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Matleena Laakso


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My work at Tampere University & TAMK: firstname.surname@tuni.fi 
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I am an expert in teaching and learning - specialized in e-learning and ICT in education and professional development. I have worked mainly as a freelancer trainer since 2014. I also work as a visiting lecturer at the School of Pedagogical Innovation at TAMK - Tampere University of Applied Sciences. I have done my master's degree in adult education and worked with continuing professional development for 20 years. I speak Finnish, English and some German and Swedish.

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Since 2009 my main areas have been working with ICT in education, e-learning, online courses, creating online educational materials, activating 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 instructions on pedagogy and applications. They have been viewed in total for almost three million times. I am also H5P Ambassador and Microsoft Innovative Educator Expert (MIEE). 

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 beginning already from 1995: During 2004-2009 I specialized in problem-based learning and co-operative learning and teaching methods. Later at 2020 I educated and mentored several teams to create online courses, 2021 I supported teachers creating hybrid courses and 2022-2023 I held workshops on online pedagogy and its tools. You can read more from my LinkedIn-profile. It is in English but I share posts mainly in Finnish. If you want to network with me, please let me know how we know each other.

Presentations in English


Mobie eSmart Learning Environment 


Mobie eSmart learning 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 courses for companies based on their own learning materials. (More information in Finnish.)

1 kommentti:

  1. This is a really great work and real innovation, I am impressed by the diversity of your work!

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