Hannele Niemi & Jari Multisilta 
Finnish Innovations and Technologies in Schools 
A Guide towards New Ecosystems of Learning

This book combines several perspectives on the steps the Finnish educational system has taken to provide students with the skills and competences needed for living in today’s society and in the future. The ecosystem is used as a metaphor for the educational system. The Finnish system aims to achieve sustainable education by ensuring that the system is simultaneously interconnected and open to transformations. The book describes how a flexible curriculum system is succeeding without the pressures of high-stake testing. It also illustrates how the ongoing curriculum reform of the basic education is working. The book brings together knowledge gained in schools through the cooperation of researchers, teachers, school principals, the public sector, and private companies. The book presents case studies of technology integration aimed at crossing boundaries in formal and informal learning settings, locally and globally. The contributors address 21st-century needs and requirements through learner-driven knowledge creation, collaboration, networking, and digital literacies. It opens new scenarios of how to apply digital storytelling and games connecting fun, motivation, and learning. The strong message is that, through collaboration and networking, we can create an educational ecosystem that supports different learners.

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Acknowledgements; Prologue: Towards a Global Ecosystem; FRAMES FOR THE FUTURE AND 21ST-CENTURY SKILLS; The Finnish Educational Ecosystem: Working for Equity and High Learning Outcomes; A New Finnish National Core Curriculum for Basic Education (2014) and Technology as an Integrated Tool for Learning; GLOBAL SHARING PEDAGOGY WITH VIDEO STORYTELLING; Global is Becoming Everywhere: Global Sharing Pedagogy; Digital Storytelling in Finnish Schools; Science through the Camera Lens; GAMES FOR LEARNING: LEARNING WITH MOTIVATION AND ENGAGEMENT; Angry Birds for Fun in Learning ; Learning by Teaching: A Game-Based Approach; Learning by Creating Educational Exergames: Creative Pedagogy That Gets Students Moving; TECHNOLOGY AND COLLABORATION IN AND BEYOND; The Innovative School as an Environment for the Design of Educational Innovations; Building an Ecosystem for Developing Educational Use Technology in Finnish Schools; Inspiration, Joy, and Support of STEM for Children, Youth, and Teachers through the Innovative LUMA Collaboration; The International Millennium Youth Camp as an Active Learning Ecosystem for Future Scientists; Schools and Companies in a Co-configurative Collaboration: Agile Product Development Applied in a School’s Ecosystem ; Epilogue: What are Innovations in the Finnish Educational Ecosystem?; Author Biographical Notes.