish upper secondary school students' experiences with online courses Open

Liisa Ilomäki, Minna Lakkala · 2020

During 2020, online education has become an alternative way of studying in primary and secondary education in situations in which ordinary contact teaching is not possible. In our study, we investigated upper secondary students’ experience…

Vocational Student Teachers’ Self-Reported Experiences in Creating ePortfolios Open

Anne-Maria Korhonen, Sanna Ruhalahti, Minna Lakkala, Marjaana Veermans · 2020

Context: The context of the study is vocational teacher education and the participants are vocational student teachers. They are studying in a blended learning setting as part time students. They represent several disciplines of vocational…

Assessing the learning of knowledge work competence in higher education – cross-cultural translation and adaptation of the Collaborative Knowledge Practices Questionnaire Open

Klas Karlgren, Minna Lakkala, Auli Toom, Liisa Ilomäki, Pekka Lahti‐Nuuttila , et al. · 2019

The Collaborative Knowledge Practices Questionnaire (CKP) is an instrument designed to measure the learning of knowledge-work competence in education. The focus is on qualities of knowledge work which can be learned and taught in multiple …

Identifying vocational student teachers’ competence using an ePortfolio Open

Anne-Maria Korhonen, Minna Lakkala, Marjaana Veermans · 2019

The claim of advancing the use of Personal Learning Environments arose from the ideas of an ongoing learning process which lasts throughout a lifetime and informal learning being a meaningful part of the development of an individual’s expe…

The impact of project-based learning curriculum on first-year retention, study experiences, and knowledge work competence Open

Petri Vesikivi, Minna Lakkala, Jaana Holvikivi, Hanni Muukkonen · 2019

Technological and social developments during the past years emphasise the importance of knowledge work competence. Additionally, funding of universities in Finland was changed to be based largely on yearly accumulated credits, therefore, i…

Assessing the Development of Collaborative Knowledge Work Competence: Scales for Higher Education Course Contexts Open

Hanni Muukkonen, Minna Lakkala, Pekka Lahti‐Nuuttila, Liisa Ilomäki, Klas Karlgren , et al. · 2019

The necessity to learn competence for collaborative knowledge work during higher education (HE) is accepted widely, but continued work is required to explicate how to define and assess such competence. In this article, the development and …

Correction to: Digital technology and practices for school improvement: innovative digital school model Open

Liisa Ilomäki, Minna Lakkala · 2019

In the original publication of this article (Ilomäki & Lakkala, 2018) the appendix Table 9 in PDF is in wrong place due to typeset mistake, which should be at the end of the manuscript. The original PDF version has been corrected.

Digital technology and practices for school improvement: innovative digital school model Open

Liisa Ilomäki, Minna Lakkala · 2018

Projektikurssilta työelämätaitoja maataloustieteiden opiskelijoille Open

Hanna‐Riitta Kymäläinen, Tuomo Kokkonen, Hanni Muukkonen, Pirjo Mäkelä, Mervi Seppänen , et al. · 2018

Yliopisto-opetuksessakin korostetaan nykyään työelämärelevanssia. Substanssiosaamisen lisäksi kartutetaan mm.tiimityö-, verkostoitumis-, projektityö- ja digitaalisuusosaamista. Helsingin yliopiston maataloustieteidenkandi- ja maisteriohjel…

RESEARCH-BASED EVALUATION OF CUSTOMER PROJECT COURSES IN AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES Open

Hanna‐Riitta Kymäläinen, Tuomo Kokkonen, Hanni Muukkonen, Pirjo Mäkelä, Mervi Seppänen , et al. · 2018

Work life relevance is emphasized these days in higher education. In addition to domain-specific knowledge and skills, students should learn general work life competencies, such as team work, networking, project work and digital skills. At…

Yhteisöllinen oppiminen ja digitaaliset oppimisympäristöt Open

Minna Lakkala · 2018

Team teaching implementation in engineering education: teacher perceptions and experiences Open

Petri Vesikivi, Minna Lakkala, Jaana Holvikivi, Hanni Muukkonen · 2018

In 2014, Metropolia University of Applied Sciences implemented a fundamental change in its curriculum from small single topic 3-5 credits courses into 15 credits multidisciplinary courses implemented by teacher teams. This paper focuses on…

Minna Lakkala YOU? Author Swipe