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Haapasalo, Jukka – 1974
This report is a compilation of data on mass media consumption by Finns. It describes the results of a survey conducted using 1162 Finnish-speaking respondents, 12 years of age or older. It also compares these results with those collected from earlier studies. Radio is in 98% of Finnish homes and is listened to 1 hour and 45 minutes per day, a…
Descriptors: Broadcast Industry, Information Dissemination, Libraries, Mass Media

Ruokamo, Heli; Pohjolainen, Seppo – British Journal of Educational Technology, 2000
Discusses a goal-oriented project, focused on open learning environments using computer networks, called Distance Learning in Multimedia Networks that was part of the Finnish Multimedia Program. Describes the combined efforts of Finnish telecommunications companies, content providers, publishing houses, hardware companies, and educational…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Networks, Distance Education, Educational Environment
Gomes, Jorge F. S.; Hurmelinna, Pia; Amaral, Virgilio; Blomqvist, Kirsimarja – Journal of Workplace Learning, 2005
Purpose: This article investigates the reasons for collaboration and the barriers to cooperation between universities and industry organizations. In an increasingly integrated world, cooperation between universities and companies is likely to grow in forthcoming years. Design/methodology/approach: The approach taken in this article differs from…
Descriptors: School Business Relationship, Universities, Institutional Cooperation, Industry
Doyle, Robert P. – 1989
The Library/Book Fellows Program began in 1986 with a grant to the American Library Association from the U.S. Information Agency, an independent agency within the Executive Branch. The purposes of the program are to: (1) increase international understanding through the establishment of professional and personal relationships and the accomplishment…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Foreign Countries, International Educational Exchange, Librarians

Hautamaki, Sirkka – Educational Media International, 1992
Discusses radio and television programing in Finland by the Finnish Broadcasting Company (YLE) and describes programs that have been developed to cover the country's three official languages: Finnish, Swedish, and Saame. Language courses offered by the YLE are described, and the importance of languages in the community is considered. (LRW)
Descriptors: Broadcast Industry, Educational Radio, Educational Television, Finnish
Ministry of Education, Helsinki (Finland). – 2000
In the spring of 1999, the Finnish Ministry of Education devised an information strategy for the period of 2000-2004. This is the second of its kind. The first strategy had been devised to steer national information society development in the fields of education and research from 1995 onwards. The new strategy has aroused a great deal of interest…
Descriptors: Computer Uses in Education, Educational Development, Educational Planning, Foreign Countries
Blume, Stuart; And Others – 1984
Ways that university-industry networks begin and then operate are discussed, based on 14 country reports. The various types of collaborative networks are considered, with particular focus on networks and industrial development. New forms of university-industry relations are also categorized by the function that they are intended to fulfill:…
Descriptors: Cooperative Programs, Developed Nations, Developing Nations, Economic Development

Kivinen, Osmo; And Others – European Journal of Education, 1995
This article proposes that efforts to coordinate higher education and employment of graduates depends on both the educational structure of the population and the structure of employment opportunities, making comparison across countries difficult. The situation in Europe, and particularly in Finland in relation to other countries, is examined.…
Descriptors: Access to Education, College Graduates, Comparative Analysis, Education Work Relationship
United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization, Paris (France). – 1979
Contained in this collection of presentations from the third Afro-Nordic Library Conference are a foreword describing the objectives of the meeting and 14 papers: "From Oral Tradition to Literary Writing: The Awakening of National Awareness," by Heikki Kirkinen; "African Library Systems," by L. E. Samarasinghe; "Planning…
Descriptors: Children, Developed Nations, Developing Nations, Folk Culture
Lindell, Mats; Stenstrom, Marja-Leena – Journal of Workplace Learning, 2005
Purpose: This study considers the recently established higher vocational education reforms with Swedish advanced vocational education (AVE) and Finnish polytechnics in terms of organisational structure, the design of workplace learning, and furthermore, what kind of practical implications these new models of learning at work have resulted in.…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Foreign Countries, Labor Market, Vocational Education
Collin, Kaija – 2000
As part of a larger research project on workplace learning, a study examined learning at work as it is experienced among product planners in Finland. The study focused on three questions: (1) What kind of experience do employees interpret as learning? (2) What kind of meanings do employees give their action and learning individually and together?…
Descriptors: Adults, Case Studies, Cognitive Style, Competence
Science and Technology Policy Council of Finland, Helsinki. – 2000
The public sector in Finland faces tasks and challenges in promoting science, technology, and innovations in conditions of global change. Sustainable economic, social, and cultural development will continue to demand comprehensive development of the innovation system based on solid cooperation between the public and private sectors in the country.…
Descriptors: Developed Nations, Educational Needs, Educational Research, Educational Trends