Helsinki Online Secondary School: distance learning studies
The lessons are held on platforms provided by the city, in Google Meet or O365 Teams, during time slots 6, 7 and 8 of the city's shared weekly schedule. The number and duration of lessons is the same as in general upper secondary school study units that young people complete in the contact teaching. Distance learning periods correspond to contact teaching periods in general upper secondary schools that follow the City of Helsinki’s five-period system.
You will participate in all of the distance lessons. In other words, you cannot complete the study unit independently or only by passing the exam, unless you have permission from the school principle in exceptional circumstances. For example, you cannot choose two study entities that take up the same time slot in the list of studies offered. If some of your own school’s study units partly overlap with your distance learning periods on one day per week (for example, general upper secondary schools that follow the four-period system), this is an acceptable reason for an absence.
As a student, you are personally responsible for making sure that you can study undisturbed and carry out group work with other students during lessons. In order to participate in distance learning, you need to be able to use the camera and the microphone on your electronic devices.
The distance studies on offer can be found on Wilma, and registration is open until the start of the period. The studies available include a wide range of language studies and refresher studies for students taking the matriculation examination.
Distance learning periods during the 2023–2024 school year
- 1st distance learning period 10 August 2023 – 2 October 2023
- 2nd distance learning period 3 October 2023 – 29 November 2023
- 3rd distance learning period 30 November 2023 – 6 February 2024
- 4th distance learning period 8 February 2024 – 8 April 2024
- 5th distance learning period 9 April 2024 – 1 June 2024
Distance studies are held in time slots 6, 7 and 8 of the weekly schedule
- Time slot 6: lessons on Mondays 10.00–11.15 and on Tuesdays and Thursdays 12.00–13.15
- Time slot 7: lessons on Mondays 8.15–9.30 and on Tuesdays and Thursdays 13.30–14.45
- Time slot 8: lessons on Tuesdays and Thursdays 15.00–16.15 and on Fridays 15.00–16.15
Come and learn, even if it is over a distance!