ALFA Kick-off meeting in Saarbrücken

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SASTAMALA COMMUNITY COLLEGE • Citizen's institute• Liberal education &

open university courses• Owned by Sastamala

Town (local municipality)

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SASTAMALA COMMUNITY COLLEGE• Situated in SW Finland • Rural college with about

28.000 inhabitants in the college annex

• 60 km x 50 km area

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5000 STUDENTS

• More than 50% are over 50 years

• Students' ages vary between 1-102 years

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• 600 COURSES- in about 100 locations• 200 TEACHERS- part-time• FULL TIME STAFF 7

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CURRICULUM Arts and crafts Music Expressive arts Physical education Languages Life skills ICT-studies

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OPEN UNIVERSITY- Education sciences - Psychology - Art history- IT Sciences- Environmental

Sciences- Compulsory language

studies

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ICT VISION & STRATEGY• Open source programs• Social media tools - e.g. Skype, Second Life, Blogs

• EdUbuntu (Linux)- Edubuntu (Linux) and opensource programs allow inexpensive and operational IT classrooms

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EU PROJECTS

ALFA – Adults Learn in Family 1.8.2009-31.7.2011

Website:http://server02.is.uni-sb.de/projekte/alfa/

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EU PROJECTS

True Interaction 1.8.2009-31.7.2011

Blog:

http://trueinteraction.posterous.com/

http://trueinteraction.posterous.com/

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EU PROJECTSActiveICT – Active Citizenship

through Information and Communication Technologies

1.8.2008-31.7.2010Blog:http://activeict.posterous.com/

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EU PROJECTS

Teddy Bear – Twinning the Elderly

Disadvantaged and Disabled With the Young By Enabling Active

Reminiscence

2004-2007

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THANK YOU!

Tuija HyvönenCoordinatorSastamala Collegetuija@sastamalanopisto.fiSkypeID: tuijamhSecond Life: Hazel Swords