This document provides an overview of a workshop on digital skills and methods for distance and hybrid learning. It introduces the presenter, Matleena Laakso, and outlines the agenda which includes getting to know each other, online meeting tools, creating online content for students using tools like Adobe Creative Cloud Express and ThingLink, and a reflection on learning. The document models good practices for online education through its use of images, polls, and opportunities for interaction.

1. Digital Skills and Methods
for Distance and
Hybrid Learning
Erasmus+, Educational Consortium OSAO (VET)
17.-18.3.2022
Matleena Laakso
Blog: www.matleenalaakso.fi/p/in-english.html
Twitter: @matleenalaakso
Photo: Alexandra Koch CC0 pixabay.com

2. Hello, I am Matleena
• E-learning Expert
• Blogger
• TAMK & freelancer
• Working with continuing professional
development, mainly with teachers
from elementary to university level.
• www.matleenalaakso.fi/p/in-english.html
Map: Opetustuubi (CC BY), commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Suomen_kartta.svg
Tampere
3. biggest city

3. Program at 9-12
Pedagogy, good practices and tools
• Getting to know each others
• Online meetings & interaction
• E-learning courses
• Tools for activating students
– Word clouds
– Flinga and Padlet
– Quizzes
• Reflection
TOMORROW: Creating online content for students
• Videos in Education, CC, Adobe Creative Cloud Express & ThingLink

4. A teacher as
a radio host?
Kuva: ArtsyBee, pixabay.com

5. Show your face if…

6. Scale questions
Kuva: Newsong, Pixabay

7. What kind of culture do you
create for using cameras?
Kuva: Alexandra Koch, CC0, pixabay.com

8. How are you feeling about…?
...amount of …hybrid
snow in Oulu? …this project? teaching?
…hours of …small talk …using ICT
daylight? at the beginning in education?
of workshops?
...this group? ...learning? ...life in general?

9. Who are you?
What brings you here?
Kuva: Geralt, pixabay.com

10. Good morning!
Open the camera
and tell us…
Kuva: NickyPe, CC0, pixabay.com

11. wordwall.net
Free license: you can create five activities with 18 templates.
You can also use the content shared by others.
Getting to know you: wordwall.net/resource/4623817/getting-to-know-you/wheel-of-
questions-esl-getting-to-know-you

12. wheelofnames.com
• Easy to create, no need to sign in.

13. You will find the links in our Padlet!

14. ”If you compare different teaching methods,
the winner is interaction,
not laser show or smoke machine.”

15. The teacher's task is to support
both of the group's objectives
The emotional
goal is related
to the firmness
and functionality
of the group as
a group.
Efficiency
and goal
orientation.
Photo: OpenClipart-Vectors, pixabay.com

16. Steps of an online lessons
1. Invitation
– May include pre-assignment or materials (flipped classroom)
2. Virtual coffee break
3. Beginning
– How to: tools, questions,..
– Rules: commenting, dialogue, confidentiality, cameras, recording,..
– Getting to know each other, common goals, orientation,..
4. Actual teaching, learning and working together
5. Closing
– Reflection of learning/working
– Feedback
– What’s next?
6. After-party ☺
Kuva: Alexandra Koch, CC0, pixabay.com

17. Three types of participants:
face-to-face, online and those viewing recordings
Kuva: Mohammed Hassan, CC0, pixabay.com

18. Interaction online
• Plan the interaction before the online meeting.
– Hybrid teaching: Give special attention to online students!
– Use the tools that everyone can use.
• Use the cameras & look at the camera.
• Set/create the rules.
• Offer versatile ways for interaction.
• Use breakout rooms.
• At its best, interaction motivates and supports learning!
What you need to feel
safe in an online group?

19. 10
seconds
22
seconds
Kuva: Studio-72, CC0, pixabay.com

20. What is typical for
good teaching methods?
Minna Lakkala: www.slideshare.net/MinnaHL/pedagogineninfra2015
• Students co-operate like professional teams.
• Students perform tasks and solve challanging problems.
• Students use various sources and digital techonology.
• Students create new knowledge together and make concrete results.
Picture: Sasint CC0, pixabay.com

21. Steps of co-operation
in online learning environments
Minna Lakkala, University of Helsinki (2008)
Shared and longterm development of solutions
and outputs – Primary focus on practices of building
knowledge
Discussion and interaction between the
participans – Primary focus on communication skills
Communication and sharing ideas and learning
outcomes – Primary focus on the content and
performing knowledge
Communication is between the teacher/trainer
and participants – Primary focus on content
No co-operation – environment is about sharing
materials – Primary focus on content

22. Planning of an online course
means planning of the learning process
Kuva: joepmeindertsma CC0, pixabay.com
Ask yourself what you want
your students to do.

23. Pedagogical manuscript
• A plan on how to phase the learning process and tasks into smaller
parts along the learning path.
• The manuscript may be e.g. visual model, table, or timeline.
• Explains what is happening in the course.
• Helps you see the structure and whole course.
Kuva: picjumbo_com, CC0, pixabay.com

25. classroomscreen.com
No signing in
needed!

26. Learning in online courses is often
more demanding than attending
face-to-face courses.
The online course is often chosen
because it is hoped to be easier.

27. How to avoid drop-outs? (Flinga Wall)

28. Avoiding drop-outs
Akseli Huhtanen: fitech.io/fi/fitech-selvitti-miten-vahentaa-keskeyttamista-verkkokursseilla
1. The courses must include opportunities for interaction
between students and between the student and the teacher.
2. There must be support available (content & technical).
Make sure the students have the contact information.
3. In the middle of the course, the teacher sends a message
explaining what to do if you have fallen behind in the
course.
4. Before the start of the course, the students' level of study-
and IT-skills will be tested and support will be offered
to those with poor capabilities.

29. Apps for activating students
• LMS, Google/Microsoft
• Word Clouds
• Notice boards, whiteboards
• Mind maps
• Quizzes and polls
• Content creation
– Adobe Creative Cloud Express;
videos, posters, infographics,.. You need tools to learn,
to remember and to
work online with others.

30. Word clouds
Question that you can answer shortly and several times:
• What apps do you use for learning?
• What do you know about…?
• What are the symptoms of…?
• What factors affect to..?
Two easy apps, no need to sign in:
• AnswerGarden, when the group creates
a common word cloud.
• WordArt, when everyone creates their own word
cloud and defines the form, colors, font…
NEW: Add Forms to your Teams meetings
and create word clouds!

31. answergarden.ch
Create a new Answergarden and write a question or a topic. Click Create.
All other options are voluntary. No signing in. Share with a link.
Click Refesh or update browser to view all the answers!

32. Best online tools for teaching and
learning: answergarden.ch/2387445

34. wordart.com
Create your own word cloud by clicking CREATE. Bring (copy-paste) or write
the words or choose a net link, change fonts, color, form etc. on left column.
• Create or update by clicking VISUALIZE.
IMPORT = bring text you copied,
page or web page
ADD = Add single words
Create/
Update

35. Two types of Flinga sessions
Finnish application for activating, participating and collaborating with others.
• https://flinga.fi/
• Language selection from the bottom of the page (Finnish/English)

36. Flinga Whiteboard

37. Polls & quizzes
(Amount of students when using a free version of the app.)
Polls, exercises, exams, feedback, activation:
• Microsoft/Google Forms
• Blooket: multi-choice quizzes with 12 game methods (60)
• Quizlet: learning vocabulary and terms, combining image and text, and
Quizlet live for small groups (live 40, other quizzes no limit).
• Quizizz: five question types plus the ability to add slides (100)
• Nearpod (40)
• Mentimeter: slides and 2 questions +
multiple choices (2000+)
• Kahoot: speed and race (vocational 50,
higher education 10)
• X-break (picture)

38. Blooket – engaging multiple choice quiz
ThingLink-picture: www.thinglink.com/scene/1443562842623049731
Use immersive reader to translate the guidelines or go to English web page: www.blooket.com
.

39. Creating online content
for students:
Adobe Creative Cloud Express & ThingLink
Erasmus+: Digital Skills and Methods for Distance
and Hybrid Learning
Educational Consortium OSAO (VET) 18.3.2022
Matleena Laakso
Blog: www.matleenalaakso.fi/p/in-english.html
Twitter: @matleenalaakso
Photo: Alexandra Koch CC0 pixabay.com

40. Program at 12-15
• What is a good educational video like?
• Creative Commons and Open Educational Resources
• Adobe Creative Cloud Express video
• Creating Interactive Content with ThingLink

41. Who makes the videos?
• “Internet”
• Educational institution, projects, teachers
• Webinar recordings
• Students

42. Teachers as video creators
• Sharing information and marketing
• Welcome-videos
• Videos as learning materials
• Giving feedback in video format
• 360 Videos
• Interactive and branching videos
(H5P, ThingLink)
• Live streaming, webinars and recordings
Kuva: Pexels, pixabay.com

43. Successful video in education
Satu Hakanurmi: blogit.utu.fi/erappu/pedagogisesti-mielekas-video
"For the student, the content is most important. The next thing
they appreciate most is the teacher's personal contribution."
Add value to the learning process
- Inspires, activates, deepens, concretizes, supports remembering etc.
- Video is PART of the learning assignment.
In technical implementation,
students appreciate two things:
- Quality of sound.
- The picture doesn't shake.

44. Ease the viewer's cognitive load
Satu Hakanurmi: blogit.utu.fi/erappu/pedagogisesti-mielekas-video
• Prefer short videos. Add questions in videos.
• Use both verbal and visual expression.
• Highlight! – Highlight relevant ideas and concepts with symbols or
texts. Highlighting key information helps the viewer to focus
attention, remember and apply information elsewhere.
• Pruning – Focus on goals and consider whether
background music or effects are needed.
• What is the main message in your video?
Kuva: OpenClipart-Vectors, pixabay.com

45. Recommendations based on MOOCs
Satu Hakanurmi: blogit.utu.fi/erappu/pedagogisesti-mielekas-video
Alkuperäinen lähde: Guo, P., Rubin, R. & Kim. J. 2014.
The researchers analyzed 6.9 million video views of MOOCs and
based on it, the recommendations became….
Kuva: Sandra_schoen, pixabay.com

46. biteable.com
Easy application for max 3 min. animations using the built-in
animated templates. The free version is for non-commercial use.
The easiest way to share is a link from Biteable.
You can also download it as a video file.

47. Recommendations for videos
based on 6,9 million MOOC video views
Guo, P., Rubin, R. & Kim. J. 2014: www.researchgate.net/publication/262393281_How_video_production_
affects_student_engagement_An_empirical_study_of_MOOC_videos.
• Shorter videos are more engaging (max 6 min).
• A teacher’s talking head with slides is more engaging than slides alone.
• Personal feel could be more engaging than studio recordings.
• Khan-style tablet drawing tutorials are more engaging than slides.
→ Introduce motion and continuous visual flow.
• High quality pre-recorded classroom lectures are not so engaging in MOOCs.
• Teacher speaking fairly fast and with high enthusiasm is more engaging.
• Students engage differently with lecture and tutorial videos.
– For lectures, focus more on the first-watch experience;
and for tutorials, add support for rewatching.
Photo: Sandra_schoen, pixabay.com

48. Sharing is part of our culture
The success of mankind
has always been based on
learning from each other and
passing on our expertise
over generations.
Anne Rongas, Opeblogi (CC BY-SA)
opeblogi.blogspot.fi/2014/02/jaa-jotain-paivaa-viritellessa-jaajotain.html
Kuva: Scott Maxwell, CC BY-SA

50. International Creative Commons
licenses are the standard for
sharing free content online:
creativecommons.org
You need it for
• Sharing your work
• Using and remixing
Picture: creativecommons.org/licenses, CC BY

51. CC in Finland
• The National Board of Education & many educational institutions
recommend teachers to use CC-licenses.
• Finnish Library of Open Educational Resources (OER): aoe.fi
• All Finnish open data from one place: www.avoindata.fi/en

52. Internationally – just a few examples
European Union
• CC0 and CC BY as standard licenses.
Globally
• Open Education week every March: www.openeducationweek.org
• UNESCO 2019: recommendation for OER
• OER-resources: www.oercommons.org

53. Terms of CC-licensies
Nimeä JaaSamoin
BY, ByAttribution SA, ShareAlike
EiKaupallinen EiMuutoksia
NC, NonCommercial ND, NoDerivatives

54. CC BY and CC BY-SA licenses
are best for learning materials
The most
used &
available
in YouTube →

55. Why do I share with CC license?
Beginning from 2011
• My turnto share.
• An example of pioneers.
• Helping teachers.
• Visibility for the project.
Sharing since 2011
• 800 000+ views at my blog
• 1 000 000+ views of my slides

56. Royalty free content: pixabay.com/en
Kuva: tookapic, pixabay.com, CC0

57. www.adobe.com/express
• You can edit content together and update shared content.
• Basic use of Adobe Creative Cloud Expess is free, including commercial use.
• You can get the premium features for free for K12 teachers and students.

58. www.adobe.com/express

59. Plus → Create new video
1.
2.

60. Add content for your video
• Video file (max 30 sek)
• Text (theme defines font and effects)
• Picture (own or in-app)
• Icon

61. In the upper corner of the image and
video, you'll find a hidden editing button

62. Share a video
• Always preview!
• Sharing with a hidden link is easiest. Then you can update the video.
• Downloading a file allows you to share it to YouTube, your organization's
video service or ThingLink.

63. Express: create web page (publication)
1. Click PLUS and select WEBPAGE.
2. Add a title, subtitle, and select a background picture.
3. Add content: text, link, images arranged differently, or video as a link from
YouTube, Vimeo or Spark Video.
4. Choose a theme for your presentation.
5. Share the link to edit or view.

64. Express: create pictures
(posters, infographics, Instagram stories,..)
Add new Edit existing elements
elements (click to select for editing)

65. www.thinglink.com

66. www.thinglink.com
Sign up for free as a classroom teacher

67. Sign up 1/4

68. Sign up 2/4

69. Sign up 3/4
CLASSROOM

70. Sign up 4/4

71. Profile settings
.
Language

72. www.thinglink.com/scene/1502335935042289666

73. Reflection of learning/studying
• What are the things that contributed to your learning?
• What's going on with your distance learning at the moment?
• What should be changed in your work to better support your learning?
• What was the most important thing you learned today?
• What would be a good question for an exam?
• How did the group support your learning?
• Why was it worth attending?
• Did we reach our goal?
Kuva: Manfredsteger, CC0, pixabay.com

74. What did you learn
yesterday/today that
will help you with this
Erasmus+ project?

75. www.matleenalaakso.fi
• Blog is mainly in Finnish.
• Some materials in English:
www.matleenalaakso.fi/p/in-english.html
You will find the links and
these slides also from our Padlet!

76. • Learn about Creative Commons -licensies: creativecommons.org
• Terms for using these slides is CC BY-SA:
creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0
• You can contact me to get more rights:
www.matleenalaakso.fi/p/in-english.html
Licensed under Creative Commons
Attribution-Share Alike 4.0
International License (CC BY-SA 4.0)