PhD Sanna Järvelä is a professor in the field of learning and educational technology and a head of the Educational Technology Research Unit (http://www.edtech.oulu.fi/) in the Department of Educational Sciences, University of Oulu. Her main research interest deal with learning processes in technology-based and virtual learning environments, social and motivational processes in learning, self-regulated and computer supported collaborative learning. Järvelä has been an invited expert in different national (e.g. Ministry of Education) and international expert commissions (e.g. OECD and scientific organizations) as well keynote speaker in international conferences (e.g. EARLI). During the year 2000-2001 she was visiting scholar in Kings’ College London, UK. She is an editorial board member in several scientific journals (e.g. iCSCL, Educational Research Review) and has acted as an external examiner of dissertations in Finland and abroad (e.g. The Netherlands, Hong Kong). Järvelä has published more than 70 scientific papers in international refereed journals and several book chapters and two edited books.
Research Interests
Motivation and self-regulation in learning, computer supported collaborative learning, technology-based learning environments
Contact Information
Department of Educational Sciences and Teacher Education
Educational Technology Research Unit
PO BOX 2000
Fin-90014 University of Oulu
FINLAND
Tel: +358-8-553 3657
Fax: +358-8-553 3744
E-mail: [sanna.jarvela@oulu.fi]
