Hypermedia Laboratory is responsible for teaching of hypermedia at Tampere University of Technology. Hypermedia can be studied as a major or a minor subject, as a part of Information Technology.

In short, hypermedia means modelling and organising information and services so that the real users, tasks, and the usage context are appropriately acknowledged. Further, since developing and maintaining non-trivial services is expensive, specification and design must aim for efficient production and management. Typical applications of hypermedia include webizised access for legacy information services, user-profiled documentation, and mobile information systems exploiting the ideas of, e.g., recommendation systems.

Students can focus on either technical implementation of structured information or general design and management of hypermedia projects. The teachers of hypermedia are also active researchers of the particular domains.

Courses given by the Hypermedia Laboratory at TUT:

• Introduction to hypermedia (Hypermedian perusteet)
• Accessibility (Saavutettavuus)
• Web content production and design (Verkkopalvelun sisällöntuotanto)
• Structured documents* (Rakenteiset dokumentit)
• Usefulness of Web-based services (Verkkopalvelun käyttökelpoisuus ja arviointi)
• Programming of hypermedia (Hypermedian ohjelmointi)
• Management of hypermedia project (Hypermedian tuotantoprojektin hallinnan erityispiirteet)
• Advanced course on structured documents* (Rakenteisten dokumenttien jatkokurssi)
• Hypermedia workshop (Hypermedian vaihtuva-aiheinen työpaja)
• Qualitative Research Methods* (Kvalitatiiviset tutkimusmenetelmät)
• Hypermedia, Special assignment (Hypermedian erikoistyö)
• Project work in Hypermedia (Hypermedian projektityö)
• Post-Graduate Seminar on Hypermedia* (Hypermedian jatko-opintoseminaari)

The Hypermedia Laboratory give also post-graduate courses (marked with an asterisk (*) above) on current themes and organises further training in co-operation with companies and other educational organizations.

Note: Courses are by default given in Finnish, but some include options in English (e.g. assignment and exam). English-speaking students should contact the responsible teacher(s) for a particular course in advance. (See the list of courses in Finnish and the list of responsible teachers in Finnish.)

Contact person for education: Senior Researcher Ossi Nykänen, Dr. Tech.