Blogging as a virtual co-learning environment in the international course context. To be presented at EDULEARN16 conference.

1. BLOGGING AS A VIRTUAL CO-
LEARNING ENVIRONMENT IN
THE INTERNATIONAL
COURSE CONTEXT
Heli Aramo-Immonen1, Salvatore Ammirato2, Jari J. Jussila3
1Tampere University of Technology, Pori Unit, FINLAND
2 University of Calabria, Mechanical, Energy and Management
Engineering, ITALY
3Tampere University of Technology, Information Management
and Logistics, FINLAND
EDULEARN 2016 Barcelona

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5. Context of the study
• This study was conducted on the international Master’s degree course in
Knowledge Management (#PLA55106) at Tampere University of
Technology, Pori unit in Finland.
• The planning and execution of the course has been a collaborative learning
curve for teachers: From the very beginning, Professor Salvatore Ammirato
from the University of Calabria Department of Mechanical, Energy and
Management Engineering and Dr Jari J. Jussila from Tampere University of
Technology (TUT) Department of Information Management and Logistics
have collaborated with Dr Heli Aramo-Immonen at TUT Industrial
Engineering at Pori unit.
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6. Theory you find in our paper
• Collaborative learning
• Co-learning environment
• Team based learning
• Virtual teams
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Team Subject area in the blog main page Subject of the individual blog page
Team 1 ICM Intellectual Capital Management Intellectual Capital definitions
Social Capital
Relational Capital
Intellectual Capital Management
Team 2 ICM Intellectual Capital Management Intellectual Property Management
IPR Intellectual property rights
Human recource management
Strategic human resource management
Team 3 IM Innovation Management Innovation and creativity
Process, product and service Innovation
How to boost innovativeness in company
Definitions of innovation
Team 4 IM Innovation Management Innovation Space 4ps
Innovation Management
Open innovation
Disruptive Innovation
Team 5 KM Knowledge Management Tacit knowledge
Explicit knowledge
Experince based knowledge
What is knowledge? Knowledge theory
Team 6 KM Knowledge Management Knowledge strategy
Value based decision making
Strategic decision making
Knowledge based strategy
Team 7 KM Knowledge Management KM 2.0
Personal KM
KM Softwares
KM versus Information Management
Team 8 OL Organizational Learning Organizational learning processes
Knowledge sharing arenas
SECI model
Learning & Development Strategy

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Team 9 OL Organizational Learning Single and douple loop learning
How to nuture learning in company
Learning processes in organization
Deutero Learning
Team 10 OL Organizational Learning Expansive learning
Blended learning
Project based learning
Problem based learning
Team 11 OM Organization's Memory Organizations' memory aids
Internal memory aids
External memory aids
Knowledge transfer
Team 12 OM Organization's Memory Knowledge repositories
Cognition
Ontology (information science)
Computer aids
Team 13 SOME Social Media Collective intelligence
Wisdom of crowds
Crowdsourcing
Participatory economy
Team 14 SOME Social Media Web 2.0 technologies
Social media tools
Enterprise 2.0
Social business design
Team 15 KM Knowledge Management Knowledge Management Systems
Process-Oriented Knowledge Management
Project based knowledge management
Customer Knowledge Management
Team 16 SOME Social Media Communities of Practice
Colearning
SOME platforms

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Based on our findings, we can conclude that blogging as a virtual co-
learning environment in the context of an international course is
meaningful and relevant.
More than 76% of students agreed that the use of the information and
communication aids during the course supported their learning.
More than 71% of students expressed the feeling that the new social
media tools studied during the course could also be used later in their
studies or working life.
Blogging, as a collaborative learning environment, is also useful due to its
cumulative nature. Students can learn from the earlier year’s students’
pages.
In parallel, students can effectively learn from each other.
This study offers one possible blueprint for experiments for teachers who
plan to include social media tools in their course implementation
To Conclude

11. Some References
• [1] Aramo-Immonen, H., Jussila, J., Huhtamäki, J. (2015) Exploring co-learning
behavior of conference participants with visual network analysis of Twitter data.
Computers in Human Behavior, Volume 51, Part B, October 2015, pp. 1154-1162.
• [2] Järvenpää S. L., Shaw T. R., and Staples S. D., (2004) The Role of Trust in
Global Virtual Teams. Information Systems Research 15(3), pp. 250–267.
• [9] Sofo, F., Volpentesta, A.P., Ammirato, S. (2008), “Establishing a Framework for
Collaborative Innovation Processes In A Technological District in Italy”, The
International Journal Of Technology, Knowledge And Society, Vol. 4, Issue 1, pp.
169-176.
• [10] Sofo, F., Ammirato, S., Sofo, M. (2013),“Leadership as a Process to Create
Organizational Culture and Group Learning“, Organizational Cultures: An
International Journal (a section of The International Journal of Knowledge, Culture,
and Change Management). Vol. 12, n°1, pp. 71-84.
• [26] Linna, P., Aramo-Immonen, H., Saari, M., Turunen, J., Jussila, J., Joel-Edgar,
S., & Huhtala, M. (2015). Assessment of social media skills among vocational
teachers in Finland. In Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Education
and New Learning Technologies, Barcelona, Spain, 6-8 July, 2015.
• [27] Aramo-Immonen, H., Jussila, J., Huhtamäki, J., Kärkkäinen, H., Joel-Edgar, S.
(2016) Visualizing Informal Learning Behavior from Conference Participants’ Twitter
Data with the Ostinato Model. Computers in Human Behavior. Volume 55, Part A,
February 2016, pp. 584–595.
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12. CONTACT
Heli Aramo-Immonen, heli.aramo-immonen@tut.fi
Twitter: @AramoHeli,
Blog: http://heliaramoimmonen.wordpress.com/
Jari J. Jussila, jari.j.jussila@tut.fi
Twitter: @jjussila
Salvatore Ammirato salvatore.ammirato@unical.it
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13. Please find this Slide Show with Audio in YouTube by clicking the link
above
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https://youtu.be/-EFA8OWvZFk