Multimodal Interaction in Professional Contexts
Experience the power of interactive online learning in this comprehensive Turku Åbo Summer School course that explores the diverse dimensions of multimodal communication. Through engaging discussions, practical assignments, and collaborative activities, you’ll develop essential skills in adapting your communication style across different channels and contexts. Perfect for professionals and students looking to enhance their interaction capabilities in today’s multicultural and digital world.
- Teaching period: 1 June – 31 August 2025
- Self-paced online course
- Credits: 3 ECTS
- Course level: +2 years Bachelor's Degree studies
- Organizer: Humak University of Applied Sciences
- Field of study: Communications
- Course fee: 135 €
APPLY BY 17 APRIL 2025
Are you ready to expand your understanding of interaction and its diversity?
This course is for you if you want to:
- Learn how to adapt your communication in different situations.
- Promote interaction between different kinds of people.
- Dive into the world of multimodal interaction!
Join us and open new doors to the world of interaction. You will learn written, spoken, and signed languages, touch and space as a channels of communication.
Learning outcomes
The student will be able to
- explain the concept of multimodality,
- identify different modes and channels of communication,
- demonstrate understanding of how the multimodal view on interaction can be used to influence the interaction in the workplace,
- identify how to develop one’s own skills in terms of multimodal interaction skills.
Methods
Different kind of assigments for example discussions with other students, lessons, quizes and written assigmens. The course is divided into sections which each take on a different focus on the topic. We recommend that you go through the topics in numerical order. However, it is possible for you to build your own path through the course topics.
Date
1 June – 30 August. Online.
Humak University of Applied Sciences
Teacher: Hanna-Kaisa Turja, Senior Lecturer, MA, Bachelor of Social Services, Literary Arts Instructor
Place: Self-paced online course
Undergraduate students who have completed at least of one year of Bachelor’s studies in any field. Graduate and postgraduate students are also welcome. This course is suitable for everyone who is interested in interaction from a point of linguistic accessibility. Especially this course Multimodal Interaction in Professional Contexts offers a wide view towards the concept of interaction. This course offers new kind of tools to improve interaction skills.
82 hours
Materials are provided at the course
Pass/fail
No limitation
Teacher information
Hanna-Kaisa Turja
Hanna-Kaisa Turja, Senior Lecturer, MA, Bachelor of Social Services, Literary Arts Instructor.