Ville Venäläinen

March 14yh, 2008

PixelAche

• What is Internetix?

• Nettilukio - high school in the internet

• Sometu - Social media supporting learning -netwotk

• Some facts:

– The first open learning environment in Finland

– It was founded with the belief in mind that we are now living a time where our society will shift into a information era

• Traditional means of existing institutions are not going to work in a new world

• New institutions and new ways to operate must be found

• The first thing to do was to find a place where new forms of behaviour can be born or found

• In the mid 90's the Internet was a untouched playground for this kind of trial

• Seeking was made with on demand approach• We started to look for what we will find on our way• Soon was founded:

– Internetix campus – www.internetix.fi open learning environment for studies

– Metodix - learning environment for methodological studies and research

– Nettiradio mikaeli – first digital learning radio– Different kind of tools and experiments on the future

research, learning environments, etc.– ...and Nettilukio

• Students form a very heterogeneous group:– Age (16-75)– Place of residence (around the globe)– Aims of studying (degree, hobby)– Various situations in life (athletes, shift

workers, parents of small children, various disabilities etc.)

• Over 400 students studying over the net• The whole studying is done on the net with

no student parties or breaks between lessons

• The big thing isn't that it operates fully on the internet• The big thing is that it’s based fully on trust on its

students – There are hardly no tests in courses – Grades are given on evaluation of the course specific

portfolios or other skills demonstrations made in different kind of projects etc.

– Still these people pass matriculation examination, which is the only time that they are forced be present IRL

Social media supporting learning-

network

• Is an experiment where people from different domains gather around a common interest in social media

• It started in a workshop hosted by Internetix in co-operation with presenters and participants

• a network containing over 200 participants • Network members have a very heterogenous

background: business, teaching, studying, citizen media, activism etc.

• It is a network which is defining itself all the time 

• It has no single

– mission

– opinion

• •It's all about experimentation, encounters, sharing information and ideas - a journey where we learn and build something new together 

• Action is what ever comes to people's mind • The interest can be work or study related or

something just for fun • Current  actions

– Theme meetings monthly – Sometumob – Different sessions and forums related to

support for social media and teaching

• You can join us in http://sometu.ning.com/

Ville Venäläinen

internetix

ville.venalainen@internetix.fi

+358 44 794 5102

skype:ville.venalainen