Shortlink
Aune Valk
User Profile
Director of the Open University Centre
University of Tartu
Estonia
Interests/Expertise:
Accreditation of Prior Learning/Open Learning
Recognition of prior and experimental learning
E-learning and lifelong learning
University curriculum development
Bologna process
Collective identity and ethnic relations
Acculturation
Recent research/consultancy:
- Chair of the working group on APEL in European University Lifelong Learning Network
- Initiation of Estonian e-University (a consortium of 8 Estonian Universities)
- Seminars on APEL and Bologna in 6 countries (Bulgaria, Slovenia, France, Turkey, Estonia, Lithuania)
- LÜKKA project – leader of higher education development project to unite all public universities and 9 other partners in Estonia
- European Commision founded UNIVe project on development of university consortia for e-learning scientific coordinator
- Research project "How to support deep learning in university?" - project leader
- Conference "Cultural tolerance" - organiser
- Development projects and research on ethnic and national identity and acculturation in Estonia
Recognitions, positions, memberships:
- PhD (psychology) – 2001, MSc (psychology) – 1997, Higher Education in Psychology – 1994
- Chair of Estonian e-University (a consortium of 8 Estonian Universities)
- Member of several commissions in the Ministry of Education and Research
- Member of Universities Centre in Saaremaa (centre uniting 5 universities activities on Estonia’s biggest island)
- Member of the International Association for Cross-Cultural Psychology;
- Member of the Estonian Union of Psychologists (chair 2001-2003)
Selected publications:
- Valk, A., Saluveer, A. (2006). AP(E)L and reforms in higher education at the University of Tartu, Estonia. In C. Corradi; N. Evans, A. Valk (Eds.) Recognising Experiental Learning: Practices in European Universities (pp. 94-103). Tartu: Tartu University Press
- Corradi, C; Evans, N., Valk. A. (Eds.) (2006) Recognising Experiental Learning: Practices in European Universities (pp. 1- 242). Tartu: Tartu University Press.
- Valk, A., Marandi. T. (2005). How to support deep learning at a university. In F.E.H. Tay, T.S Chuan, S.Han-Ming (Eds.) Proceeding of the International Conference on Education 2005. National University of Singapore.
- Valk, A, Realo, A. (Eds) (2004). Eesti ja eestlased teiste rahvuste peeglis (Estonia and Estonians in a mirror of other cultures). Tartu: TÜ Kirjastus
- Valk, A. (2004). Adults in Estonian Higher Education. In Thomas, E., Mark, R., Pouget, M. (Eds.) Adults in Higher Education: learning from experience in the wider Europe. Peter Lang AG, the European Publisher.
- Valk, A., Karu, K. (2001). Ethnic attitudes in relation to ethnic pride and ethnic differentiation. Journal of Social Psychology, 5, 583-603.
Printer-friendly versionHistory
- Member for
- 2 years 1 week
- Blog
- View recent blog entries
