Finnish mentors
The Finnish mentors come from Otavia, an educational service organisation that provides in-service teacher training, and basic and upper-secondary education for adult learners. Otavia also participates in national and international developmental projects.
Iida-Maria Peltomaa
+358 50 360 3773
iida-maria.peltomaa@otavia.fi
Iida-Maria (Master of Education) works in Otavia as a teacher trainer and pedagogical developer. She is also the manager of the Becoming a teacher-researcher project. Iida-Maria is writing her PhD about teacher professional development in the context of interdisciplinary teaching and learning. Iida-Maria is responsible for the Finnish teacher workshops with Aki.
Aki Luostarinen
+358 50 311 7255
aki.luostarinen@otavia.fi
Aki (Master of Arts) works in Otavia as a teacher trainer and pedagogical developer. Aki is specialised in assessment, interdisciplinary learning, and teacher professional learning. Aki has been a manager in national developmental projects, e.g. Curriculum implementation in basic and general upper-secondary education and Developing thematic interdisciplinary courses. Aki is responsible for the Finnish teacher workshops with Iida-Maria.
Danish mentors
The Danish mentors come from University College Absalon, an educational institution, which covers the region of Zealand in Denmark. It offers eleven professional bachelor degree programmes, including teacher training education, as well as a number of further education courses. Moreover, Absalon has a Research and Development Programme, which specialises in design-based research within the field of technology-enhanced education.
Anne Kristine Petersen
+45 72482382
akt@pha.dk
Anne Kristine (Master of Arts) is an associate professor and a researcher. Anne Kristine teaches English and Research Methodology at the teacher training education at Absalon. In her research, she focuses on how digital technologies can enable and support educational designs that provide access to higher and further education for students who would not otherwise have the opportunity to study.
Peter Bukovica Gundersen
+4572482383
pgu@pha.dk
Peter Gundersen (Master of Education) is an associate professor at University College Absalon and a PhD student at Aalborg University. His research is centered around research through design interventions in education. His recent projects involve designing a MOOC for teachers, developing a learning centre concept for areas in Denmark with little access to education and most recently exploring the potentials of working design-based as a researcher.
Icelandic mentors
The Icelandic mentors come from Miðstöð símenntunar á Suðurnesjum (MSS), a self-owned educational institution operating in the southwest of Iceland. The main objective of MSS is to promote and assist adult education in the community, with special attention to the increase of continuing education, increased personal skills and qualifications, as well as promoting general wellbeing of the population. The institution cooperates with schools at university level, private schools, specialised schools and individual instructors.
Særún Rósa Ástþórsdóttir
+354 412 5947
saerun@mss.is
Særún works as project manager and teacher at MSS. She has a Bachelors degree in Education and is currently studying Andragogy on a masters level at the University of Iceland. Særún‘s main responsibilities include designing and organising courses, course development and teaching.
Áslaug Bára Loftsdóttir
+354 412 5952
aslaug@mss.is
Áslaug works as project manager and tutor at MSS. Áslaug has a Bachelors degree in Sociology and a DP degree in Andragogy on Masters level from the University of Iceland. Áslaug's responsibilities at MSS include organisation and development of study material and courses for adult students.