Due to the mutated strains of COVID-19, the Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare (THL) now recommends avoiding all non-essential domestic travel as well. The University of Eastern Finland’s coronavirus guidelines have been updated to correspond to THL’s recommendation. The updated guidelines now advise against all non-essential travel, both domestic and foreign.
Month: February 2021
Survey for students in Kuopio campus
Dear student in Kuopio campus,
Hi! I’m third school year wellness business economics student (Savonia University of Applied Science) and I’m doing a thesis together with my mandator Business Center North Savo. Part of this work is study that gathers information about students interests and thoughts about entrepreneurship and innovation education. Results from this study are used to improve the teaching so by answering you have an impact in this development. From answers one can’t be identified, and the answers are handled anonymously.
The answering takes time about 4-6 minutes. Everyone who takes part and submits their e-mail addresses have a change of winning movie tickets in the lottery. The survey has an English option and it can be chosen immediately when you open the link.
Best Regards
Samuel Laaksonen
Cabells Blacklist → Predatory Reports
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University of Eastern Finland is preparing to return to normal in next autumn’s teaching
At the University of Eastern Finland, teaching in the autumn semester 2021 is prepared to be organised without any restrictions on physical attendance, facility capacities or group sizes. The well-being of teachers and students plays an important role in the planning of next autumn’s teaching.
However, it is likely that the coronavirus pandemic hasn’t fully subsided by the autumn. This is why teachers are asked to prepare for the following possible changes when planning their next autumn’s courses:
- the curricula should include the possibility to switch to online teaching also on courses where in-person teaching is preferred,
- online, blended and hybrid modes of teaching should primarily be used on courses where this pedagogically justified,
- specific attention should be paid to first- and second-years students in order to foster their commitment to the academic community and to their studies, and
- online teaching should be preferred over in-person teaching on courses that would be difficult to re-design, should the circumstances change (e.g., facilities and groups of mass lectures).
The curricula for the academic year 2021–2022 are to be confirmed no later than 31 March 2021. The syllabuses for the autumn semester will be confirmed by 15 June 2021, and detailed teaching information will be published in WebOodi no later than 31 July 2021. The syllabuses for the spring semester will be confirmed, and detailed teaching information published in WebOodi, no later than 30 September 2021.
Teaching in the summer 2021 is organised in accordance with the decisions pertaining to the spring semester.
The situation is re-evaluated monthly on the basis of the recommendations and orders given by the Regional State Administrative Agency.
Reminder: please remain studying remotely from home if someone in your household is exposed to COVID-19
Due to the worsening coronavirus situation in Kuopio, the regional coronavirus coordination group now recommends remote work also to those who live in the same household with someone who has been exposed to the coronavirus. The objective of the recommendation is to prevent the region from entering the community transmission phase of the epidemic, which would also lead to tighter restrictions.
Staff members and students of the University of Eastern Finland are asked to follow this recommendation.
From Oodi to Peppi – important information for students
University of Eastern Finland will deploy a new student data system in late 2021. WebOodi will be replaced by a modern data ecosystem called Peppi.
The Peppi ecosystem includes a lot of diverse functions and plug-ins that will make every-day working and studying at the UEF easier. In addition to the student data system, Peppi will include functions for educational planning and facility reservation.
In Peppi, students can e.g.
- plan their studies (PSP)
- register for courses and exams
- view their timetable
- get study certificates and transcripts of academic records
- apply for courses completed at another institution to be registered to their UEF degree (recognition of prior learning)
The students’ functions are compiled cleverly to the student’s desktop in Peppi. The contents at the student’s desktop will be outlined by the autumn 2021, and the students’ UEF Peppi working group formed in December 2020 will participate in the planning.
The exact schedule of the Peppi deployment will be decided in the spring 2021. Prior to the deployment, there will be approx. a three-week downtime period during which no changes can be made to the student data system. However, WebOodi can be accessed in read-only mode. The downtime period is related to the student data system only, while teaching and studying continue normally.
Everyone should prepare for the downtime period where possible. Especially those students planning to graduate in late 2021 should take the downtime period and possible schedule changes caused by it into account. Everyone’s matters will be handled and saved to the data system as soon as possible, but the data system change may affect the services and the downtime period might slow down the process of graduation in late 2021.
It is worthwhile to follow the UEF Peppi communication and instructions. Information on the schedules of graduation and other important student matters will be given during the spring. There will be a to do list to help you prepare for the downtime period and the data system change, and further information will be available for students.
There will be help and support on how to use Peppi available. During this spring, there will be Peppi info sessions for students. The user instructions for Peppi will be compiled according to the user groups to the Peppi handbook, and the first version will be published with instructions for the deployment during this spring. After this, the handbook will be updated with user instructions and other relevant information.
Peppi-related news, discussions and events can be found in the Peppi Yammer group. Peppi-related questions and ideas can be sent to the email peppituki@uef.fi . For further information about the students’ UEF Peppi working group, you may contact the working group leader Jenna Jokinen.