Erkki Kaila
PhD
ertaka@utu.fi : 450K |
Programming education; Learning analytics; Digital learning; Ethics in digital education
Erkki Kaila is a university lecturer in Software Engineering with the main focus on programming education. He received his Ph.D. in 2018. After that, he worked at the University of Helsinki as a university lecturer for two years before returning to the University of Turku. His research interests are centered around programming education and learning analytics. He is the head of the group supervising the bachelor level education at the Department of Computing at the University of Turku and the group responsible for student marketing. Additionally, he's a member of several working groups at the University of Turku.
Research interests are centered around programming education and learning analytics. Specific research topics are for example education technology, including the development and utilization of such technology in a wide range of different topics, and new methodology and its effectiveness in programming education. In learning analytics, the focus has been mainly on ethical and security issues.
At the moment, Erkki Kaila is responsible for teaching the following courses:
- Introduction to Programming
- Basics of Object Oriented Programming
- Tools for Programming
Previously he has taught e.g. the following courses:
- Introduction to Computer Science
- Web Application Development with Vaadin
- Computer as a Tool
- Introduction to Didactic Computing
- Practical Course in Digital Educational Technologies
- Learning Analytics
- Educational Technology and Technology Education
- Programming Education and Computational Thinking (in co-operation with the Department of Education)
Additionally, Kaila has taught several programming-related courses at the University of Helsinki and was responsible for designing and implementing programming-related MOOCs there. He has been awarded as the teacher of the year in the department twice at the University of Turku and once at the University of Helsinki.
- Technology-enhanced programming courses for upper secondary school students (2018)
- International Convention on Information and Communication Technology, Electronics and Microelectronics
- Utilizing educational technology in computer science and programming courses : theory and practice (2018) Kaila Erkki
- ViLLE – collaborative education tool: Designing and utilizing an exercise-based learning environment (2018)
- Education and Information Technologies
- About programming maturity in finnish high schools: A comparison between high school and university students' programming skills (2017) ITiCSE '17 Proceedings of the 2017 ACM Conference on Innovation and Technology in Computer Science Education Kaila E., Lindén R., Lokkila E., Laakso M.
- COMPARING PLAY-BASED LEARNING TO GRAPHICAL PROGRAMMING IN PROGRAMMING EDUCATION (2017)
- EDULEARN proceedings
- Refactoring a CS0 course for engineering students to use active learning (2017)
- Interactive Technology and Smart Education
- Automatically assessed electronic exams in programming courses (2016) Proceedings of the Australasian Computer Science Week Teemu Rajala, Erkki Kaila, Rolf Lindén, Einari Kurvinen, Erno Lokkila, Mikko-Jussi Laakso, Tapio Salakoski
- Automatic Assessment and Immediate Feedback in Third Grade Mathematics (2016) Proceedings of IICE 2016, Ireland International Conference on Education, Dublin, Ireland, April 25-28, 2016 Kurvinen Einari, Lokkila Erno, Lindén Rolf, Kaila Erkki, Laakso Mikko-Jussi, Salakoski Tapio
- Developing a Technology Enhanced CS0 Course for Engineering Students (2016) Proceedings of the International Conferences on Internet Technologies & Society (ITS 2016), Educational Technologies (ICEduTech 2016) and Sustainability, Technology and Education (STE 2016) Erno Lokkila, Erkki Kaila, Rolf Lindén, Mikko-Jussi Laakso, Erkki Sutinen
- Programming Misconceptions in an Introductory Level Programming Course Exam (2016) ITiCSE '16 Proceedings of the 2016 ACM Conference on Innovation and Technology in Computer Science Education Kurvinen Einari, Hellgren Niko, Kaila Erkki, Laakso Mikko-Jussi, Salakoski Tapio
- Redesigning an Object-Oriented Programming Course (2016)
- ACM transactions on computing education
- Redesigning Introductory Computer Science Courses to Use Tutorial-Based Learning (2016)
- EDULEARN proceedings
- Redesigning methodology for student counselling in the first year it education (2016)
- EDULEARN proceedings
- The Impact of Lecture Attendance on Exams for Novice Programming Students (2016)
- International Journal of Modern Education and Computer Science
- Automatic Recognition of Student Misconceptions in Primary School Mathematics (2015)
- EDULEARN proceedings
- Comparing student performance between traditional and technologically enhanced programming course (2015)
- Conferences in Research and Practice in Information Technology
- Interactive Learning Content for Introductory Computer Science Course Using the ViLLE Exercise Framework (2015) Learning and Teaching in Computing and Engineering (LaTiCE), 2015 International Conference on Karavirta V, Haavisto R, Kaila E, Laakso MJ, Rajala T, Salakoski T
- On study habits on an introductory course on programming (2015)
- Computer Science Education
- Teaching Programming in Elementary School - a Case Study Comparing Play-Based Learning to Visual Programming (2015)
- EDULEARN proceedings
- Automatic assessment and immediate feedback in first grade mathematics (2014) Koli Calling '14 Proceedings of the 14th Koli Calling International Conference on Computing Education Research Einari Kurvinen, Rolf Lindén, Teemu Rajala, Erkki Kaila, Mikko-Jussi Laakso, Tapio Salakoski