Häkkinen Päivi, Vice-director, Professor

ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6616-9114
Converis: https://converis.jyu.fi/converis/portal/Person/4571996
Skype: paivi.m.h.hakkinen

Vice-director of the Institute, Research development
Professor (Educational Technology)
Learning, teaching and learning environments - a leader of the research area
Learning and Technology Team
Teaching and Learning in Higher Education Team
Centre for Research on Learning and Teaching (CLT)
Human Technology -lehden toimituskunnan jäsen (2015-2019), päätoimittaja (2012-2014)

Päivi Häkkinen is working as a professor and vice-director at the Finnish Institute for Educational Research (FIER). Her work focuses on the use of technologies for learning, especially on research on computer-supported collaborative learning, problem solving and assessment. Her recent research interests also cover the possibilities of learning analytics in supporting student-centred learning in technology-enhanced environments as well as the added value of virtual and augmented reality from the viewpoint of learning.

Research areas

• Computer-Supported Collaborative Learning (CSCL)
• Assessment of collaborative problem solving skills
• Learner-centred learning environments
• Learning analytics
• Virtual reality for learning

Research projects

• Collaborative problem solving and online inquiry: Skills, processes and neural basis (CoPSOI)
• Virtual realities in learning
• Preparing teacher students for 21st century learning practices: Ways of thinking and working (PREP21)
• Communities developing technology-enhanced learning and learning skills (OpenDigi)
• Studying and well-being in higher education (OHO!) - Agency analytics