
Ilkka Jormanainen
University Lecturer
I am working as a senior researcher at the educational technology research group at the School of Computing (UEF Joensuu campus).
Docent (Technologies for Learning and Development), University of Turku.
School of Computing, Faculty of Science, Forestry and Technology
ilkka.jormanainen@uef.fi | +358 50 375 7289
My major research fields are computational thinking, educational data mining, educational robotics, learning environments, technology education in K-12 settings, as well as ICT for development. I’m currently supervising four PhD research work in these fields, and teaching some of the related courses at the School of Computing. I was recently leading “ICT for Education in Eritrea” project, funded by Finnish Ministry of Foreign Affairs through the HEI-ICI capacity building program. I have been involved in several EU initiatives, for example CONSTRUIT! and TACCLE3 (Erasmus+ KA2), as well as in eCraft2Learn H2020 projects. I have been playing an active role in development of the annual SciFest science and technology festival at Joensuu. I was also leading the festival for three years at the beginning of 2010s. I have gained teaching, research, and project administration experience from several international collaboration initiatives from number of European and African countries, for example Eritrea, South Africa, Nepal, Tanzania, Zambia, and Mozambique.
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Co-creating digital art with generative AI in K-9 education: Socio-material insights
Vartiainen, Henriikka; Tedre, Matti; Jormanainen, Ilkka. 2023. International journal of education through art. 19: 405-423 -
Computing Education Research in Finland
Malmi, Lauri; Hellas, Arto; Ihantola, Petri; Isomöttönen, Ville; Jormanainen, Ilkka; Kilamo, Terhi; Knutas, Antti; Korhonen, Ari; Laakso, Mikko-Jussi; López-Pernas, Sonsoles; Poranen, Timo; Salakoski, Tapio; Suhonen, Jarkko. Teoksessa: Apiola, Mikko; López-Pernas, Sonsoles; Saqr, Mohammed(toim.) , 2023. Past, Present and Future of Computing Education Research : A Global Perspective. s. 335-372. Springer -
Generation AI: AI Education for the Security Mindset (GenAI)
Kahila, Juho; Jormanainen, Ilkka; Pope, Nicolas; Vartiainen, Henriikka; Tedre, Matti. 2023. Association for the advancement of computing in education -
Integrating Secondary School and Primary School Learners to Grasp Robotics in Namibia Through Collaborative Learning
Shipepe, Annastasia; Uwu-Khaeb, Lannie; Ruwodo, David Vuyerwa; Jormanainen, Ilkka; Sutinen, Erkki. Teoksessa: Balogh, Richard; Obdržálek, David; Christoforou, Eftychios(toim.) , 2023. Robotics in Education: Proceedings of the RiE 2023 Conference. s. 65-77. Springer -
Towards Enhancing Children's Science Education using Augmented Reality and Computer Vision
Joshi, Sahi; Agbo, Friday Joseph; Jormanainen, Ilkka. Teoksessa: (toim.) , 2023. 2023 IEEE Global Engineering Education Conference (EDUCON) Proceedings. s. 1-3. IEEE -
A Model for Knowledge Management Systems in the UbuntuNet Alliance Member Institutions
Yigzaw, Samuel T.; Jormanainen, Ilkka; Tukiainen, Markku. 2022. Systems. 10: -
Co-Learning Computational and Design Thinking Using Educational Robotics: A Case of Primary School Learners in Namibia
Shipepe, Annastasia; Uwu-Khaeb, Lannie; De Villiers, Carmen; Jormanainen, Ilkka; Sutinen, Erkki. 2022. Sensors. 22: -
Interacting By Drawing: Introducing Machine Learning Ideas to Children at a K–9 Science Fair
Toivonen, Tapani; Jormanainen, Ilkka; Tedre, Matti; Mariescu-Istodor, Radu; Valtonen, Teemu; Vartiainen, Henriikka; Kahila, Juho. 2022. ACM SIGCHI annual conference on human factors in computing systems -
Proceedings of 22nd Koli Calling Conference on Computing Education Research
Jormanainen, Ilkka; Petersen, Andrew. 2022. . . ACM -
Promoting Machine Learning Concept to Young Learners in a National Science Fair
Sanusi, Ismaila Temitayo; Jormanainen, Ilkka; Oyelere, Solomon Sunday; Mahipal, Vaishali; Martin, Fred. 2022. ACM