As I have already mentioned in my previous post, this year has been characterised by many changes. Concerning me personally, the major change has been our move from Jyväskylä to Helsinki in the beginning of March. After so many years with Jyväskylä as our Finnish home base (also during our ...

Suddenly I found no time to write blog posts. Everyday life issues and major societal concerns took my attention. Now, after several months I have the feeling that I need to write some lines on my blog. Firstly I need to make some notes on the issues with which my ...

I have had a quiet period with my blog for reasons that need not be discussed here - nothing dramatic but very practical ones. I am afraid that I will not find much time for writing blogs in the coming weeks either. So, let me start this year with some ...

Some time ago it has crossed my mind that i should write some lines on my cooperation with Graham Attwell. Indeed, I have already written a blog post on my 25 years' journey with European cooperation project and how that journey was continued when I was employed by our research ...

During the last few years most of my blog posts have dealt with my contributions to the EU-funded project TACCLE4 CPD. As I have told it several times, the project has developed models and resources to support continuing professional development (CPD) of teachers and trainers with focus on promoting their ...

In my latest post I started to share my thoughts on my transition to retirement and the consequences for blogging. I made the point that for me going on retirement was coupled with retreat to my home country Finland. Thus, I had left behind the 'battle grounds' in project work, ...

In my recent posts I have several times mentioned that I am going through a transition from active project work to retirement. In my latest post I was pleased to note that the management of the University of Bremen thanked me for my years of service and sent me nice ...

Three weeks ago I published a blog post in which I reported on the use of the Learning Toolbox (LTB) to support vocational learning during the corona crisis. I shared it on the mailing list of the partners of the former Learning Layers project consortium. As an immediate reaction some ...

During the last few weeks it has been exceptionally quiet on this blog. Partly it was to be expected, partly I was hit by the new circumstances - 'force majeure' as they call it in French. I had announced that I will stop working regularly from my Bremen-based office (or ...

As I have mentioned in an earlier post, I am in the process of going to retirement (although having an extension to my part-time contract for the TACCLE4 CPD). So, this is a departure with three steps. Now, the first step has taken place. I have stopped working regularly at ...