JYULed - JYUnit for Learning and Digital Education

How could the expertise of education professionals be developed in such a way as to support sustainable and ethical skills in a digitalized world? What factors promote high-quality interaction, community-based learning, and the skills of critical and creative thinking in various learning environments? Among other things, we are seeking answers to such questions. Our operations are based on diverse educational and research collaborations. What is important to us is research-based, practical, and future-oriented pedagogical development.

Table of contents

Research group type
Research group
Core fields of research
Learning, teaching and interaction
Research areas
Interactive and technologically enhanced learning environments
Faculty
Faculty of Education and Psychology
Department
Department of Teacher Education

Research group description

Education and learning in diverse digital environments

We research and support education, learning and teaching in a variety of collaborative and digital environments.

Collaborative learning and interaction

What is quality interaction and dialogue in emerging learning environments?

  • Our research often focuses on authentic learning situations, using methods such as video-observation.

Self-regulation and distributed regulation oflearning

What kind of self-regulation skills do young and adult learners need? How can teachers support the development of self-regulation skills? What opportunities could emerging technologies bring to support the practice of learner self-regulation skills?

  • Among other things, we have developed teaching and learning situations applying simulation pedagogy to develop self-regulation skills.
Digital literac y

What is critical and creative digital literacy in education? How does it relate to new literacies such as data literacy?

  • We develop the digital pedagogical competences of student teachers in a holistic way during their teacher education studies.

Hybrid learning environments

What opportunities and challenges does augmented reality bring to teacher education? What about artificial intelligence?

  • For example, we have explored creative and experiential drama in VR environments in an environmental course.

Publications

Publication
2025
Available through Open Access

JYU Dissertations
Lehtinen, Auli
Publication
2025
Available through Open Access

Learning, Culture and Social Interaction
Lehtinen, Auli
Kostiainen, Emma
Näykki, Piia
Publication
2025
Available through Open Access

Scandinavian Journal of Educational Research
Kostiainen, Emma
Nousiainen, Tuula
Näykki, Piia
Publication
2025
Available through Open Access

Small Group Research
Channa, Faisal
Näykki, Piia
Häkkinen, Päivi
Publication
2024
Available through Open Access

Finnish Learning Analytics and Artificial Intelligence in Education Conference
Channa, Faisal
Näykki, Piia
Häkkinen, Päivi
Publication
2024
Available through Open Access

Ruusupuiston kärkiuutiset
Nousiainen, Tuula
Vesisenaho, Mikko
Tikkanen, Tarja
Publication
2024
Available through Open Access

Education and Information Technologies
Merjovaara, Olli
Eklund, Kenneth
Nousiainen, Tuula
Karjalainen, Satu
Koivula, Merja
Mykkänen, Arttu
Hämäläinen, Raija
Publication
2024
Available through Open Access

Cambridge Generative AI in Education Conference
Häkkinen, Päivi
Näykki, Piia
Pijeira-Díaz, Héctor
Channa, Faisal
Publication
2024
Available through Open Access

Tiedonportti : Jyväskylän yliopiston tieteen digilehti
Ruotsalainen, Jenni
Paakkari, Leena
Manu, Mari
Salminen, Jenni
Torppa, Minna
Publication
2024
Available through Open Access

European Journal of Teacher Education
Lehtinen, Auli
Kostiainen, Emma
Martin, Anne
Näykki, Piia
Publication
2024
Available through Open Access

Teaching and Teacher Education
Latva-aho, Jenni
Näykki, Piia
Pyykkönen, Saara
Laitinen-Väänänen, Sirpa
Hirsto, Laura
Veermans, Marjaana
Publication
2024
Available through Open Access

Journal of Computer Assisted Learning
Näykki, Piia
Pyykkönen, Saara
Latva‐aho, Jenni
Nousiainen, Tuula
Ahlström, Emilia
Toivanen, Tapio

Research group