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New season of Future-led learning podcast takes you to a very practical level of working with students. This season includes topical issues such as academic advising, inclusion, co-teaching and sustainability. Topic for the last episode of this season is co-teaching.
The Future-led Learning Podcast is hosted by Riikka Evans. Photograph: Janne Illman.

The guests for this episode are university teacher Meri Kuikka and postdoc researcher Tuomo Eloranta, who have been teaching together at Aalto for years. We will discuss what kind of co-teaching path Tuomo and Meri have had, what are the benefits of co-teaching and what co-teaching requires from planning, implementation, students and teachers.

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Future-led Learning podcast strives to develop the learning culture at Aalto University and offers a platform to university educators to reflect their ideas about teaching and learning. The podcast series is a part of the Oasis of Radical Wellbeing at Aalto University and is hosted by Riikka Evans.

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The Future-led Learning Podcast is hosted by Riikka Evans. Photograph: Janne Illman.

Future-led Learning 10: Johannes Kaira (external link)

Johannes Kaira works as a teacher at the Aalto Ventures Programme which is the entrepreneurship education program at Aalto University, where students in multidisciplinary teams work on hands-on exercises. We discussed with Johannes about teamwork and what it requires as a method from students and teachers. We talked about trust, communication skills and flexibility and how they contribute to a well-functioning team.

The Future-led Learning Podcast is hosted by Riikka Evans. Photograph: Janne Illman.

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