Empowering primary school teacher to include pupils with special education needs into physical education classes using digital tools project.
HOHTO/OPUT projects
The effectiveness of self-directed pace versus a tutor supported pace of a special education MOOC (Intervention research)
Contact via:
Executive Assistant Maria Kainulainen,
[email protected], tel. +358 50 563 8249.
Laura Hirsto is a professor of educational science, especially research in general education.
Professor Hirsto’s main research topics include the study of learning environments from the perspectives of learning processes and teaching and pedagogy. In recent years, Hirsto has led an extensive project funded by Business Finland related to learning analytics and learning analytics pedagogy, which has studied the learning of basic education students, university students and vocational education students with the help of diverse learning analytics data. The project has built learning environments that support self-regulated learning through a variety of pedagogical approaches (such as phenomenon-based learning and flipped classroom). This study has been built on intensive collaboration with researchers of computer science and educational sciences, and it has utilized institutional-level data and traditional log data in conjunction with extended learning analytics data, as well as observation of teaching and learning contexts and interviews with teachers and pupils/students.
Hirsto worked as a university lecturer at the University of Helsinki’s Faculty of Theology and Faculty of Education for numerous years. Since 2015, she has worked mainly in the School of Applied Educational Sciences and Teacher Education at the University of Eastern Finland, first on the Savonlinna campus and then on the Joensuu campus. In 2020, he was elected as the Professor of Education at the Faculty of Philosophy of the University of Eastern Finland. He holds the title of docent in educational psychology at the University of Helsinki.
I am working on a PhD alongside my work. My topic is Language Centre teachers’ conceptions of professional competence and the ways to support it.
I am a PhD and project researcher at the University of Eastern Finland. My research interests include promoting inclusion in society, both in my dissertation from the perspective of digital inclusion of older people and people with developmental disabilities, and in various projects, for example on support for children in early childhood education and digital literacy of teachers. Previously I have analysed focus group interviews with peer tutors in digital literacy for older people, conducted observational research on digital support network workshops, and collected unique material from peer tutors in digital literacy for people with developmental disabilities remotely, using AAC support methods. Lastly, I interviewed peer tutors of digital literacy for older people in individual and pair interviews in Teams as part of a project we conducted with the Centre of Excellence in Ageing and Care Research (CoE AgeCare) at the University of Jyväskylä.
Teaching and supporting in research data management, UEF Data Support services coordinated by the library.
My research field is social scientific rural studies within the discipline of social and public policy. I hold a PhD on the transformation of citizen participation in rural welfare services. My expertise lies in the study of rural civic action and the relationship between civil society and the welfare state.
My current research interests include rural service networks and the social economy, rural civic action, village safety and everyday security with a particular focus on community preparedness, digital exclusion, multilocal living, and the state and future of rural studies.
I work as a special advisor in the Rural Policy Council’s (MANE) network for “Rural habitability, housing, and integration in rural areas” (MaalleKo), and I am also a member of the Rural Policy Council’s secretariat. I participate in networks and working groups composed of representatives from science, politics, and civil society.
Other scientific and societal activities:
My tasks include development of records management, information management and electronic archiving, as well as support for staff related to document disclosures and requests for information.
I provide support for researchers in the Faculty of Health Sciences in research funding proposal development, especially with Horizon Europe proposals. My tasks are for example:
– Finding suitable research funding opportunities
– Clarifying the terms and requirements of funders
– Assisting with and commenting on the preparation of research funding applications (Horizon Europe and Research Council of Finland)
– Communicating and providing training related to research funding
Duties include:
Talent Hub Eastern Finland is a cooperation of UEF, Karelia, Savonia, Riveria, Sakky and YSAO. We aim to ensure that international students who come to our region find their place, secure employment, and integrate into Eastern Finland. We will help students get to know Finnish working life, build networks, learn the language, and find internships, jobs and business opportunities. For employers, we offer support and concrete tools for recruiting, onboarding, and learning Finnish at the workplace as well as adapting to the Finnish work culture.
