Browsing by Author "Meriläinen, Mikko"

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  • Activist hedge funds: A product called alpha?
    (2007) Meriläinen, Mikko
     School of Business | Master's thesis
  • DVB-T2 ja yhden taajuuden lähetysverkot
    (2011) Meriläinen, Mikko
     Sähkötekniikan korkeakoulu | Bachelor's thesis
  • Game jams in general formal education
    (2021-03-02) Aurava, Riikka; Meriläinen, Mikko; Kankainen, Ville; Stenros, Jaakko
     A1 Alkuperäisartikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä
    This article summarises three years of studying game jams. Rooted in extensive field work — participating, organising, studying and discussing game jams — and multiple methods, we have explored different digital and non-digital jamming formats to apply in educational settings, especially in the Finnish context of general formal teaching for 16–19 year olds. This paper sums up our main findings arranged thematically. We claim that game jamming is a viable method in general formal education, and that although the learning outcomes vary and can be difficult to verify, the participants themselves report perceived learning and increased motivation. We also discuss the values present in our research project and the inclusivity of game jams. We describe various ways to organise game jams in classrooms, along with teacher competencies and resources needed. Based on these viewpoints we provide recommendations, grounded in both research and practice, on how to use game jamming in schools to teach, for example, STEAM and other 21st century skills.
  • Jamming the assessment: The viability of a Twine game jam as a learning evaluation tool in higher education
    (2021-10-04) Roine, Hanna-Riikka; Meriläinen, Mikko; Kankainen, Ville
     A1 Alkuperäisartikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä
    While game jams, rapid game co-creation events, have seen increased interest in learning contexts, their potential is still largely untapped. In this paper, we examine game jams as a form of playful assessment. We evaluate the potential of game jams to serve as a tool for assessing learning processes and goals of higher education students. The study is built around two instances of a university course focusing on the analysis of storytelling in digital media, taught during the autumn terms of 2018 and 2019 at the University of Helsinki. Both instances included a Twine game jam with the idea of giving the students a hands-oninsight into highly abstract topics. In our qualitative study, we examined game jam experiences of the students through their written reports. Following research questions were formulated: Is game jamming with Twine a viable tool for assessing student learning on a university course? What limitations and requirements are there in the use of game jamming in assessment? Through thematic analysis, we identified categories related to student learning and their experience of the game jam in the data. Categories were examined against the learning goals to discern how students were applying knowledge and concepts obtained during the courses. Our results suggest that the game jam format encourages reflection of the course content as well as its application. Game jams potentially complement existing, more conventional assessment methods as they strongly encourage the jammers to engage with and apply knowledge they have acquired.
  • Oppimispelien pedagogiset suunnittelumallit
    (2022-12-24) Meriläinen, Mikko
     Perustieteiden korkeakoulu | Bachelor's thesis
  • Parametrisoinnin vaikutus toisen sukupolven maanpäällisen digitaalisen television liikkuvaan vastaanottoon
    (2013-03-18) Meriläinen, Mikko
     Sähkötekniikan korkeakoulu | Master's thesis
  • Radiolähettimen PDOA-paikantaminen
    (2021-01-26) Mangs, Otto
     Sähkötekniikan korkeakoulu | Master's thesis
    PDOA-paikantaminen on yhteistyöhaluttoman lähettimen paikantamiseen soveltuva tekniikka, joka perustuu vastaanottimiin saapuneiden tehojen mittaukseen ja radiotien laskennalliseen mallintamiseen. Tekniikalla on hyvin kevyet laitevaatimukset eikä se edellytä esitietoja paikannettavasta lähettimestä. Tässä työssä verrataan paikannuksen tarkkuutta käyttäen eri PDOA-algoritmeja ja eri radioaaltojen etenemismalleja. Vertailun pohjana on itse tuotettu mittausaineisto radioaaltojen etenemisestä VHF- ja UHF-taajuusalueilla pääkaupunkiseudulla. Työn tuloksena tarkimpina yhdistelminä voidaan pitää radioaaltojen empiirisiä etenemismalleja yhdistettynä pienimmän neliösumman menetelmään tai diskreetin todennäköisyystiheyden menetelmään. Paikannustarkkuus on melko maltillinen ja yksittäinen paikannus ei ole luotettava ilman yksityiskohtaisempaa tarkastelua. Paikannustarkkuus ei välttämättä korreloi etenemismallin absoluuttisen tarkkuuden kanssa, sillä PDOA-paikannuksessa etenemismallien vinoumat ja järjestelmälliset mittausvirheet supistuvat pois.