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

-- Bruce Lee

Activity

• 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.
• 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 April 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 April 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, in Finnish) for 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.
• 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.