Highlights & stories regarding digitalisation
Digital transformation happens everywhere - in teaching, learning, research, creative practices, collaboration, services and at the campus.
Leap for Learning project status up-date in November
Personal study plan in SIsu is a tool that helps students in planning and guides them during their studies.
A unified process for campus tours was the main goal of the lean project
Anastasia McAvennie: it is paramount to consider user experience in the renovation project.
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.
Personal data protection and information security at Aalto University
The skills and knowledge of Aalto University community members are the most important way to prevent information leaks. Update your information security skills with the Cyber Security Quick Guide.
Public private partnership in industrial service research boosted scientific publication in Finland
Service Solutions for Fleet Management program was designed to support industrial firms’ digital transformation toward advanced fleet-level service systems.
Artificial intelligence provides students more individualized teaching
New digital tools enhance learning and improve the predictability of studies.
Improving the user experience is at the heart of the access control process reform
Access control policy and processes were renewed at Aalto University during spring 2020. The focus was on user experience and better utilization of technology and automation.
Trav bot starts working at Aalto Travel Support on 1.10.2020
Aalto Travel Support launches an advisory chatbot to complement its existing service channels.
Leap for Learning speeding ahead in autumn
Work continues intensely in all the projects in the Service Platform program.
What is the Future of Digital Product Passports for ICT Devices?
An ITP and Technology Industries of Finland collaboration studied how a Digital Product Passport could increase circular economy.
Lean workshops made it possible to go through a large entity of services
Jessica Sinikoski: lean methods were used to create a real product that actually benefits end users.
My tip for you: Familiarise yourself with Aalto’s data and learn to analyse it
Antti Koskinen analyses HR data and improves the data literacy of the Aalto community. In a new article series, people working at Aalto share tips that they have found useful themselves.
Come and ask about teaching!
Specialist of University Pedagogy has a Zoom reception every Friday at 9–10 am.
Join the Time to level up community - share and ask for tips for agile working
During the autumn, the community will share information on, among other things, hybrid meetings and virtual facilitation, reflect on future working life skills, and learn the alphabet of data literacy.
Podcasts bring variety to teaching
At their best, podcasts can inspire and motivate students to learn about different topics.
VDI brings a classroom computer to your home
VDI is the future technology that makes it easier to study and work at home.
From her own little world to the other side of the globe
Her studies and her parents used to be her whole world, but now Dr. Avleen Malhi lives on the other side of the world, designs an Airbnb for car drivers, and encourages women to pursue their goals
Digi Process Factory guides and supports automating the workflows
Elena Pirinen and Päivi Kokkola: automation shortens processing times and saves time.
Aalto led consortium GMeRitS awarded Blockchains for Social Good prize
The prize awarded by the Enhanced European Innovation Council EIC is worth a million euros and was granted for work on the social effectiveness of blockchain technology.
