NORDIC EDTECH NETWORK Blogpost

Original Link for the Blogpost: http://net.futurelearninglab.org/2016/05/13/meet-some-of-the-oulu-edulab-projects-and-teams/

Hello World from M.O.L.E.!

The problem we are trying to solve originates from 21st century schools where learning has become both an individual and a group process. This type of learning revolves around the concept of self-regulated learning. Students not only have to regulate their own learning, but also to help other students regulate their learning as well. And yet, schools today face problems providing feedback and assessment for students’ learning in real time.

M.O.L.E. (Making Open Learning Easier) is a self-assessment and pedagogical application used by students and teachers in comprehensive schools to keep an eye on learning progress and facilitate the learning process. Teachers can give and receive constructive feedback, view real time progress from students’ work, and offer a “call for help”. Students, on the other hand, can send a progress status, assess themselves, and engage in co-regulation during collaborative work.

I am Maida Ali, project manager for the M.O.L.E. team. I received two gold medals in Education and English Literature in my Baccalaureate in Pakistan and have volunteered for several national and international organizations. I am an educator and now I am here in Oulu, Finland completing my Masters’ Degree in Learning Education and Technology.

Let me introduce the rest of our team.

Nahomi Gröhn is the technical expert for the team. Originally from Japan, she has 7 years of experience in Software Development. She has been living in Finland for 10 years and is a mother of two children.

Clément Dumas is from France is a LET Master student at the University of Oulu. He graduated in Mechanical Engineering in 2013, and worked for a year and a half on the Final Assembly Line of the A380 for an Airbus subcontractor company. As a science enthusiast with creative hobbies, he rarely runs out of ideas and sees education as the single most important factor in the development of the world.

Hui Yin (Sophie) brings in her technical knowledge to complete the team. She has two years’ experience in Marketing and Teaching in China. She is on the way of becoming an expert in the field of Educational Science and Technology.

We are looking forward to developing the application prototype. There are pedagogical experts from Finland who are already guiding us to tailor the application according to the needs of the new Finnish National Core Curriculum, which is going to be a challenge in itself. Other than that, our contacts believe that our application is promising and we are already testing our prototype in schools here in Finland.