Publications
Beyond Text-to-Text: An Overview of Multimodal and
Generative Artificial Intelligence for Education Using Topic Modeling
Heilala, Ville; Araya, Roberto; Hämäläinen, Raija
SAC'25: Proceedings of the 40th ACM/SIGAPP Symposium on Applied Computing, Accepted, 2025, p.
Keywords:
The Use of Generative Artificial Intelligence for Upper
Secondary Mathematics Education Through the Lens of Technology Acceptance
Setälä, Mika; Heilala, Ville; Sikström, Pieta; Kärkkäinen, Tommi
SAC'25: Proceedings of the 40th ACM/SIGAPP Symposium on Applied Computing, Accepted, 2025, p.
Keywords:
Conceptions of AI among K-12 Students in
Azerbaijan: A Topic Modeling Approach (Open
Access)
Saarela, Mirka; Karimov, Ayaz; Sikström, Pieta; Heilala, Ville
Proceedings of the 58th Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences, 2025, p. 4737-4746
Keywords: AI literacy, computing education, conceptions, K-12, topic modeling
The six C's of successful higher
education-industry
collaboration in engineering education: a systematic literature review (Open
Access)
Vuoriainen, Antti; Rikala, Pauliina; Heilala, Ville; Lehesvuori, Sami; Oz, Sahsenem; Kettunen, Lauri;
Hämäläinen,
Raija
European Journal of Engineering Education 50 (1), 2025, p. 26-50
1-8
Keywords: higher education, industry, collaboration, engineerin, gconceptual framework, systematic
literature
review
Toward Scalable and Transparent Multimodal
Analytics
to Study Standard Medical Procedures: Linking Hand Movement, Proximity, and Gaze Data (Open
Access)
Heilala, Ville; Lehesvuori, Sami; Hämäläinen, Raija; Kärkkäinen, Tommi
SAC'24: Proceedings of the 39th ACM/SIGAPP Symposium on Applied Computing, ACM, 2024, p.
3-10
Keywords: multimodal, eye-tracking, hand movement, proxemics, behaviorgram, medical education
Using eye tracking to support professional
learning
in vision-intensive professions: a case of aviation pilots (Open Access)
Hämäläinen, Raija; De Wever, Bram; Sipiläinen, Katriina; Heilala, Ville; Helovuo, Arto; Lehesvuori, Sami;
Järvinen,
Miitta; Helske, Jouni; Kärkkäinen, Tommi
Education and Information Technologies, 2024, p. 24803-24833
Keywords: adult learning, simulations, applications in subject area, eye tracking, hidden markov
model
Reproducing predictive learning analytics in CS1:
Towards generalizable and explainable models for enhancing student retention (Open
Access)
Zhidkikh, Denis; Heilala, Ville; Van Petegem, Charlotte; Dawyndt, Peter; Järvinen, Miitta; Viitanen, Sami; Da
Wever, Bram; Mesuere, Bart; Lappalainen, Vesa; Kettunen, Lauri; Hämäläinen, Raija
Journal of Learning Analytics 11 (1), 2024, p. 132-150
Keywords: predictive learning analytics, CS1, retention, privacy, self-report data, trace data
Adapting Teaching and Learning in Higher
Education Using Explainable Student Agency Analytics
Heilala, Ville; Jääskelä, Päivikki; Saarela, Mirka; Kärkkäinen, Tommi
In: Zhihan, Lv (eds) Principles and Applications of Adaptive Artificial Intelligence, 2024, IGI Global,
Hershey, PA, p. 20-51
Keywords: learning analytics, student agency, adaptive artificial intelligence, higher education,
computational psychometrics, machine learning, student-centered learning, explainability
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The interconnection between evaluated and
self-assessed performance in full flight simulator training (Open Access)
Tuhkala, Ari; Heilala, Ville; Lämsä, Joni; Helovuo, Arto; Tynkkynen, Ilkka; Lampi, Emilia; Sipiläinen,
Katriina;
Hämäläinen, Raija; Kärkkäinen, Tommi
Vocations and Learning, 17 (1), 2024, p. 253-276
Exploring technology readiness among Finnish
university students (Open Access)
Heilala, Ville; Kelly, Riitta; Järvinen, Miitta; Hämäläinen, Raija
Proceedings of the 16th International Conference on Computer-Supported Collaborative Learning - CSCL
2023, 2023, p. 181-184
Keywords: human-technology interaction, psychometrics, higher education, technology readiness, diverse
technology use
Toward Artificial Intelligence Enabled Adaptive Learning
Systems (ARIALES) Across Reality-Virtuality Continuum (Open Access)
Heilala, Ville
Proceedings of the 3rd Annual Meeting of the International Society of the Learning Sciences (ISLS),
2023,
p. 115-116
The Finnish Version of the Affinity for
Technology Interaction (ATI) Scale: Psychometric Properties and an Examination of Gender
Differences (Open Access)
Heilala, Ville; Kelly, Riitta; Saarela, Mirka; Jääskelä, Päivikki; Kärkkäinen, Tommi
International Journal of Human-Computer Interaction 39(4), 2023, p. 874-892
Keywords: human-technology interaction, psychometrics, Mokken scale, item response theory,
translation
Capturing cognitive load management during authentic
virtual
reality flight training with behavioural and physiological indicators (Open Access)
Lämsä, Joni; Mannonen, Joonas; Tuhkala, Ari; Heilala, Ville; Helovuo, Arto; Tynkkynen, Ilkka; Lampi, Emilia;
Sipiläinen, Katriina; Kärkkäinen, Tommi; Hämäläinen, Raija
Journal of Computer Assisted Learning 39 (5), 2023, p. 1553-1563
"Sitting at the Stern and Holding the Rudder":
Teachers' Reflections on Action in Higher Education Based on Student Agency Analytics
Heilala, Ville; Jääskelä, Päivikki; Saarela, Mirka; Kuula, Anna-Stina; Eskola, Anne; Kärkkäinen, Tommi
In: Chechurin, L. (eds) Digital Teaching and Learning in Higher Education: Developing and Disseminating
Skills for Blended Learning, 2022, Palgrave Macmillan, Cham
Keywords: teacher, reflection, learning analytics, pentadic analysis
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Learning analytics with learning and analytics:
advancing student agency analytics (Open Access)
Heilala, Ville
JYU Dissertations 512, 2022
Keywords: learning analytics, psychometrics, student agency, higher education
Explainable Student Agency
Analytics (Open Access)
Saarela, Mirka; Heilala, Ville; Jääskelä, Päivikki; Rantakaulio, Anne; Kärkkäinen, Tommi
IEEE Access, 9, 2021, p. 137444-137459
Keywords: explainable artificial intelligence, decision making, higher education, student
agency
Student agency analytics: learning
analytics
as a tool for analysing student agency in higher
education
Jääskelä, Päivikki; Heilala, Ville; Häkkinen, Päivi; Kärkkäinen, Tommi
Behaviour & Information Technology, 40(8), 2021, p. 790-808
Keywords: student agency, learning analytics, robust statistics
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Course Satisfaction in Engineering
Education
Through the Lens of Student Agency
Analytics
Heilala, Ville; Saarela, Mirka; Jääskelä, Päivikki; Kärkkäinen, Tommi
Proceedings of the 2020 IEEE Frontiers in Education Conference (FIE), 2020, p. 1-9
Keywords: course satisfaction, student agency, exploratory statistics, supervised machine
learning
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Understanding the Study Experiences of
Students in Low Agency Profile: Towards a Smart Education
Approach
Heilala, Ville; Jääskelä, Päivikki; Kärkkäinen, Tommi; Saarela, Mirka
SmartICT 2019: Advances in Smart Technologies Applications and Case Studies, 2020, p. 498-508
Keywords: student agency analytics, learning analytics, robust clustering, thematic analysis,
knowledge
graph
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Let Me Hack It: Teachers' Perceptions About
`Making' in Education
Heilala, Ville; Saarela, Mirka; Reponen, Sanna; Kärkkäinen, Tommi
SmartICT 2019: Advances in Smart Technologies Applications and Case Studies, 2020, p. 509-518
Keywords: making in education, maker movement, digital humanities, student agency
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