The research group was founded in 1998 when the Media Lab launched its initiative on future learning environments in cooperation with the Centre for Research on Networked Learning and Knowledge Building at the University of Helsinki. Since then the group has collaborated in, generated and coordinated several research and development projects at national, Nordic and European levels.
Research topics
Computer supported collaborative learning (CSCL)
Information and communication technology (ICT) in learning (PCs,PDAs, mobile phones etc.)
ICT in creative group work and design
ICT in empowerment through learning
Learning environments enhanced with technology.
The group's approach to research and design of New Media and learning is theory-based but design-oriented. This means that besides the academic research papers the outcomes of the group are often software systems, software prototypes, applications and scenarios. The group's works are based on the social constructivist theory that sees learning as a participation in social processes of knowledge construction. Members of the group come from very different backgrounds covering education, computer science and design, but they all share the same pedagogical thinking.
Projects
ITCOLE - Innovative Technologies for Collaborative Learning and Knowledge Building
UNESCO Young Digital Creators
Fle3
www.euro-cscl.org
S-Equal - collaborative story chain for mobile learning (2003)
UNIVe / Europe Union's Socrates programme Minerva (2004)
Genre / Helsinki Region Centre of Expertise (2004)
Contact information
For more information, visit http://legroup.uiah.fi or contact research group leader Teemu Leinonen.