Puplications

Awards

  • Doctoral Dissertation Award 2014 of the Finnish Educational Research Association (FERA)
  • Young Researcher Award of the University of Eastern Finland  in 2015.
  • Best paper Award at the International Conference on Sustainability, Technology and Education (STE) 2014

Thesis

  1. Vartiainen, H. (2014). Principles of Design-Oriented Pedagogy for Learning from and with Museum Objects. Publications of the University of Eastern Finland. Dissertations in Education, Humanities, and Theology, no. 60. University of Eastern Finland, 2014.

Peer-reviewed scientific articles

Journal articles

  1. Liukkonen, P., Vartiainen, H.,  & Kokko, S. (in press, 2025). Exploring human-nature-technology relations: learning ecologies of bio-oriented creative practices. Environmental Education Research.
  2. Kahila, J., Vartiainen, H., López-Pernas, S., & Tedre, M. (in press, 2025). Children’s Data Privacy Concerns on Social Media” has been accepted into Journal of Media Literacy Education. Journal of Media Literacy Education.
  3. Vartiainen, H., Liukkonen, P. & Tedre, M. (2025). Emerging human-technology relationships in a co-design process with generative AI. Thinking Skills and Creativity, 56. doi.org/10.1016/j.tsc.2024.101742
  4. Pope, N., Kahila, J., Vartiainen, H. & Tedre, M.  (2025). Children’s AI Design Platform for Making and Deploying ML-Driven Apps: Design, Testing, and Development.  IEEE Transactions on Learning Technologies.  doi: 10.1109/TLT.2025.3529994.
  5. Liukkonen, P., Vartiainen, H.,  & Kokko, S. (2025). Becoming materially aware with mushrooms: a sociomaterial analysis of biomaking.Journal of Art & Design Education. https://doi.org/10.1111/jade.12550
  6. Härkki, T., Vartiainen, H., & Rönkkö, M.-L. (2024). Three approaches to multi-materiality through co-taught learning projects. Techne serien 31(3), 16–32. https://doi.org/10.7577/TechneA.5921
  7. Vartiainen, H., Kahila, J., Tedre, M., López-Pernas, S., & Pope, N. (2024). Enhancing Children’s Understanding of Algorithmic Biases in and With Text-to-Image Generative AI. New Media and  Society (Online first). https://doi.org/10.1177/14614448241252820
  8. Vartiainen, H.,  Valtonen, T.,  Kahila, J. &  Tedre, M. (2024). ChatGPT and imaginaries of the future of education: insights of Finnish teacher educators. Information and learning sciences (Online first). https://doi.org/10.1108/ILS-10-2023-0146
  9. Vartiainen, H. & Tedre, M. (2024). How Text-to-Image Generative AI Is Transforming Mediated Action. IEEE Computer Graphics and Applications, 44 (2), 12-22. doi: 10.1109/MCG.2024.3355808
  10. Vartiainen, H., Pellas, L., Kahila, J., Valtonen, T., & Tedre, M. (2024). Pre-service teachers’ insights on data agency. New Media & Society, 26(4), 1871-1890. https://doi.org/10.1177/14614448221079626
  11. Mertala, P., López-Pernas, S., Vartiainen, H.,  Saqr, M., &  Tedre, M. (2024). Digital natives in the scientific literature: A topic modeling approach. Computers in Human Behavior, 152. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chb.2023.108076.
  12. Kahila, J., Vartiainen, H., Tedre, M., Arkko, E., Lin, A., Pope, N., Jormanainen, I.  & Valtonen, T. (2024). Pedagogical framework for cultivating children’s data agency and creative abilities in the age of AI. Informatics in Education, 23(2), 323-360. DOI 10.15388/infedu.2024.15
  13. Nissinen, S., Vartiainen, H., Vanninen, P., Pöllänen, S., & Kokko, S. (2024). How to shoe an elk? Teachers’ reflections on creating a glocal learning community. Research and Practice in Technology Enhanced Learning, 20, 004. https://doi.org/10.58459/rptel.2025.20004
  14. Kahila, J., Valtonen, T., López-Pernas, S., Saqr, M., Vartiainen, H., Kahila, S., & Tedre, M. (2023). A Typology of Metagamers: Identifying Player Types Based on Beyond the Game Activities.Games and Culture, 20(1), 38-58. https://doi.org/10.1177/15554120231187758
  15. Vartiainen, H. & Tedre., M. (2023). Using Artificial Intelligence in Craft Education: Crafting with Text-to-Image Generative Models. Digital Creativity, 34(1), 1–21. https://doi.org/10.1080/14626268.2023.2174557
  16. Kahila, J., Kahila, S., Piispa-Hakala, S., Viljaranta, J., & Vartiainen, H. (2023). Mikä on sopivaa, mikä ei? : Nuorten näkemyksiä peliraivosta. Nuorisotutkimus, 41(3), 4–15. https://doi.org/10.57049/nuorisotutkimus.9138174
  17. Sanusi, I.,  Sunday, K., Oyelere, S., Suhonen, J., Vartiainen, H.,  &  Tukiainen, M.  (2023). Learning machine learning with young children: exploring informal settings in an African context. Computer Science Education, 34(2), 161–192. https://doi.org/10.1080/08993408.2023.2175559
  18. Liukkonen, P., Vartiainen, H., Pöllänen, S., & Kokko, S. (2023).  Interacting with nature in and through boundary crossing learning: a case of bioart-making. Journal of the Learning Sciences, 32(4–5), 534–572. https://doi.org/10.1080/10508406.2023.2263845
  19. Vartiainen, H., Kahila, J., Tedre, M., Sointu, E. & Valtonen, T.   (2023). More than fabricated news reports: Children’s perspectives and experiences of fake news. Journal of Media Literacy Education, 17-30. https://doi.org/10.23860/JMLE-2023-15-2-2
  20. Sanusi, I., Omidiora, J., Oyelere, S., Vartiainen, H., Suhonen, J. & Tukiainen, M. (2023). Developing middle school students’ understanding of machine learning in an African school. Computers and Education: Artificial Intelligence, 5. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.caeai.2023.100155
  21. Vartiainen, H., Tedre, M., & Jormanainen, I. (2023). Co-creating digital art with generative AI in K-9 education: Socio-material insights. International Journal of Education Through Art (IJETA), 19(3), 405–423. https://doi.org/10.1386/eta_00143_1
  22. Härkki, T., Seitamaa-Hakkarainen, P., Vartiainen, H., Saarinen, A. & Hakkarainen, K. (2023). Non-linear maker pedagogy: Implementing a major curriculum change in crafts education. Techne Series, 30(1), 1–17. https://doi.org/10.7577/TechneA.4998
  23. Sanusi, I., Omidiora, J., Oyelere, S., Vartiainen, H., Suhonen, J. & Tukiainen, M. (2023).  ​​Preparing Middle Schoolers for a Machine Learning–Enabled Future through Design-Oriented Pedagogy. IEEE Access, (11), 39776-39791.doi: 10.1109/ACCESS.2023.3269025.
  24. Vartiainen, H.,  Vuojärvi, H.,  Saramäki, K., Eriksson, M., Ratinen, I., Torssonen, P., Vanninen, P., &  Pöllänen, S. (2022). Cross-boundary collaboration and knowledge creation in an online higher education course. British Journal of Educational Technology.
  25. Sanusi, I.,  Oyelere, S., Vartiainen, H., Suhonen, J.  &  Tukiainen, M. (2022). A systematic review of teaching and learning machine learning in K-12 education. Education and information technologies, 28, 5967–5997.  https://doi.org/10.1007/s10639-022-11416-7
  26. Kahila,  J.  Viljaranta, J. Kahila, S.  Piispa-Hakala, S. & Vartiainen, H. (2022). Gamer rage—Children’s perspective on issues impacting losing one’s temper while playing digital games. International Journal of Child-Computer Interaction, 33. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijcci.2022.100513.
  27. Valtonen, T., Eriksson, M., Kärkkäinen, S. Tahvanainen, V., Turunen, A., Vartiainen, H., Kukkonen, J. & Sointu., E., (2022).  Emerging imbalance in the development of TPACK – A challenge for teacher training. Educ Inf Technol, 28, 5363–5383. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10639-022-11426-5
  28. Valtonen, T.,  López-Pernas, S.,  Saqr, M., Vartiainen, H., Sointu, E. & Tedre, M. (2022).The nature and building blocks of educational technology research. Computers in Human Behavior, 128. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chb.2021.107123
  29. Tedre, M., Toivonen, T., Kahila, J.,  Vartiainen, H.,  Valtonen, T., Jormanainen, I. &  Pears, A. (2021).Teaching Machine Learning in K–12 Classroom: Pedagogical and Technological Trajectories for Artificial Intelligence Education. IEEE Access, (9),  110558-110572.  https://doi.org/10.1109/ACCESS.2021.3097962
  30. Vuojärvi, H., Vartiainen, H., Eriksson, M., Ratinen, I., Saramäki, K., Torssonen, P., Vanninen, P. & Pöllänen, S. (2022). Boundaries and boundary crossing in a multidisciplinary online higher education course on forest bioeconomy. Teaching in Higher Education,  29(5), 1197–1214. https://doi.org/10.1080/13562517.2022.2122791
  31. Vartiainen, H., Toivonen, T., Jormanainen, I., Kahila, J., Tedre, M.,  & Valtonen, T.  (2021). Machine learning for middle schoolers: Learning through data-driven design. International Journal of Child-Computer Interaction ,(29). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijcci.2021.100281
  32.  Vartiainen, H., Tedre, M., Jormanainen, I., Kahila, J., Valtonen, T. & Toivonen, T. (2021). Tekoäly, koneoppiminen ja teknologinen murros: Kohti datatoimijuutta ja tulevaisuuden design-taitoja.  Ainedidaktiikka, 5(2), 103–120. https://doi.org/10.23988/ad.90776
  33. Leinonen, T., Brinck,J. & Vartiainen, H. (2021). Augmented Reality Sandboxes: Children’s Play and Storytelling with Mirror Worlds.  Digital Creativity, 32(1), 38-55. https://doi.org/10.1080/14626268.2020.1868535
  34. Kahila, J.,  Tedre, M., Kahila, S., Vartiainen, H. &  Valtonen, T. (2021). Adolescents’ Digital Game-Related Information-Seeking. Informaatiotutkimus, 40(1), 8–26. https://doi.org/10.23978/inf.97477
  35. Kahila, J.,  Tedre, M., Kahila, S., Vartiainen, H.,  Mäkitalo, K. &  Valtonen, T. (2021). Children’s Gaming Involves Much More Than the Gaming Itself. Convergence, 27(3), 768-786. https://doi.org/10.1177/1354856520979482
  36. Valtonen, T., Leppänen, U., Hyypiä, M. , Kokko, A., Manninen, J., Vartiainen,H., Sointu,E. & Hirsto, L.(2020).Learning environments preferred by university students: a shift toward informal and flexible learning environments. Learning Environments Research, 24, 371–388.  https://doi.org/10.1007/s10984-020-09339-6
  37. Härkki, T., Vartiainen, H.,  Seitamaa-Hakkarainen, P. & Hakkarainen, K. (2020). Co-teaching in non-linear projects: A contextualised model of co-teaching to support educational change. Teaching and Teacher Education,  97(2021). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tate.2020.103188
  38. Vartiainen, H., Tedre, M. Valtonen, T. & Kahila, J. (2020) Tensions and trade-offs of participatory learning in the age of machine learning.   Educational Media International,  57(4), 285-298. https://doi.org/10.1080/09523987.2020.1848512
  39. Vartiainen, H., Tedre, M., Salonen, A.,  & Valtonen, T. (2020). Rematerialization of the virtual and its challenges for design and technology education. Techne Series, 27(1),52–69.
  40. Saqr, M., Nouri , J., Vartiainen, H. &  Tedre, M. (2020). Robustness and rich clubs in collaborative learning groups: A learning analytics study using network science. Scientific Reports, 10, 14445. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-71483-z
  41. Vartiainen, H., Tedre, M. & Valtonen, T. (2020). Learning machine learning with very young children: Who is teaching whom?  International Journal of Child-Computer Interaction, 25. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijcci.2020.100182
  42. Saqr, M., Viberg, O., & Vartiainen, H. (2020). Capturing the participation and social dimensions of computer-supported collaborative learning through Social Network Analysis: Which method matters?. International Journal of Computer-Supported Collaborative Learning, 15, 227-248. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11412-020-09322-6
  43. Saqr, M., Nouri, J., Vartiainen, H. & Malmberg, J. (2020). What Makes An Online Problem-Based Group Successful? A Learning Analytics Study Using Social Network Analysis. BMC Medical Education, 20(80). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12909-020-01997-7
  44. Vuojärvi, H., Eriksson, M.  & Vartiainen, H.  (2019). Cross-boundary Collaboration and Problem-Solving to Promote 21st Century Skills—Students’ Experiences. International Journal of Learning, Teaching and Educational Research, 18(13), 30-60. https://doi.org/10.26803/ijlter.18.13.3
  45. Vartiainen, H., Leinonen, T., & Nissinen, S. (2019). Connected learning with media tools in kindergarten: An illustrative case. Educational Media International, 56(3), 233-249. https://doi.org/10.1080/09523987.2019.1669877
  46. Valtonen, T., Tedre, M.,  Mäkitalo, K. &  Vartiainen, H.(2019). Media Literacy Education in the Age of Machine Learning. Journal of Media Literacy Education, 11(2), 20 -36. https://doi.org/10.23860/JMLE-2019-11-2-2
  47. Nissinen, S., Vartiainen, H., Pöllänen, S. & Vanninen, P. (2019). Connected learning in international learning projects: Emergence of a hybrid learning system. International Journal of Information and Learning Technology, 36(5), 381-394. https://doi.org/10.1108/IJILT-05-2018-0055
  48. Vartiainen, H., Nissinen, S., Pöllänen, S. & Vanninen, P. (2018).  Teachers’ Insights Into Connected Learning Networks: Emerging Activities and Forms of Participation. AERA Open 4(3), 1–17. https://doi.org/10.1177/2332858418799694
  49. Vartiainen, H., Pöllänen, S., Liljeström, A. Vanninen, P., & Enkenberg, J. (2016). Designing connected learning: Emerging learning systems in a craft teacher education course. Design and Technology Education: An International Journal, 21 (2), 32-40.
  50. Vartiainen, H. & Enkenberg, J. (2014). Participant-led photography as a mediating tool in object-oriented learning in museum. Visitor Studies, 17(1), 66-88. https://doi.org/10.1080/10645578.2014.885359
  51. Vartiainen, H & Enkenberg, J. (2013). Learning from and with museum objects: design perspectives, environment, and emerging learning systems. Educational Technology Research & Development, 61(5), 841-862. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11423-013-9311-8
  52. Vartiainen, H. & Enkenberg, J. (2013). Reflections of design-oriented pedagogy for sustainable learning: An international perspective. Journal of Teacher Education for Sustainability, 15(1), 43-53. https://doi.org/10.2478/jtes-2013-0004
  53. Vartiainen, H., Liljeström, A., & Enkenberg, J. (2012). Design-oriented pedagogy for technology-enhanced learning to cross over the borders between formal and informal environments. Journal of Universal Computer Science, 18(15), 2097–2119.https://doi.org/10.3217/jucs-018-15-2097
  54. Valtonen, T., Mäkitalo-Siegl, K., Kontkanen, S., Pöntinen, S., & Vartiainen, H. (2012). Facing challenges with new teachers’ use of ICT in teaching and learning. IEEE Learning Technology Newsletter, 14(4), 46-49.

 Chapters in research books  (peer-reviewed) 

  1. Kahila, J. , Pope, N., Vartiainen, H.  & Tedre, M. (in press, 2025).Engaging Young Minds in AI Through Co-Designing and Making Their Own AI-Driven Apps in the Classroom. S. Papadakis & G. Lampropoulos (Eds). Social Robots and Artificial Intelligence in Education: Integrating AI in K-12 and Higher Education
  2. Kahila, J., Vartiainen, H., Kahila, S., Tedre, M., & Valtonen, T. (2023). Metapelaaminen lasten laaja-alaisten taitojen harjoittelun kenttänä. In S. Piispa-Hakala, S. Kontkanen, S. Havu-Nuutinen (Eds.), Oppimisen muuntuvat maisemat (pp. 233-257). Suomen kasvatustieteellinen seura.
  3. Tedre, M.,  Kahila, J. & Vartiainen, H. (2023). Exploration on How Co-designing with AI Facilitates Critical Evaluation of Ethics of AI in Craft Education. Gibson, D. C.; Ochoa, M. N. & Jin, Y. (eds.) Research Highlights in Technology and Teacher Education 2023. Waynesville, NC, USA: AACE, pp. 15-24.
  4. Eriksson, M.,  Vartiainen, H., Vanninen, P., Nissinen, S., Valtonen, T. & Pöllänen, S. (2021). Video triggers in promoting knowledge-seeking questions in inquiry learning. In Ruokamo, H. & Kangas, M. (Eds.)Media Education on the Top. Cambridge Scholars Publishing.
  5. Nissinen, S., Saramäki, K. & Vartiainen, H. (2020). Connected Peer Learning in Glocal Networks: Students’ Questions about and Solutions for a Sustainable Future. In T. Issa,  T. Issa & P. Isaías (Eds.) Sustainability Awareness and Green Information Technologies. Springer.
  6. Vartiainen, H. (2017). Design-Oriented Pedagogy: A Novel Framework for Participatory Learning Systems. In T. Issa,  P. Isaías & T. Issa (Eds.), Sustainability, Green IT and Education Strategies in the 21st Century. Springer.
  7.  Vartiainen, H., Liljeström, A., Enkenberg, J., & Pöllänen S. (2016). Design-suuntautunut pedagogiikka ja tulevaisuuden taitojen oppimiskulttuuri. Teoksessa: J.Heikkinen, A. Juvonen, K. Mäkitalo-Siegel, H. Nygren & T. Tossavainen (toim.) Taitoa, taidetta ja teknologiaa – Kohti uutta opettajankoulutuksen mallia. Itä-suomen yliopisto. Publications of the University of Eastern Finland. Reports and Studies in Education, Humanities, and Theology. 17. s. 176-186.
  8. Vanninen, P., Nissinen, S., Eriksson, M., Vartiainen, H., Liljeström, A., Pellikka, I., Nikkanen, T., Enkenberg, J., & Pöllänen, S. 2016. Metsä oppimisympäristönä ja oppimisprojektien kohteena. Teoksessa: Heikkinen Jouko, Juvonen Antti, Mäkitalo-Siegl Kati, Nygren Hanna, Tossavainen Timo (toim.) Taitoa, taidetta ja teknologiaa – kohti uutta opettajankoulutuksen mallia. Itä-suomen yliopisto. Publications of the University of Eastern Finland. Reports and Studies in Education, Humanities, and Theology. 17. s. 163-175.


Articles in conference proceedings (peer-reviewed) 

  1. Vartiainen, H., & Tedre, M. (in press, 2025). The CEDE Model: A Learning-Sciences Based Framework for Critical and Transformative K–12 AI Education. Proceedings of 25st Koli Calling International Conference on Computing Education Research, Koli Calling ’25.
  2. Vartiainen, H., & Tedre, M. (in press, 2025). Towards transformative AI education through cross-boundary co-design. Proceedings of International Conference on Smart Learning Environments (ICSLE 2025) .
  3. Vartiainen, H., Kahila, J., Pope, N., López-Pernas, S., Valtonen, T., & Tedre, M. (in press, 2025). Long-term Impacts of K-12 AI Education Interventions on Social Media Mechanisms. Proceedings of FIE 2025.
  4. Vartiainen, H., Vähä, Eliisa, and Tedre, M. (2025). Integrating AI Education into Democracy Education Classes Facilitates Critical AI Literacy Among Pre-Service Teachers.  In Proceedings of the 2025 EdMedia World Conference on Educational Technology, Barcelona, Spain. AACE.
  5. Pope, N., Tedre, M., Lin, A., Kahila, J., Vartiainen, H., Roos, T., and Laru, J. (2025). Pre-service teachers’ experiences with using an (X)AI education tool for teaching social media mechanisms. In Proceedings of the 2025 EdMedia World Conference on Educational Technology, Barcelona, Spain. AACE.
  6. Schulte, C., Sentance, S., Sparmann, S., Altin, R.,  Friebroon-Yesharim, M., Landman, M., Rücker, M.,  Satavlekar, S., Siegel, A., Tedre, M., Tubino,L.,  Vartiainen, H.,  Velázquez-Iturbide, A., Waite, J. &  and Wu, Z. (in press, 2025). What We Talk About When We Talk About K-12 Computing Education. Working Groups in ITiCSE 2024 Proceedings.
  7. Pope, N., Kahila, J.,  Vartiainen, H., Saqr, M., López-Pernas, S., Roos, T.,  Laru, J. &  Tedre, M. (in press, 2025).   An XAI Social Media Platform for Teaching K-12 Students AI-Driven Profiling, Clustering, and Engagement-Based Recommending. Proceedings of the EAAI 2025.
  8. Lin, A., Salonen, A., Pope, N., Vartiainen, H., & Tedre, M. (in press, 2025). A Versatile Low-Cost Kit for Teaching Novice Learners AI Using Robotics Components And a No-Code Development Playground. Proceedings of the EAAI 2025.
  9. Pope, N., Kahila, J., Laru, J., Vartiainen, H., Roos, T. & Tedre, M. (2024.) An Educational Tool for Learning about Social Media Tracking, Profiling, and Recommendation. Proceedings of the 2024 IEEE ICALT Conference.
  10. Jormanainen, I., Vartiainen, H., Kahila, J. & Tedre, M. (2024) Exploring the Dynamics of Scaffolding in K-12 ML/AI Education: Insights from a Machine Learning Workshop. Proceedings of the 2024 IEEE ICALT conference.
  11.  Apiola, M., Vartiainen, H. & Tedre, M. (2024) First Year CS Students Exploring And Identifying Biases and Social Injustices in Text-to-Image Generative AI. Proceedings of the 2024 ACM ITiCSE Conference.
  12. Pope, N., Vartiainen, H., Kahila, J., Laru, J. & Tedre, M. (2024) A No-Code AI Education Tool for Learning AI in K-12 by Making Machine Learning-Driven Apps. Proceedings of the 2024 IEEE ICALT conference.
  13. Vartiainen, H., Tedre, M., Kahila, J. & Valtonen, T. (2023). Pre-service teachers’ understandings of privacy in social media environments. In . Elizabeth Langran (Ed.), Proceedings of Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference (pp. 99-105). New Orleans, LA, United States: Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education (AACE)
  14. Tedre, M.,  Kahila, J. & Vartiainen, H. (2023). Exploration on How Co-designing with AI Facilitates Critical Evaluation of Ethics of AI in Craft Education. . Elizabeth Langran (Ed.), Proceedings of Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference (pp. 99-105). New Orleans, LA, United States: Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education (AACE)
  15. Vartiainen, H.,  López Pernas, S., Saqr, S., Kahila, J., Parkki, T., Tedre, M.  &  Valtonen, T. (2023) Mapping students’ temporal pathways in a computational thinking escape room. FLAIEC 2022 : Finnish Learning Analytics and Artificial Intelligence in Education Conference 2022. Proceedings of the 1st Finnish Learning Analytics and Artificial Intelligence in Education Conference (FLAIEC 2022)
  16. Toivonen, T., Jormanainen, Tedre, M., Mariescu-Istodor, R., Valtonen, T., Vartiainen, H. & Kahila, J. (in press). Interacting By Drawing: Introducing Machine Learning Ideas to Children at a K–9 Science Fair. Proceedings of the CHI22.
  17. Pears, A., Tedre, M.,  Valtonen, T.  &  Vartiainen, H. (2021). What Makes Computational Thinking so Troublesome?.  2021 IEEE Frontiers in Education Conference (FIE), 2021, pp. 1-7.
  18.  Kahila, Juho., Piispa-Hakala, S., Kahila, S., Valtonen, T., Vartiainen, H. & Tedre,M. (2021). ”If the Game Does Not Work, It Is Lagging, or You Die in Game, You Just Get Furious” – Children’s Experiences on Gamer Rage. Proceedings of the GamiFIN 2021.
  19. Tedre,. M., Vartiainen, H., Kahila, J., Toivonen, T., Jormanainen, I. & Valtonen, T. (2020). Machine Learning Introduces New Perspectives to Data Agency in K–12 Computing Education.  Proceedings of the 2020 FIE Conference, Uppsala, Sweden: 21–24 October, 2020.
  20. Vartiainen, H., Toivonen, T., Jormanainen, I., Kahila, J., Tedre, M., & Valtonen, T. (2020). Machine learning for middle schoolers: Children as designers of Machine Learning Apps. Proceedings of the 2020 FIE Conference, Uppsala, Sweden: 21–24 October, 2020.
  21. Toivonen, T., Jormanainen, I., Kahila, J., Tedre, M., Valtonen, T. & H. Vartiainen, H. (2020). ”Co-designing machine learning apps in K-12 with primary school children”, Proceedings of the IEEE 20th International Conference on Advanced Learning Technologies (ICALT2020), pp. 308-310. IEEE, 2020
  22. Vartiainen, H., Nissinen, S., Pöllänen, S. & Vanninen, P. (2018). Connected Learning in Kindergarten. Proceedings of the Connected Learning Summit in MIT Media Lab, Cambridge, MA.
  23. Nissinen, S., Vartiainen, H., Pöllänen, S. & Vanninen, P. (2018). Learning Projects in Glocal Networks: The Emergence of a Formal and Informal Peer Culture. Proceedings of the Connected Learning Summit in MIT Media Lab, Cambridge, MA.
  24. Vartiainen, H. (2014). Designing participatory learning. In P. Kommers, T. Issa, T. Issa, D-F. Chang & P. Isaías (Eds.), Proceedings of the International Conference on Educational Technologies (ICEduTech 2014) and The International Conference on Sustainability, Technology and Education (STE2014). IADIS Press.
  25. Liljeström, A., Enkenberg, J., Vanninen, P., Vartiainen, H. & Pöllänen, S. (2014). The Openforest portal as an open learning ecosystem: Co-developing in studing of a multidisciplinary phenomenon in a cultural contexts. In P. Kommers, T. Issa, T. Issa, D-F. Chang & P. Isaías (Eds.), Proceedings of the International Conference on Educational Technologies (ICEduTech 2014) and The International Conference on Sustainability, Technology and Education (STE2014). IADIS Press.
  26. Liljeström, A., Vartiainen, H., Vanninen, P., Enkenberg, J., & Pöllänen, S. (2013). First-year teacher education students reflections and interpretations about sustainable development and enhancing learning practices. In T. Issa, N.M. Sharef, T. Issa & P. Isaías (Eds.), Proceedings of the International Conference on Sustainability, Technology and Education (STE2013). IADIS Press.
  27. Vanninen, P., Liljeström, A., Vartiainen, H., Enkenberg, J., & Pöllänen, S. (2013). Forests in Teacher education – OpenForest portal as a novel resource for learning. In T. Issa, N.M. Sharef, T. Issa & P. Isaías (Eds.), Proceedings of the International Conference on Sustainability, Technology and Education (STE2013). IADIS Press.
  28. Vartiainen, H. & Enkenberg, J. (2011). Enlargement of Educational Innovation: An Instructional Model of the Case Forest Pedagogy. Proceedings of the 4th International Network-Based Education 2011 Conference The Social Media in the Middle of Nowhere. University of Lapland Publications in Education 25.
  29. Vartiainen, H.; Liljeström, A. & Enkenberg, J. (2011). A Model for Design-Oriented Pedagogy to Educate Learners to Meet the Future Needs. Proceedings of the AcrossSpacess workshop in conjuction with the EC- TEL 2011. Palermo, Italy, Sebtember 2011.
  30.  Vartiainen, H. , Enkenberg, J. & Liljeström, A. (2009). Oppimisen kokeminen ja sitoutuminen oppimisaihioiden ja tutkimusprosessin suunnittelua painottavissa oppimisprojekteissa. Interaktiivinen tekniikka koulutuksessa 2009 -konferenssin tutkijatapaamisen artikkelit. Tampere University Press, Interaktiivisen median tutkimuksia – Research of Interactive Media 2.
  31.  Liljeström, A. Vartiainen, H., & Enkenberg, J. (2009). Luonto –ja kulttuuriympäristöön liittyvien oppimisaihioiden suunnittelu ja tuottaminen yhteisöllisenä oppimisprojektina. Interaktiivinen tekniikka koulutuksessa 2009 -konferenssin tutkijatapaamisen artikkelit. Tampere University Press, Interaktiivisen median tutkimuksia – Research of Interactive Media 2.


Non-refereed scientific articles

  1.   Valtonen, T., Vartiainen, H., Tedre, M.,  Toivonen, T.,  Kokko, A.,  Kahila, J., Jormainen, I. & Piispa-Hakala, S.(2021).  Oppilaat digitalisoituneen yhteiskunnan toimijoina. Kasvatus, 52(1).

Publications intended for professional communities

  1. Jormanainen, I., Tedre, M., Vartiainen, H., Valtonen, T., Toivonen, T. & Kahila, J.  (2023). Learning Machine Learning in K–12. Computer Science Education: Perspectives on Teaching and Learning in School. Chapter 6 in Computer Science Education: Perspectives on Teaching and Learning in School. Bloomsbury Publishing, UK.
  2. Vartiainen, H. (2015). Osallistavan oppimisen uudelleenmuotoilua. Teoksessa J. Julkunen (Toim.) Porrassalmi VIII. Etelä-Savon kulttuurin vuosikirja 2015.
  3.  Saramäki, K., Vartiainen, H.,  Eriksson, M.  Vuojärvi, H.  Kähkönen, T. Pöllänen, S. Torssonen, P., Vanninen; P.  Ratinen, I. (2021). Asiantuntijayhteistyö opiskelijoiden avaintaitojen kehittäjänä. Teoksessa Helariutta, A.,  Fred, M. Kangastie, H. Merimaa, M. Päällysaho, S. Avoin TKI-integroitu oppiminen – toteuttamistapoja ja oppimisympäristöjä.Laurea julkaisut: Laurea-ammattikorkeakoulu.
  4. Laru, J., Mäkitalo, K., Tedre, M., Valtonen, T. & Vartiainen, H. (2021). Ohjelmoinnista digitaaliseen ajatteluun – kuinka edistää ohjelmoinnin ja tietotekniikan oppimista esi- ja alkuopetuksen kontekstissa? Teoksessa T. Kyrönlampi, K. Mäkitalo ja M. Uitto (toim.)  Esi- ja alkuopetuksen käsikirja. PS-Kustannus.
  5. Vartiainen, H. (2022). Cross-boundary co-design for learning machine learning. Proceedings of the Raspberry Pi Foundation Research Seminars.