Tongji on Tracks 2011

On May 5, 2011 By

It’s already a day from the departure of the Tongi on Tracks students from China, Beijing. The Chinese students will be arriving to Helsinki on Tuesday the 10th of May with a long week full of activities waiting for them. Click to see the general program for the Chinese Week. If [...]

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What’s up: FYI: This Thursday 28.4 from 10:00-16:00, Aalto Mechatronic Circus will host an event offering the experience of viewing projects and various up to date research ventures created by Aalto students.  Click for more information. FYI: The dissertation of Aalto student, Kati Korhonen-Yrjänheikki, will be held this Friday 29.4 from 12:00 at [...]

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Greetings from ADF Opefoorumi,

We have good news in the teaching development front. After receiving several nominations, the Teaching Act of the Spring 2011 winners were selected at the ADF Opefoorumi meeting last Monday 18.4.2011 at Aalto Design Factory. The nominees were divided into three categories: Student feedback, co-development, and development activeness.

The winner of [...]

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What’s up: The DFRT has returned back from Shanghai with news of successfully run workshops. The annual PDP Gala will be held this week Wednesday. The exhibition will be open from 9-17 and seminars will be held three times during the day. Click for more detailed information on the programme.

Happening this week: [...]

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What’s up: This week DFRT is organizing a series of pedagogical workshops in ATDF Shanghai. FYI: Sweden’s Prime Minster, Fredrik Reinfeldt, and Finland’s Minister of Finance, Jyrki Katainen, will be visiting Design Factory this Monday. The Aalto University INUSE (Innovation and users) monthly seminar continues on April 11th, 2011. This time it is at HIIT [...]

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APRIL 4/2011

WHAT’S UP?

The second interview round and workshops were conducted in the longitudinal development investigation with startup companies (see also the updated DFRT project list at http://aaltodesignfactory.fi/research/dfrt/projects/). Among other things, the balance between concrete doing and strategic decisions, and the appropriate amount of structure and discussion were explored. Design Factory ideology and [...]

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Welcome to participate in Experiencing Finland Event at Aalto University School of Economics Nokia Hall, Runeberginkatu  14-16 on Thursday 14 April, from 4 to 6 pm.

The event is divided into two parts of app 1 hr each. The first part is an interesting talk by experts about topical issues in Finland and Finnish Culture.  [...]

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What’s up: FYI: DFRT is coordinating a two-day product development training for professional product developers. The training aims to look into the origins of product development and ideation.  These training sessions will be taking place on Tuesday and Wednesday in Venture Garage’s Backstage. Ericsson Innovation Day will be held on 7.4 in Kirkkonummi, 11-17. Registration [...]

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The MIND Research Group is arranging two projects in summer 2011 (planned duration May 16 – August 26 including a short vacation). The projects are coordinated by MIND Research Group (www.mindspace.fi) and the students work in groups on two different cases, 1) Stala (www.stala.com) and 2) F-Secure (www.f-secure.com).

The [...]

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Teaching Act of Spring 2011

On March 28, 2011 By

Is teaching valued enough in Aalto University? Have you experienced great teaching in Aalto this spring? ADF Opefoorumi has launched the Teaching Act of Spring 2011 –challenge among all the pedagogical actors in Aalto. The winning act – either large or small, done by either a student, teacher or other Aalto member(s) – must have [...]

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