Thesis seminars, materials

Slides:

Introduction: thesis_intro_Spring2018

Second meeting: academic_writing_and_literature_review

Meeting on December: thesis_seminar_empirical part_december

Examples of good empirical articles:

Case study

Papadakis, S., Kalogiannakis, M., & Zaranis, N. (2016). Developing fundamental programming concepts and computational thinking with ScratchJr in preschool education: a case study. International Journal of Mobile Learning and Organisation, 10(3), 187-202.

Weese, J. L., & Feldhausen, R. (2017). STEM Outreach: Assessing Computational Thinking and Problem Solving. In 2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition. ASEE Conferences, Columbus, Ohio. https://peer. asee. org/28845.

Phenomenographic research

https://www.jstor.org/stable/pdf/jeductechsoci.5.1.67.pdf?seq=1#page_scan_tab_contents

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1096751611000054

https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/BF03216875

https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/0950069042000230776

https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/13504620220128248

Data collection

https://files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/EJ844275.pdf

Interviews

http://studenttheses.cbs.dk/bitstream/handle/10417/1025/andrea_kloss.pdf

https://publishup.uni-potsdam.de/opus4-ubp/frontdoor/deliver/index/docId/8260/file/cid07_S61-75.pdf

Data analysis/ video data

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.lcsi.2017.09.003

Results/ findings

https://www.tdx.cat/bitstream/handle/10803/394069/sd1de1.pdf?sequence=1

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/272703344_Key_Personality_Competences_of_University_Teacher_Comparison_of_Requirements_Defined_by_Teachers_andVersus_Defined_by_Students (+ table of content, participants characteristics)

Course timetable

Time	Description	Instructor(s)
Mon. 10.9.	Orientation and Introduction	Essi and Heikki
Tue 11.9.	Introduction to PBL (Problem Based Learning) -method	Essi
Videos 1-3: ‘Past and Current Trends in Learning Sciences’ (18 min); ‘Social constructivism’ (8min.) and ‘What is (Computer Supported) Collaborative Learning’ (19 min.) (Essi Vuopala) (+ Nathan, M. & Sawyer, K. (2006). Foundations of the Learning Sciences. In K. Sawyer (Ed.) The Cambridge Handbook of Learning Science. pp. 21-43 OR Scardamalia, M. & Bereiter, C. (2006). Knowledge Building. Theory, Pedagogy, and Technology. In K. Sawyer (Ed.) The Cambridge Handbook of Learning Science. pp. 97-113)
Mon 17.9.	PBL1, steps 1-5	Essi
PBL1, step 6 (Individual studying phase)
Tue 18.9.	PBL1, step 7 + presentations + group evaluation	Essi
Video: Learning skills (Heikki Kontturi) + article/ will be announced later)
Mon 24.9.	PBL2, steps 1-5	Heikki
PBL2, step 6 (Individual studying phase)
Wed 26.9.	PBL2, step 7 + presentations + group evaluation	Heikki
Video: ‘Socio-Cultural and Cognitive Apprenticeship’ (Teemu Suorsa) + Collins, A. (2006). Cognitive Apprenticeship. In K. Sawyer (Ed.) The Cambridge Handbook of Learning Science. pp. 47-58.)
Mon 1.10.	PBL3, steps 1-5	Essi
PBL3, step 6 (Individual studying phase)
Tue 2.10.	PBL3, step 7 + presentations + group evaluation	Essi
Video: ’History of Technology Development’ (Jari Laru) + article/ will be announced later
Mon 8.10.	PBL4, steps 1-5	Heikki
PBL4, step 6 (Individual studying phase)
Tue 9.10.	PBL3, step 7 + presentations + group evaluation	Heikki
Mon 15.10.	Live Panel Discussion (Fishbowl)	Essi, chair
Autumn holiday
Tue 16.10.	Feedback, Time Capsule Opening	Essi and Heikki

Materials, Foundations of Learning

Introduction:

PBL1:

PBL2:

PBL3:

PBL4:

Master’s thesis kick-off

Reading circle 15.3.

Pre-task:

Read following article:

Daniel Sommerhoff, Andrea Szameitat, Freydis Vogel, Olga Chernikova, Kristina Loderer & Frank Fischer (2018) What Do We Teach When We Teach the Learning Sciences? A Document Analysis of 75 Graduate Programs, Journal of the Learning Sciences, DOI: 10.1080/10508406.2018.1440353

While reading, think about following issues: