Timetable and Study Circle

Spring term course 2023

Weeks 2–5

In­de­pen­dent study: Watch­ing lec­ture videos and read­ing ar­ti­cles

Week 6

Wel­come to start the course with a Zoom-meet­ing on Tues­day 7 Feb­ru­ary 2023 from 5.00 to 6.30 p.m. The web ad­dress is https://utu.zoom.us/j/7053757876

Con­tents:

• aims of the course
• how to study: study cir­cle, es­say or moo­dle-exam
• cred­its and eval­u­a­tion
• es­say in­struc­tions
• op­por­tu­nity for ques­tions

Weeks 7–16

Study Cir­cle and/or in­de­pen­dent study

Or­ga­niz­ing the group in the Moo­dle or on the first zoom-meet­ing.

• Study Cir­cle groups (3–5 mem­bers)
• agree­ing on a timetable
• choos­ing part of the lit­er­a­ture to study be­fore first meet­ing

I Study cir­cle af­ter first self-study

• each par­tic­i­pant re­turn the pa­per (at least 3 A4 pa­pers) to Moo­dle, they have made to all mem­bers
• you need to read all the pa­pers – only this way you are pre­pared to dis­cuss with oth­ers
• each par­tic­i­pant presents his/her part of the lit­er­a­ture (Pow­er­Point pre­sen­ta­tion or 3 A4 pa­pers) in the Study Cir­cle
• di­a­logue of ”com­mon in­ter­est”

II Study cir­cle af­ter sec­ond self-study

• each par­tic­i­pant re­turn the pa­per (at least 3 A4 pa­pers) to Moo­dle, they have made to all mem­bers
• you need to read all the pa­pers – only this way you are pre­pared to dis­cuss with oth­ers
• each par­tic­i­pant presents his/her part of the lit­er­a­ture (Pow­er­Point pre­sen­ta­tion or 3 A4 pa­pers) in the Study Cir­cle
• di­a­logue of ”com­mon in­ter­est”

…you can con­tinue this (Study Cir­cle III, Study Cir­cle IV) as long and as long time you need…

V Study Cir­cle – mak­ing mind map

• mak­ing a mind map of all the stuff you have stud­ied with other group mem­bers
• ev­ery­one is writ­ing his/her part of the mind map you have de­cided to­gether
• you can use for ex­am­ple OneDrive

Week 17

Re­turn of the es­say to Moo­dle by April 30, 2024. This also ap­plies to stu­dents who com­plete the course in­de­pen­dently as an es­say. Please send eval­u­a­tion form to teacher af­ter you have re­turned your es­say to Moo­dle, saija.tan­huan­paa@sata.fi. The form is in Moo­dle be­low the es­say re­turn link.

Moodle exams weeks 11, 19 and 23

• 13.–15.3.2024 from 5.30 pm. The Moo­dle exam is open for two days. Please, reg­is­ter for the Moo­dle exam no later than 7 days be­fore the exam date, maija.im­mo­nen@utu.fi.
• 8.–10.5.2024 from 5.30 pm. The Moo­dle exam is open for two days. Please, reg­is­ter for the Moo­dle exam no later than 7 days be­fore the exam date, maija.im­mo­nen@utu.fi.
• 5.–7.6.2024 from 5.30 pm. The Moo­dle exam is open for two days. Please, reg­is­ter for the Moo­dle exam no later than 7 days be­fore the exam date, maija.im­mo­nen@utu.fi.

Summer course 2024

Re­turn of the es­say to Moo­dle ac­cord­ing to your own sched­ule by the end of Au­gust.

Please send eval­u­a­tion form to teacher af­ter you have re­turned your es­say to Moo­dle, saija.tan­huan­paa@sata.fi. The form is in Moo­dle be­low the es­say re­turn link.

Moo­dle ex­ams:

• 8.–10.5.,
• 5.–7.6. OR
• 18.–20.9.2024 from 5.30 pm. The Moo­dle exam is open for two days. Please, reg­is­ter for the Moo­dle exam no later than 7 days be­fore the exam date, maija.im­mo­nen@utu.fi.