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 Virtual Studies in Computer Science
 Kids' Club
 Culture Sensitive IT-Education for Developing Countries
 Thinking Tools for the Net
 Software Visualization & Jeliot
 Development Project for Technology Education
 String Matching Algorithms for Educational Technology [official page to apper later]

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Ethnocomputing

Book chapters:

Tedre, Matti; Kommers, Piet; Sutinen, Erkki: (2002) Ethnocomputing: Towards Ethnically Fairer Computer Science. Exploring Cultural Perspectives 2002. (eds. Wyness, Michael & Richardson, Annette), ICRN Press, Edmonton. ISBN 0-9731056-1-5

Theses:

Tedre, Matti (2002) Ethnocomputing. A Multicultural View on Computer Science. Master's thesis for the University of Joensuu. Available at www.ethnocomputing.org.

Conference papers:

Tedre Matti; Sutinen Erkki; Kähkönen Esko; Kommers Piet (2003) Is Universal Usability Universal Only to Us? (extended abstract). ACM conference CUU 2003, Vancouver BC, Canada, November 10.-11. 2003

Tedre, Matti (2003) Problem, Knowledge, and Understanding in Ethnocomputing. Second International Conference on Educational Technology in Cultural Context, Joensuu, Finland, September 1.-2. 2003.

Tedre, Matti; Sutinen, Erkki; Kähkönen, Esko; Kommers, Piet: Appreciating the Knowledge of Students in Computer Science Education in Developing Countries. IEEE conference ITRE 2003, Newark, New Jersey, USA, August 10.-13. 2003.

Tedre, Matti; Kommers, Piet; Sutinen, Erkki: Ethnocomputing. A Multicultural View on Computer Science. ICALT 2002, Kazan, Russia, September 9.-12. 2002.

Virtual Studies of Computer Science

Journal publications:

Lavonen, J., Meisalo, v., Lattu, M., Sutinen, E., Concretizing the programming task: a case study in a secondary school. Computers & Education 40 (2003), 115-135.

Sutinen, E. & Torvinen, S.,"The Candle Scheme for Creating an on-line Computer Science Program - Experiences and Vision", Informatics in Education, Vol. 2, Nro 1, 93-102, 2003.

Kareinen, A., Suhonen, J. & Sutinen, E., Graphical and Event-Driven Approach to Teach Introductory Programming, Informatika 38(2):25-38, 2001.

Haataja, A., Suhonen, J., Sutinen, E. & Torvinen, S., High School Students Learning Computer Science over the Web, Interactive Multimedia Electronic Journal of Computer-Enhanced Learning (IMEJ) 3(2), October 2001. Available at: http://imej.wfu.edu/articles/2001/2/index.asp

Haataja, A., Suhonen, J. & Sutinen,E., How to Learn Introductory Programming over the Web, Informatica 25(2):165-171, July 2001.

Conference papers:

Goh, T., Kainulainen, V., Kinshuk, Suhonen, J., Sutinen, E. Mobile Digital Portfolio Extension. Accepted to the Second IEEE International Workshop on Wireless and Mobile Technologies in Education (WMTE2003), JungLi, Taiwan, March 23-25, 2004.

Hämäläinen, W., Suhonen, J., Sutinen, E., Toivonen, H. Data Mining in Personalizing Distance Education Courses. Accepted to the 21st ICDE World Conference on Open Learning and Distance Education, Hong Kong, 2004.

Meisalo, V., Sutinen, E. and Torvinen, S., Choosing appropriate methods for evaluating and improving the learning process in distance programming courses. The 33rd ASEE/IEEE Frontiers in Education Conference (FIE2003), November 5-8, 2003, Boulder, CO, USA.

Suhonen, J., Sutinen E., Portfolio-Based Analysis in Developing Tool for a Web-Based Programming Project Course. Proceedings of the IASTED International Conference on Computers and Advanced Technology in Education (CATE 2003), Rhodes, Greece, June 30 - July 2, 2003. ACTA Press.

Myller, N., Suhonen, J., & Sutinen, E., Using Data Mining for Improving Web-Based Course Design. Proceedings of International Conference on Computers in Education (ICCE 2002), Auckland, New Zealand, December 2002. IEEE Computer Society, 959-963.

Suhonen, J., Sutinen, E., Creative Problem Management in Web-Tutored Programming Projects. Proceedings of International Conference on Computers in Education (ICCE 2002), Auckland, New Zealand, December 2002. IEEE Computer Society, 557-558, 2002.

Meisalo, V., Sutinen, E., & Torvinen, S., How to improve the virtual programming course?, Accepted to the 2002 Frontiers in Education Conference (FIE), November 6-9, 2002, Boston.

Kareinen, A., Myller, N., Suhonen, J., Sutinen, E., Visuals First Approach in an Introductory Web-based Programming Course. The Second Program Visualization Workshop, Aarhus, Denmark, June 2002.

V. Meisalo, J. Suhonen, E. Sutinen & S. Torvinen, Formative Evaluation Scheme for a Web-Based Course Design. Proceedings of 7 th Annual Conference on Innovation and Technology in Computer Science Education (ITiCSE 2002), Aarhus, Denmark, June 2002. ACM Press, 130-134.

I. Jormanainen, N. Myller, J. Suhonen & S. Torvinen, Tietojenkäsittelytieteen virtuaalisen opetuksen kehittäminen (in Finnish), ITK'02 Workshop on Educational Technology Research, April 17, Hämeenlinna, Finland, 2002.

Ben-Ari, M., Myller, N., Sutinen, E., & Tarhio, J., Perspectives on Program Animation with Jeliot. Software Visualization, Lecture Notes in Computer Science 2269 (Ed. S. Diehl), Springer-Verlag, 2002, 31-45.

Kähkönen, E., Sutinen, E., Context and Ethics as Factors in the Design of Educational Technology. Proceedings of the 2nd Conference on Open and Distance Learning. Eds. Isa Ebrahimzadeh et al. May 2001. Payame Noor University. 1-8.

Sutinen, E. & Torvinen, S., Instructional Intervention In a Web-Based Programming Course, Proceedings of the First Annual Finnish/Baltic Sea Conference on Computer Science Education, Koli, Finland, October 19-21, 2001, Report Series A, University of Joensuu, Department of Computer Science, 2002.

Higgins, C., Suhonen, J. & Sutinen, E., Model of a Semi-Automatic Assessment Tool in Web-Based Learning Environment, Proceedings of ICCE 2001 Conference, Seoul, Korea, 2001, 1213-1220.

Haataja, A., Suhonen, J., Kontkanen, S., & Sutinen, E., Teaching University-Level Computer Science to High School Students over the Web, ED-MEDIA 2001, World Conference on Educational Multimedia, Hypermedia & Telecommunication, Tampere, Finland, June 25-30, 2001, 630-635.

Haataja, A., Suhonen, J., & Sutinen, E., How to Learn Introductory Programming over Web, Proceedings of the 7th International Conference of European University Information Systems (Eunis 2001), Berlin, Germany, March 28-30, 2001, 309-312.

Technical Reports

Torvinen, S., An overview of Virtual Approbatur (Demonstration), Proceedings of the Second Annual Finnish/Baltic Sea Conference on Computer Science Education, University of Joensuu, Report A-2002-7, October 18-20, 2002, Koli, Finland, 83-85.

Kids' Club

Journal publications:

Eronen, P. J., Sutinen, E., Vesisenaho, M., Virnes, M., Kids' Club as an ICT-Based Learning Laboratory. Informatics in Education - An International Journal, Vol. 1. Institute of Mathematics and Informatics, Vilnius, Lithuania, 2002, 61-72.

Conference papers

Eronen, P.J., Jormanainen, I. & Virnes, M., Virre - Virtual Reflecting Tool. In Proc. Kolin Kolistelut - Koli Calling 2003, Proceedings of the Third Annual Finnish/Baltic Sea Conference on Computer Science Education.

Jormanainen I., Kannusmäki O., Sutinen E., IPPE - How To Visualize Programming with robots. Accepted to the Second Program Visualization Workshop, Aarhus, Denmark, June 2002.

Eronen, P. J., Järvelä, J., Roe, C., Virnes, M., Using Empirical Modeling to Simulate Robotics in Kids' Club. In Proc. Kolin Kolistelut - Koli Calling 2002, Proceedings of the Second Annual Finnish/Baltic Sea Conference on Computer Science Education, Report A-2002-7, University of Joensuu, Department of Computer Science, Joensuu, Finland, 2002, 63-68.

Eronen, P. J., Sutinen, E., Vesisenaho, M., Virnes, M., Kids' Club - Information Technology Research with Kids. In Proc. IEEE International Conference on Advanced Learning Technologies, Kazan, Russia, 2002, 331-333.

Culture Sensitive IT-Education for Developing Countries

Conference papers

Lund, H.H. & Vesisenaho, M. I-Blocks in an African Context. AROB 9th '04 - The Ninth International Symposium on Artificial Life and Robotics, Beppu, Oita, Japan, January 28. - 30., 2004.

Sutinen, E., Vesisenaho, M. & Yusha, E. Simputer Technology for Teaching Programming. WCETE'2004 - World Conference on Engineering and Technology Education, Guarujá / Santos, Brazil, March 14. - 17., 2004.

Duveskog, Marcus; Sutinen, Erkki; Tedre Matti; Vesisenaho Mikko, In search of contextual teaching of programming in a Tanzanian secondary school. IEEE conference FIE 2003, Boulder, CO, USA, November 5.-8. 2003.

Duveskog, M., Sutinen, E., Vesisenaho, M. & Gasso, C., HIV/AIDS education in Tanzania blended with a programming course. IEEE conference ITRE 2003, Newark, New Jersey, USA, August 10.-13.2003, 179 - 183.

Laisser, E., Lupilya, E. & Vesisenaho, M., Information and Communication Technology (ICT) for Contextual Development. Proceedings of the First Conference on Educational Technology in Cultural Context. University of Joensuu, 2002, International Proceedings Series 3, 105-116.

Sutinen, E., Vesisenaho, M. & Virnes, M., e-Based and Contact-Based Computing Studies for Tanzania: Action Research from Challenges via Changes to Chances. Proceedings of the 7th International Working Conference of International Federation of Information Processing (IFIP), Information Technology in Developing Countries (WG 9.4), IFIP 2002, 444-452.

Sutinen, E., Vesisenaho, M. & Virnes M., Contextual Computing Studies in Tanzania. In Marja Kuittinen (ed.) Kolin kolistelut - Koli Calling 2001. Proceedings of the First Annual Finnish/Baltic Sea Conference on Computer Science. Education. University of Joensuu. Department of Computer Science. Report Series A 1, 84 - 88.

Thinking Tools for the Net

Journal publications

M. Kuittinen, E. Sutinen, H. Topi, and M. Turpeinen. Learning by Experience: Networks in Learning Organizations, Informatica 25(2):159-164, July 2001.

Conference papers

Nuutinen J.A., Sutinen E., Visualization of the Learning Process Using Concept Mapping. ICALT 2003, International Conference on Advanced Learning Technologies, Athens, Greece, July 9-11, 2003: ICALT 2003, 348-349.

Gaetano La Russa, Sirpa Torvinen, "From Educational Prototypes Towards Practical Implementations", in CD Proceedings of cEVU International Conference, collaborative European Virtual University, 23-25 November 2003, Granada, Spain, 2003.

Bulent Cavas, Gaetano La Russa, Sari H. Pitkänen, Pasi Silander, Panu Silvasti, and Jarkko Suhonen, "What to Consider in addition to of Learning Objects in Computer Science Education", In the Proceedings of Kolin Kolistelut / Koli Calling - Third Annual Baltic Conference on Computer Science Education, 3-5 October 2003, Koli, Finland, 2003, 7-14.

Eronen, P.J., Nuutinen, J. Rautama, E., Sutinen, E., Tarhio, J.: Concept Gaming. In Proc. ICCE '02, Tenth International Conference on Computers in Education, IEEE Computer Society Press, Los Alamitos, California, 2002, 997-1001.

Gerdt P., Kommers P., Suhonen, J., Sutinen E.: StoryML: A XML Extension for Woven Stories. Proceedings of Intelligent Tutoring Systems 2002 (ITS'2002), Biarriz, France, June 5-8: 893-902

Gerdt P., Kurhila J., Meisalo V., Suhonen J., Sutinen E.: Rambling Through the Wilds: A Concept of Jagged Study Zones. In Proc. World Conference on Educational Multimedia, Hypermedia and Telecommunications (ED-MEDIA 2002), Denver, Colorado United States, June 24-29, 2002: AACE 596-601

Gaetano La Russa, "Concretising Tools for Computer Science Education", In the Proceedings of Kolin Kolistelut / Koli Calling - First Annual Baltic Conference on Computer Science Education, 19-21 October 2003, Koli, Finland, 2001, 4-8.

Rautio J., Tanninen J., Tarhio J., String matching with stopper encoding and code splitting. In: Proc. CPM '02, Combinatorial Pattern Matching (ed. A. Apostolico, M. Takeda), Lecture Notes in Computer Science 2373, Springer, 2002, 42-52.

Navarro G., Baeza-Yates R. A., Sutinen E., Tarhio J.: Indexing Methods for Approximate String Matching. IEEE Data Engineering Bulletin 24(4): 19-27, 2001.

Eronen, P., Makkonen, J.-P., Tarhio, J., Infomediator based network for unifying E-commerce. In: Proc. IAWTIC '01, International Conference on Intelligent Agents, Web Technology and Internet Commerce, Las Vegas, 2001, 285-291.

Gerdt, P., Kommers, P., Looi, C., Sutinen, E., Woven Stories as a Cognitive Tool. Cognitive Technology 2001, LNAI 2117, Springer-Verlag, 2001, 233-247.

Karjunen, M., Sutinen, E., Tarhio, J., Towards intelligent portfolios on the Web. In: SSGRR 2000, The International Conference on Advances in Infrastructure for Electronic Business, Science and Education on the Internet (ed. G. Reiss Romoli), Scuola Superiore, Italy, 2000.

Rautama, E., Karvonen, A., Tarhio, J. and Turkia, J., Versatile concept map viewing on the Web. ITiCSE 2001. In: Proc. ITiCSE '01, Innovation and Technology in Computer Science Education, ACM, 2001, 105-108.

Kuittinen, M., Pöntinen, S., and Sutinen, E., How to Design Web-based Counseling Systems. IEEE International Conference on Advanced Learning Technologies, ICALT 2001, Madison, Wisconsin, USA, August 6-8, 2001, pages 178-179.

Sutinen, E., Tarhio, J., Teaching to identify problems in a creative way. In: Proc. FIE '01, 31st ASEE/IEEE Frontiers in Education Conference, IEEE, 2001, p. T1D8-13.

Kuittinen M., Sutinen E., Topi H., Turpeinen M.: Learning by Experience: Networks in Learning Organizations. EUNIS 2001, The 7th International Conference of European University Information Systems, Humboldt-University, Berlin, March 27-30, 2001: 470-478

Posters

La Russa G., Myller N., Suhonen J., Sutinen E., Vesisenaho M., RoboBeggar: Teaching Attitudes by Robotics. ICALT 2003, International Conference on Advanced Learning Technologies, Athens, Greece, July 9-11, 2003: ICALT 2003, 477