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Tarmo’s blog on education, technology, psychology, and life

Hi! I'm Tarmo. I help people and organisations become better learners.

I do cool things in the intersection of learning, technology, design, psychology, business, school reform, open content, computer literacy...

Tarmo Toikkanen, psychologist, designer, author

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This web site is bilingual. Expect content in English and Finnish.

Tällä sivustolla on sisältöä sekä suomeksi että englanniksi.

Collected writings in English on psychology, technology, design, and learning.
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MOOP: the next step beyond MOOCs

MOOCs are offering a new outlook on education. They’ve changed several traditional parameters: small has become Massive, closed has become Open, and offline has become Online. But the final traditional element, and perhaps the most important, has not changed. What would happen if we turned courses into Projects? What would a MOOP look like and what would if offer?

The art of engagement design (previously known as gamification)

What’s the difference between a boring tool or game, and an engaging one? For something to be engaging, it needs to be easily understandable, and appealing; it needs to provide various different mechanics that appeal to different people, without forcing all of them on anyone. In a word, it needs engagement design, the concious act of designing […]

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Tekoäly tietokirjan korvikkeena – tietokirjailijan kokemuksia

Tuore päivitys OpenAI:n tekoälypalveluun GPT4 mahdollistaa räätälöityjen chatbottien tekemisen ihan vain antamalla toimintaohjeita tai lataamalla tietoaineistoa, jonka perusteella chatbot sitten vastailee kysymyksiin. Tein kokeilun taannoin kirjoittamani Opettajan tekijänoikeusopas -kirjan kanssa. Tässä kokemukset.