Henriikka Vartiainen
Senior Researcher
School of Applied Educational Science and Teacher Education, Philosophical Faculty
[email protected] | +358 50 471 2352
PhD, Docent in Education. Currently Henriikka works as UEF -researcher and WP leader in Generation AI -project, funded by the Strategic Research Council (SRC) established within the Academy of Finland. Her research interests include design-oriented pedagogy, AI-education and technology enhanced learning. Her doctoral thesis focusing on Design-oriented pedagogy received The Doctoral Dissertation Award 2014 by The Finnish Educational Research Association (FERA). She also received the Young Researcher Award of the UEF in 2015.
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A Versatile Low-Cost Kit for Teaching Novice Learners AI Using Robotics Components and a No-Code Development Playground
Lin, Anssi; Salonen, Anssi; Pope, Nicolas; Vartiainen, Henriikka; Tedre, Matti, 2025, Walsh, Toby; Shah, Julie; Kolter, Zico, Thirty-Ninth AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence; Thirty-Seventh Conference on Innovative Applications of Artificial Intelligence; Fifteenth Symposium on Educational Advances in Artificial Intelligence, 29162-29170. A4 Conference proceedings -
Becoming Materially Aware with Mushrooms: A Sociomaterial Analysis of Biomaking
Liukkonen, Päivikki; Vartiainen, Henriikka; Kokko, Sirpa, 2025, International journal of art and design education, 44, 3, 545-560. A1 Journal article (refereed), original research -
Children's AI Design Platform for Making and Deploying ML-Driven Apps: Design, Testing, and Development
Pope, Nicolas; Kahila, Juho; Vartiainen, Henriikka; Tedre, Matti, 2025, IEEE transactions on learning technologies, 18, 130-144. A1 Journal article (refereed), original research -
EDUsummIT 2025 – Designing Education Ecosystems for the Future: The Role of Digital Technologies
Phillips, Michael; Fisser, Petra; Leahy, Margaret; Butler, Deirdre; Petko, Dominik; Keane, Therese; Cox, Margaret; Howard, Sarah; Lewin, Cathy; McMorrough, Anne; Müller-Eiselt, Ralph; Reeve, Richard; Sherman, Barbara; Ganesh, Lakshmi Thiruvillamala; Tondeur, Jo; Yamada, Masanori; Tan, Seng Chee; Phillips, Mike; Chammon, Jacob; Cochrane, Janet et al., 2025, EDUsummIT. D4 Published development or research report or study -
Exploring human-nature-technology relations: learning ecologies of bio-oriented creative practices
Liukkonen, Päivikki; Vartiainen, Henriikka; Kokko, Sirpa, 2025, Environmental education research, [Epub ahead of print 7 Nov 2025], 1-21. A1 Journal article (refereed), original research -
Failure as a Learning Opportunity in AI Literacy
Hilke, Olli; Pope, Nicolas; Kahila, Juho; Vartiainen, Henriikka; Roos, Teemu; Parkki, Tuomo; Tedre, Matti, 2025, ACM. Poster -
Generation AI: Pedagogical Frameworks and Tools for AI Education
Tedre, Matti; Vartiainen, Henriikka, 2025, AIDEA. Abstract -
Integrating AI Education into Democracy Education Classes Facilitates Critical AI Literacy Among Pre-Service Teachers
Vartiainen, Henriika; Vähä, Eliisa; Tedre, Matti, 2025, Bastiaens, Theo, Proceedings of EdMedia + Innovate Learning, 507-513. A4 Conference proceedings -
Mitä tekoälyllä ja datalla tehdään?
Alastalo, Marja; Faisal, Kamrul; Iisakka, Essi; Iwata, Megumi; Laru, Jari; Lehto, Iiris; Merikanto-Tolonen, Sanna; Mäkelin, Marianne; Mäkitalo, Kati; Tedre, Matti; Vartiainen, Henriikka; Vesikukka, Teppo, 2025, 79-107. E1 Popularised article, newspaper article -
Pre-Service Teachers’ Experiences with Using an (X)AI Education Tool for Teaching Social Media Mechanisms
Pope, Nicolas; Lin, Anssi; Kahila, Juho; Vartiainen, Henriikka; Roos, Teemu; Laru, Jari; Tedre, Matti, 2025, Bastiaens, Theo, Proceedings of EdMedia + Innovate Learning, 1079-1088. A4 Conference proceedings