
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.
Faculty of Science, Forestry and Technology, School of Computing
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.
Research groups
Publications
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Faith communities online: Christian churches' reactions to the COVID-19 outbreak
Cooper, Anthony-Paul; Jormanainen, Ilkka; Shipepe, Annastasia; Sutinen, Erkki. International journal of web based communities 17 2: 99-119. 2021 -
Information Systems in Developing Countries: Opportunities and Challenges
Yigsaw, Samuel; Jormanainen, Ilkka; Tukiainen, Markku / Proceedings TEEM'21: Ninth International Conference on Technological Ecosystems for Enhancing Multiculturality. 2021. 2021 -
RoboSTEAM project the pilot phases
Conde, Miguel Ángel; Fernández, Camino; Rodríguez-Sedano, Francisco; González-Barrientos, Covadonga; Ramos, Maria; Jesus, Manuel; Gonçalves, José; Reimann, Daniela; García Peñalvo, Francisco José; Jormanainen, Ilkka / Proceedings TEEM'21: Ninth International Conference on Technological Ecosystems for Enhancing Multiculturality. 2021. 2021 -
RoboSTEAM Project: Integrating STEAM and Computational Thinking Development by Using Robotics and Physical Devices
Conde, Miguel Á; Rodríguez-Sedano, Francisco J; Fernández-Llamas, Camino; Carvalho Ramos, Maria João; Domingos Jesus, Manuel; Celis, Susana; Gonçalves, Jose; Lima, Jose; Reimann, Daniela; Jormanainen, Ilkka; Paavilainen, Juha; Francisco J. García-Peñalvo / Information Technology Trends for a Global and Interdisciplinary Research Community. 2021. 2021 -
Teaching Machine Learning in K-12 Classroom: Pedagogical and Technological Trajectories for Artificial Intelligence Education
Tedre, Matti; Toivonen, Tapani; Kahila, Juho; Vartiainen, Henriikka; Valtonen, Teemu; Jormanainen, Ilkka; Pears, Arnold. IEEE access 9: 110558-110572. 2021 -
Oppilaat digitalisoituneen yhteiskunnan toimijoina
Valtonen, Teemu; Vartiainen, Henriikka; Tedre, Matti; Toivonen, Tapani; Kokko, Anna; Kahila, Juho; Jormainen, Ilkka; Piispa-Hakala, Satu. Kasvatus 52 1: 108-113. 2021 -
Tekoäly, koneoppiminen ja teknologinen murros: Kohti datatoimijuutta ja tulevaisuuden design-taitoja
Vartiainen, Henriikka; Tedre, Matti; Jormanainen, Ilkka; Kahila, Juho; Valtonen, Teemu. Ainedidaktiikka 5 2: 103-120. 2021 -
Machine learning for middle schoolers: Learning through data-driven design
Vartiainen, Henriikka; Toivonen, Tapani; Jormanainen, Ilkka; Kahila, Juho; Tedre, Matti; Valtonen, Teemu. International journal of child-computer interaction 29: 100281. 2021 -
Visualization tool for teaching and learning Artificial Neural Networks
Mrong, Salseng; Jormanainen, Ilkka; Toivonen, Tapani / Proceedings TEEM'21: Ninth International Conference on Technological Ecosystems for Enhancing Multiculturality. 2021. 2021 -
Knowledge Sharing in the Higher Education Environment of Developing Economies - The Case of Eritrea
Yigzaw, Samuel Tewelde; Jormanainen, Ilkka; Tukiainen, Markku. African journal of information systems 13 3: 6. 2021