Latest news for teachers
Instructions for Teachers: Captioning Video Lecture
According to the Act on the Provision of Digital Services, from 23 September 2020 onwards, all new videos uploaded to the university website must be accessible. These include all Aalto University event, presentation and lecture videos, which must be captioned in the language of the presentation. Read instructions for teachers.
Leap for learning project update: from idea to projects, from planning to deployment
Information about coming changes and their schedules (e.g. related to Sisu) will be published on Leap for learning pages in aalto.fi from November onwards. The projects in Aalto Service Platform are moving towards demos, testing and piloting.
Flow of Studies II to improve course sizes, teaching schedules and periods
The work of the Flow of Studies Task Force II has been a general success. The task force plans to publish a final report of its results on for the purposes of further action and decision-making.
TEE 2020 achieved peer reviews of degree programmes beyond school borders
The Teaching and Education Evaluation (TEE) 2020 has completed its self-evaluation and peer review reports on the degree programmes.
Degree regulation reform: draft of regulations to be discussed
The schools’ bachelor’s and master’s degree regulations will be replaced by shared degree regulations for all of Aalto University as of 1 August 2021.
New aalto.fi hub to help teachers - please give us feedback
The aim is to make teaching-related services easier to find. Help us develop the hub by giving feedback.
Two new Exam studios taken in use on 20th of October
Two new exam studios in Otakaari 1 M-wing , 3rd floor is now in use. OK1M321 with 8 exam workstations and OK1M327 with 9 exam workstations will increase the exam capacity to approx. 900 two hour exams/week.
Maintenance break on Into Wed 7 October starting at 8 am.
The maintenance break will last approximately five hours and Into (into.aalto.fi) will be unavailable during that time.
Name competition for a dynamic course feedback app launched!
As this online learning pilot project enters to a phase of larger scale piloting, the app needs a student friendly name.
Aalto BIZ Teacher of the Year 2020
Finance Assistant Professor Peter Nyberg has been awarded as the Aalto BIZ Teacher of the Year 2020.
EU funding for Erasmus Mundus Joint Master's Degrees
Aalto University succeeded again in its bid to obtain funding from the European Commission for the Erasmus Mundus Joint Master's Degree programme.
Nurturing the passion for research - Interviewing Associate Professor Ali Tehrani
Associate professor Ali Tehrani, who works at Aalto University's School of Chemical Engineering Bioproducts and Biosystems Department, has an impressive background in textile research already before joining Aalto. And he also enjoys guiding and supporting his students in their research and careers.
Thank you, teacher, for responding to the survey on remote teaching
The first results of the survey on the collective experiences of remote teaching conducted in the spring of 2020 are now published.
Student mobility to get easier – courses and School of Business minors available without application procedures
Aalto students will be able to take studies more easily outside of their own school and field: most courses and School of Business minor subjects will not require an admissions procedure beginning this autumn.
New videos published on the site need to be captioned
All videos published on and after 23 September 2020 must have captions. Read the news for links to further instructions to e.g. teachers. The accessibility of aalto.fi-website is on an excellent level.
You have still time to enroll to the Aalto University's pedagogical courses in autumn 2020
Aalto University offers pedagogical courses to support pedagogical skills of faculty members. You will find courses' descriptions and enrollment forms by clicking the links below.
McKinsey Finance Teacher of the Year 2020
Finance Assistant Professor Peter Nyberg has been awarded as the McKinsey Finance Teacher of the Year.
Development work continues in August
Leap for Learning will resume its close collaboration on three projects (Sisu, Service Platform and LES Process Re-Building) straightaway after the summer.
Action plan to enabling fluent studying
Harmonising teaching arrangements enables fluent studying across school boundaries and graduation within the target time frame.
AAC approves new degree structures ahead of degree regulations reform
A proposal on new degree structures, which was first discussed at the University Academic Affairs Committee (AAC) meeting of 19 May 2020, was passed at the AAC meeting of 25 May 2020.
