Highlights & stories regarding digitalisation
Digital transformation happens everywhere - in teaching, learning, research, creative practices, collaboration, services and at the campus.
Learning Services – enabling success: projects' update April 2024
Opin.fi first demo videos of the service have been released. The Master's thesis management process in the service platform applications will be launched in autumn 2024.
Opin.fi implementation is progressing, and the first demo videos of the service have been released
The schedule for the launch of Opin.fi has been clarified regarding the offerings to be included in the service. The progress of the launch can also be tracked through the 'logbook' on aalto.fi, where we will update the most important current news about the launch of Opin.fi. Additionally, getting to know the service is now easier, as videos showcasing the learner's and administration's views of the interface have been released.
Vili Lehdonvirta: The digital world isn’t a separate dimension in some virtual cloud
Vili Lehdonvirta has joined Aalto University as a professor at the Department of Computer Science. He also continues to work half-time at the University of Oxford’s Internet Institute.
Master’s thesis management functionality in Student Success Hub to be launched in autumn 2024
The new master’s thesis management functionality centralizes basic thesis data on the Salesforce service platform, enhancing support for the thesis process. It replaces eAge for the approval of Master's thesis topics and both eAge and MyCourses for thesis submission for approval.
Learning Services – enabling success: projects' update March 2024
The new Sisu version 3.0 has been installed 21 March. Participate in Funidata’s surveys on raising grades in Sisu and viewing and managing Sisu’s messages.
Digivisio 2030 transforms the future of learning through opin.fi
Finnish universities have united their efforts in the Digivisio 2030 project to build the future of learning, with its first manifestation being the opin.fi website tailored to the needs of lifewide learners. The service is set to be released first as a beta version in fall 2024 and fully in spring 2025.
Aalto University School of Business joins Digital Education Council
The global alliance has a shared vision to drive sustainable innovation
Aalto University participates in Digivisio 3.0 pilot
The Digivisio project office offered all the 2.0 pilot HEIs the opportunity to continue to the 3.0 pilot, which takes place between Q1/2024-Q1/2025. Aalto is involved in the 2.0 pilot as part of the FITech network university until Q1/2024 and continues independently with its own funding to the 3.0 pilot.
Learning Services – enabling success: Opin.fi project started at Aalto
A national lifewide learning offering platform Opin.fi is being introduced this year.
Digivisio 2030's new e-learning courses now available
The latest e-learning training course provide the tools to plan even higher-quality and more varied learning content, especially for continuous learners. The courses are specifically designed to support the work of teaching and support staff at higher education institutions.
Minna Vänskä appointed as the project manager of Digivisio's Opin.fi service implementation
The project manager for the implementation of the Digivisio's Opin.fi service has been appointed.
Learning Services – Success enablers: New roadmap published
The Learning Services Roadmap for 2024–27 has been approved. Essentially, the roadmap describes the areas that are targeted to be developed over the next four years.
EIT RawMaterials Call for Innovation proposals (2025) - Draft proposal by 31 JAN 2024
Call for proposals 2025 / Innovation / EIT RawMaterials
Call draft deadline: 31.1.24 / call final deadline: 29.5.2024
Call draft deadline: 31.1.24 / call final deadline: 29.5.2024
Learning analytics solutions and updated learning analytics policy of Aalto University
Aalto University's learning analytics solutions are offered to students, teachers and education leaders.
The use of learning analytics is supported by the learning analytics policy, which highlights the goals of learning analytics and offers instructions and support for practical application.
The use of learning analytics is supported by the learning analytics policy, which highlights the goals of learning analytics and offers instructions and support for practical application.
Done: MyCourses maintenance break 21 December 2023 at 9.00-17.00
MyCourses maintenance break on 21 December 2023 from 9.00 to 17.00. During this break service is not in use.
Leap for Learning – projects' update November 2023
Changes in students’ alumni disclosure authorisation in Sisu.
Leap for Learning – projects' update October 2023
The extensive student service offering and the appointment booking functionality offered in MyStudies have been advertised to students.
Aalto University Microlearning Playbook has been launched
The playbook aims to assist educators in creating engaging learning experiences through microlearning.
Event: Real Examples of Virtual Laboratories on 13 November 2023
Join us for a networking and knowledge sharing event on cutting-edge digital possibilities of digital twins, metaverse, virtual laboratories and learning environments.
Leap for Learning – status up-date September 2023
Improvements to the calculations and evaluation summary view in master’s academic evaluation.
