The Innovative Learning Environments group at JYU advances children's and youth 21st-century skills through user-driven design, learning technologies, innovative teaching, tech-enhanced learning, and ICT use in education to enhance learning and well-being.

The  Innovative Learning Environments is a research and education group at the University of Jyväskylä, comprising researchers from both the Faculty of Information and Technology and from the Finnish Institute for Educational Research. The group’s work is concerned with the advancement of children’s and young people’s 21st Century Skills. The field includes user-driven design, study of learning technologies and spaces for enhancement of learning and wellbeing, analyses of innovative teaching and learning practices, technology-enhanced learning, and evaluation and comparison of ICT use in education. When applicable, the research can also be directed to other phases of human life for the study of citizen’s knowledge society capabilities.

The University of Jyväskylä (JYU) is an internationally renowned research university and an expert in education. JYU is a multidisciplinary research university with 6 faculties: Education and Psychology, Humanities and Social Sciences, Information Technology, School of Business and Economics, Mathematics and Science, and Sport and Health Sciences. JYU is strongly linked to top national and international research, business and innovation communities. The Finnish Institute for Educational Research (FIER, https://ktl.jyu.fi/en) at JYU conducts internationally esteemed multidisciplinary research on education. The research ranges from early childhood education to university education as well as adult learning to the relationships between education and working life. The aim is to support teachers, educational establishments and decision-makers in the promotion of learning and development of education. At FIER, the Innovative Learning Environments research group’s (https://www.jyu.fi/it/ile) research activity includes especially user-driven design and study of learning technologies and spaces for enhancement of learning and wellbeing, analyses of innovative teaching and learning practices, technology-enhanced learning, STEAM education, as well as evaluation of ICT use in education.

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