Kasvi - The Virtual University Project of the Faculties of Education

The project is completed.

Duration

2001-2006

Description

The national KasVi project is co-ordinated by the University of Turku in co-operation with all the eight Faculties of Education in Finland (Universities of Helsinki, Joensuu, Jyväskylä, Lapland, Oulu, Tampere, Turku and Åbo Akademi). The overall objective of KasVi is to find new innovative and virtual modes of co-operation in the field of teacher education and information and communication technologies. The KasVi Project is part of the Finnish Virtual University.

Main functions:

• Virtual Pedagogical Studies in Teacher Education (35 credits/70 ECTS)
• Programme in Educational Use of Information and Communication Technologies (15 credits/30 ECTS, partly 35 credits/70 ECTS)
• HelLa, Evaluation Study Project (2001–2003) of the Educational Use of ICT Programmes, co-ordinated by the Universities of Helsinki and Lapland
• LiikuntaKasvi, network of the teachers and the students of the educational faculties, co-ordinated by the Faculty of Sport and Health Sciences at the University of Jyväskylä

More information (in Finnish): http://kasvi.joensuu.fi/

 

Funding

Ministry of Education

Persons in charge

1.1.-31.12.2006 coordinator Paulina Melakari-Mustonen

Coordinator Niina Impiö (Information Card)