Olli-Pekka Penttinen
University Lecturer, University of Helsinki, Lahti University Campus, Finland
From personal perspective, I’m happily married with five nice children (all adults now). From professional perspective I have a Master’s, a Licentiate’s and a Doctorate degree in Biology, and employment record after PhD includes different academic positions. My current position as a University lecturer in University of Helsinki started on 2003 at the Department of Environmental Sciences, Lahti
My major strengths relates to E-learning. I have done a lot of pioneering work with my courses, and I’m highly trained and participated many projects during my academic career. The three ideals grounding my pedagogical thinking are awareness of the change required at the individual and institutional level in academic education, importance of training of theory and teaching skills, and an importance educational technology or e-learning in the context given above.