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Dr. Esko Kähkönen
Head of Research
Diaconia
University or Applied Sciences
Sturenkatu 2
FIN-00510 Helsinki
www.diak.fi
Contact,
Tel. +358 (0)40 5397110,
e-mail Esko.Kahkonen (at) diak.fi
Special fields of interest
Multicultural
education, especially in the perspective of Islamic-Christian encounter
Web
for learning and interaction
Church social work as a factor of cohesion
Major
positions held before
2006–2009 Director, Diak East,
Diaconia University of Applied Sciences, Pieksämäki.
2004–2006
Director of Research, Department of Computer Science, University of Joensuu
2001–2004
Director of Development, Educational Technology Centre, University of
Joensuu
1996–2000 Researcher at the University of Helsinki,
1988–1995
Founder and Director of the Brücke-Köprü Centre for Islamic-Christian
Encounter, Nuremberg
Important publications
2008
Silta Nürnbergissä. Uskontojen kohtaamisen oppimisympäristö. -Usko teoiksi
150 vuotta. Suomen lähetysseura 1859-2009. Helsinki. (Published also in
english: A Bridge in Nuremberg. A Learning Environment of Religions. -From
Faith to Action – The Finnish Evangelical Lutheran Mission 1859-2009.
Helsinki.)
2007 Kähkönen, Esko & Sutinen, Erkki, Moving Toward the
Implementation on Contextualized Educational Technology. In: Flexible
Learning in an Information Society, p. 218-225. Information Science
Publishing. Ed. By Badrul H. Khan. Hershey-London-Melbourne-Singapore.
2006
Tedre, Matti; Sutinen, Erkki; Kähkönen Esko; Kommers Piet, Ethnocomputing:
ICT in cultural and social context. Communications of the ACM 49(1):126-130
2005
Esko Kähkönen, Kirsi Karjalainen, The Choices Made by Web Course Designers
and the Favourable Prerequisites of Learning. In: Establishing e-Learning.
(ed.) Perspectives and Estimations of Meaningfulness, Money and
Strategies. (& Raimo Silkelä). University of Joensuu
2004
Kähkönen, Esko; Silander, Pasi, Gerdt, Petri
Towards a
Dialogical Learning in the Web. Intercultural Encounter as a Challenge for
Technology & Pedagogy. International Journal of Continuing Engineering
Education and Life-long Learning Vol. 14, Nos ½, p. 32-45.
2004
Kähkönen, Esko and Bonanno, Philip; Duveskog, Marcus; Faggiano, Eleanora;
Kampf, Constance; Lahtinen, Simo-Pekka; Nuutinen, Minna; Polsani,
Pithamber; Rossano, Veronica; Tedre, Matti. Approaches and Methodologies
for a Culturally Contextualized Educational Technology. –Proceedings of
the Second International Conference on Educational Technology in Cultural
Context. Sept. 1-2 2003. International Proceedings series 4. University of
Joensuu, department of Computer Science. Ed. Esko Kähkönen, p. 5-10.
2004
Kähkönen, Esko, A model for culturally sensitive e-learning. Abstracts of
the 21st ICDE World conference on Open Learning & Distance Education
18.-21 February Hong Kong.
2003 Tedre, Matti; Sutinen, Erkki;
Kähkönen, Esko; Kommers, Piet Appreciating the Knowledge of Students in
Computer Science Education in Developing Countries. IEEE conference ITRE
2003, Newark, New Jersey, USA, August 12, p. 174-178.
2002
Kähkönen, Esko, Cultural and Pedagogical Aspects for a Contextual Approach
in E-learning. –Proceedings of the The First International Conference on
Educational Technology in Cultural Context, Joensuu 2.-3.9.2002.
International Conference Proceedings of the Department of Computer Science
3. Joensuu, p. 9-18.
2002 Islamin voimavara: uskonnon ja kulttuurin
yhteenkuuluvuus. -Kohtaamisen haaste. Näkökulmia kulttuurienväliseen
vuoropuheluun. toim. Pöntinen Mari. Helsinki
2002 Kähkönen,
Esko & Sutinen, Erkki, Context and Ethics as Factors in the Design of
Educational Technology. –Proceedings of the 2nd Conference of Open and
Distance Learning. Tehran, May 2001. First published 2002, p. 1-8.
2000
Dialogisuuden ongelma islamin esittämisessä. Falaturin ja Tworuschkan
teologis-pedagogisen ohjelman tausta ja toteutuminen. Diss. Helsinki.
STKSJ 226. (English summary, The Problem of Dialogue in the Presentation
of Islam.)
1999 Kristittyjen ja muslimien vuoropuhelu
eurooppalaisessa tilanteessa. Teologinen aikakauskirja 2/1999.
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