Introductory Finnish MOOC

Overview

Introductory Finnish MOOC is a Finnish language Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) and it is the first language MOOC offered by the Aalto Language Centre.

The course teaches Finnish from no prior background to a lower beginner level and functions as an orientation phase for newcomers to enable easier adaptation to Finland. In this four-week course, students will learn to understand, speak, and write basic Finnish. The main target groups are people who are planning to come to study or work in Finland and Aalto University but anyone who wants to learn Finnish can join.

Goals of the pilot are:

• Create a Finnish MOOC that serves the target group and supplements the other course supply in Language Centre
• Share the results of the project with colleagues (teaching materials, pedagogical results, technical instructions etc.)
• Create ground for wider MOOC and blended learning supply in Language Centre
• Enhance Aalto University’s visibility internationally and function as possibility to show Aalto’s approach to learning and teaching to foreign students and faculty
• Collect experience how aalto.fi platform suits for MOOC-platform
• Introductory Finnish forms part of the Suomi 100 Finland 100 programme under the name of “Learning Finnish Together”