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Matleena Laakso

Email

Freelancer: firstname.surname@outlook.com
Projects at Tampere Universities: firstname.surname@tuni.fi 

Tel.: +358 41 525 0067

LinkedIn: @matleenalaakso
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I am an expert in teaching and learning - specialized in e-learning, ICT and AI in education and professional development. I have worked mainly as a freelancer trainer since 2014. I also work part-time as a visiting lecturer at the School of Pedagogical Innovation at TAMK - Tampere University of Applied Sciences and as an e-Leaning Expert at the Tree – Continuing Education unit at the University of Tampere. I have done my master's degree in adult education and worked with continuing professional development over 20 years. I speak Finnish, English and some German and Swedish.

You can watch the infographic of my work year 2024. The main topic during the past two years has been AI in education. Since 2009 my other main areas of work have been with ICT in education, e-learning, online courses, creating online educational materials, participative methods in webinars, social media and mobile learning. I have worked with companies, public administration, organizations and especially with educational institutions - from elementary to higher education. 

I am well-known for this blog and for sharing Creative Commons -licensed OER instructions on pedagogy and applications. Open Science awarded me a national prize for my work in 2023. My open materials have been viewed in total three million times.

I am also a member of the planning group of ITK Conference - Finland's largest event for digital education and learning. I am also an H5P Ambassador and until autumn 2024 I was also a Microsoft Innovative Educator Expert (MIEE). 

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My previous work experience includes working at Kiipula Vocational Collage, the School of Professional Teacher Education at Oulu University of Applied Sciences, the Brahea Centre at the University of Turku, Center of Educational Technology at the City of Tampere and several units and employment relationships at the University of  Tampere since 1995: From 2004 to 2009 I specialized in problem-based learning and co-operative learning and teaching methods. In 2020 I educated and mentored several teams to create online courses. In 2021, I supported teachers in creating hybrid courses and from 2022 to 2023 I held workshops on online pedagogy and its tools. In 2024 I work as an e-learning expert in training progamme for library section. You can read more from my LinkedIn-profile. It is in English, but I mainly share posts in Finnish. If you wish to connect with me, please specify how we know each other or what we have in common.

You can listen to AI created podcasts made from my blog posts and other materials on digital pedagogy and using AI in education. Podcasts are made by Google NotebookLM AI app in autumn/winter 2024.

Presentations in English

• European SALTO Digital Resource Centre, online worksop 5.12.2024
• AI as an assistant in our everyday work, Artificial Intelligence for National Agency Staff. 
• META-COIN-project, Omnia: H5P-expert and -support (a few days in 2024-2025)
• H5P-seminar, slides 16.10.2024
• Facilitating at Teaching and facilitation -demo sessions 11.10.2024
• Professional Teacher Education Programme at Tampere University of Applied Sciences (TAMK)
  
• InterAct, Video Making for Teachers, Erasmus+, Angra do Heroismo, Azores 11-15th July 2022 (as a participant). Three blogposts in both English and in Finnish:
• Two days in Faial island in Azores 
• Erasmus+ Course in the Azores Islands 
• Erasmus+: Learning videography 
• Erasmus+ at Azores -YouTube Channel (in English and/or Finnish)
• Educational Consortium OSAO (VET), Erasmus+  
• Mobile Videos in Education (slides) 15.6.2022
• Digital Skills and Methods for Distance and Hybrid Learning (slides) 17.-18.3.2022
• Tampere University, Teaching and Learning Centre (TLC)
• Activating students in face-to-face/hybrid teaching and online courses (slides) 27.1.2022 
• Activating students in hybrid and online lecture (slides) 20.1.2022
• View the two English columns in Padlet for examples and links. 
• Brazilian teachers at Tampere University of Applied Sciences, 5. and 7.10.2021
• Active learning in real time distance learning & Producing content to distance learning (slides)
• The ANGE project, Erasmus+, Novida, Loimaa 20.3.2018
• Trends in Education and Digital Assessment Tools (slides)
• Lappeenranta University of Technology 19.3.2018
• Creating e-learning courses (slides)
• YWeLP-project, Helsinki 19. and 22.2.2018
• H5P content types (slides) and H5P-blogpage in Finnish
• Web page for H5P content types: h5p.org (examples, tutorials etc.)
• ChemSAR Project, Partner workshop Helsinki 7.2.2018
• E-learning Environment & Digital Learning Material (slides)
• Chongqing University of Sciences and Technology, China
• On July 2017 I trained new university teachers in Chongqing in China. I worked with a colleague Tampere University of Applied Science lecturer Hanna Saraketo and interpreter Li Zhang. I wrote three blog post in Finnish language: Ensikertaa Kiinassa, Chongqing, hot pot ja munakoiso and Kiinassa opettajia kouluttamassa. 
• Introduction to education in Finland and some pedagogical approahes and methods (slides)
• Ict and digitalization in teaching and learning (slides)
• Footprints across Europe, Erasmus KA2, City of Akaa 4.-5.4.2017; Slides and Padlet.
• ICT and Social Media in Education, Networking and Sharing (2015)
• University Pedagogical Studies (4 ects), University of Vaasa, with Satu Öystilä (2015)
• The Principles and the Cycle of Problem-based Learning 
• ICT and Social Media in Education 
• Pedagogy in the Key Role! (several presentations of PAOK Network and/or Center for Educational Technology, City of Tampere, 2009-2014)
• Teacher training in Finland and the work environment in upper secondary and VET schools, Study Visit (2009) 
• Open the Classroom's door! Present situation and future of eLearning models in Vocational Education and Learning – case Tampere region, PLIMe Seminar presentation with Anne Suoniemi (2009)
• Supporting the Change, PBL-PD Program as the Dynamo for Teachers' Empowerment and Organizational Change (paper presentation with Sari Poikela) 
• FACE The Annual Conference of the Forum for the Advancement of Continuing Education, Ireland, Cork (2005) 
• International Conference on Problem- Based Learning, Problem-Based Learning - Bridging Work and Education, Finland, Lahti (2005)

Mobie: OnEdu AI Learning Environment 

OnEdu AI Learning Environment and its previous environments by the Finnish Mobie Ltd has been developed in co-operation with 100 Finnish schools. I have been training personnel of companies, schools and public administration to create online courses and Mobie Zine publications since 2014 in Finland, Sweden and Estonia. Besides training I have been building online courses for companies based on their own learning materials. (More information in Finnish.)

• Slides: OnEdu Learning Environment and OnEdu Course Structure (animation 0:35 min.) 
• Slides: Mobie Zine Publications and How to Use OnEdu Forms? 
• Mobie eSmart includes H5P content types for creating interactive content. Here you can view examples of almost all H5P tools and there are also good tutorials available. My slides (Feb 2018) show you can easily create web content with H5P also to Moodle. (H5P guides and examples in Finnish.)