Covid and Universities - Second transnational meeting in Finland

The second transnational project meeting in BestEDU took place in Joensuu, Finland on 24 - 25 March 2022. The focus for the meeting was good practices in universities and teacher training. The two days consisted of several keynotes about the status and responses in Finish universities during and after Covid, as well as site visits to University of Eastern Finland, UEF SM4RTLOC: Learning Observation Classroom, and Rantakylä Teacher Training School.

During the meeting, the project partners received several keynotes which will be available as recordings in the project proceedings. These included:

• University students’ remote learning experiences, motivation, and well-being during the Covid-19 pandemic 
  Professor Markku Niemivirta: "University students’ remote learning experiences, motivation, and well-being during the Covid-19 pandemic". Article: Juntunen, H., Tuominen, H., Viljaranta, J., Hirvonen, R., Toom, A., & Niemivirta, M. (2021). Feeling exhausted and isolated? The connections between university students’ remote teaching experiences, motivation, and psychological well-being during the COVID-19 pandemic.
  
  
• Digipedagogical skills for in-service teachers and teacher educators
  University Lecturer Sini Kontkanen: "Digipedagogical skills for in-service teachers and teacher educators". Kontkanen, S. (2022, March). Digipedagogical skills for in-service teachers and teacher educators. 
  
  
• Teacher’s role in multilocational post-covid learning
  Vesa Paajanen: "Teacher’s role in multilocational post-covid learning – are we the robots?". Paajanen, V. (2022, March).
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• The Covid Learning Curve: “There and Back Again”? Blurring the Lines between the Physical and the Virtual
  ​Susanne Kohonen: "The Covid Learning Curve: “There and Back Again”? Blurring the Lines between the Physical and the Virtual." Kohonen, S. (2022, March).