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Mika Seppälä |
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University of Helsinki and |
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Florida State University |
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Virtual educational material will replace
current text books |
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On-line distance learning will be a low cost
alternative to traditional class-room education |
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Text books will stay for many years |
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On-line distance learning will attract only a
small fraction of students during the next several years |
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Development of educational materials that use
the potential of the new media in a right way will take a long time – a new
paradigm has to be born |
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Broadband access to internet is not yet
available for those who otherwise would choose distance learning as their
preferred mode of studying |
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Find methods to enhance traditional teaching by
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Aim for distance learning but design for
class—room use first |
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Offer new services |
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Our solution: Helsinki Learning System (HLS) |
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Have been used extensively in low level math
courses at FSU |
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Allow students to perform self-assesments prior
to taking examinations |
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Have reduced the failure rate by about 50% |
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The system is multilingual |
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Exercises are problem trees with different
feed-backs to correct, wrong and ’I do not know’ answers |
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When used in exams, the problem tree structure
allows automatic partial credit |
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Group in Helsinki (2 senior persons, 5 junior) |
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Project at FSU (aim: to hire 5 persons) |
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Collaboration with UNED (Madrid, translation to
Spanish) |
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Collaboration with a group in Mexico
(translation to Mexican Spanish) |
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Muistiinpanot
