Jonathon Martin
Founder at University of Helsinki
Helsinki, Finland
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Top SchoolJonathon Martin is a founder and educator based in Helsinki who blends nine years of product-building with a long career in university-level pedagogy and philosophy. He teaches Academic English at the University of Helsinki while leading Deeply, a web platform that applies cutting-edge pedagogical techniques to improve retention and deepen understanding. A philosopher by training (MSocSci) with practical web development skills from a Front-End Nanodegree, he combines blue-sky critical thinking with hands-on entrepreneurship. Previously he built Baybel, a Ruby on Rails platform for sharing and editing teaching materials, and co-founded a language services firm specializing in localisation and copywriting. His work sits at the intersection of language pedagogy, web technologies and instructional design, with a knack for translating academic insight into usable learning products. He also serves on the board of Res Publica, linking educational practice with global civic engagement.
9 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
Nanodegree, Front-End Web Development, Nanodegree, Front-End Web Development at UdacityBA (hons), Philosophy, BA (hons), Philosophy at University of YorkMSocSci, Philosophy, MSocSci, Philosophy at University of Helsinki
English, Finnish, FrenchGithub contributions (4)
finnjon/kscope
Apr 2017 - Jan 2022
Contributions:44 commits, 12 pushes, 2 branches in 4 years 10 months
finnjon/dong2
Nov 2016 - Sep 2017
Contributions:122 pushes, 2 branches in 9 months
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