EUNIS Dørup E-learning Award for Tomi Kauppinen, Yulia Guseva and Sara Gottschalk
is happy to announce that on June 11th, 2020 the paper Designing Digital Higher Education: Case Aalto Online Learning by Tomi Kauppinen, Yulia Guseva and Sara Gottschalk got the EUNIS Dørup E-learning Award 2020 in in its evening session Virtual Gala with live entertainment and presentation of EUNIS awards.
EUNIS Dørup E-learning Award
The EUNIS Dørup E-learning Award is given for the outstanding and innovative application of information technology (IT) in an educational setting. It was founded in commemoration of former member of the EUNIS Board of Directors, Jens Dørup.
The award is organised by the EUNIS Learning and Teaching Special Interest Group. The call for submissions for the EUNIS Dørup E-learning Award is done at the same time as the general call for papers for the annual Congress and the winner is selected by the Dørup Award Judging Panel. The award is not a monetary award, but the winner will receive a special certificate and a framed print of a painting by Danish artist Maj Dørup (daughter of Jens Dørup).
Read more about
EUNIS 2020 held in virtual Helsinki
European University Information Systems Organization (EUNIS), formed in 1993, brings together those who are responsible for the management, development and the policy for Information Technology in Higher Education in Europe. The objective of EUNIS is to contribute to the development of high quality information systems. To achieve this, the aims of EUNIS are:
- encourage exchange, cooperation and debates between those responsible for information systems in higher education or research institutes/organizations within Europe;
- establish relationships with supervisory organizations in charge of information systems in hig her education and in research institutes in each country as well as at European level. ()
The 26th Annual EUNIS Congress was held on 10–12 June 2020. Due to the Covid-19 situation, the planned event, at the University of Helsinki in Finland, became their first ever fully online Congress.
Aalto Online Learning Team congratulates Tomi, Yulia, and Sara for their accomplishment!
Read more news
New funding introduces health technology themes into FITech Network University's course offering
FITech Network University, a network of Finnish universities of technology coordinated by Aalto University, has been granted new funding that expands the network's course offering with themes related to health technology.
New macular degeneration treatment the first to halt disease’s progression
Aalto University researchers have uncovered a promising way to treat the dry form of the age- related macular degeneration (AMD) in the early diagnosis phase that could potentially stop its progression. The novel treatment approach aims to strengthen the protective mechanisms of affected cells using heat, explains Professor Ari Koskelainen.
AI use makes us overestimate our cognitive performance
New research warns we shouldn’t blindly trust Large Language Models with logical reasoning –– stopping at one prompt limits ChatGPT’s usefulness more than users realise.