Project

Online interaction – well-being at educational organisations (HyPe)

Abbreviation
HyPe
Project type
Research project
Focus area
Innovative Learning
Implementation time
1.6.2022 - 31.3.2023
Project unit
School of Professional Teacher Education
Financing program
Other funding
Project description
New development programme titled as TYÖ2030 [WORK2030] was launched in 2020.  The programme aims to create new ways of working and initiatives in co-operation with workplaces and industries. The purpose of it is to improve employment, economy and global competitiveness as well as the brand of Finland's working life. The TYÖ2030 programme also supports small scale projects that concentrate on the issues affecting the Finnish working life at the moment. One of such projects is Vuorovaikutus verkossa- hyvinvointia oppilaitokseen , HyPe [Online interaction – well-being at educational organisations].

The HyPe- project is designed as a coaching pilot that focuses on studying interaction that builds, maintains and strengthens the sense of community and psychological safety when working in digital environments. In the pilot, using dialogical skills in an online environment will also be experimented. The aim is to support participants in identifying different ways of online interaction and communication that strengthen the sense of belonging, participation and well-being in the work community. 

Alongside with the coaching process, a practice-based research will be carried out. It aims to discover views of employees in Vocational Education and Training (VET) organisations on the sense of community and its implementation as well as ideas for their further development in digital environments. The data will consist of written materials and online focus-group discussions.  

Project results

As a result of the coaching pilot, VET organisations will create a development path for continuous learning that supports well-being at work and strengthens the sense of community. 

Outcomes of the project:
  • good practices and methods of VET organisations that promote the sense of community and well-being when working in digital environments
  • professional articles and other written publications as well as a set of three podcasts focusing on managing, implementing and developing the sense of community and well-being when working in digital environments
The HyPe-coaching pilot is one of the development areas of the  Pedagoginen hyvinvointi (HyPe) – työhyvinvoinnin ja tuottavuuden risteyksessä -project  [Pedagogical well-being  – at the crossroads of well-being at work and productivity project] implemented by Haaga-Helia University of Applied Sciences. That project is funded by the Finnish Institute of Occupational Health and the WORK2030 programme. 

The project is implemented by the Finnish Education Trade Union OAJ, the Educational Employers' Association Sivista, Haaga-Helia and Jamk School of Professional Teacher Education. 

For more information, contact

Sirpa Laitinen-Väänänen
Project Manager, Principal Investigator
+358 40 5889 919, firstname.surename@jamk.fi
Jamk University of Applied Sciences