If you spend too much time thinking about a thing, you'll never get it done.

-- Bruce Lee

Activity

2013

• Arto Vihavainen presents "Results From a Three-Year Transition to the Extreme Apprenticeship Method" and "Predicting Students’ Performance in an Introductory Programming Course Using Data from Students’ own Programming Process" at ICALT in Beijing, China on July 15-18
• Arto Vihavainen presents "Massive Increase in Eager TAs: Experiences from Extreme Apprenticeship-based CS1" and "Scaffolding Students’ Learning using Test My Code" at ITiCSE in Canterbury, UK on July 1-3
• Matti Luukkainen presents "Early Start in Software Coaching" at XP2013, Vienna, Austria on June 3-7
• Arto Vihavainen presents "Test My Code: an Automatic Assessment Service for the Extreme Apprenticeship Method" at ebTEL in Salamanca, Spain on May 22-24
• Arto Vihavainen presents "Bringing Undergraduates to the Web: Baby Steps in Webifying a Software Engineering Curriculum" at CSEET in San Francisco, USA on May 19-21
• RAGE World Tour 2013 dates soon fixed: papers to ICALT x2, XP2013, ebTEL, ITiCSE x2 and CSEET accepted!
• Jaakko Kurhila (with others) hosts a theme seminar on MOOCs at ITK 2013, Aulanko, Finland on April 11-12, 2013.
• Jaakko Kurhila presents "Twelve-week entrance exam online"  in Turku, Finland (invited) on April 8, 2013.
• Jaakko Kurhila presents "Leadership in Agile Education: Balancing High Demands with Inspiring Elements" in Trondheim, Norway (invited) on March 12-13, 2013.
• Jaakko Kurhila gives a talk on "Everybody, shout MOOC!" at Blended Learning 2013, Helsinki (invited keynote) on March 7, 2013. (pdf, in Finnish)
• Jaakko Kurhila host a seminar on "MOOCs are here, so what?" at Freie Universität Bozen-Bolzano (invited) on Feb 20-21, 2013. (pdf)
• Interview of Jaakko Kurhila about XA and MOOC in the University of Helsinki main news on Feb 19, 2013.
• RAGE member Matti Luukkainen is selected as an inaugural member for the University of Helsinki Teachers' Academy, Jan 30, 2013.
• MOOC on game programming for secondary school students starts on Jan 28, 2013.
• Jaakko Kurhila gives a talk on "Of in-line online off-assessment"  for Network of Educational Technology Support of Univ. Helsinki (invited) on Jan 24, 2013.
• MOOC on programming starts on Jan 18, 2013.
• Fabian Fagerholm et al are conducting a software factory project at Stanford University with Facebook, Jan 18, 2013. 
• Jaakko Kurhila talks on "Educational Excellence" at Univ. Bergen, Norway (invited) on Jan 18-19, 2013.
• Thomas Vikberg hosts the workshop "Student-centered approaches to learning" at the the Seminar of Finland's Science Education Centre LUMA on Jan 15, 2013.
• Thomas Vikberg presents "Gesällundervisning (engl. Extreme Apprenticeship)" at the Science SLAM organized by The Society of Swedish Literature in Finland on Jan 10, 2013.

2012

• Arto Vihavainen, Emilia Hjelm and Jaakko Kurhila present plans for a MOOC for school students at Technology Industries of Finland Centennial Foundation celebratory evening on Dec 11, 2012. 
• Jaakko Kurhila presents XA education at University of Pisa, Italy, on November 29, 2012.
• Thomas Vikberg  gives a talk at Interaction in Educational Research, FERA Conference on Education, in Helsinki, with the topic "Tehostettu kisällioppiminen tietojenkäsittelytieteen ja matematiikan opetuksessa yliopistossa (engl. Extreme Apprenticeship method in teaching computer science and mathematics at university-level)", on November 22, 2012. (GoogleDrive, pdf)
• Jaakko Kurhila is interviewed by YLE Suomi (Finnish national radio) radio news about IT skills of beginning students, on November 19, 2012. (text version / audio)
• Jaakko Kurhila's opinion piece about MOOCs in Helsingin Sanomat, on November 13 (behind a paywall, original submitted version here)
• Johanna Rämö and Thomas Vikberg gives a talk at the Aalto University with the title "Extreme Apprenticeship: Reforming traditional lecture courses" (invited), on November 12, 2012.
• Matti Luukkainen and Jaakko Kurhila present XA and MOOC to Network of Educational Technology Support of Univ. Helsinki (invited), on October 28, 2012.
• Jaakko Kurhila gives a talk at OHA-Forum, network for Finnish Universities educational directors and administrators in Congress Center Paasitorni, Helsinki, topic "Teachers, are we doing the right stuff? -- Indicators of Education" (invited), on October 12, 2012.
• Arto Vihavainen presents "Three Years of Design-based Research to Reform a Software Engineering Curriculum"  at ACM SIGITE’12 in Calgary, Alberta, Canada on October 13.
• Arto Vihavainen presents "Multi-faceted Support for MOOC in Programming" at ACM SIGITE’12 in Calgary, Alberta, Canada on October 12.
• Kalle Viiri takes XA-based programming education to Tumaini University, Iringa University College, Tanzania. See his blog  about the developments (English and Finnish)
• Jaakko Kurhila gives a talk to teachers at Aalto University on "Agile Teaching, Learning and Education -- also Online" (invited), Espoo, on October 1.
• Interview of Thomas Vikberg in YLE Radio Vega (national radio) about using Extreme Apprenticeship method in mathematics (in Swedish), Sep 9, 2012.
• Interview of Thomas Vikberg about using Extreme Apprenticeship method in mathematics in Univ. Helsinki main news: "Revolution in mathematics teaching", September 7, 2012.
• Gabriella Dodero from Freie Universität Bozen-Bolzano visits XA Labs on September 5-10, 2012.
• RAGE at Assembly Summer 2012, the largest demoscene and gaming party in Finland. We organized a MOOC in introductory programming for the event, where each solved programming exercise awarded you a ticket to a hardware lottery. During the weekend we got over 1000 submissions from the arena and gave out awesome prices.
• Thomas Vikberg presents "Extreme apprenticeship method in teaching university-level mathematics" at the 12th International Congress on Mathematical Education (ICME-12): July 8-15, 2012, Seoul, Korea.
• Gabriella Dodero presents "Extreme Apprenticeship goes blended: an experience" (joint work with Francesco di Cerbo) at ICALT 2012 in Rome, Italy, on July 7-10, 2012.
• Organizing MOOC in introductory programming to students that were admitted to Department of Computer Science through normal procedures. Look out for students that have done their CS1 already before they start their studies. Enter CS2 during the first term.
• Gabriella Dodero presents "Extreme Apprenticeship: teaching exact sciences in an experimental way" at ICA-Edu (ECHAE) conference 2012 in Bolzano, on June 21, 2012.
• Educating youth! RAGE on at programming camps organized by Linkki in June
• Spring 2012 MOOC and MOOC attendant interviews are over. Over 40 students were admitted to the Department of Computer Science through MOOC.
• Youth power! Hosting school visits at the Department of Computer Science. Tons of metaphors about Computer Science and University Studies using the marshmallow challenge. Sheer awesomeness!
• Check out this video on how the Math Department has organized their XA education (in Finnish only)
• MOOC on programming was awarded the 1st prize (shared) in eEemeli 2012, in the category called "Best of the Best" on Apr 19, 2012. eEemeli is a national quality competition in search of the best interactive media learning solution by the Association of Finnish eLearning Centre.
• Thomas Vikberg is awarded "laudatur" (highest grade reserved for the most exceptional cases) for his MSc thesis on "Teaching an Introductory Course in Logic to Undergraduate Students Using Extreme Apprenticeship Method" on Apr 3, 2012.  
• Arto Vihavainen presents "Software Craftsmansip Approach to Data Structures" at ACM SIGCSE 2012 in Raleigh, North Carolina on Mar 2, 2012.
• Prof Gabriella Dodero, Rector's Delegate for Student Centered Learning, gives a seminar on "XA, a new way of teaching CS?" at DISI, Univ. Genova, Italy, on Feb 16, 2012.
• Second MOOC starting on Feb 6, 2012. It's MOOC on algorithms!
• Jaakko Kurhila presents "Extreme Apprenticeship for Programming Education" (invited) to the City of Helsinki Education Department on Jan 27, 2012.
• Be prepared for MOOC on programming, starting on Jan 17, 2012. It's massive, as it serves also as an entrance exam for the department of CS!
• Johanna Rämö giving a presentation about experiences of XA in Linear Algebra and Matrices I&II at the Mathematics Days at Lappeenranta University of Technology on Jan 4, 2012.

2011

• Arto Vihavainen receives Senior Teacher Good Teacher Award of the Department of Computer Science on Dec 20, 2011.
• Matti Luukkainen giving presentations about XA at University Pedacogics course in Faculty of Arts, University of Helsinki, Dec 16, 2011.
• Thomas Vikberg, Arto Vihavainen and Jaakko Kurhila present Linkki's activities, especially MOOC at Technology Industries of Finland Centennial Foundation celebratory evening on Dec 12, 2011. 
• Early results from the course Linear Algebra and Matrices I  are presented at the general assembly of the Department of Mathematics and Statistics by Terhi Hautala, Tiina Romu, Johanna Rämö and Thomas Vikberg on Nov 28, 2011.
• Matti Luukkainen is the recipient of the Student Union of University of Helsinki "Good Teacher - Magister Bonus" prize for 2011 on Nov 26, 2011.
• Jaakko Kurhila and Arto Vihavainen receive the ACM SIGITE 2011 Best paper Award on Oct 20, 2011.
• Jaakko Kurhila presents "XA management" at ACM SIGITE 2011 in West Point, New York on October 20, 2011.
• Jaakko Kurhila presents "First time you employ XA, it's free!" in front of the most critical audience: teachers of our department, University of Helsinki, October 14, 2011.
• Arto Vihavainen and Thomas Vikberg giving presentations about XA at TA training of the Faculty of Science, University of Helsinki, Oct. 7 and Oct. 14, 2011.
• Arto Vihavainen and Jaakko Kurhila hosted the official opening of Linkki, LUMA resource center for the Dept of CS, Univ of Helsinki, Oct 7, 2011.
• Jaakko Kurhila presents "XA in programming education, aka Paja" in pedagogical training for faculty, Faculty of Science, University of Helsinki, September 26, 2011.
• Ragefest (official kickoff in Loviisa, Finland) on September 15-16, 2011.
• XA-team hosts two visitors from Freie Universität Bozen-Bolzano September 5-14, 2011 (in order to start XA in Bolzano).
• Arto Vihavainen present "XA refined" at ACM ITiCSE 2011 on June 29, 2011.
• Arto Vihavainen and Antti Laaksonen host two no-nonsense summer code camps for high school students during the last week of June, first week of July, 2011.
• Jaakko Kurhila invited to Aalto University to discuss XA-activities with CS teachers on June 22, 2011.
• Millennium Youth Camp (MYCamp) participants experience XA-based agile learning on June 13, 2011
• Jaakko Kurhila and Arto Vihavainen do pecha kucha on agile learning at The Centennial Foundation of the Federation of Finnish Technology Industries cocktail reception on June 7, 2011.
• Jaakko Kurhila presents "Agile Education: meaningful activities only" a.k.a "Think twice before wasting time on useless lecturing" (invited talk, in Finnish) at Aalto University on May 13, 2011.
• Jaakko Kurhila, Matti Paksula and Matti Luukkainen showcase XA and rave about agile education at Freie Universität Bozen-Bolzano (invited seminar on Extreme Apprenticeship: Eliminating Waste in Learning to Program) on May 5, 2011.
• Jaakko Kurhila presents "Learning in an excellent environment" (invited talk) at NOKUT 2011 on April 12, 2011.
• Ragefest 3 (details withheld) on March 11, 2011.
• Arto Vihavainen presents "XA method" at ACM SIGCSE 2011 on March 11, 2011.
• Jaakko Kurhila presents "Agile and blended learning" (keynote address, in Finnish) at Blended Learning 2011 on March 10, 2011.