Online learning environments

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By selecting a degree programme you are able to see the general content as well as the possible degree programme-specific content.

You can implement your courses in online learning environments as

  • blended learning - teaching that combines face-to-face and distance teaching.
  • online courses that are entirely distance learning
  • online courses open to everyone, i.e. MOOCs.

University of Helsinki's Moodle is used in degree teaching and Open University teaching.

If the online course is open to the whole world, the number of participants is not limited and you can participate in the course without registration, it is probably a MOOC (Massive Open Online Course).

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Helsinki University Moodle
DigiCampus
MOOC Center online learning environment

Helsinki University Moodle

Go to Moodle

Moodle is the online learning environment used at the University of Helsinki. Use it when you want an interactive online workspace for degree students or open university courses.

Moodle can be used to support classroom teaching or as a platform for distance learning. Moodle provides the possibility of teaching and learning flexibly as the teaching does not have to be fixed to a certain time and lecture room. With Moodle, you can also implement blended learning - for example, you can make your teacheing more flexible with online assignments and partially replace classroom teaching with them.

Among other things, Moodle can be used to

  • collect learning tasks and provide feedback on them
  • organise online discussions to activate students
  • organise examinations with essay questions or multiple choice questions
  • supervise and monitor your students’ learning process
  • create a Zoom area for an online lecture.

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DigiCampus

Go to DigiCampus

The University of Helsinki MOOCs (Massive Online Open Courses) are on DigiCampus. DigiCampus is a Moodle-based online learning environment shared by Finnish higher education institutions.

Good examples of Digicampus' MOOCs are Ruoka 1.0 (2 op) and Ympäristö- ja elintarviketalouden tutkimus ja ajankohtaiset kysymykset (2 op).

It is also possible to create courses for cooperation projects of networks and different organizations on DigiCampus, if the Moodle of the University of Helsinki is not suitable for the course environment.

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MOOC Center online learning environment

Go to MOOC Center's MOOC list

The University of Helsinki MOOC Center creates custom online courses in co-operation with teachers and develops there own online learning platform: MOOC.fi. An in-house team of staff and students develops the platform.

The course platform is suitable for your course if you have one of the following goals:

  1. Automation: I want to use automatic grading and registration of course completions. Thanks to automation, the platform is also suitable for courses on topics that interest large groups of people.
  2. Custom features: I want a specific new feature (such as a new exercise type) for my course. The platform already has many features that enable you to create different kinds of courses. In addition, we can create new features if the degree programme or project has money to cover development costs.

You can find a list of MOOC Center courses in the University of Helsinki course search and the MOOC.fi portal. Introduction to Sustainability and Uncover Finnish Education are good examples of courses created on the platform.

If you are interested in the platform, get in touch with the MOOC Center: mooc@cs.helsinki.fi.