Teaching
I have been teaching in University of Tampere for many years. My goal in teaching is to provide practical tools and knowledge for the students. I run interactive lectures and hands-on workshops on many topics including:
- History of video games
- Game usability & playability
- Game experience
- Gamification
- Free-to-play revenue model
- Game design
- Paper prototyping
- Playtesting
- Expert review & heuristics
- Violent video games
- Benefits of gaming
I have been teaching on following game courses:
- IGR Introduction to Game Research
- ITIP4 Pelit ja pelillisyys (trans. Games and Gamefulness)
- ITIA21 Design and Evaluation of Use Experiences for Web Services and Games
- ITIA8 Player and User Studies
- ITIA9 Game Project
- ITIS45 Current Approaches in Games and Internet Research
- ITIS54 Game Research Theories and Approaches
- M0001D Game Design (LuleƄ Tekniska Universitet, Sweden)
- F2P Game Design Workshop (Kajaani University of Applied Sciences)
I can design and run full-fledged game courses and workshops depending on the purpose and need.