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Learning & Educational Technology Research Unit (LET) at the University of Oulu, FInland is international top research group for innovative and cutting-edge research on self-regulated learning, socially shared regulation and technologically enhanced learning. LET is a coordinator and a partner in number of international research, design and development projects focusing on self-regulated learning, socially shared regulation, collaborative learning, creativity in collaboration and technology enhanced learning.

LET Research
The Learning and Educational Technology Research Unit (LET) is committed to research in the learning sciences and technology-enhanced learning. The focus is on self-regulated learning, and especially the integration of theories on the social, cognitive and motivational processes of learning. TÄMÄ ON SUORA LAINA! ALLA OLEVA VOI OLLA SUORA LAINA RAE RAPORTISTA.

LET is described as an international top group for innovative and cutting-edge research on self-regulated learning, socially shared regulation and technologically enhanced learning. International panel of experts ranked LET as the 6th best research community within the university, receiving 5.5/6 in the highest vici category in the Oulu University RAE 2014 evaluation (Research Assessment Exercise). Evaluation also acknowledged LET's national and international collaborations with world leading research groups in CSCL, SRL and TEL. The Unit's societal and international impact and the great potential for scientific breakthroughs were also highlighted.

Research objectives
The main objectives of the research work in the Learning and Educational Technology Research Unit are as follows : TÄMÄ ON SUORAA LAINAA. OMIN SANOIN.
 * 1) To provide theoretical investigation and analysis of recent advancements in research on motivation, self-regulation and socially shared regulation of learning.
 * 2) To perform empirical study of the contextual and social dimensions of individual and socially shared learning in various learning environments.
 * 3) To design technology-enhanced learning methods to enhance individual learning and create opportunities for collaboration and increase competence building among teams.
 * 4) To promote methodological development for process-oriented methods for enhancing theoretical and empirical understanding of the dynamics of learners’ achievements and appraisals in multiple contexts.

LET Education
LET is member of The Network of Academic Programs in the Learning Sciences (NAPLeS) which is a network of Ph.D. and master‘s programs in the Learning Sciences. NAPLeS is part of the educational mission of the International Society of the Learning Sciences. It was officially founded at the 2012 ICLS meeting.

Learning and Educational Technology Research Unit (LET) provides studies in an International Master's Degree Prgramme and minor subject studies in Educational Technology.

Minor subject studies in Educational Technology
Learning and Educational Technology Research Unit (LET) provides minor subject studies (25 ects) in Educational Technology to the students of University of Oulu. In these studies the students learn to know the basics of educational use of information and communication technology (ICT). The aim of the studies is to learn to understand the processes of learning, supporting it with various instructional and technological tools. The studies are based on recent learning research. In minor subject studies the students apply theoretical knowledge to design technology-enhanced learning and implement an educational project. The studies are implemented with various methods, and collaborative study methods have a major role in the studies. Learning is reflected throughout the studies in each student’s personal digital portfolio.

Minor subject studies consist of the following courses:

 * 1) Introduction to learning and educational technology, 5 ects
 * 2) Learning theory and pedagogical use of technology, 7 ects
 * 3) Designing technology-enhanced learning, 7 ects
 * 4) Educational projects, 6 ects

Master’s Degree Programme in Learning, Education and Technology (LET)
The Master’s Degree Programme in Learning, Education and Technology (LET) educates experts in learning. The contents of the program are based on central and recent research in the learning sciences and technology-enhanced learning. The core of the education consists of three theoretical viewpoints: self-regulated learning, collaborative learning, and the learning of expertise. In addition, the program includes the exploration of the significance of learning and educational technologies in the working life and the society both now and in the future.

After graduation, our students will work in people-centric professions, where teaching and educational specialist tasks are recognizable. They are supposed to know how people learn in different contexts, as well as how to enhance learning and interaction with emerging technologies. If students were going to become teachers, educators, and human recourse specialists who manage in existing circumstances, the expertise of routine would be fine. However, our students are to become designers of innovative circuits and constantly changing problematic situations, which require a stronger conceptual understanding of these principles.

The most important Publications in LET
Järvelä, S. (1995). The cognitive apprenticeship model in a technologically rich learning environment: Interpreting the learning interaction. Learning and Instruction, 5(3), 237-259.

Järvelä, S., & Häkkinen, P. (2002). Web-based cases in teaching and learning–the quality of discussions and a stage of perspective taking in asynchronous communication. Interactive learning environments, 10(1), 1-22.

Hakkarainen, K., Lipponen, L., & Järvelä, S. (2002, March). Epistemology of inquiry and computer-supported collaborative learning. In Cscl (Vol. 2, pp. 129-156).

Hyvönen, P. (2011). Play in the School Context? The Perspectives of Finnish Teachers. Australian Journal of Teacher Education (AJTE). 36 Iss. 8, Article 5. Available at: http://ro.ecu.edu.au/ajte/vol36/iss8/5

Hyvönen, P., Kronqvist. E-L., Järvelä, S., Määttä, E., Mykkänen, A., & Kurki, K. (2014). Interactive and child-centred research methods for investigating efficacious agency of children. Journal of Early Childhood Education Research, 3(1), 82-107. http://jecer.org/interactive-and-child-centred-research-methods-for-investigating-efficacious-agency-of-children/

Järvenoja, H., & Järvelä, S. (2005). How students describe the sources of their emotional and motivational experiences during the learning process: A qualitative approach. Learning and Instruction, 15(5), 465-480.

Arvaja, M., Salovaara, H., Häkkinen, P., & Järvelä, S. (2007). Combining individual and group-level perspectives for studying collaborative knowledge construction in context. Learning and Instruction, 17(4), 448-459.

Järvelä, S., Järvenoja, H., & Veermans, M. (2008). Understanding the dynamics of motivation in socially shared learning. International Journal of Educational Research, 47(2), 122-135.

Dillenbourg, P., Järvelä, S., & Fischer, F. (2009). The evolution of research on computer-supported collaborative learning. In Technology-enhanced learning (pp. 3-19). Springer Netherlands.

Järvelä, S., Volet, S., & Järvenoja, H. (2010). Research on motivation in collaborative learning: Moving beyond the cognitive–situative divide and combining individual and social processes. Educational psychologist, 45(1), 15-27.

Hadwin, A. F., Järvelä, S., & Miller, M. (2011). Self-regulated, co-regulated, and socially shared regulation of learning. Handbook of self-regulation of learning and performance, 65-84.

Järvelä, S., & Hadwin, A. F. (2013). New frontiers: Regulating learning in CSCL. Educational Psychologist, 48(1), 25-39.