Desing environment for learning from and with learning objects

Jorma Enkenberg, Professor (Education) Sanna HärkÜnen, Researcher (For.) Hanna Nygren, Planning Officer (Education) Petteri Vanninen, Special Researcher (For.) Henriikka Vartiainen, Researcher (Education) Helkamari Nolte, Museum Director Eero Knaapi, Museum Host Marko Rikala, Museum Assistant Teijo Nikkanen, Senior Researcher (For.) Suvi Pessala, Research Assistant

The objects in the Finnish Forest Museum and in the Research Forest of the Finnish Forest Research Institute (METLA) provide unique opportunities for learning. The objects may be studied from several different perspectives and using different approaches, including observation, analysis, photography or learning about narratives related to the objects.

This virtual design environment allows the students to study the chosen challenges from different perspectives and expert cultures. In this virtual design environment the teachers, students and experts in the museums or outside of them can collaboratively articulate and design the tasks, construct an inquiry plan and choose objects, methods and tools for learning from and with the museum or research forest outside of it.

This method and the learning opportunities of the Forest Museum and the Punkaharju Research Unit of the Forest Research Institute are developed jointly with the METKA team at the Savonlinna Department of Teacher Education of the University of Joensuu.

Join us and be welcome!

Contact: jorma.enkenberg@joensuu.fi henriikka.vartiainen@joensuu.fi eero.knaapi@lusto.fi

UNIVERSITY OF JOENSUU, SAVONLINNA DEPARTMENT OF TEACHER EDUCATION http://sokl.joensuu.fi/

FINNISH FOREST MUSEUM LUSTO www.lusto.fi FINNISH FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE, PUNKAHARJU RESEARCH UNIT http://www.metla.fi/metsat/punkaharju/index-en.htm

LUSTO METHOD

VIRTUAL DESIGN TOOL

RESEARCH TOOLS (PHYSICAL TOOLS) BEGIN BY CHOOSING etusivu.htm

• Pedagogical model of the learning environment • Research narratives • Research perspectives • Topical articles • Tools • Vocabulary • Everyman’s rights • Finnish Forest Museum Lusto • Finnish Forest Research Institute, Punkaharju Research Unit

RESEARCH TOOLS (COGNITIVE TOOLS)

• General • General • Digital Camera • Cycle • Digital Recorders etc.

• Fishbone • Forest mensuration equip• Tree etc. ment • Field-specific • Bark gauge • Stand inventory form • Hypsometer • Increment borer • Sample plot form • Basal area gauge • Rotation form etc.

Composition of Research Team Date and Time Research Object: Research Problem(s) that a study of the object will provide a solution to • Research Tools (physical tools & Cognitive Tools) • Advance Information on the Research Object • Implementation of Research • • • •

RESEARCH PERSPECTIVES BIOLOGIST’S PERSPECTIVE ENGINEER’S PERSPECTIVE ECONOMIST’S PERSPECTIVE ANTHROPOLOGIST’S PERSPECTIVE

TO THE DESIGN RESOURCES

BROWSE OBJECTS INFORMATION ON OBJECTS SCAFFOLDS

RESEARCH OBJECT

TO THE DESIGN RESOURCES

• • • • •

FRONTPAGE

RESEARCH PLAN

Sound Still picture Video clip Text Combinations

CONTEXT

• Finnish Forest Museum Lusto • Research Forest

DESIGN RESOURCES