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  • LC-1112 Online Presentation Skills for Engineers, 2 ECTS (o)

    Not available unless: You are a(n) Student

    Instructor: Riina Seppälä (riina.seppala@aalto.fi)

    Aalto University Language Centre, Otakaari 1.

    This course is mainly based on working independently and online, with compulsory participation in three face-to-face/Zoom sessions (NB! Please notice that due to the pandemic, we will meet online via Zoom in the January-February 2022 course):


    • A kick-off Zoom meeting for everyone on Wed 12.1., 15:00-16:00. Please notice that Assignment 2 will be reviewed in the session – thus, please complete Assignment 2, part 1, before the session and be prepared to present and discuss your answers with the other students (more information about this in the "Week 1" section).

    • Practice sessions via Zoom (each student participates in one session only):
                      • Wed 2.2., 14:00-16:00 OR
                      • Thu 3.2., 9:00-11:00 OR
                      • Thu 3.2., 12:30-14:30 OR
                      • Fri 4.2., 9:00-11:00 OR
                      • Fri 4.2., 12:30-14:30

    • Final presentation conferences via Zoom (each student participates in one conference only):

                      • Wed 16.2., 14:00-15:30 OR
                      • Wed 16.2., 16:00-17:30 OR
                      • Thu 17.2., 12:30-14:00 OR
                      • Thu 17.2., 15:00-16:30

    • Sign up for these two sessions here (NB! Signing up will be possible after the first week of the course):

      • Practice sessions

      • Final presentations       

    A more detailed schedule for each student will be confirmed later, as the final number of practice sessions and conference meetings will depend on the number of course participants.