Teaching and learning
A landing page for teachers to help them find services and support related to teaching and learning.
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In most cases, Learning Services or your department books all the learning spaces needed for the courses. Their task is to make sure that the students' timetables do not clash too much. As a teacher, you may help the curriculum planners' job by getting to know the spaces in advance and letting them know what would best suit your teaching. The process of curriculum planning is done yearly. As a teacher, you will be asked by a curriculum planner about your preferences in due time.
As a campus of many disciplines, Otaniemi offers various types of learning spaces. While some of them are very specialised and managed and resourced by departments to suit specific disciplines, most are actually common learning spaces that are aimed at all schools to utilise in their teaching.
Remote teaching studios allow you to teach or for example make videos on teaching content. Please book the spaces with the instructions given in Aalto booking.
If you wish to teach in a lab or a studio of a department, please contact the studio directly for an introduction to their use and a separate access token, if necessary.
It is vital that everyone using the spaces takes the time to report the issues so that they can be fixed fast for the next user!
The audio-visual presentation systems in Otaniemi classrooms have been updated extensively since 2021. Aalto aims to offer high-quality AV technology with user-friendly control panels, providing a user experience that is consistent across campus. An increasing number of learning spaces have lecture-streaming capabilities to enable hybrid and online teaching. With these updates, you can: control the camera via the classrooms' touch panel; attach your own device to the room’s AV system while utilising the in-room microphone and camera; listen to the audio of the remote participants; and walk freely around the room during your presentation without losing the audio connection.
The learning spaces are being constantly updated, but you might already want to test the follow spaces for their full hybrid teaching features, especially the ceiling microphone, at any of the following locations (the situation as of 08/2022):
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Most learning spaces, whatever campus building they are in, are actually common learning spaces that all schools can use for their teaching and learning. Teaching and learning at different locations around the campus, irrespective of your ‘home base’ (your home department, study programme or school), is encouraged.
Using the renewed presentation technology system might be daunting at first, especially if you intend to teach for both on campus and online audiences at the same time. Please take the time to get to know the learning space(s) beforehand by visiting them, practicing and asking for advice. We also encourage for you to ask your colleagues - and why not the students - for the best practices they have experienced.
Aalto University is constantly developing its physical and digital learning spaces and the services related to using them. The work is done by several units and teams that are keen to developing the spaces in a user-centric way. The teachers' and students' needs have been mapped by surveys and interviews and the analyzed data has been used in the recent learning space renovations. The units collaborating include:
Booking system is used for reserving spaces and objects for teaching, research and support activities. The system can be accessed through booking.aalto.fi.
Are you looking to develop your skills as a teacher? Participate in Aalto pedagogical training!
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