last update: 8 September 2009
The course is compulsory for the students following the new Study Plan in "opetusteknologian maisterilinja" as also for the students following the “teacher line”. It is also highly recommended to all those who write their Master Thesis under the supervision of Professor Sutinen, adding some practical benefits to the preparation of the thesis. This course replaces “Education Technology of the Computer Science" (Tietoteknikan Opetusteknologia) - 173304. The course might be driven in English once at least one foreign student will participate to the course.
The course is kept by Professor Erkki Sutinen. Ilkka Jormanainen is going to serve as assistant.
The first course seminar is going to be kept on 8th of September 2009, 16:00-19:00, in Room 2D106B. Practical arrangements as well as course's furtrher schedule will be discussed during the seminar.
The reception hours are:
| Time and Room | |
|---|---|
| Erkki Sutinen | Tuesday 10:00-11:00, T/B334 |
| Ilkka Jormanainen | Wednesday 14:00-15:00, T/2D305 |
In Finnish
Mitä on didaktinen tietojenkäsittelytiede? Monitieteellisyyden haasteet. Alan ajankohtaiset näkökulmat. Opintojen ja pro gradu -tutkielman eteneminen; esim. pro gradu -tutkielmien yhteinen ohjaus (mitä gradu pitää sisällään? mikä on hyvä tutkielma? jne). Pro gradu -tutkielman etenemisen esittely vähintään kolme kertaa: (1) tutkimusongelma, tutkimusmetodit ja jäsennys, (2) kirjallisuuskatsaus ja tausta, (3) kokonainen luku. Suoritusmuoto: kuukausittain kokoontuva runkoseminaari johon osallistutaan koko maisteriohjelman ajan (mukana linjan alumneja ja vierailevia tutkijoita).
In English
What is didactic computer science? What are the challenges of multidisciplinarity? What are the current topics of the domain? In this course the preceding questions will be answered and master’s thesis instruction will be given on 1) identifying research questions, 2) writing literature reviews and background, and 3) presenting results and discussion sections. The course will be conducted via monthly seminars throughout the period of students’ master studies.
The students need to complete the following tasks (0 - 8) in order to pass the course. For the tasks 1 - 4 and 6 - 8, you are required to prepare a presentation of 20 minutes (10-15 mins for presentation + 5-10 minutes for discussion). Prepare also the slides for the presentation, and send them in advance to Ilkka (ijorma@cs.joensuu.fi). Send also other material (for example, a draft chapter of the thesis).
In the task 5 (opponentship), you are required to be an opponent for other students' presentations for the tasks 1 - 4 (related to the thesis work). In order to complete this task succesfully, you need to get familiar with the material you will be sent before the seminar, and prepare questions about the topic and presentation. Note, that you should work as an opponent four times in order to complete this task.
The schedule and task lists for the forthcoming seminar meetings can be found at course wiki. Also, a list of completed tasks can be found there. New tasks can be allocated to future seminar meetings at the end of each session or by email to Ilkka well before (at least one week) the next seminar meeting.
0. Active participation
1. Plan for Master Thesis
2. Literature review
3. Methods, new results
4. Ready thesis
5. Opponentship (four times)
6 - 8. Tools and article presentations
| Date | Time | Room |
|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2009, Tuesday | 16:00 - 19:00 | 2D106B |
| 22 September 2009, Tuesday | 16:00 - 19:00 | 2D106B |
| 3 November 2009, Tuesday | 16:00 - 19:00 | 2D106B |
| 10 November 2009, Tuesday | 16:00 - 19:00 | 2D106B |
| 24 November 2009, Tuesday | 16:00 - 19:00 | 2D106B |
| 8 December 2009, Tuesday | 16:00 - 19:00 | 2D106B |
Wiki
Access from the university network: http://cs.joensuu.fi/pages/intra/coursewiki
Access from outside of the universtiy network (authentication by your cs/cc account): http://joecat.joensuu.fi:8080/login?url=http://cs.joensuu.fi/pages/intra/coursewiki
Monday, 24 November
List of Journals for EdTech interests
The following linked page provides links to journals that are relevant for students and researchers in the field of Educational Technology for Computer Science. The journals are either available online or through the library e-services (as for example the Ex Libris).
See the most up-to-date list of EdTech reserach group's thesis topics here.